Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Ligue 2

The best defensive defenders in Ligue 2, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

N. Galves of Rodez is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Ligue 2, with a Field Insider Rating of 67.9, and A. Lauray has been the form player this season, grading 60.1, and N. Saint-Ruf leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Lauray has improved his Season rating most, up +55 on last season, while S. Kotto's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +25.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, D. Durivaux of RED Star FC 93 is the most valuable name in this group at 34.3.

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	Player	Team
1	A. Lauray Full-back	Le Mans	29	60.1	601078.4%	4158.5%
2	S. Yohou Centre-back	Le Mans	35	57.4	57686.3%	26115.6%
3	Sergio Akieme Full-back	Reims	28	55.9	56134.9%	5324.8%
4	L. Buadés Full-back	Le Mans	28	55.6	56121.5%	4932.5%
5	D. Durivaux Full-back	RED Star FC 93	25	55	5582.1%	6610.4%
6	M. Nadé Centre-back	Saint Etienne	27	52.9	5363.8%	5620.5%
7	A. Monfray Centre-back	Estac Troyes	35	52.9	53±0%	267.1%
8	H. Voyer Centre-back	Le Mans	29	49.6	50411.3%	4050%
9	Z. Ariss Full-back	Bastia	22	49	497%	624.9%
10	A. Koné Centre-back	Reims	21	48.9	493392.9%	655.7%
11	J. Kouadio Centre-back	Annecy	26	45.9	4637%	583%
12	P. Lemonnier Full-back	RED Star FC 93	33	44.8	4582.1%	2510.5%
13	B. Danger Centre-back	RED Star FC 93	28	44.3	44334.3%	486.4%
14	J. Laporte Centre-back	Montpellier	32	43	4346.3%	3013.4%
15	Juan José Guevara Possu Centre-back	Bastia	25	42.9	43125.8%	56±0%
16	M. Xantippe Full-back	Grenoble	24	41.8	4290%	603.4%
17	G. Paquiez Full-back	Grenoble	32	41.4	411%	3020.9%
18	E. Tchato Full-back	Montpellier	23	41.4	41142.1%	658.8%
19	I. Boura Full-back	Estac Troyes	25	41.1	4113.7%	625.6%
20	J. Boyer Centre-back	Boulogne	28	40.4	40453.4%	4653.4%
21	J. Kalulu Full-back	PAU	21	38.8	39155.3%	6717.3%
22	T. Sainte-Luce Centre-back	Montpellier	27	38.1	38401.3%	4819.8%
23	L. Mouyokolo Full-back	Grenoble	25	36.6	3722.3%	610.5%
24	S. Gourville Centre-back	Boulogne	26	36	36287.1%	5358.3%
25	R. Lipinski Centre-back	Rodez	24	35.9	36603.9%	6733.1%
26	M. Busi Centre-back	Reims	26	34.9	35359.2%	534.3%
27	I. Cossier Centre-back	Le Mans	19	33.7	34	63
28	D. Thiam Full-back	Boulogne	36	33.5	34520.4%	22220.3%
29	H. Sekine Full-back	Reims	23	33	3372.8%	589.8%
30	J. Ruiz Centre-back	PAU	28	32.4	3214.9%	4614.2%
31	T. Meynadier Full-back	Bastia	26	32.1	326.1%	5013.8%
32	D. Gomis Centre-back	Guingamp	31	31.7	3210.8%	3313.9%
33	T. Pouilly Centre-back	PAU	23	31.6	32857.6%	643.2%
34	W. Bianda Centre-back	Laval	26	31.4	31237.6%	534.3%
35	C. Vidal Centre-back	Grenoble	26	31.3	3114.2%	5210.7%
36	G. Zohoré Centre-back	Boulogne	25	31.2	31578.3%	5873.7%
37	M. Magnin Centre-back	Rodez	24	31	31	66
38	Amine Chabane Centre-back	Amiens	19	30.9	31272.3%	606.8%
39	M. Huard Centre-back	RED Star FC 93	28	29.9	3052.6%	4314.7%
40	A. Georgen Full-back	Dunkerque	27	29.6	3037%	5220.3%
41	C. Jullien Centre-back	Montpellier	33	29.3	2938.2%	2143.6%
42	A. Drouhin Centre-back	Annecy	26	28.7	2940.3%	5610%
43	A. Roncaglia Centre-back	Bastia	25	28.6	2926%	546.4%
44	A. Abdallah Centre-back	Guingamp	28	28.6	2968.2%	4321.4%
45	N. Boissé Centre-back	Le Mans	20	28.5	29	60
46	N. Fernandez-Veliz Full-back	Nancy	21	28.5	29168.9%	6210.8%
47	K. Pedro Full-back	Saint Etienne	20	28.2	289300%	644.9%
48	S. Mambo Centre-back	Grenoble	27	28.1	2816.1%	4518.6%
49	S. Kotto Centre-back	Reims	22	27.9	2817.9%	5978.4%
50	N. Pallois Centre-back	Reims	38	27.6	2814.6%	1055.7%