Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Serie B

The best defensive players in Serie B, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

I. Doumbia of Venezia is the standout for raw talent across players in Serie B, with a Field Insider Rating of 77.8, and J. Pohjanpalo has been the form player this season, grading 76.3.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Joronen has improved his Season rating most, up +57.7 on last season, while M. Çuni's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +25.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Svoboda of Venezia is the most valuable name in this group at 39.

Sampdoria · 24/25→25/26

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Palermo · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	M. Svoboda Centre-back	Venezia	27	63.6	64324%	598.1%
2	P. Ceccaroni Full-back	Palermo	30	59.6	60121.6%	418.1%
3	M. Bani Centre-back	Palermo	32	57.5	58166.2%	3024.3%
4	D. Tonoli Full-back	Modena	23	55.5	56	70
5	J. Schingtienne Full-back	Venezia	23	51.7	52300.8%	701.9%
6	G. Calvani Centre-back	Frosinone	22	50.2	50277.4%	7024.3%
7	G. Zaro Centre-back	Cesena	32	48.8	4962.1%	3215%
8	C. Favasuli Defensive midfielder	Catanzaro	22	47.7	48129.3%	7216.4%
9	A. Carboni Full-back	Monza	25	47.2	47110.7%	6313%
10	A. Oyono Full-back	Frosinone	25	46.9	47120.2%	6815.4%
11	L. Ravanelli Full-back	Monza	29	46.1	4690.5%	4316.8%
12	G. Bracaglia Full-back	Frosinone	23	44.6	45225.5%	6815.9%
13	Matias Antonini Centre-back	Catanzaro	28	40.4	4098%	511.4%
14	A. Castellini Full-back	Mantova	23	40	407900%	6723%
15	F. Delli Carri Centre-back	Monza	27	39.2	391860%	5315.8%
16	L. Šimić Centre-back	Avellino	30	39.1	39110.2%	392%
17	A. Cistana Full-back	Bari	29	38.7	3966.8%	428.2%
18	P. Peda Centre-back	Palermo	24	38.6	3946.8%	622%
19	T. Cassandro Full-back	Catanzaro	26	38.3	3846.7%	611.7%
20	A. Papetti Full-back	Reggiana	24	38	38113.5%	6210.5%
21	S. Diakité Full-back	Juve Stabia	26	37.6	3867.1%	574.7%
22	M. Perrotta Centre-back	Padova	32	37.4	37	29
23	C. Faedo Full-back	Padova	27	37.4	37	51
24	G. Aurelio Central midfielder	Spezia	26	37.4	3779.8%	577.9%
25	I. Monterisi Centre-back	Frosinone	24	37.3	3748%	641.5%
26	A. Giorgini Centre-back	Juve Stabia	24	37.1	3750.8%	676%
27	J. Illanes Centre-back	Carrarese	29	36.1	364.7%	4218.8%
28	D. Adorni Full-back	Modena	33	35	352.5%	2334.7%
29	F. Oliana Full-back	Carrarese	27	34.1	3496%	489%
30	G. Cittadini Centre-back	Frosinone	24	33.9	342981.8%	5817.1%
31	M. Viti Centre-back	Sampdoria	24	33.8	346.6%	6318.9%
32	M. Šverko Full-back	Venezia	28	32	32185.7%	4620.3%
33	R. Kofler Centre-back	Sudtirol	21	31.2	3159.2%	644%
34	N. Brighenti Full-back	Catanzaro	37	29.5	3026.4%	1524.1%
35	D. Bettella Centre-back	Pescara	26	29	2916%	554.7%
36	M. Lovato Centre-back	Empoli	26	28.9	2931.4%	574.9%
37	A. Ciofi Full-back	Cesena	27	28.6	2912.5%	5413.9%
38	A. Fontanarosa Full-back	Avellino	23	28.4	28198.9%	629.4%
39	L. Lucchesi Full-back	Monza	23	28.4	2835.9%	62±0%
40	N. Calabrese Full-back	Carrarese	21	28.4	28	63
41	S. Cella Centre-back	Mantova	25	27.3	2769.6%	6411.8%
42	R. Haps Central midfielder	Venezia	33	26.9	27166.3%	2037.1%
43	M. Imperiale Centre-back	Carrarese	27	26.9	2737%	4825.1%
44	Alessandro Dellavalle Centre-back	Modena	22	26.7	2751.7%	591.8%
45	L. Libutti Full-back	Reggiana	28	26.7	2750%	4418%
46	A. Izzo Centre-back	Monza	34	26.7	2711.2%	1942.3%
47	F. Missori Full-back	Avellino	22	26.5	27579.5%	6514%
48	G. Guarino Centre-back	Empoli	22	26.3	26110.4%	646.8%
49	M. Dorval Full-back	Bari	25	26.1	2626.3%	628.4%
50	F. Sgarbi Full-back	Padova	28	25.4	25156.6%	483.4%