Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Primera Nacional 2026

The best defensive defenders in Primera Nacional in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

T. Lecanda of Agropecuario is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Primera Nacional, with a Field Insider Rating of 48.4, and F. Miño has been the form player this season, grading 46.1, and M. Machado leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: G. Paz has improved his Season rating most, up +37.1 on last season, while F. Roncaglia's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +8.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, F. Miño of Almirante Brown is the most valuable name in this group at 10.9.

San Telmo · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

G. Paz+37.1SsN

Nueva Chicago · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	F. Miño Centre-back	Almirante Brown	26	46.1	4625.2%	3817.6%
2	F. Rasmussen Centre-back	Colon Santa Fe	34	46	4616.2%	1642.9%
3	G. Paz Full-back	Nueva Chicago	33	42.4	42700%	1046.7%
4	L. Diarte Centre-back	Deportivo Madryn	33	39.2	39	21
5	Juan Moran Full-back	Godoy Cruz	20	39.2	39273.3%	437.1%
6	J. Endrizzi Centre-back	Gimnasia Jujuy	32	39.1	39	18
7	L. Arce Centre-back	Godoy Cruz	29	35.8	361.9%	2843.6%
8	F. Roncaglia Centre-back	San Telmo	39	35.6	3697.8%	15145.9%
9	Luciano Leonel Recalde Centre-back	San Martin S.J.	31	35.2	35238.5%	2326.5%
10	N. Zárate Centre-back	Deportivo Moron	33	34.6	35	15
11	A. Aguirre Centre-back	Temperley	27	34.4	34168.7%	2249.8%
12	N. Dematei Centre-back	Gimnasia Jujuy	38	34	3478%	924.1%
13	T. Bovone Centre-back	All Boys	26	33.4	33	35
14	T. Rojas Centre-back	Atlanta	24	31.2	31	39
15	H. Zuliani Centre-back	San Martin S.J.	22	30.7	31	42
16	G. Cosaro Centre-back	Gimnasia Jujuy	37	30.5	31	8
17	N. Ortíz Centre-back	Deportivo Madryn	31	29.2	29	19
18	M. Silvera Centre-back	Chaco For Ever	27	29.1	29	31
19	P. Martínez Centre-back	San Miguel	26	29.1	29	36
20	J. Ostachuk Centre-back	Atlanta	26	28.9	293512.5%	3810.5%
21	H. Grana Centre-back	All Boys	41	28.9	29	8
22	T. Lecanda Full-back	Agropecuario	24	28.7	29226.1%	4812%
23	M. Guanini Centre-back	Gimnasia Y Tiro	30	28.7	29178.6%	2341.6%
24	L. Monzón Centre-back	Alvarado	23	28.5	29	39
25	G. Díaz Centre-back	Patronato	23	28.4	28	41
26	G. Díaz Centre-back	Gimnasia Y Tiro	36	28	28	13
27	M. Tarón Centre-back	Ferro Carril Oeste	26	27.7	28	37
28	G. Errecalde Centre-back	Chacarita Juniors	26	27.6	2836%	365.9%
29	G. Rodríguez Centre-back	San Martin Tucuman	24	27.4	27	40
30	R. Ayala Centre-back	Ferro Carril Oeste	32	27.3	27	19
31	F. Nadalín Centre-back	San Martin S.J.	29	27	27440%	2539.4%
32	T. Ortega Full-back	Quilmes	25	26.4	26654.3%	45±0%
33	N. Caro Centre-back	CA Estudiantes	31	26.2	2649.2%	2242.8%
34	F. Quinteros Centre-back	CA Estudiantes	27	26	2625900%	3116%
35	G. Ferracutti Centre-back	Atlanta	35	25.9	26	11
36	M. Bíttolo Centre-back	Deportivo Moron	36	25.7	2627.9%	1140.5%
37	L. Martínez Montagnoli Centre-back	Colegiales	39	25.7	26	8
38	M. Coronel Centre-back	All Boys	37	25.3	2520.5%	761.3%
39	A. Kippes Centre-back	Quilmes	32	25.2	25	16
40	S. Monzón Centre-back	CA Estudiantes	23	25.1	25	39
41	F. Hanashiro Centre-back	Colegiales	25	25.1	25	38
42	P. Souto Full-back	Temperley	26	24.9	25	43
43	T. Pérez Serra Centre-back	Tristan Suarez	27	24.4	24	32
44	A. Rébola Centre-back	Racing Cordoba	38	24.1	2415.7%	856.4%
45	F. Murillo Centre-back	San Martin Tucuman	29	24.1	24	25
46	N. Fernández Colombo Centre-back	Los Andes	29	24.1	24	26
47	M. Peinipil Centre-back	Colon Santa Fe	27	23.8	24	38
48	N. Brunet Centre-back	Godoy Cruz	26	23.7	24	2344.8%
49	E. Calderón Centre-back	Central Norte	25	23.5	24285.2%	3712.3%
50	Valentin Aguiñagalde Centre-back	Temperley	21	23.1	23	40