Most Valuable players by Market Value in League One 26/27

The most valuable players in League One in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

Most valuable goalkeepers in League One Most valuable defenders in League One Most valuable midfielders in League One Most valuable attackers in League One Best players in League One Most in-form players in League One

At a glance

Kieran Morgan of Bradford is the standout for raw talent across players in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 65.1, and J. Bagan has been the form player this season, grading 44.8, and C. Stead leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Bagan has improved his Season rating most, up +32 on last season, while S. Fusire's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Thomas of Huddersfield is the most valuable name in this group at 18.5.

Sheffield Wednesday · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	S. Thomas Attacking midfielder	Huddersfield	27	18.5	4411.8%	630.6%
2	A. Connolly Winger	Leyton Orient	26	17.3	26250.7%	4034.2%
3	A. Charles Defensive midfielder	Bromley	27	14.7	40159%	301.3%
4	B. Hills Centre-back	Stockport County	22	14.6	2431.5%	482.8%
5	L. Macari Full-back	Notts County	24	14.4	264%	34±0%
6	W. Fish Centre-back	Cardiff	23	14.1	31179.5%	4918.2%
7	Joe Knight Central midfielder	Stevenage	21	14.1	0	71
8	O. O'Neill Attacking midfielder	Leyton Orient	23	13.5	2611.6%	472.9%
9	M. Garbett Central midfielder	Peterborough	24	13.3	23167.8%	4424.3%
10	Kieran Morgan Full-back	Bradford	20	13.1	120.9%	653.6%
11	H. Matthews Centre-back	Bradford	22	12.9	7133.3%	57±0%
12	T. Mengi Centre-back	Luton	24	12.6	176.6%	4426.3%
13	C. Stead Centre-forward	Cambridge United	26	12.6	34	32
14	S. Roughan Full-back	Huddersfield	23	12.1	2338.5%	508%
15	R. Walters Central midfielder	Luton	21	11.4	1732.8%	4917.3%
16	M. Sanders Central midfielder	Notts County	27	11.2	3274.6%	288.1%
17	D. Lawlor Full-back	Cardiff	20	11	292300%	507.6%
18	T. Wright Centre-forward	Bradford	25	10.9	18146.6%	4846.3%
19	J. Taylor Centre-forward	Huddersfield	23	10.7	36±0%	48±0%
20	L. Ashby-Hammond Goalkeeper	Stockport County	25	10.6	10	48
21	L. Barry Winger	Sheffield Wednesday	23	10.6	913.3%	453.7%
22	B. Nelson Centre-back	Leicester	22	10.6	177.5%	612.3%
23	M. Craig Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	23	10.6	1539%	4312.7%
24	I. Fullah Central midfielder	Milton Keynes Dons	19	10.4	2	5737.1%
25	C. Slicker Goalkeeper	Barnsley	24	10.3	31	36
26	E. Brierley Central midfielder	Huddersfield	22	10.3	2683.9%	4846.3%
27	L. Sørensen Full-back	Huddersfield	26	10.3	2117.2%	443.9%
28	S. Fusire Defensive midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	21	10.3	27239.7%	62114.1%
29	D. Richards Winger	AFC Wimbledon	20	10.2	0	53
30	S. Morris Winger	Luton	24	10.2	1625.9%	456.9%
31	J. Shepherd Centre-back	Barnsley	25	10.2	1261.2%	4529.5%
32	C. Hayes Attacking midfielder	Peterborough	23	10.1	144.5%	442.4%
33	Killian Cahill Goalkeeper	Leyton Orient	22	10.1	4	42
34	C. Watts Attacking midfielder	Plymouth	24	10.1	19±0%	46±0%
35	K. Abrefa Full-back	Reading	22	10	926%	442.4%
36	D. Taylor Centre-forward	Blackpool	22	10	1074.8%	4318.3%
37	Z. Bradshaw Attacking midfielder	Cambridge United	23	10	3±0%	29±0%
38	N. Ennis Centre-forward	Blackpool	27	9.9	1525.2%	3422.2%
39	A. Pepple Centre-forward	Plymouth	23	9.9	38±0%	49±0%
40	Mason Paul James Burstow Winger	Sheffield Wednesday	23	9.9	3913.6%	52±0%
41	C. Saydee Winger	Wigan	24	9.8	1651.4%	4427.9%
42	D. Sanches Fernandes Winger	Huddersfield	25	9.8	3911.9%	71±0%
43	O. Sanderson Centre-forward	Stevenage	22	9.8	1295%	4644.8%
44	G. Brown Centre-forward	Sheffield Wednesday	22	9.7	5	57
45	L. Bate Attacking midfielder	Stockport County	23	9.7	2±0%	40±0%
46	H. White Central midfielder	Plymouth	25	9.6	41±0%	52±0%
47	B. Knight Centre-forward	Cambridge United	24	9.6	29±0%	36±0%
48	T. Bloxham Centre-forward	Blackpool	22	9.6	27±0%	49±0%
49	George Christopher John Pratt Centre-back	Bradford	23	9.6	7±0%	591.9%
50	G. O'Donkor Winger	Oxford United	21	9.6	0	53±0%