Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating

The best defensive defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

A. Truffert of Bournemouth is the standout for raw talent across defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 96.1, and J. Bednarek has been the form player this season, grading 80.9, and Reinaldo leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +63.1 on last season, while T. Crama's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Timber of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 133.4.

Millwall · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+63.1SsN

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	Player	Team
1	J. Bednarek Centre-back	FC Porto	30	80.9	81184.9%	4129.2%
2	C. Paz Centre-back	Deportivo Riestra	31	76.9	77241.8%	3111.9%
3	K. Mac Allister Centre-back	Union St. Gilloise	28	74.5	759.1%	4416.7%
4	G. Mancini Centre-back	AS Roma	30	72.5	7319%	5417%
5	Kaiki Full-back	Cruzeiro	23	72.3	72202.5%	7921.7%
6	Alberto Baio Full-back	FC Porto	22	71.2	71321.3%	7117.4%
7	J. Kiwior Centre-back	FC Porto	26	70.7	71301.7%	5924.1%
8	J. de Haas Centre-back	Famalicao	26	70.6	7129.3%	631.7%
9	W. Anton Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	30	70.2	70173.2%	527.1%
10	T. Koga Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	27	69.2	69189.5%	504.6%
11	N. Sansotre Full-back	Deportivo Riestra	32	68.3	6820.9%	2623.2%
12	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	68.3	681213.5%	8711.8%
13	Gabriel Magalhães Full-back	Arsenal	28	68.3	6878.3%	7111.9%
14	A. Sandez Centre-back	Rosario Central	25	67.8	6868.7%	532.4%
15	M. Sarr Centre-back	Lens	27	67.6	68125.3%	702.6%
16	K. Hajrizi Centre-back	FC Sion	27	67.1	675491.7%	3937.5%
17	L. Lozano Full-back	Argentinos JRS	27	67	67	49
18	E. Báez Full-back	San Lorenzo	21	67	67141.9%	5817%
19	J. Timber Full-back	Arsenal	25	66.7	6762.3%	93±0%
20	J. Goitía Full-back	Deportivo Riestra	32	66.5	672.2%	2436%
21	M. Akanji Centre-back	Inter	31	66.2	66126.7%	4517.3%
22	M. Niakhaté Full-back	Lyon	30	65.4	6551.7%	5017.7%
23	Hassan Tambakti Centre-back	Al-Hilal Saudi FC	27	65.3	65218.5%	474.8%
24	Clinton Mata Centre-back	Lyon	33	65.3	6544.5%	3519.5%
25	C. Ibáñez Centre-back	Huracan	27	64.9	6514.7%	4320.4%
26	F. Miguel Full-back	Burgos	29	64.9	6546.5%	4812.7%
27	C. Burgess Full-back	Union St. Gilloise	34	64.4	6424.3%	2217.6%
28	L. Rota Full-back	AEK Athens FC	28	64.2	64193.2%	3512.1%
29	W. Zaïre-Emery Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	64	6484.4%	9310.7%
30	I. Zabarnyi Centre-back	Paris Saint Germain	23	64	6461.2%	8311%
31	A. Norén Centre-back	Mjallby AIF	27	63.9	6449.6%	338.4%
32	L. Blanco Full-back	Boca Juniors	27	63.8	6411%	4719.1%
33	K. Andrade Centre-back	Baltika	27	63.7	6441.2%	291.8%
34	P. Retsos Centre-back	Olympiakos Piraeus	27	62.9	63159.9%	355.4%
35	Grego Centre-back	Burgos	33	62.2	62168.1%	306.1%
36	T. Crama Full-back	Millwall	24	62.2	62192%	7973.3%
37	Rodrigo Pinheiro Full-back	Famalicao	23	62	6248.3%	663.1%
38	J. Garner Full-back	Everton	25	62	62179.3%	9116.6%
39	K. Lomónaco Full-back	Independiente	24	61.9	6211.8%	543.5%
40	E. Coronel Full-back	Rosario Central	29	61.9	62304.6%	3615.7%
41	T. Guidara Full-back	Huracan	30	61.7	62350.4%	304.1%
42	Álex Full-back	Burgos	22	61.7	62	73
43	Eric García Full-back	Barcelona	25	61.7	62119.6%	850.8%
44	W. Saliba Centre-back	Arsenal	25	61.7	6217.3%	885.7%
45	F. Miño Centre-back	Deportivo Riestra	26	61.6	62	47
46	Yehia Zakaria Full-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	24	61.4	61	37
47	J. Cornejo Full-back	Coquimbo Unido	36	61.3	61	10
48	V. Eriksson Full-back	Hammarby FF	25	61.1	6163.8%	397.2%
49	N. Elvedi Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	29	61.1	6190.3%	5610%
50	Z. Çelik Full-back	AS Roma	29	61	6121.8%	5613.5%