Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Super League 1

The best defensive players in Super League 1, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

K. Tzolakis of Olympiakos Piraeus is the standout for raw talent across players in Super League 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 45.9, and T. Strakosha has been the form player this season, grading 76.2, and A. El Kaabi leads the scoring with 18 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Filipe Relvas has improved his Season rating most, up +50.1 on last season, while B. Garré's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +6.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Tzolakis of Olympiakos Piraeus is the most valuable name in this group at 12.1.

Aris Thessalonikis · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Filipe Relvas+50.1SsN

AEK Athens FC · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	L. Rota Full-back	AEK Athens FC	28	64.2	64193.2%	3512.1%
2	P. Retsos Centre-back	Olympiakos Piraeus	27	62.9	63159.9%	355.4%
3	Filipe Relvas Centre-back	AEK Athens FC	26	57.3	57695.8%	399.7%
4	H. Moukoudi Centre-back	AEK Athens FC	28	53.4	53188.6%	322.6%
5	L. Pirola Centre-back	Olympiakos Piraeus	24	52.2	52135.1%	417%
6	Costinha Full-back	Olympiakos Piraeus	26	51.3	51157.8%	363.5%
7	T. Kędziora Centre-back	PAOK	32	44.5	4561.2%	1920.1%
8	F. Ortega Full-back	Olympiakos Piraeus	27	44.1	4467%	348.2%
9	A. Baba Full-back	PAOK	32	42.8	4349.1%	1825%
10	D. Stavrópoulos Centre-back	Atromitos	29	40.3	401019.4%	288%
11	J. Kenny Full-back	PAOK	29	37.6	38±0%	2654.2%
12	S. Onyemaechi Full-back	Olympiakos Piraeus	27	36.5	3789.1%	3143%
13	J. Penrice Full-back	AEK Athens FC	27	36.4	362.4%	3235.6%
14	G. Michailidis Centre-back	PAOK	26	36.1	36161.6%	354.6%
15	D. Calabria Full-back	Panathinaikos	29	35.8	36177.5%	2850.8%
16	S. Pilios Full-back	AEK Athens FC	25	34.7	35111.6%	4011.8%
17	T. Tsapras Full-back	Levadiakos	24	34.4	3437.6%	4512.2%
18	Álvaro Tejero Full-back	Aris Thessalonikis	30	33.2	33199.1%	2552.4%
19	K. Krizmanić Full-back	OFI	26	30.5	31	38
20	Fabiano Centre-back	Aris Thessalonikis	34	30.4	3023.1%	1218.5%
21	A. Touba Centre-back	Panathinaikos	28	29	2928.3%	3037.6%
22	D. Lovren Centre-back	PAOK	37	28.7	29263.3%	814.9%
23	M. Vichos Full-back	Levadiakos	26	28.2	2822.1%	404.8%
24	D. Vida Centre-back	AEK Athens FC	37	27.4	270.7%	735%
25	G. Biancone Centre-back	Olympiakos Piraeus	26	26.5	2763.6%	3311.8%
26	C. Konaté Full-back	Kifisia	22	26	265.7%	4034.4%
27	P. Liagas Centre-back	Levadiakos	26	25.6	2632%	374.4%
28	Mansur Centre-back	Atromitos	33	25.5	26100.8%	1522.8%
29	N. Fadiga Full-back	Aris Thessalonikis	26	25	25108.3%	3428.8%
30	Borja González Defensive midfielder	OFI	30	23.5	2465.5%	2130.8%
31	V. Lampropoulos Centre-back	OFI	36	22.1	2216.9%	146.2%
32	P. Deligiannidis Central midfielder	Asteras Tripolis	29	22	2277.4%	2517.5%
33	L. Lyratzis Full-back	Panserraikos	26	22	22197.3%	3542.5%
34	J. Pokorný Centre-back	Kifisia	29	20.9	21	26
35	David Simón Full-back	Kifisia	37	20.9	214.1%	941.4%
36	Hugo Sousa Centre-back	Kifisia	34	20.8	2167.7%	1236.8%
37	Pedro Álvaro Centre-back	Aris Thessalonikis	26	20.7	2130.5%	3249.3%
38	L. Rose Centre-back	Aris Thessalonikis	34	20.4	20187.3%	118.6%
39	T. Jedvaj Centre-back	Panathinaikos	30	20.4	205.6%	2222.3%
40	E. Palmer-Brown Centre-back	Panathinaikos	29	20.2	20512.1%	247.7%
41	S. Ingason Centre-back	Panathinaikos	33	20.1	2012.6%	1243.9%
42	Quini Full-back	Atromitos	36	20	2023.1%	923.1%
43	G. Kargas Centre-back	Volos NFC	31	20	20185.7%	2122.6%
44	K. Triantafyllópoulos Centre-back	Asteras Tripolis	33	19.9	2020.1%	1434.4%
45	M. Tsaousis Full-back	Panserraikos	26	19.9	2071.6%	345%
46	N. Šipčić Full-back	Asteras Tripolis	31	19.5	2025%	1849.1%
47	Y. Larouci Full-back	Kifisia	25	18.5	192.1%	3941.9%
48	I. Sylla Defensive midfielder	Asteras Tripolis	32	16.8	17130.1%	1555.4%
49	Volnei Feltes Centre-back	Panserraikos	26	16.8	17366.7%	34±0%
50	A. Petkov Centre-back	Kifisia	27	16.5	1720.4%	3010.1%