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Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Premier League

The best defensive defenders in Premier League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

I. Krupskyi of FC Kharkiv is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 40.5, and H. Pasich has been the form player this season, grading 47.4, and E. Sarapiy leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Muravskyi has improved his Season rating most, up +29.7 on last season, while V. Salyuk's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +6.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, O. Drambaev of LNZ Cherkasy is the most valuable name in this group at 10.

Best talent
I. Krupskyi40.5RTG
FC Kharkiv
In form
H. Pasich47.4SsN
LNZ Cherkasy
Rising potential
V. Salyuk+6.6RTG
FC Kharkiv · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
N. Muravskyi+29.7SsN
LNZ Cherkasy · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
E. Sarapiy5goals
Polessya
Most valuable
O. Drambaev10val
LNZ Cherkasy
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PlayerTeam
1H. PasichFull-backLNZ Cherkasy3347.447125.7%1430%
2N. MuravskyiCentre-backLNZ Cherkasy2646.146181.1%365.8%
3E. SarapiyCentre-backPolessya274444182.1%3411.7%
4B. MykhailichenkoFull-backPolessya29424282.6%2621.3%
5O. DrambaevFull-backLNZ Cherkasy2540.84161.9%387.1%
6R. DidykCentre-backLNZ Cherkasy2333336.8%389.2%
7S. ChobotenkoFull-backPolessya2932.93350.9%2524.5%
8A. ShabanovCentre-backFC Kharkiv3432.93328.9%1146.4%
9Y. PavlyukCentre-backFC Kharkiv2331.63298.7%399.2%
10I. KrupskyiFull-backFC Kharkiv2130.63181.1%413.1%
11A. PonedelnikCentre-backKolos Kovalivka2928.9298.2%2523.9%
12V. BabogloFull-backKarpaty2727.62828.9%3124.6%
13I. KrasniqiCentre-backKolos Kovalivka2626.12610.6%3312.9%
14M. MatvienkoCentre-backShakhtar Donetsk3025.32514.5%2036.4%
15V. BondarCentre-backShakhtar Donetsk27252528.4%3028%
16E. KozikFull-backKolos Kovalivka2323.82419%383.8%
17V. SalyukFull-backFC Kharkiv2421.92253.1%3721.8%
18Jean PedrosoFull-backKarpaty2221.32121.7%3710.8%
19JordanFull-backZorya Luhansk2720.42028.3%3027.9%
20V. VilivaldCentre-backKryvbas KR212020104.1%395.4%
21D. MiroshnichenkoFull-backKarpaty3119.31946.4%1640%
22Y. ShevchenkoFull-backObolon'-Brovar30191984.5%2028.8%
23PedrinhoFull-backShakhtar Donetsk2418.81921.7%386.8%
24Jan JurčecCentre-backKryvbas KR2517.818456.3%379.2%
25JuninhoFull-backZorya Luhansk3017.21789%2221.2%
26V. DubkoCentre-backObolon'-Brovar2516.31641.8%3316.4%
27O. KlymetsFull-backEpitsentr Dunayivtsi2616.31655.5%319%
28O. MartynyukCentre-backFC Kharkiv2416.11665.3%3520.9%
29Y. KonoplyaFull-backShakhtar Donetsk2615.6167.7%356.7%
30M. BurdaCentre-backKolos Kovalivka3115.5161.3%1625.2%
31O. SychFull-backKarpaty2515.11543%3414.7%
32K. StamoulisFull-backVeres Rivne2514.71534±0%
33K. CipotCentre-backVeres Rivne2514.61533
34V. MorozCentre-backEpitsentr Dunayivtsi2414.31461.4%342.5%
35R. LyakhFull-backRuh Lviv2513.4130.7%343.4%
36V. KholodCentre-backRuh Lviv2213.11360.2%3617.4%
37A. JanjićCentre-backZorya Luhansk24131335
38I. PerdutaCentre-backZorya Luhansk3512.91318.9%922.7%
39R. GoncharenkoCentre-backVeres Rivne3212.91310.4%1348.2%
40B. KonatéCentre-backKryvbas KR2311.71295%360.6%
41M. SmiyanFull-backVeres Rivne2411.411356%34±0%
42J. JonesCentre-backKryvbas KR2010.91137
43S. GrygorashchukCentre-backEpitsentr Dunayivtsi2510.61171%327.2%
44I. KyryukhantsevFull-backEpitsentr Dunayivtsi301010244.8%1921.8%
45Artem MachelyukFull-backKudrivka269.61051%3311.3%
46V. PryymakFull-backObolon'-Brovar299.61049.5%2234%
47Y. MisyuraFull-backSK Poltava328.6978.2%1434.6%
48B. VeklyakCentre-backKudrivka268.59303.5%
49K. VivcharenkoFull-backDynamo Kyiv248.2820.6%373.3%
50M. MelnychukFull-backKudrivka267.7819.8%308.6%