Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Ligat Ha'al

The best defensive players in Ligat Ha'al, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Y. Mordechai of Ironi Kiryat Shmona is the standout for raw talent across players in Ligat Ha'al, with a Field Insider Rating of 44.3, and K. Kangwa has been the form player this season, grading 49.4, and Dor Peretz leads the scoring with 14 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. Kangwa has improved his Season rating most, up +49.4 on last season, while H. Ermakov's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +2.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Kangwa of Hapoel Beer Sheva is the most valuable name in this group at 11.7.

Maccabi Haifa · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

K. Kangwa+49.4SsN

Hapoel Beer Sheva · 23/24→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	O. Blorian Centre-back	Hapoel Beer Sheva	26	37.5	38	39
2	J. Bataille Full-back	Maccabi Haifa	27	34.8	3527.9%	3333.6%
3	Chico Centre-back	Hapoel Tel Aviv	27	32.7	3380.7%	3443.1%
4	A. Azugi Central midfielder	Bnei Sakhnin	27	29.9	30	34
5	G. Mizrahi Full-back	Hapoel Beer Sheva	25	29.2	29	41
6	M. Gantus Full-back	Bnei Sakhnin	30	29.1	29	23
7	F. Mayembo Centre-back	Hapoel Tel Aviv	30	28.2	286950%	2337.5%
8	Y. Cohen Full-back	Beitar Jerusalem	29	26.7	27	29
9	B. Carabalí Centre-back	Beitar Jerusalem	27	26	26	36
10	T. Asante Centre-back	Maccabi Tel Aviv	24	25.9	2623.3%	4125%
11	L. Gadrani Centre-back	Beitar Jerusalem	29	24.1	24	26
12	Heriberto Tavares Attacking midfielder	Maccabi Netanya	29	23.9	24125.5%	2843.9%
13	K. Jaber Full-back	Maccabi Netanya	25	22.7	23	40
14	R. Revivo Full-back	Maccabi Tel Aviv	23	22.2	22	44
15	S. Piven Centre-back	Hapoel Tel Aviv	30	22	22	20
16	S. Ben-David Centre-back	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	29	21.3	21	27
17	H. Hilo Centre-back	Bnei Sakhnin	26	20	20233.3%	3518.2%
18	Saná Gomes Full-back	Hapoel Haifa	26	19.9	20	35
19	G. Diba Centre-back	Hapoel Haifa	28	19.8	20	29
20	M. Camara Centre-back	Maccabi Tel Aviv	28	19.8	20	28
21	K. Bručić Full-back	Bnei Sakhnin	34	19.6	2063.3%	1256.1%
22	M. Coco Full-back	Hapoel Tel Aviv	30	19.4	19280.4%	1958%
23	Hélder Lopes Full-back	Hapoel Beer Sheva	37	19.3	1922.2%	764.1%
24	Heitor Centre-back	Maccabi Tel Aviv	26	19.1	19	34
25	L. Eissat Centre-back	Maccabi Haifa	21	18.7	19	41
26	D. Malul Full-back	Hapoel Haifa	37	18.4	18	8
27	D. Leidner Full-back	Hapoel Tel Aviv	24	18.4	18	37
28	N. Ljubisavljević Centre-back	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	29	18.3	18	27
29	Ahmed Ibrahim Salman Winger	Bnei Sakhnin	22	17.8	18	43
30	M. Baltaxa Centre-back	Hapoel Beer Sheva	30	17.4	17	21
31	B. Shaheen Full-back	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	23	17.1	17	38
32	G. Morozov Full-back	Beitar Jerusalem	32	17	17277.8%	1732.5%
33	Bruno Ramires Centre-back	Hapoel Haifa	32	15.4	157.2%	1570.1%
34	A. Seck Centre-back	Maccabi Haifa	34	15	1544.6%	1166.5%
35	O. Benbenishti Defensive midfielder	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	25	15	15	37
36	T. Archel Centre-back	Hapoel Tel Aviv	23	14.6	15	37
37	O. Davidzada Full-back	Hapoel Beer Sheva	35	14.6	15	9
38	R. Shlomo Centre-back	Maccabi Tel Aviv	26	13.8	14666.7%	3431.2%
39	S. Yehezkel Full-back	Maccabi Tel Aviv	31	13.7	1495.7%	1941.3%
40	T. Awany Centre-back	Ashdod	30	13.3	13	25
41	N. Ben Harush Full-back	Maccabi Tel Aviv	21	13	13	39
42	A. Cohen Full-back	Maccabi Netanya	27	12	12	30
43	P. Cornud Full-back	Maccabi Haifa	29	11.7	1260.3%	2351.4%
44	I. Diakite Centre-back	Ashdod	22	11.6	12	43
45	Y. Faingezicht Full-back	Maccabi Haifa	18	11.4	11	39
46	S. Goldberg Centre-back	Maccabi Haifa	31	10.5	11	17
47	Y. Nassar Full-back	Hapoel Tel Aviv	29	10.3	10	22
48	R. Keller Full-back	Maccabi Netanya	23	10.3	10	41
49	M. Yashilirmak Centre-back	Ashdod	21	10	10	40
50	N. Antwi Full-back	Beitar Jerusalem	25	9.5	10	37