Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Liga I

The best defensive players in Liga I, ranked on Field Insider.

Best defensive goalkeepers in Liga I Best defensive defenders in Liga I Best defensive midfielders in Liga I Best defensive attackers in Liga I Best players in Liga I Most in-form players in Liga I

At a glance

C. Cîrjan of Dinamo Bucuresti is the standout for raw talent across players in Liga I, with a Field Insider Rating of 39.3, and F. Tănase has been the form player this season, grading 67.8, and J. Lukić leads the scoring with 18 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Dobre has improved his Season rating most, up +41.7 on last season, while A. Al Hamlawi's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +4.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Cîrjan of Dinamo Bucuresti is the most valuable name in this group at 8.

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	Player	Team
1	O. Romanchuk Full-back	Universitatea Craiova	26	50.2	5076.1%	3317.2%
2	M. Tudose Centre-back	Arges Pitesti	21	49.6	50	37
3	L. Sadriu Full-back	Arges Pitesti	25	48.2	48	33
4	R. Opruț Full-back	Dinamo Bucuresti	28	47.3	47	2834.2%
5	M. Zhelev Full-back	Oţelul	34	45.2	45	14
6	D. Oancea Full-back	Arges Pitesti	29	39.6	40	22
7	D. Mikanović Full-back	Universitatea Cluj	32	39.3	39	17
8	K. Boateng Centre-back	Dinamo Bucuresti	29	38.3	3850.2%	2655.6%
9	M. Camora Full-back	CFR 1907 Cluj	39	35.9	36	10
10	F. Borţa Full-back	Arges Pitesti	27	35.2	35	26
11	N. Stoioanov Centre-back	Dinamo Bucuresti	20	34.6	35	38
12	A. Rus Centre-back	Universitatea Craiova	30	34	3496.5%	2053.1%
13	Ricardinho Full-back	Petrolul Ploiesti	32	33.2	33	17
14	A. Miron Centre-back	FC Botosani	32	31.7	32	18
15	F. Poulolo Centre-back	Uta Arad	29	31	31	24
16	C. Petro Defensive midfielder	FC Botosani	25	30.7	31	35
17	S. Sinyan Centre-back	CFR 1907 Cluj	30	30.5	31125.9%	2214.9%
18	Conrado Full-back	Oţelul	29	30.2	30268.3%	2314%
19	M. Sivis Full-back	Dinamo Bucuresti	28	28.9	2947.3%	2559.3%
20	L. Kramer Centre-back	Rapid	27	28.2	286.4%	2737.2%
21	D. Pospelov Centre-back	Uta Arad	34	26.9	27161.2%	1332.1%
22	M. Ilie Centre-back	CFR 1907 Cluj	23	26.8	27	35
23	A. Dorobanțu Full-back	Unirea Slobozia	21	26.7	27	36
24	M. Briceag Full-back	Arges Pitesti	34	26.5	27154.8%	942.7%
25	P. Iacob Centre-back	Oţelul	30	26.4	26	20
26	A. Pașcanu Centre-back	Rapid	27	26.3	2622.4%	2855.5%
27	M. Țuțu Full-back	Uta Arad	22	25.9	26	36
28	R. Radunović Full-back	FCSB	34	25.5	26	12
29	A. Borza Full-back	Rapid	20	25.5	26	36
30	L. Pászka Full-back	Csikszereda	30	25.2	25	22
31	Guilherme Garutti Centre-back	Arges Pitesti	32	24.2	24	12
32	J. Cissé Centre-back	Universitatea Cluj	29	22.9	23	21
33	K. Ciubotaru Full-back	AFC Hermannstadt	22	22.8	23	35
34	S. Alomeroviс Full-back	Uta Arad	29	22.3	22	23
35	V. Crețu Full-back	FCSB	37	22.1	22	7
36	C. Ganea Full-back	Farul Constanta	34	21.6	22208.6%	1228.1%
37	P. Antoche Centre-back	Unirea Slobozia	34	21.2	21	13
38	A. Țigănașu Centre-back	FC Botosani	36	20.5	21	9
39	I. Larie Centre-back	Farul Constanta	39	20.2	20	10
40	Né Lopes Centre-back	Oţelul	26	20.2	20104%	2842%
41	C. Manea Full-back	Rapid	28	20.2	20	24
42	R. Onea Full-back	Rapid	28	20.1	20	24
43	J. Hegedűs Centre-back	Csikszereda	29	20	20	22
44	R. Creţ Full-back	FC Botosani	20	19.7	20	34
45	R. Palmeş Centre-back	Csikszereda	29	19.6	20	23
46	D. Diaw Centre-back	FC Botosani	31	19.4	1959.6%	1665.4%
47	N. Stevanović Centre-back	Universitatea Craiova	27	19.4	19295.9%	2629%
48	A. Pantea Full-back	FCSB	22	19.1	19	34
49	D. Şerbănică Full-back	Unirea Slobozia	30	18.9	19	19
50	T. Căpușă Full-back	AFC Hermannstadt	28	18.4	18	26