Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Primera División 25/26

The best defensive defenders in Primera División in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

T. Avilés of O'Higgins is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Primera División, with a Field Insider Rating of 42.5, and J. Cornejo has been the form player this season, grading 61.3, and F. Salinas leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: H. Magallanes has improved his Season rating most, up +13.9 on last season, while R. Delgado's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +3.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, I. Román of Colo Colo is the most valuable name in this group at 3.4.

D. La Serena · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

H. Magallanes+13.9SsN

Everton de Vina · 21/22→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. Cornejo Full-back	Coquimbo Unido	36	61.3	61	10
2	M. Fernández Centre-back	Coquimbo Unido	37	58.1	58	8
3	F. Salinas Full-back	Coquimbo Unido	26	58	58	27
4	R. Caroca Centre-back	Huachipato	37	42.6	43	8
5	L. Pavez Full-back	O'Higgins	31	39.9	40	17
6	B. Ampuero Centre-back	U. Catolica	33	37.4	37	11
7	A. Robledo Centre-back	O'Higgins	28	33.8	34	19
8	A. Parot Centre-back	Deportes Limache	36	33.5	34	9
9	M. Zaldivia Full-back	Universidad de Chile	35	33.5	34	10
10	V. Fernández Central midfielder	Everton de Vina	27	33.2	33	22
11	J. Campusano Full-back	Nublense	33	30.6	31	10
12	F. Campos Centre-back	Nublense	32	29.8	303211.1%	1256.6%
13	C. Suárez Centre-back	Palestino	39	29.7	30	7
14	C. Toro Full-back	Huachipato	25	29.6	30	24
15	J. Salomoni Centre-back	Union La Calera	28	28.9	29	23
16	B. Gazzolo Centre-back	Coquimbo Unido	29	28.2	28	18
17	Felipe Andrés Faúndez González Full-back	O'Higgins	20	28.1	28	26
18	J. Díaz Centre-back	U. Catolica	28	27	2755.2%	1860.7%
19	B. Cerezo Full-back	U. Catolica	31	26.6	27	15
20	E. Mena Full-back	U. Catolica	38	26.6	2734.2%	660.1%
21	R. Cáseres Centre-back	Union La Calera	29	25.1	25	38
22	P. Calderón Centre-back	Nublense	28	24.9	25	17
23	D. Ulloa Full-back	Colo Colo	23	24.7	25	26
24	F. Hormazábal Full-back	Universidad de Chile	30	24.7	25	15
25	É. Wiemberg Centre-back	Colo Colo	32	24.1	24	11
26	D. Zúñiga Central midfielder	Palestino	30	23.4	23	15
27	M. Brizuela Centre-back	O'Higgins	29	22.9	2328.7%	3512.4%
28	J. Espejo Full-back	A. Italiano	26	22.9	23	24
29	O. Bosso Centre-back	Nublense	32	22.8	23	11
30	M. Isla Centre-back	Colo Colo	38	22.7	2350.1%	662.3%
31	J. León Full-back	Palestino	26	22.7	23	22
32	C. Labrín Centre-back	Rangers de Talca	35	21.7	22	10
33	N. Baeza Central midfielder	Everton de Vina	29	21.1	21	15
34	R. Delgado Centre-back	D. La Serena	36	21	2126.1%	1924.4%
35	C. Moreno Centre-back	Cobresal	30	20.9	21	14
36	N. Ramírez Full-back	Universidad de Chile	29	20	20	16
37	F. Meza Defensive midfielder	Palestino	36	19.5	204.8%	932.5%
38	J. Castro Centre-back	Huachipato	24	19.5	20	23
39	Y. Andía Full-back	Union La Calera	34	19.3	19	9
40	E. Ferrario Centre-back	A. Italiano	26	19.1	19	22
41	T. Asta-Buruaga Full-back	U. Catolica	29	18.9	19	16
42	F. Dinamarca Full-back	D. La Serena	22	18.3	18	24
43	N. Peñailillo Centre-back	Deportes Limache	35	18.2	18	658.4%
44	H. Magallanes Centre-back	Everton de Vina	29	18	18339%	1659.6%
45	C. Barrera Full-back	Everton de Vina	28	16	16	19
46	L. Díaz Full-back	O'Higgins	27	15.9	16	22
47	M. Ortiz Centre-back	A. Italiano	32	15.9	1610.4%	2135.1%
48	A. Ceza Centre-back	Palestino	23	15.5	16	24
49	E. Hernández Centre-back	Coquimbo Unido	27	15	15	20
50	S. Cabrera Full-back	Coquimbo Unido	28	14.5	15	16