Best Defensive players by Season Rating in 2. Bundesliga

The best defensive players in 2. Bundesliga, ranked on Field Insider.

Best defensive goalkeepers in 2. Bundesliga Best defensive defenders in 2. Bundesliga Best defensive midfielders in 2. Bundesliga Best defensive attackers in 2. Bundesliga Best players in 2. Bundesliga Most in-form players in 2. Bundesliga

At a glance

M. Baur of SC Paderborn 07 is the standout for raw talent across players in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 74.2, and M. Wanitzek has been the form player this season, grading 72.7, and N. Futkeu leads the scoring with 20 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: C. Itten has improved his Season rating most, up +49.8 on last season, while N. Aséko Nkili's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +35.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Curda of SC Paderborn 07 is the most valuable name in this group at 44.8.

N. Aséko Nkili+35.4RTG

Hannover 96 · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

C. Itten+49.8SsN

Fortuna Düsseldorf · 21/22→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	M. N'Diaye Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	24	61	6178.9%	6622.3%
2	H. Kuruçay Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	28	52.4	52206.4%	5110.6%
3	N. Katić Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	29	47.9	48432.2%	440.9%
4	T. Becker Full-back	FC Schalke 04	29	47.8	48149%	4230.8%
5	D. Herold Central midfielder	Karlsruher SC	23	45.6	4672.7%	675.5%
6	L. Gechter Centre-back	Hertha BSC	22	45.3	45137.2%	665.4%
7	M. Rohr Centre-back	SV Elversberg	31	41.7	4234.6%	3515%
8	M. Dárdai Centre-back	Hertha BSC	24	41.6	4222.7%	622.1%
9	M. Ayhan Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	19	41.2	41	67
10	P. Pfeiffer Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	26	40.4	40778.3%	5915.1%
11	M. Mathisen Centre-back	1. FC Magdeburg	30	40.3	4012.4%	3826.2%
12	M. Gyamfi Centre-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	26	38.3	38307.4%	5748.2%
13	T. Leistner Centre-back	Hertha BSC	35	37.7	3858.4%	1913.1%
14	L. Sirch Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	27	37.1	3733%	5515.6%
15	D. Zec Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	26	36.9	37202.5%	6012.8%
16	M. Maglica Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	36.8	37776.2%	5415.1%
17	M. Ivezić Full-back	Holstein Kiel	24	36.6	37134.6%	5915%
18	Vitalie Becker Full-back	FC Schalke 04	21	36	36	66
19	M. Momuluh Winger	Arminia Bielefeld	24	35.9	36206.8%	639.4%
20	T. Oberdorf Centre-back	Fortuna Düsseldorf	29	35.2	3522.6%	4228.4%
21	J. Gyamerah Full-back	SV Elversberg	31	34.7	3550.9%	338.5%
22	T. Scheller Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	24	34.5	3521.1%	66±0%
23	C. Brackelmann Full-back	SC Paderborn 07	26	34.1	3433.2%	569.2%
24	F. Götze Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	28	34	344.8%	4819.5%
25	M. Aydın Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	24	33.7	3423.9%	6410.7%
26	L. Pinckert Centre-back	SV Elversberg	26	33.2	3341.1%	5912%
27	D. Zeefuik Full-back	Hertha BSC	28	33.2	3311.9%	4225.5%
28	K. Ehlers Centre-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	25	33	3346%	598.4%
29	V. Ghiță Centre-back	Hannover 96	28	32.9	3329.5%	4731.9%
30	L. Lochoshvili Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	28	32.9	33487.5%	516.9%
31	J. ter Horst Full-back	Preußen Münster	24	32.4	3217.4%	61±0%
32	F. Flick Defensive midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	26	29.6	30107%	516.6%
33	B. Tomiak Centre-back	Hannover 96	27	29.3	2913.1%	5314.4%
34	N. Loosli Centre-back	VfL Bochum	29	29.3	29187.3%	421.2%
35	F. Gruber Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	23	29.2	29175.5%	6557.5%
36	J. Elvedi Centre-back	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	29	29	2919.4%	3927.1%
37	P. Strompf Centre-back	VfL Bochum	28	27.9	2827.7%	4713%
38	P. Ziereis Centre-back	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	33	27.7	2841.3%	2447%
39	Mika Haas Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	20	27.1	272610%	6624.6%
40	Sergio López Full-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	26.7	2788%	5513.3%
41	L. Morgalla Full-back	VfL Bochum	21	26.7	273714.3%	6573.5%
42	A. Rossipal Full-back	Dynamo Dresden	30	26.3	2619.8%	4016.2%
43	S. Jung Central midfielder	Karlsruher SC	36	25.9	261.5%	2016.9%
44	C. Kobald Full-back	Karlsruher SC	28	25.5	2684.8%	4513.7%
45	M. Nawrocki Full-back	Hannover 96	25	25.2	25260%	6139.3%
46	Julian Andreas Pauli Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	21	24.7	2524.7%	611.6%
47	A. Vukotić Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	31	24	242.8%	2933.2%
48	J. Heuer Centre-back	Preußen Münster	27	23.3	2320.5%	5013.1%
49	J. Hugonet Centre-back	1. FC Magdeburg	26	23.1	2353.8%	5221.7%
50	N. Rapp Full-back	Karlsruher SC	29	23	2331.1%	3823.7%