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

A. Matturro of Shakhtar Donetsk is the standout for raw talent across players in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 72, and O. Palamarchuk has been the form player this season, grading 47.9, and G. Mendoza leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Muravskyi has improved his Season rating most, up +29.7 on last season, while J. Lonwijk's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +22.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Matturro of Shakhtar Donetsk is the most valuable name in this group at 11.2.

O. Palamarchuk47.9SsN

LNZ Cherkasy

Rising potential

J. Lonwijk+22.2RTG

Dynamo Kyiv · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

N. Muravskyi+29.7SsN

LNZ Cherkasy · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	H. Pasich Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	33	47.4	47125.7%	1430%
2	N. Muravskyi Centre-back	LNZ Cherkasy	26	46.1	46181.1%	365.8%
3	T. Kędziora Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	32	44.5	4561.2%	226%
4	E. Sarapiy Centre-back	Polessya	27	44	44182.1%	3411.7%
5	B. Mykhailichenko Full-back	Polessya	29	42	4282.6%	2621.3%
6	O. Drambaev Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	25	40.8	4161.9%	387.1%
7	R. Didyk Centre-back	LNZ Cherkasy	23	33	336.8%	389.2%
8	S. Chobotenko Full-back	Polessya	29	32.9	3350.9%	2524.5%
9	A. Shabanov Centre-back	FC Kharkiv	34	32.9	3328.9%	1146.4%
10	Y. Pavlyuk Centre-back	FC Kharkiv	24	31.6	3298.7%	397.2%
11	I. Krupskyi Full-back	FC Kharkiv	21	30.6	3181.1%	413.1%
12	I. Krasniqi Centre-back	Polessya	26	26.1	2610.6%	3410.8%
13	M. Matvienko Centre-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	25.3	2514.5%	2036.4%
14	V. Bondar Centre-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	27	25	2528.4%	3028%
15	E. Kozik Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	23	23.8	24±0%	392.1%
16	V. Salyuk Full-back	FC Kharkiv	24	21.9	2253.1%	3721.8%
17	Jordan Full-back	Zorya Luhansk	27	20.4	2028.3%	3027.9%
18	V. Vilivald Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	22	20	20104.1%	395.4%
19	Y. Shevchenko Full-back	Obolon'-Brovar	30	19	1984.5%	2028.8%
20	Pedrinho Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	24	18.8	1921.7%	386.8%
21	Juninho Full-back	Zorya Luhansk	30	17.2	1789%	2221.2%
22	V. Dubko Centre-back	FC Kharkiv	25	16.3	1641.8%	3316.4%
23	O. Klymets Full-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	26	16.3	1655.5%	319%
24	O. Martynyuk Centre-back	FC Kharkiv	24	16.1	1665.3%	3520.9%
25	M. Burda Centre-back	Kolos Kovalivka	31	15.5	161.3%	1625.2%
26	O. Sych Full-back	Dynamo Kyiv	25	15.1	1543%	368.6%
27	K. Stamoulis Full-back	Veres Rivne	25	14.7	15	34±0%
28	K. Cipot Centre-back	Veres Rivne	25	14.6	15	33
29	V. Moroz Centre-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	24	14.3	1461.4%	342.5%
30	O. Syrota Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	26	13.8	14228.6%	378.2%
31	A. Matturro Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	21	13.5	146.3%	72±0%
32	R. Lyakh Full-back	Karpaty	25	13.4	130.7%	352.8%
33	V. Kholod Centre-back	Karpaty	22	13.1	1360.2%	3616%
34	A. JanjiÄCentre-back	Zorya Luhansk	24	13	13	35
35	I. Perduta Centre-back	Zorya Luhansk	35	12.9	1318.9%	922.7%
36	M. Smiyan Full-back	Veres Rivne	24	11.4	11356%	34±0%
37	J. Jones Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	20	10.9	11	37
38	S. Grygorashchuk Centre-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	25	10.6	1171%	327.2%
39	I. Kyryukhantsev Full-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	30	10	10244.8%	1921.8%
40	Artem Machelyuk Full-back	Zorya Luhansk	26	9.6	1051%	3313.7%
41	B. Veklyak Centre-back	Kudrivka	27	8.5	9	303.5%
42	K. Vivcharenko Full-back	Dynamo Kyiv	24	8.2	820.6%	373.3%
43	M. Melnychuk Full-back	Kudrivka	27	7.7	819.8%	308.6%
44	V. Roman Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	23	7.4	774.8%	3711.9%
45	S. Sukhanov Full-back	Obolon'-Brovar	31	6.9	733%	1635%
46	T. Mykhavko Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	21	6	683.2%	4011.4%
47	M. Serdyuk Centre-back	Kudrivka	26	5	5	29
48	P. Polehenko Centre-back	Obolon'-Brovar	31	2.5	395.3%	1741.6%
49	Mykola Oharkov Full-back	Kudrivka	21	2.1	2	37