Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Bundesliga

The best defensive players in Bundesliga, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Kerim-Sam Alajbegović of Red Bull Salzburg is the standout for raw talent across players in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 52.7, and V. Müller has been the form player this season, grading 59, and K. Mutandwa leads the scoring with 16 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Harakaté has improved his Season rating most, up +41 on last season, while E. Baidoo's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +13.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Usor of Lask Linz is the most valuable name in this group at 16.2.

Best talent

Kerim-Sam Alajbegović52.7RTG

Red Bull Salzburg · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

R. Harakaté+41SsN

Grazer AK · 22/23→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Lee Tae-Seok Defensive midfielder	Austria Vienna	24	48.3	48503.8%	499%
2	F. Wilfinger Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	22	48.1	48	48
3	P. Wiesinger Full-back	Austria Vienna	32	47.3	47	22
4	K. Jørgensen Defensive midfielder	Lask Linz	26	45.9	46139.1%	460.9%
5	M. Bogarde Defensive midfielder	Lask Linz	24	44.4	44362.5%	485%
6	A. Andrade Full-back	Lask Linz	27	39.9	4088.2%	4029.7%
7	B. Zech Centre-back	SCR Altach	35	38	3887.2%	1745.8%
8	D. Baumgartner Full-back	Wolfsberger AC	30	38	38	25
9	N. Wimmer Full-back	Wolfsberger AC	31	37.6	38	25
10	L. Jäger Full-back	SCR Altach	32	37.5	38	20
11	S. Raux-Yao Centre-back	Rapid Vienna	27	35.9	3612.5%	3942.2%
12	N. Cvetković Centre-back	Rapid Vienna	30	35.5	36	28
13	J. Lawrence Centre-back	WSG Wattens	23	35.1	35440%	4710.6%
14	L. Spendlhofer Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	33	34.3	34246.5%	1856.5%
15	D. Vincze Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	22	34.2	34	45
16	B. Bolla Defensive midfielder	Rapid Vienna	26	33.8	34	43
17	A. Briedl Defensive midfielder	FC BW Linz	24	32.9	33	42
18	A. Dragović Centre-back	Austria Vienna	35	32.8	33150.4%	1859.8%
19	E. Karić Defensive midfielder	Sturm Graz	29	32.5	3390.1%	3346%
20	M. Maranda Centre-back	FC BW Linz	29	31	31	30
21	M. Cissé Full-back	Lask Linz	21	30.8	31	50
22	T. Plavotić Full-back	Austria Vienna	29	30	30	29
23	M. Sollbauer Centre-back	Ried	36	28.8	2929.4%	1750.1%
24	Alemão Centre-back	Lask Linz	23	27.6	28590%	4510%
25	M. Boras Full-back	WSG Wattens	24	27.6	28	46
26	B. Owusu Full-back	Grazer AK	22	25.9	26133.3%	4528%
27	Maximilian Hennig Full-back	TSV Hartberg	19	25.6	26422.4%	4823.3%
28	N. Havenaar Full-back	Ried	31	25.5	26	25
29	G. Bello Full-back	Lask Linz	24	25.3	25475%	4810.5%
30	D. Pines Centre-back	Grazer AK	28	24.7	2594.5%	3310%
31	O. Steurer Full-back	Ried	31	24.4	24258.8%	268.6%
32	L. Pazourek Full-back	TSV Hartberg	21	24.2	24	43
33	A. Vallci Full-back	Sturm Graz	31	23.1	23	21
34	C. Nwaiwu Centre-back	Wolfsberger AC	23	23	23	38
35	D. Lavalée Centre-back	Sturm Graz	29	23	23721.4%	2733.9%
36	M. Moormann Full-back	FC BW Linz	25	22.9	23	38
37	Cheikh Mamadou Diabaté Full-back	Wolfsberger AC	22	22.8	23	40
38	J. Mitchell Centre-back	Sturm Graz	21	22.6	23	4425%
39	E. Bakatukanda Centre-back	FC BW Linz	22	21.3	212942.9%	3927%
40	S. Piesinger Centre-back	Wolfsberger AC	34	21	2142.1%	1355.2%
41	Habib Coulibaly Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	22	20.2	20	41
42	S. Lainer Full-back	Red Bull Salzburg	33	19.9	2039.2%	1840.3%
43	P. Koller Full-back	SCR Altach	24	19.5	20	41
44	T. Oermann Full-back	Sturm Graz	22	19	1950.3%	4349.4%
45	F. Wohlmuth Defensive midfielder	Wolfsberger AC	24	18.8	19	40
46	F. Krätzig Full-back	Red Bull Salzburg	23	18.7	1945%	4834.4%
47	Kouakou Joane Gadou Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	19	18.6	19	46
48	D. Kovacevic Defensive midfielder	TSV Hartberg	21	18.3	18	43
49	K. Ahoussou Full-back	Rapid Vienna	22	17.7	1814.1%	4426.8%
50	J. Schöller Full-back	Rapid Vienna	20	17.2	17	44