Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Eredivisie

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

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At a glance

M. Rots of Twente is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Eredivisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 83.9, and M. Young has been the form player this season, grading 59.3, and B. Kemper leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Teo Quintero has improved his Season rating most, up +47.2 on last season, while N. Kasanwirjo's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +28.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Teo Quintero of Sparta Rotterdam is the most valuable name in this group at 43.2.

N. Kasanwirjo+28.6RTG

Fortuna Sittard · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Teo Quintero+47.2SsN

Sparta Rotterdam · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	M. Young Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	20	59.3	5969.4%	768.3%
2	Teo Quintero Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	27	56.3	56518.7%	584.3%
3	Lucas Rosa Full-back	Ajax	26	54.7	55129.8%	6213%
4	Y. Baas Centre-back	Ajax	23	53.9	545.7%	764.5%
5	B. van Rooij Full-back	Twente	25	47.3	4736.3%	764.1%
6	S. El Karouani Full-back	Utrecht	25	43.8	441.4%	755.9%
7	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	41.9	42345.7%	7739.1%
8	D. Janse Centre-back	Groningen	20	41.7	4294.9%	7543.5%
9	M. Rots Full-back	Twente	20	41.7	42456%	8430.1%
10	T. Watanabe Centre-back	Feyenoord	29	41.7	4212.6%	5011.3%
11	A. Ahmedhodžić Centre-back	Feyenoord	27	41.3	4132.2%	6112.9%
12	J. Kramer Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	30	41	4116.1%	4920.2%
13	Mauro Júnior Full-back	PSV Eindhoven	27	40.7	4134.8%	649.5%
14	T. Blokzijl Centre-back	Groningen	21	40.7	4149.1%	768.3%
15	M. Rente Full-back	Groningen	29	40.6	416.8%	5010.7%
16	B. Martins Indi Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	34	40.4	40494.1%	2518.4%
17	G. Offerhaus Defensive midfielder	Telstar	25	40	4020.9%	6815.1%
18	W. Goes Centre-back	AZ Alkmaar	22	39.3	3916.3%	741.1%
19	J. Šutalo Centre-back	Ajax	26	38.2	3842.8%	6114.6%
20	M. de Wit Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	28	37.7	38328.4%	584.4%
21	M. Deijl Full-back	GO Ahead Eagles	29	37.7	389.3%	5020.4%
22	Alexandre Penetra Centre-back	AZ Alkmaar	24	36.6	3712%	721.4%
23	M. Peersman Full-back	Groningen	35	36.2	3659.5%	2720.4%
24	D. Kasius Central midfielder	AZ Alkmaar	23	35.6	3635.4%	72±0%
25	M. Didden Centre-back	Utrecht	24	32.8	33285.9%	6711.6%
26	L. Greiml Centre-back	NAC Breda	25	32.4	3215.4%	628.2%
27	A. Zagré Full-back	Excelsior	24	32	3219%	7016.6%
28	M. van der Hoorn Centre-back	Utrecht	33	31.8	3217.4%	2827.3%
29	V. Zagaritis Full-back	Heerenveen	25	31.6	322.5%	69±0%
30	O. Aertssen Full-back	PEC Zwolle	21	31.3	311%	674.2%
31	S. Floranus Full-back	PEC Zwolle	27	31.2	31642.9%	5810.2%
32	R. Meissen Full-back	Excelsior	24	31.1	31224%	6918.6%
33	S. Sambo Full-back	Sparta Rotterdam	24	30.8	317600%	6311.1%
34	A. MacNulty Centre-back	PEC Zwolle	23	30.4	305.9%	715.7%
35	S. Dest Full-back	PSV Eindhoven	25	30.1	30616.7%	7621.8%
36	R. Hillen Centre-back	NAC Breda	23	29.9	3013.3%	645.6%
37	O. Braude Full-back	Heerenveen	22	29.6	3029%	775.5%
38	R. Pröpper Centre-back	Twente	32	29.2	292.3%	3010%
39	A. Gaaei Full-back	Ajax	23	29	2924.3%	718.2%
40	S. Graves Centre-back	PEC Zwolle	27	28.8	2924.1%	5614.2%
41	J. Dahlhaus Full-back	Fortuna Sittard	24	28.3	2818%	671.2%
42	B. Kemper Full-back	NAC Breda	27	28.2	2817.5%	5911.2%
43	O. Wijndal Centre-back	Ajax	26	28.1	28226.7%	591.2%
44	Yarek Gasiorowski Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	21	28.1	2883.7%	761.2%
45	C. Widell Centre-back	Excelsior	23	28.1	2836.6%	7111.6%
46	A. Kaplan Centre-back	NEC Nijmegen	23	27.4	2793%	7113.3%
47	N. Viergever Centre-back	Utrecht	37	27.4	2734.4%	2028.3%
48	I. Bronkhorst Full-back	Excelsior	29	27.3	2740%	4512.7%
49	S. Adewoye Centre-back	Fortuna Sittard	26	27.2	2716.3%	596.3%
50	G. Read Full-back	Feyenoord	20	26.5	2717.2%	753%