Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Jupiler Pro League

The best defensive players in Jupiler Pro League, ranked on Field Insider.

Best defensive goalkeepers in Jupiler Pro League Best defensive defenders in Jupiler Pro League Best defensive midfielders in Jupiler Pro League Best defensive attackers in Jupiler Pro League Best players in Jupiler Pro League Most in-form players in Jupiler Pro League

At a glance

C. Tzolis of Club Brugge KV is the standout for raw talent across players in Jupiler Pro League, with a Field Insider Rating of 66.7, and N. Tresoldi leads the scoring with 19 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Skóraś has improved his Season rating most, up +44.9 on last season, while B. Zeneli's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +22.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Tzolis of Club Brugge KV is the most valuable name in this group at 35.2.

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	Player	Team
1	K. Mac Allister Full-back	Union St. Gilloise	28	74.5	759.1%	4416.7%
2	C. Burgess Centre-back	Union St. Gilloise	34	66.2	6627.8%	2315%
3	G. Magnée Central midfielder	Cercle Brugge	26	61.2	61212.2%	572.7%
4	Flávio Nazinho Central midfielder	Cercle Brugge	23	54.9	55217.3%	605.5%
5	R. Sykes Full-back	Union St. Gilloise	27	53	5390.6%	496.3%
6	E. Bayram Centre-back	KVC Westerlo	23	49.1	49123.2%	629.4%
7	I. Hautekiet Centre-back	Standard Liege	24	47.3	47±0%	581%
8	B. Mechele Centre-back	Club Brugge KV	33	46.3	460.7%	2721.3%
9	S. Van der Heyden Full-back	Gent	28	42.7	43162%	4227.4%
10	B. Reynolds Full-back	KVC Westerlo	25	42.7	4376.4%	580.8%
11	M. Smets Centre-back	Genk	22	41.3	4115.4%	61±0%
12	Z. Van Den Bosch Full-back	Antwerp	23	41	4111.4%	59±0%
13	A. Ousou Centre-back	Charleroi	26	38.5	3945.3%	542.1%
14	F. Leysen Full-back	Union St. Gilloise	23	37.4	376.9%	553.9%
15	J. Seys Full-back	Club Brugge KV	21	37.1	3728.4%	6615.3%
16	E. Pletinckx Full-back	OH Leuven	25	36.2	36146.3%	5916.3%
17	T. Akimoto Full-back	OH Leuven	28	35.2	3526.6%	4310.9%
18	Y. Tsunashima Centre-back	Antwerp	25	35	3520.7%	557.7%
19	M. Nzita Full-back	Charleroi	26	35	35180%	528.5%
20	Mujaid Sadick Centre-back	Genk	26	34.9	3528.2%	5211.3%
21	D. Lamego Full-back	RAAL La Louvière	23	34.8	3523.9%	5816.3%
22	L. Marijnissen Full-back	Dender	23	34.8	3521.4%	6023.5%
23	Y. Okou Centre-back	RAAL La Louvière	23	34.5	35	597%
24	C. Keita Centre-back	Charleroi	23	34.3	34127.2%	6010%
25	C. Ravych Centre-back	Cercle Brugge	24	33.9	3412.4%	557.2%
26	W. Faye Full-back	RAAL La Louvière	32	33.8	34±0%	262.2%
27	J. Homawoo Full-back	Standard Liege	28	33.6	3433.6%	401.8%
28	S. Taniguchi Centre-back	St. Truiden	35	33.5	34392.6%	2144.4%
29	J. Ordoñez Centre-back	Club Brugge KV	22	32.5	3314.8%	601.2%
30	Óscar Gil Defensive midfielder	OH Leuven	28	32.4	3277%	409.2%
31	V. Musliu Centre-back	St. Truiden	31	31.2	31267.1%	29±0%
32	M. Maisonneuve Full-back	RAAL La Louvière	27	30.9	311%	46±0%
33	R. Halhal Centre-back	KV Mechelen	23	30.9	3114.9%	543.2%
34	L. Patris Full-back	Union St. Gilloise	25	29.8	30451.9%	525.8%
35	H. Lawrence Centre-back	Standard Liege	24	28.6	2926.9%	562.1%
36	T. St. Jago Full-back	KV Mechelen	26	28	2827.6%	4631.8%
37	L. Mbe Soh Centre-back	St. Truiden	25	27.8	2844.8%	533.6%
38	N. Dussenne Centre-back	OH Leuven	34	27.2	2740.4%	1849.3%
39	Z. El Ouahdi Full-back	Genk	24	26.7	2739.6%	61±0%
40	K. Sabbe Full-back	Club Brugge KV	21	26.7	2754.3%	6213.4%
41	J. Kiilerich Centre-back	Zulte Waregem	26	26.6	27177.1%	5155.3%
42	N. Gillot Defensive midfielder	RAAL La Louvière	23	26.4	2654.4%	5625.8%
43	K. Sardella Centre-back	Anderlecht	24	26	266.8%	53±0%
44	Y. Cappelle Defensive midfielder	Zulte Waregem	22	25.9	26123.3%	5629.6%
45	Leonardo Lopes Defensive midfielder	Gent	27	25.8	2696.9%	433.4%
46	Tiago Araújo Full-back	Gent	25	25.7	2658.6%	5515.6%
47	L. Hey Centre-back	Anderlecht	23	25.6	26153.5%	5531.2%
48	José Marsà Full-back	KV Mechelen	24	25.4	2516.2%	5210.6%
49	S. Kimura Centre-back	KVC Westerlo	24	25	2525%	538%
50	D. Bates Centre-back	Standard Liege	29	24.8	2522.2%	3313%