Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Bundesliga

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

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

At a glance

Y. Diomande of RB Leipzig is the standout for raw talent across players in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 93.7, and H. Kane has been the form player this season, grading 100.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Y. Diomande has improved his Season rating most, up +56.7 on last season, while B. Touré's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +49.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Olise of Bayern München is the most valuable name in this group at 89.6.

1899 Hoffenheim · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	W. Anton Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	30	70.2	70173.2%	544.6%
2	N. Schlotterbeck Full-back	Borussia Dortmund	26	64.2	64142.3%	811.1%
3	N. Elvedi Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	29	61.1	6190.3%	569%
4	J. Ryerson Defensive midfielder	Borussia Dortmund	28	58.3	58132.3%	6413.9%
5	W. Orbán Centre-back	RB Leipzig	33	55.9	566.9%	3614.8%
6	K. Diks Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	29	54	54117.7%	5649.6%
7	R. Baku Full-back	RB Leipzig	28	50.3	5026.4%	6516.8%
8	J. Scally Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	23	49.8	5078.5%	803.1%
9	C. Lukeba Centre-back	RB Leipzig	23	49.7	5039.2%	848.6%
10	M. Mittelstädt Full-back	VfB Stuttgart	29	49.5	507.1%	5519.9%
11	D. Raum Full-back	RB Leipzig	28	47.3	4727.5%	675.1%
12	K. Laimer Full-back	Bayern München	29	45.7	4643.3%	604%
13	R. Bensebaïni Full-back	Borussia Dortmund	31	43.2	4338.9%	4221.5%
14	Bernardo Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	31	42.5	4389.7%	434.4%
15	A. Hajdari Centre-back	1899 Hoffenheim	23	42.3	42	81
16	J. Mæhle Central midfielder	VfL Wolfsburg	29	41.7	42110.6%	5122.7%
17	J. Chabot Centre-back	VfB Stuttgart	28	40.6	4129.7%	5819.4%
18	J. Tah Centre-back	Bayern München	30	40.4	4015.4%	4628.9%
19	N. Brown Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	23	39.5	4013.8%	88±0%
20	Diogo Leite Centre-back	Union Berlin	27	38.9	3923.4%	6414.5%
21	L. Querfeld Centre-back	Union Berlin	22	38.5	3963.8%	828%
22	J. Stanišić Full-back	Bayern München	26	38.5	3965.2%	762%
23	R. Kristensen Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	29	37.1	370.5%	5524.8%
24	R. Koch Centre-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	30	36.8	371.4%	5117.4%
25	D. Upamecano Centre-back	Bayern München	27	36.7	3723.7%	6315.5%
26	S. Posch Centre-back	FSV Mainz 05	29	36.6	3737.6%	5211.4%
27	V. Coufal Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	33	36.3	36207.6%	3815.6%
28	Kim Min-Jae Centre-back	Bayern München	29	35.6	3639.7%	4926.8%
29	T. Krauß Defensive midfielder	1. FC Köln	25	35.2	3546.1%	686.3%
30	M. Friedl Centre-back	Werder Bremen	28	34.9	3527%	5915.2%
31	A. Theate Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	26	34.7	3513.7%	7212.5%
32	D. Doekhi Centre-back	Union Berlin	28	34.6	353.4%	6412.2%
33	D. Kohr Full-back	FSV Mainz 05	32	33.8	3421.4%	3917.4%
34	R. Hendriks Full-back	VfB Stuttgart	25	33.7	34103%	768.3%
35	E. Tapsoba Full-back	Bayer Leverkusen	27	33.5	341.2%	7210.1%
36	L. Badé Centre-back	Bayer Leverkusen	26	33.2	337.3%	7011.1%
37	A. Pieper Centre-back	Werder Bremen	28	33.1	338.9%	5515.1%
38	S. Widmer Central midfielder	FSV Mainz 05	33	32.9	33250%	2611.5%
39	L. Vušković Centre-back	Hamburger SV	19	32.6	3368.9%	8740.6%
40	J. Quansah Full-back	Bayer Leverkusen	23	32.3	32180.9%	859%
41	L. Ullrich Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	22	31.4	3163.5%	728.9%
42	C. Matsima Full-back	FC Augsburg	24	31.2	3138%	782.3%
43	M. Saliakas Defensive midfielder	FC St. Pauli	29	30.6	318.4%	4429.6%
44	Finn Jeltsch Centre-back	VfB Stuttgart	20	30.5	3127.6%	7825.8%
45	L. Kübler Full-back	SC Freiburg	33	30.1	3034.3%	2829.2%
46	W. Omari Full-back	Hamburger SV	26	29.9	30	6919.3%
47	N. Collins Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	22	29.3	2926.8%	801.1%
48	K. Schlotterbeck Centre-back	FC Augsburg	29	29	2925%	5111.2%
49	T. Ando Centre-back	FC St. Pauli	27	28.3	28	59
50	T. Rothe Central midfielder	Union Berlin	21	28.2	2837.1%	767.9%