Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Premier League 26/27

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

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At a glance

M. Zea of CSKA Moscow is the standout for raw talent across players in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 38.7, and A. Filin has been the form player this season, grading 55, and M. Glushenkov leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: David Ricardo has improved his Season rating most, up +37.8 on last season, while I. Lepskiy's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Tyukavin of Dynamo is the most valuable name in this group at 6.4.

Krylia Sovetov · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

David Ricardo+37.8SsN

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	Player	Team
1	A. Filin Centre-back	Baltika	30	55	55132.1%	2024.9%
2	A. Gritsaenko Centre-back	Rubin	31	51.4	51109.8%	1821.5%
3	David Ricardo Centre-back	Dynamo	23	42.3	4229.4%	3548.3%
4	M. Osipenko Full-back	Dynamo	32	41.9	4282.2%	165.3%
5	I. Shumakhov Centre-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	27	37.8	3826%	2812.9%
6	Jubal Centre-back	FC Krasnodar	33	33.1	33347.3%	1357.3%
7	C. Wooh Centre-back	Spartak Moscow	25	32.1	3260.5%	314%
8	L. Olaza Full-back	FC Krasnodar	32	29.9	3032.5%	1613.3%
9	M. Sivis Full-back	FC Orenburg	28	29.3	293.9%	251.6%
10	I. Vakhania Full-back	FC Krasnodar	25	29	296.5%	332.4%
11	Vítor Tormena Centre-back	FC Krasnodar	30	28.9	2937.2%	1911%
12	N. Gassama Full-back	Baltika	25	28.2	2831.9%	331.8%
13	Gedson Fernandes Full-back	Spartak Moscow	27	28	2825.6%	278.5%
14	M. Beveev Full-back	Baltika	30	27.2	2724.2%	1812.9%
15	E. Morozov Full-back	Lokomotiv	25	27.1	2759.4%	2912.7%
16	I. Lepskiy Centre-back	Krylia Sovetov	21	26.7	27169.7%	3545.4%
17	V. Melekhin Centre-back	FC Rostov	22	26.5	2717.7%	336%
18	João Victor Centre-back	CSKA Moscow	28	25	2577.3%	2543.2%
19	S. Babić Centre-back	Spartak Moscow	30	24.4	24229.7%	1712.7%
20	E. Anderson Centre-back	Baltika	25	24	24258.2%	3014.8%
21	R. Vega Full-back	Zenit	22	23.9	2433.5%	3331.4%
22	Fernando Costanza Full-back	Krylia Sovetov	27	23.8	2433%	259.4%
23	D. Krugovoy Full-back	CSKA Moscow	28	23.6	2439.2%	2610.3%
24	K. Cake Centre-back	Akhmat	27	23.2	23121%	2611.2%
25	M. Zea Centre-back	CSKA Moscow	18	22.7	23	3921.7%
26	E. Tsenov Centre-back	FC Orenburg	24	22.1	22166.3%	3215.1%
27	J. Palacios Centre-back	FC Orenburg	27	21.9	2265.9%	2720.7%
28	Gustavo Mantuan Centre-back	Zenit	25	21.6	2251.4%	327.8%
29	K. Pechenin Full-back	Krylia Sovetov	29	21.5	2240.9%	2111.4%
30	G. Nyamsi Centre-back	Lokomotiv	29	21.2	2135.9%	186.7%
31	Ygor Nogueira Centre-back	FC Rostov	31	21.2	218.7%	1562.2%
32	Lucas Fasson Centre-back	Lokomotiv	25	21.2	2110.5%	2814%
33	S. Varatynov Full-back	Baltika	23	21.2	2158.8%	3310.9%
34	V. Bardybakhin Full-back	Akron	24	20.9	21674.1%	3142.7%
35	A. Gabaraev Centre-back	Fakel	29	20.9	21464.9%	209.9%
36	S. Bozhin Centre-back	Krylia Sovetov	32	20.8	2118.1%	147.1%
37	I. Diveev Centre-back	Zenit	27	20.1	2047.2%	2613.5%
38	A. Siljanov Full-back	Lokomotiv	25	19.4	1934.5%	319.9%
39	M. Bokoev Centre-back	Akron	25	19	1924.3%	2812.5%
40	M. Bogosavac Full-back	Akhmat	30	18.1	1839.9%	213.7%
41	N. Chernov Centre-back	Krylia Sovetov	30	18	1831.4%	185.2%
42	João Escoval Centre-back	Akron	29	18	1862.2%	2011.2%
43	I. Kirsch Centre-back	Baltika	22	17.8	18947.1%	3110.5%
44	O. Sako Centre-back	FC Rostov	30	17.7	1821.7%	180.5%
45	D. Todorović Centre-back	Fakel	29	17.5	18280.4%	1919.1%
46	Robert Renan Centre-back	Zenit	23	16.6	1713.7%	3740.1%
47	A. Adamov Full-back	Akhmat	27	16.5	175400%	3025%
48	A. Tataev Centre-back	FC Orenburg	28	15.4	1592.5%	2317.8%
49	L. Mouyokolo Centre-back	Baltika	25	15.2	1558.5%	2952.7%
50	R. Fernández Full-back	Akron	27	13.5	1441.6%	267.3%