Best Defensive players by Season Rating in League Two

The best defensive players in League Two, ranked on Field Insider.

Best defensive goalkeepers in League Two Best defensive defenders in League Two Best defensive midfielders in League Two Best defensive attackers in League Two Best players in League Two Most in-form players in League Two

At a glance

M. Young of Salford City is the standout for raw talent across players in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 39, and A. Drinan has been the form player this season, grading 51.9.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Eastwood has improved his Season rating most, up +45.3 on last season, while K. McFadzean's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +5.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, I. Odutayo of Bromley is the most valuable name in this group at 6.8.

Chesterfield · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Eastwood+45.3SsN

Cambridge United · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. Robson Full-back	Oldham	28	50.3	5062.3%	2811.1%
2	K. Watts Centre-back	Cambridge United	26	44.1	44255.6%	3517.4%
3	E. Monthe Centre-back	Oldham	31	43.8	44427.7%	2032.1%
4	M. Jobe Centre-back	Cambridge United	23	41.3	41	36
5	D. Daniels Centre-back	Oldham	32	40.7	411750%	1618.1%
6	L. Bennett Full-back	Cambridge United	24	39.3	3998.5%	3524.5%
7	J. Gibbons Full-back	Cambridge United	28	38.6	39131.1%	2725.7%
8	C. McJannet Centre-back	Grimsby	27	38.3	3840.8%	309%
9	I. Odutayo Full-back	Bromley	23	37.6	3831.5%	387%
10	M. Ekpiteta Full-back	Milton Keynes Dons	30	36.9	37210.1%	2228.2%
11	L. Offord Centre-back	Milton Keynes Dons	26	35.9	3652.1%	323.6%
12	J. Bedeau Centre-back	Notts County	26	35.7	365.6%	337.8%
13	O. Sowunmi Centre-back	Bromley	30	35.3	3515.7%	229.4%
14	C. Barker Centre-back	Crawley Town	23	34.5	3535.3%	3430.8%
15	H. Rodgers Centre-back	Grimsby	29	34.5	3531.7%	2516%
16	D. Collinge Centre-back	Barnet	28	33.5	34	27
17	A. Senior Full-back	Barnet	24	33.3	33	37
18	L. Garbutt Full-back	Salford City	33	33.2	334.7%	1616%
19	M. Clark Full-back	Gillingham	30	32	3226.6%	2119.3%
20	W. Boyle Full-back	Shrewsbury	30	31.7	32100.6%	2120.5%
21	J. Sanders Centre-back	Milton Keynes Dons	27	31.1	3156.3%	2831.7%
22	A. Oluwo Centre-back	Salford City	26	30.8	31	32
23	K. McFadzean Centre-back	Chesterfield	39	30.4	30334.3%	9172.7%
24	J. Wilson Centre-back	Cheltenham	37	29.2	2914.4%	1048.9%
25	N. Tavares Centre-back	Barnet	27	28.2	28	28
26	A. Smith Centre-back	Gillingham	24	27.9	28140.5%	3211.8%
27	N. Tsaroulla Full-back	Notts County	27	27.7	2837.8%	303.2%
28	R. Staunton Full-back	Grimsby	24	27.1	27421.2%	3411.1%
29	J. Tomkinson Full-back	Cheltenham	24	26.9	27209.2%	3220.8%
30	L. Macari Full-back	Notts County	24	26.3	264%	34±0%
31	J. Mellish Full-back	Milton Keynes Dons	28	26.1	2662.1%	261.6%
32	B. Cooper Centre-back	Salford City	26	26	2640.5%	3031.1%
33	W. Wright Full-back	Swindon Town	29	26	262.6%	2326.2%
34	W. Sutton Centre-back	Oldham	23	25.6	268433.3%	3114.7%
35	T. Sang Full-back	Shrewsbury	27	25.5	264.5%	2517.3%
36	A. Kilgour Full-back	Bristol Rovers	28	25.4	25440.4%	2624.1%
37	B. Purrington Centre-back	Cambridge United	30	25.3	2599.2%	1737.9%
38	A. Flint Centre-back	Walsall	37	24.3	24125%	101%
39	J. Tucker Centre-back	Colchester	26	24.1	24162%	3217.9%
40	L. Billington Full-back	Crewe	22	23.6	2448.4%	3712.6%
41	J. Flint Full-back	Crawley Town	25	23.6	24122.6%	3124.1%
42	R. Hutchinson Full-back	Crewe	26	23	235650%	3312.5%
43	Jamie Knight-Lebel Centre-back	Swindon Town	21	22.2	2224.5%	343.7%
44	C. O'Brien Centre-back	Accrington ST	19	22.1	2238.1%	335.5%
45	S. Stubbs Full-back	Shrewsbury	27	22.1	2266.7%	2523.2%
46	J. Connolly Centre-back	Crewe	24	21.8	2261.5%	3312.1%
47	F. Rawson Centre-back	Accrington ST	30	21.7	226.5%	1922.2%
48	Joel McGregor Full-back	Swindon Town	20	21.5	2276.2%	334.5%
49	Benn David Ward Centre-back	Accrington ST	22	21.4	217.4%	311%
50	M. Demetriou Full-back	Crewe	36	21.3	2146.1%	122.6%