Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Eredivisie 26/27

The best defensive players in Eredivisie in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

T. van Bergen of Groningen is the standout for raw talent across players in Eredivisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 79.5, and M. Young has been the form player this season, grading 59.3, and K. Lien leads the scoring with 10 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Hokke has improved his Season rating most, up +32.4 on last season, while A. Culum's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +23.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Lien of Groningen is the most valuable name in this group at 58.5.

Willem II · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

M. Hokke+32.4SsN

ADO Den Haag · 24/25→25/26

38 players · ranked by best defendersCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	B. van Rooij Full-back	Twente	25	47.3	47±0%	75±0%
2	Mika Màrmol Full-back	Feyenoord	25	43.6	44±0%	67±0%
3	J. Kramer Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	30	41	41±0%	44±0%
4	T. Blokzijl Full-back	Groningen	21	40.7	41±0%	76±0%
5	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	39.4	39319.1%	7637.4%
6	W. Goes Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	22	39.3	39±0%	74±0%
7	M. Hokke Full-back	ADO Den Haag	22	36.5	37±0%	59±0%
8	M. Peersman Centre-back	Telstar	35	36.2	36±0%	27±0%
9	P. Mulder Centre-back	ADO Den Haag	27	34.3	34±0%	46±0%
10	D. Blind Centre-back	Ajax	36	32.1	320.6%	306.7%
11	V. Zagaritis Full-back	Heerenveen	25	31.6	32±0%	69±0%
12	R. Meissen Centre-back	Excelsior	24	31.1	31±0%	69±0%
13	O. Aertssen Centre-back	PEC Zwolle	22	29.5	30±0%	65±0%
14	W. Hoedt Centre-back	AZ Alkmaar	32	29.3	2926.7%	2723.7%
15	S. Graves Centre-back	PEC Zwolle	27	28.1	28±0%	56±0%
16	N. Nwankwo Centre-back	Telstar	28	23.8	24	48
17	A. Kaplan Centre-back	NEC Nijmegen	23	23.3	2364.1%	7417.3%
18	N. Viergever Centre-back	PEC Zwolle	37	23	23±0%	14±0%
19	M. Muzungu Centre-back	Ajax	18	23	23±0%	5913%
20	M. Willemsen Centre-back	Heerenveen	23	22.4	22±0%	71±0%
21	S. Lemkin Centre-back	Twente	23	21.7	22538.2%	6989.8%
22	F. Stam Centre-back	Willem II	23	21.1	21±0%	50±0%
23	T. Jukic Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	24	19.8	20	36
24	Iván Márquez Centre-back	Fortuna Sittard	32	19.3	1939.5%	3220.9%
25	H. Hateboer Centre-back	Groningen	32	19	19±0%	263.1%
26	J. Plug Centre-back	Excelsior	21	18	18±0%	5915.3%
27	L. Martes Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	17	17.7	18±0%	64±0%
28	L. Schouten Centre-back	AZ Alkmaar	22	16.2	16±0%	62±0%
29	D. Kasius Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	23	16.1	1638.8%	676.7%
30	G. Smal Full-back	Feyenoord	29	15.7	161.9%	4623.5%
31	Justin Quincy Hubner Centre-back	Fortuna Sittard	23	14.3	14±0%	651.9%
32	M. van de Wetering Full-back	Excelsior	17	11.4	11	54
33	B. Kuipers Full-back	Sparta Rotterdam	32	10.6	11±0%	24±0%
34	G. Nauber Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	34	8.6	976.4%	1458.6%
35	A. Natali Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	18	8.4	8±0%	538.2%
36	J. Mesbahi Full-back	Twente	20	7.6	8	5210.3%
37	A. Obispo Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	27	7.3	7±0%	51±0%
38	A. Nagalo Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	24	4.5	5246.2%	4426.3%