Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Jupiler Pro League

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

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At a glance

J. Seys of Club Brugge KV is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Jupiler Pro League, with a Field Insider Rating of 65.5, and K. Mac Allister has been the form player this season, grading 74.5, and Z. El Ouahdi leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: E. Bayram has improved his Season rating most, up +27.1 on last season, while J. Kiilerich's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +17.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Bayram of KVC Westerlo is the most valuable name in this group at 25.9.

K. Mac Allister74.5SsN

Union St. Gilloise

Rising potential

J. Kiilerich+17.5RTG

Zulte Waregem · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

E. Bayram+27.1SsN

KVC Westerlo · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	K. Mac Allister Centre-back	Union St. Gilloise	28	74.5	759.1%	4416.7%
2	C. Burgess Full-back	Union St. Gilloise	34	64.4	6424.3%	2217.6%
3	R. Sykes Centre-back	Union St. Gilloise	27	53	5390.6%	496.3%
4	E. Bayram Centre-back	KVC Westerlo	23	49.1	49123.2%	629.4%
5	B. Mechele Centre-back	Club Brugge KV	33	46.3	460.7%	2721.3%
6	I. Hautekiet Centre-back	Standard Liege	24	46.1	462.3%	571.7%
7	S. Van der Heyden Centre-back	Gent	28	42.7	43162%	4227.5%
8	B. Reynolds Full-back	KVC Westerlo	25	42.7	4376.4%	580.8%
9	M. Smets Centre-back	Genk	22	41.3	4115.4%	61±0%
10	Z. Van Den Bosch Centre-back	Antwerp	23	41	4111.4%	59±0%
11	G. Magnée Full-back	Cercle Brugge	26	40.5	41106.6%	583.8%
12	A. Ousou Centre-back	Charleroi	26	38.5	3945.3%	542.1%
13	F. Leysen Centre-back	Union St. Gilloise	23	37.4	376.9%	553.9%
14	J. Seys Full-back	Club Brugge KV	21	37.1	3728.4%	6615.3%
15	Flávio Nazinho Full-back	Cercle Brugge	23	36.3	36109.8%	617.6%
16	E. Pletinckx Centre-back	OH Leuven	25	36.2	36146.3%	5815.9%
17	Y. Tsunashima Centre-back	Antwerp	25	35	3520.7%	557.7%
18	M. Nzita Full-back	Charleroi	26	35	35180%	528.5%
19	Mujaid Sadick Centre-back	Genk	26	34.9	3528.2%	5211.3%
20	D. Lamego Centre-back	RAAL La Louvière	23	34.8	3523.9%	5815.9%
21	L. Marijnissen Centre-back	Dender	23	34.8	3521.4%	6023.1%
22	Y. Okou Centre-back	RAAL La Louvière	23	34.5	35	597%
23	C. Keita Centre-back	Charleroi	23	34.3	34127.2%	6010%
24	T. Akimoto Centre-back	OH Leuven	28	34.3	3423.4%	4211.9%
25	C. Ravych Centre-back	Cercle Brugge	24	33.9	3412.4%	557.2%
26	W. Faye Centre-back	RAAL La Louvière	32	33.8	34±0%	262.6%
27	J. Homawoo Centre-back	Standard Liege	28	33.6	3433.6%	401.3%
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	V. Musliu Centre-back	St. Truiden	31	31.2	31267.1%	29±0%
31	M. Maisonneuve Centre-back	RAAL La Louvière	27	30.9	311%	460.7%
32	R. Halhal Full-back	KV Mechelen	23	30.9	3114.9%	542.9%
33	Óscar Gil Full-back	OH Leuven	28	29.9	3063.4%	419%
34	T. St. Jago Centre-back	KV Mechelen	26	27.3	2729.5%	4632.3%
35	H. Lawrence Centre-back	Standard Liege	24	27.2	2730.4%	553.2%
36	Z. El Ouahdi Full-back	Genk	24	26.7	2739.6%	61±0%
37	Leonardo Lopes Full-back	Gent	27	26.6	27103.1%	432.9%
38	Tiago Araújo Full-back	Gent	25	25.7	2658.6%	5515.6%
39	I. Karamoko Centre-back	Standard Liege	25	25.7	2626%	523.8%
40	L. Hey Centre-back	Anderlecht	23	25.6	26153.5%	5531.2%
41	José Marsà Full-back	KV Mechelen	24	25.4	2516.2%	5210.6%
42	J. Kiilerich Centre-back	Zulte Waregem	26	25.1	25161.5%	5053.2%
43	J. Kayembe Full-back	Genk	31	24.6	2545.9%	2732.9%
44	Emmanuel Kakou Centre-back	Cercle Brugge	21	24.3	2442.9%	563%
45	K. Sabbe Full-back	Club Brugge KV	21	24	2438.7%	6111.8%
46	L. Augustinsson Full-back	Anderlecht	32	24	243%	2410.5%
47	S. Kimura Centre-back	KVC Westerlo	24	23.7	2418.5%	527%
48	K. Van Den Kerkhof Full-back	Charleroi	30	23.3	23177.4%	3318.1%
49	R. Nyakossi Centre-back	OH Leuven	22	23.3	23763%	5812.3%
50	L. Patris Full-back	Union St. Gilloise	25	23.2	23329.6%	4813.4%