Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in 2. Bundesliga

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

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At a glance

D. Herold of Karlsruher SC is the standout for raw talent across defenders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 68.1, and H. Kuruçay has been the form player this season, grading 52.4, and M. Maglica leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Katić has improved his Season rating most, up +38.9 on last season, while F. Gruber's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +24.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Gechter of Hertha BSC is the most valuable name in this group at 27.4.

1. FC Nürnberg · 24/25→25/26

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N. Katić+38.9SsN

FC Schalke 04 · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	H. Kuruçay Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	28	52.4	52206.4%	5110.6%
2	N. Katić Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	29	47.9	48432.2%	440.9%
3	T. Becker Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	29	47.8	48149%	4230.8%
4	L. Gechter Centre-back	Hertha BSC	22	45.3	45137.2%	665.4%
5	M. Rohr Full-back	SV Elversberg	31	41.7	4234.6%	3514.7%
6	M. Dárdai Centre-back	Hertha BSC	24	41.6	4222.7%	622.1%
7	M. Ayhan Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	19	41.2	41	67
8	P. Pfeiffer Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	26	40.4	40778.3%	5915.1%
9	M. Mathisen Centre-back	1. FC Magdeburg	30	40.3	4012.4%	3826.2%
10	M. Gyamfi Centre-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	26	38.3	38307.4%	5748.2%
11	T. Leistner Centre-back	Hertha BSC	35	37.7	3858.4%	1913.1%
12	L. Sirch Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	27	37.1	3733%	5515.6%
13	D. Zec Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	26	36.9	37202.5%	6012.8%
14	M. Maglica Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	36.8	37776.2%	5415.1%
15	M. Ivezić Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	24	36.6	37134.6%	5915.3%
16	Vitalie Becker Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	21	36	36	66
17	T. Oberdorf Centre-back	Fortuna Düsseldorf	29	35.2	3522.6%	4228.4%
18	J. Gyamerah Full-back	SV Elversberg	31	34.7	3550.9%	338.5%
19	T. Scheller Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	24	34.5	3521.1%	66±0%
20	C. Brackelmann Full-back	SC Paderborn 07	26	34.1	3433.2%	569.2%
21	F. Götze Full-back	SC Paderborn 07	28	34	344.8%	4919.1%
22	M. Aydın Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	24	33.7	3423.9%	6410.7%
23	L. Pinckert Centre-back	SV Elversberg	26	33.2	3341.1%	5912%
24	D. Zeefuik Centre-back	Hertha BSC	28	33.2	3311.9%	4225.8%
25	K. Ehlers Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	25	33	3346%	598.4%
26	V. Ghiță Centre-back	Hannover 96	28	32.9	3329.5%	4731.9%
27	L. Lochoshvili Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	28	32.9	33487.5%	517.5%
28	J. ter Horst Full-back	Preußen Münster	24	32.4	3217.4%	61±0%
29	B. Tomiak Centre-back	Hannover 96	27	29.3	2913.1%	5314.4%
30	F. Gruber Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	23	29.2	29175.5%	6558.5%
31	N. Loosli Full-back	VfL Bochum	29	28.5	29179.4%	411.9%
32	P. Ziereis Centre-back	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	33	27.7	2841.3%	2447%
33	Mika Haas Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	20	27.1	272610%	6624.6%
34	L. Morgalla Centre-back	VfL Bochum	21	26.7	273714.3%	6472.7%
35	Sergio López Full-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	26.7	2788%	5513.3%
36	A. Rossipal Full-back	Dynamo Dresden	30	26.3	2619.8%	4016.2%
37	P. Strompf Centre-back	VfL Bochum	28	26.3	2631.9%	4614.6%
38	D. Herold Full-back	Karlsruher SC	23	25.7	262.7%	686.9%
39	C. Kobald Full-back	Karlsruher SC	28	25.5	2684.8%	4513.7%
40	M. Nawrocki Full-back	Hannover 96	25	25.2	25260%	6139.3%
41	Julian Andreas Pauli Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	21	24	2421.2%	612.1%
42	A. Vukotić Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	31	24	242.8%	2933.2%
43	J. Elvedi Centre-back	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	29	23.4	2335%	3731.5%
44	J. Heuer Centre-back	Preußen Münster	27	23.3	2320.5%	5013.1%
45	J. Hugonet Centre-back	1. FC Magdeburg	26	23.1	2353.8%	5221.7%
46	N. Rapp Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	29	23	2331.1%	3823.7%
47	M. Großer Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	25	22.8	2321.4%	5730.9%
48	M. Franke Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	33	22.7	2323.1%	2527.2%
49	I. Okon Centre-back	Hannover 96	22	22.4	22	62
50	L. Günther Full-back	SV Elversberg	23	22	2258.3%	658.7%