Best Defensive players by Season Rating in League Two 26/27

The best defensive players in League Two in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

William Dickson of Chesterfield is the standout for raw talent across players in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 81.6, and A. Drinan has been the form player this season, grading 51.9, and T. Eaves leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Drinan has improved his Season rating most, up +41 on last season, while J. Bycroft's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +6.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. Sutton of Oldham is the most valuable name in this group at 6.2.

Best talent

William Dickson81.6RTG

Exeter City · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

A. Drinan+41SsN

Swindon Town · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. Robson Full-back	Oldham	28	50.3	50±0%	28±0%
2	C. McJannet Centre-back	Grimsby	28	38.3	38±0%	309.4%
3	L. Offord Centre-back	Crewe	26	35.9	36±0%	333.1%
4	H. Rodgers Full-back	Grimsby	29	34.5	35±0%	25±0%
5	D. Collinge Centre-back	Barnet	28	33.5	34±0%	27±0%
6	A. Senior Full-back	Barnet	24	33.3	33±0%	37±0%
7	W. Boyle Centre-back	Shrewsbury	31	31.7	32±0%	2112.6%
8	A. Oluwo Centre-back	Salford City	26	30.8	31±0%	32±0%
9	L. Hoole Full-back	Shrewsbury	24	28.7	29±0%	31±0%
10	A. Smith Full-back	Gillingham	25	27.9	28±0%	322.5%
11	R. Staunton Full-back	Grimsby	24	27.1	27421.2%	3411.1%
12	J. Tomkinson Full-back	Cheltenham	24	26.9	27±0%	32±0%
13	J. Fitzwater Centre-back	Exeter City	29	26.4	26±0%	32±0%
14	B. Cooper Centre-back	Salford City	26	26	2640.5%	3031.1%
15	W. Sutton Centre-back	Oldham	23	25.6	268433.3%	3114.7%
16	A. Kilgour Full-back	Bristol Rovers	28	25.4	25440.4%	2624.1%
17	D. Hall Centre-back	Rotherham	25	24.7	25±0%	42±0%
18	J. Tucker Centre-back	Colchester	26	24.1	24±0%	32±0%
19	L. Billington Full-back	Crewe	22	23.6	24±0%	37±0%
20	C. Norman Full-back	Newport County	30	21.6	22±0%	196.2%
21	Joel McGregor Full-back	Swindon Town	20	21.5	2276.2%	334.5%
22	A. O'Connor Centre-back	Harrogate Town	33	21.2	2135.8%	1046.8%
23	R. Hutton Full-back	Chesterfield	27	21	21±0%	281.8%
24	J. Caprice Full-back	Oldham	33	20.6	21164.1%	1054.1%
25	L. Gordon Centre-back	Chesterfield	25	20.2	20±0%	31±0%
26	J. Sweeney Full-back	Grimsby	24	19.4	19±0%	32±0%
27	M. Kacurri Centre-back	Grimsby	20	19.3	19±0%	32±0%
28	J. Simpson Centre-back	Chesterfield	29	19.1	199.5%	308.2%
29	E. Turns Centre-back	Exeter City	23	18.4	1824.3%	412.4%
30	C. Dunkley Centre-back	Chesterfield	34	18.1	18115.5%	106.6%
31	G. Bajrami Centre-back	Crawley Town	27	17.8	18	2625.9%
32	J. Burroughs Full-back	Northampton	25	17.1	17327.5%	392.6%
33	C. McCarthy Full-back	Northampton	28	16.9	1794.3%	3117.5%
34	L. Jenkins Centre-back	Newport County	25	16.7	17±0%	313%
35	W. Burrell Centre-back	Harrogate Town	36	16.5	171.2%	81.2%
36	C. Raglan Centre-back	Barrow	33	16.4	160.6%	1255.3%
37	T. Lees Full-back	Harrogate Town	35	16.3	1623.5%	1038.3%
38	K. Cameron Centre-back	Newport County	29	16.1	16±0%	2418%
39	P. Farquharson Full-back	Crawley Town	29	16.1	16±0%	20±0%
40	R. Cundy Full-back	Cheltenham	30	16	16±0%	17±0%
41	M. Hancock Full-back	Walsall	23	15.7	16±0%	31±0%
42	F. Potter Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	22	15.5	16±0%	32±0%
43	J. Lawrence-Gabriel Full-back	Port Vale	27	14.7	15±0%	34±0%
44	S. Rooney Full-back	Fleetwood Town	30	14.6	15±0%	17±0%
45	A. McGowan Full-back	Port Vale	30	14.6	1518%	1940.8%
46	B. Heneghan Full-back	Port Vale	33	14.3	1436.2%	1610.9%
47	E. Iandolo Full-back	Colchester	29	14	14±0%	2213.1%
48	L. Cass Centre-back	Harrogate Town	26	13.7	142.2%	2512.8%
49	Filozofe Mabete Centre-back	Swindon Town	21	13.5	14	31
50	L. Gibson Full-back	Harrogate Town	29	12.8	13172.3%	1811.7%