Best Defensive players by Season Rating in HNL

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

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At a glance

D. Beljo of Dinamo Zagreb is the standout for raw talent across players in HNL, with a Field Insider Rating of 45.8.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Beljo has improved his Season rating most, up +68.8 on last season, while D. Adu-Adjei's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, D. Beljo of Dinamo Zagreb is the most valuable name in this group at 10.4.

HNK Rijeka · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

D. Beljo+68.8SsN

Dinamo Zagreb · 23/24→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Sergi Domínguez Centre-back	Dinamo Zagreb	21	49.3	491046.5%	4244.1%
2	S. McKenna Centre-back	Dinamo Zagreb	29	41.4	41197.8%	2756.7%
3	Ž. Trontelj Defensive midfielder	HNK Gorica	26	39.7	40239.3%	358.1%
4	A. Majstorović Centre-back	HNK Rijeka	32	39	39	18
5	L. Jelenić Centre-back	NK Osijek	26	38.4	38	32
6	A. Oreč Full-back	HNK Rijeka	24	38.3	38	39
7	Z. Šarlija Centre-back	HNK Hajduk Split	29	36.5	377.6%	2534.4%
8	S. Radeljić Centre-back	HNK Rijeka	28	33.5	34	27
9	D. Čolina Full-back	NK Osijek	26	33.3	3354.9%	3229%
10	M. Valinčić Full-back	Dinamo Zagreb	23	33.2	33	38
11	B. Goda Full-back	Dinamo Zagreb	28	31.5	32	28
12	M. Devetak Full-back	HNK Rijeka	27	31	31620.9%	3237.8%
13	Š. Hrgović Full-back	HNK Hajduk Split	22	30.6	31	41
14	A. Kadušić Full-back	Istra 1961	28	29.9	30	26
15	Olof Matteo Perez Vinlöf Full-back	Dinamo Zagreb	20	27.7	2813750%	4040.2%
16	Renan Guedes Full-back	NK Osijek	28	26.7	27124.4%	2457.1%
17	D. Kovačić Centre-back	NK Slaven Belupo	32	26.6	27135.4%	1843.9%
18	F. Maglica Defensive midfielder	NK Varazdin	29	26.5	27	25
19	M. Čabraja Full-back	HNK Gorica	29	26.3	2628.9%	2637.3%
20	F. Karačić Full-back	NK Osijek	30	25.8	2638.7%	1964.9%
21	D. Kolinger Centre-back	NK Lokomotiva Zagreb	32	25.7	261252.6%	187.7%
22	J. Filipović Centre-back	HNK Gorica	33	25.6	2624.7%	1631.6%
23	N. Galešić Centre-back	Dinamo Zagreb	25	25.3	25	35
24	M. Heister Full-back	Istra 1961	34	24.8	25	11
25	R. Jurišić Full-back	NK Osijek	24	24.7	25	34
26	S. Perić Full-back	HNK Gorica	29	22.4	22	24
27	F. Krušelj Full-back	NK Slaven Belupo	21	21.9	22	39
28	L. Škaričić Centre-back	NK Varazdin	24	21.1	21	37
29	E. Hasić Full-back	NK Osijek	23	20.9	2171.3%	336.8%
30	Branimir Mlačić Full-back	HNK Hajduk Split	20	20.6	21	37
31	T. Jukic Centre-back	NK Lokomotiva Zagreb	24	19.8	20	36
32	T. Božić Centre-back	NK Slaven Belupo	38	19.7	20	9
33	A. Borsic Defensive midfielder	NK Varazdin	30	19.6	20	21
34	S. Mkrtchyan Full-back	NK Osijek	23	18.6	19	33
35	M. Nasraoui Centre-back	Istra 1961	23	18.2	18	34
36	L. Hodak Full-back	HNK Hajduk Split	20	18.2	18	36
37	A. Husic Defensive midfielder	HNK Rijeka	25	18	1825.9%	3319.1%
38	M. Mladenovski Centre-back	NK Varazdin	25	17.2	17	33
39	R. Punčec Centre-back	NK Varazdin	34	17	17900%	952.5%
40	M. Ticinovic Defensive midfielder	Vukovar	34	16.8	17	10
41	L. Ba Centre-back	NK Varazdin	28	16.3	16	25
42	N. Tepšić Full-back	NK Varazdin	24	15.9	16	34
43	K. Pavičić Centre-back	Vukovar	27	15.8	16	26
44	D. Marešić Centre-back	Istra 1961	26	15.7	16137.9%	3153.1%
45	J. Mersinaj Centre-back	NK Osijek	27	15.5	16	25
46	R. Raci Centre-back	HNK Hajduk Split	23	15.4	15	34
47	V. Koski Centre-back	Istra 1961	24	13.9	14	34
48	J. Gurlica Defensive midfielder	Vukovar	22	13.6	14	32
49	D. Melnjak Full-back	HNK Hajduk Split	33	13.3	1339.5%	1073.4%
50	R. Kumar Centre-back	Istra 1961	17	11.8	12	37