Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Bundesliga

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

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At a glance

N. Brown of Eintracht Frankfurt is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.3, and W. Anton has been the form player this season, grading 70.2, and L. Vušković leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: W. Anton has improved his Season rating most, up +44.5 on last season, while L. Vušković's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +22.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. Schlotterbeck of Borussia Dortmund is the most valuable name in this group at 58.6.

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N. Schlotterbeck58.6val

Borussia Dortmund

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	Player	Team
1	W. Anton Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	30	70.2	70173.2%	527.1%
2	N. Elvedi Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	29	61.1	6190.3%	5610%
3	N. Schlotterbeck Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	26	58.8	59121.9%	774.1%
4	W. Orbán Centre-back	RB Leipzig	33	55.9	566.9%	3616.2%
5	M. Mittelstädt Full-back	VfB Stuttgart	29	49.5	507.1%	5617.4%
6	J. Scally Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	23	48.3	4873.1%	793.9%
7	K. Diks Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	29	48.3	4894.8%	5343.2%
8	R. Baku Full-back	RB Leipzig	28	47.4	4719.1%	6418.4%
9	J. Ryerson Full-back	Borussia Dortmund	28	47.2	4788%	6513.5%
10	D. Raum Full-back	RB Leipzig	28	43.9	4418.3%	657.8%
11	A. Hajdari Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	23	42.3	42	81
12	C. Lukeba Centre-back	RB Leipzig	23	40.9	4114.6%	804%
13	J. Chabot Centre-back	VfB Stuttgart	28	40.6	4129.7%	5916.9%
14	J. Tah Centre-back	Bayern München	30	39.2	3912%	4629.5%
15	K. Laimer Full-back	Bayern München	29	38.9	3921.9%	578.5%
16	Bernardo Centre-back	1899 Hoffenheim	31	38.8	3973.2%	428.4%
17	N. Brown Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	23	38.3	3810.4%	870.9%
18	L. Querfeld Centre-back	Union Berlin	22	37.8	3860.9%	817.3%
19	R. Koch Centre-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	30	36.8	371.4%	5019.4%
20	V. Coufal Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	33	36.3	36207.6%	3815.6%
21	D. Upamecano Centre-back	Bayern München	27	35.7	3625.8%	6316%
22	Kim Min-Jae Centre-back	Bayern München	29	35.6	3639.7%	4926.8%
23	D. Doekhi Centre-back	Union Berlin	28	34.6	353.4%	6412.2%
24	R. Bensebaïni Full-back	Borussia Dortmund	31	34.3	3410.3%	3927.4%
25	R. Hendriks Full-back	VfB Stuttgart	25	33.7	34103%	7811.7%
26	M. Friedl Centre-back	Werder Bremen	28	32.3	3232.4%	5717.7%
27	J. Stanišić Full-back	Bayern München	26	31.7	3236.1%	732.3%
28	L. Ullrich Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	22	31.4	3163.5%	728.9%
29	E. Tapsoba Full-back	Bayer Leverkusen	27	31.3	315.4%	6913.3%
30	Diogo Leite Centre-back	Union Berlin	27	30.9	3139.2%	6019.5%
31	L. Vušković Centre-back	Hamburger SV	19	28.9	2949.7%	8536.7%
32	D. Kohr Centre-back	FSV Mainz 05	32	28.8	2933%	3623.6%
33	T. Krauß Full-back	1. FC Köln	25	28.7	2919.1%	686.9%
34	A. Theate Centre-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	26	28.5	2929.1%	6916.8%
35	J. Quansah Centre-back	Bayer Leverkusen	23	28.5	29147.8%	825.7%
36	J. Torunarigha Centre-back	Hamburger SV	29	27	2728.2%	482.6%
37	L. Kübler Full-back	SC Freiburg	33	26.6	2741.9%	2733.5%
38	K. Schlotterbeck Centre-back	FC Augsburg	29	26.4	2613.8%	4913.6%
39	Finn Jeltsch Centre-back	VfB Stuttgart	20	26	268.8%	7826.6%
40	H. Wahl Centre-back	FC St. Pauli	32	25.9	2633.9%	3627.6%
41	L. Badé Centre-back	Bayer Leverkusen	26	25.4	2529.1%	6615.9%
42	J. Vagnoman Full-back	VfB Stuttgart	25	25.1	2551.2%	75±0%
43	M. Ginter Full-back	SC Freiburg	32	24.8	2538.5%	4214%
44	D. da Costa Full-back	FSV Mainz 05	33	24.7	2523.8%	3217.2%
45	R. Kristensen Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	29	24	2435.7%	4833.6%
46	N. Collins Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	22	23.2	23±0%	772.7%
47	R. Hranáč Centre-back	1899 Hoffenheim	26	22.9	231808.3%	7121.2%
48	E. Smith Full-back	FC St. Pauli	29	22.5	2338.7%	4925.2%
49	A. Pieper Centre-back	Werder Bremen	28	22.4	2226.3%	5022.9%
50	P. Mainka Centre-back	1. FC Heidenheim	31	22	2257.9%	4321.6%