Best Defensive players by Season Rating in 3. Liga

The best defensive players in 3. Liga, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

O. Mhamdi of Verl is the standout for raw talent across players in 3. Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 46.6, and Lukas Henrik Jonsson has been the form player this season, grading 55.1, and E. Engelhardt leads the scoring with 16 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Lukas Henrik Jonsson has improved his Season rating most, up +49.2 on last season, while M. Braune's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +7.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Schröers of Alemannia Aachen is the most valuable name in this group at 14.3.

Lukas Henrik Jonsson55.1SsN

VfL Osnabrück

Rising potential

M. Braune+7.9RTG

MSV Duisburg · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

Lukas Henrik Jonsson+49.2SsN

VfL Osnabrück · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. Müller Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	32	46	46566.7%	218.4%
2	N. Wiemann Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	27	45.7	46262.7%	38±0%
3	R. Fabinski Full-back	VfL Osnabrück	22	27.6	28	44
4	J. Janitzek Centre-back	SV Wehen	22	27.3	27232.9%	438.9%
5	J. Gillekens Full-back	SV Wehen	26	26.2	2614.4%	3814%
6	S. Voet Centre-back	TSV 1860 München	26	23.3	2321.4%	3836.2%
7	T. Fleckstein Centre-back	MSV Duisburg	27	23	23100%	358.3%
8	F. Otto Centre-back	Verl	24	22.5	23309.1%	429.9%
9	J. Ríos Alonso Centre-back	Rot-Weiß Essen	25	20.6	2119.1%	432.4%
10	F. Carstens Centre-back	Hansa Rostock	27	20.4	2015.7%	3421.1%
11	L. Dietz Centre-back	FC Viktoria Köln	29	20.3	2016.8%	2628.1%
12	S. Lorenz Centre-back	FC Ingolstadt 04	29	20	2081.8%	2912.7%
13	N. Awortwie-Grant Centre-back	Energie Cottbus	25	20	20	41
14	Leopold Wurm Full-back	SSV Jahn Regensburg	20	19.9	2021.7%	4328.5%
15	J. Bitter Full-back	MSV Duisburg	29	19.8	20153.8%	2820.6%
16	T. Zobel Centre-back	Erzgebirge Aue	22	19.3	19	41
17	R. Malone Centre-back	Erzgebirge Aue	33	18.7	19345.2%	1324.7%
18	M. Sponsel Centre-back	FC Viktoria Köln	24	18.4	18	4023.3%
19	Y. Lührs Centre-back	Hoffenheim II	22	17.5	1822.9%	412.4%
20	Y. Karademir Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	22	17.4	1737%	414.4%
21	O. Mhamdi Full-back	Verl	23	17.1	175600%	4714.8%
22	N. Kijewski Full-back	Verl	30	16.7	1789.8%	2514%
23	A. Hahn Centre-back	MSV Duisburg	33	16.6	1739.5%	1440.9%
24	R. Bormuth Centre-back	FC Saarbrücken	30	16.6	17325.6%	2139.5%
25	A. Gürleyen Centre-back	Hansa Rostock	27	15.4	1547.6%	3319.4%
26	F. Strauß Centre-back	SSV Jahn Regensburg	25	15.3	15	38
27	K. Manu Centre-back	Energie Cottbus	22	15.3	15800%	429.9%
28	J. Scholz Centre-back	FC Ingolstadt 04	27	15	1540.5%	3438.3%
29	G. Antzoulas Centre-back	FC Ingolstadt 04	26	14.9	153625%	3713.5%
30	C. Coşkun Full-back	MSV Duisburg	28	14.9	15325.7%	329.9%
31	J. da Silva Kiala Full-back	Alemannia Aachen	22	14.8	15	42
32	N. May Full-back	SV Wehen	24	14.7	1540%	424.1%
33	N. Hoffmann Full-back	Waldhof Mannheim	29	14.4	14118.2%	265.9%
34	P. Fallmann Full-back	Erzgebirge Aue	22	13.9	1454.4%	406.1%
35	T. Janotta Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	22	13.8	14	40
36	S. Straudi Full-back	Energie Cottbus	27	13.7	14	32
37	V. Lässig Centre-back	Hoffenheim II	23	13	13	40
38	L. Bazzoli Full-back	SSV Ulm 1846	25	12.9	1311.6%	3636%
39	R. Schifferl Centre-back	TSV 1860 München	27	12.8	1360%	3014.2%
40	L. Klünter Full-back	Waldhof Mannheim	30	12.8	1341.6%	2226.4%
41	L. Rosenlöcher Full-back	FC Ingolstadt 04	25	12.8	130.8%	405%
42	S. Belkahia Centre-back	Havelse	27	12.5	13101.6%	3214.4%
43	H. Rorig Full-back	Energie Cottbus	26	12.4	1256.2%	397.9%
44	T. Kraulich Centre-back	Rot-Weiß Essen	27	11.9	1219%	3319.7%
45	J. Collins Full-back	Erzgebirge Aue	32	11.6	121060%	1742.3%
46	V. Boboy Centre-back	FC Viktoria Köln	23	11.5	12	38
47	S. Mockenhaupt Full-back	SV Wehen	34	11.3	1145.7%	1043.7%
48	F. Pfanne Centre-back	Hansa Rostock	31	11.3	1149.1%	1734.4%
49	M. Wegmann Centre-back	Alemannia Aachen	27	10.7	11	33
50	Sean Dulic Full-back	TSV 1860 München	21	10.7	118.1%	402.2%