Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in 2. Bundesliga 26/27
The best defensive defenders in 2. Bundesliga in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
K. Schmidt of Dynamo Dresden is the standout for raw talent across defenders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 58.4, and P. Strompf has been the form player this season, grading 26.3, and R. Jansson leads the scoring with 3 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: C. Johansson has improved his Season rating most, up +10.3 on last season, while K. Schmidt's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +23.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, E. Bakatukanda of VfL Osnabrück is the most valuable name in this group at 25.7.
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| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P. StrompfCentre-back |  VfL Bochum | 28 | 26.3 | 2631.9% | 4614.6% |
| 2 | E. BakatukandaCentre-back |  VfL Osnabrück | 22 | 26.1 | 263628.6% | 3927% |
| 3 | D. KovacevicDefensive midfielder |  Eintracht Braunschweig | 22 | 20.5 | 21 | 44 |
| 4 | N. Awortwie-GrantCentre-back |  Energie Cottbus | 26 | 20 | 20 | 38 |
| 5 | F. NürnbergerFull-back |  SV Darmstadt 98 | 27 | 17.2 | 1741.9% | 5013.4% |
| 6 | P. NkoaFull-back | Eintracht Braunschweig | 27 | 15 | 15±0% | 44±0% |
| 7 | C. JohanssonCentre-back |  Holstein Kiel | 32 | 14.5 | 15245.2% | 2034.4% |
| 8 | L. SchneiderCentre-back |  Arminia Bielefeld | 26 | 13.9 | 1435.3% | 4918.4% |
| 9 | F. HollandCentre-back | SV Darmstadt 98 | 36 | 13.2 | 1335.3% | 1250.4% |
| 10 | K. SchmidtCentre-back |  Dynamo Dresden | 24 | 11.5 | 12228.6% | 5866.9% |
| 11 | R. JanssonFull-back |  FC St. Pauli | 22 | 11 | 11150% | 3740.5% |
| 12 | L. BünningCentre-back | Dynamo Dresden | 28 | 9.4 | 946% | 384.1% |
| 13 | F. RonstadtFull-back |  1. FC Kaiserslautern | 29 | 9.4 | 914.6% | 2446% |
| 14 | K. VogtCentre-back | VfL Bochum | 35 | 8.9 | 944.4% | 1259.2% |