Most In-Form defenders This Season in Bundesliga

The most in-form defenders in Bundesliga, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Cissé of Lask Linz is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 50.1, and Lee Tae-Seok has been the form player this season, grading 48.3, and K. Jørgensen leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Lee Tae-Seok has improved his Season rating most, up +40.3 on last season, while B. Owusu's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +9.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Lee Tae-Seok of Austria Vienna is the most valuable name in this group at 15.6.

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Austria Vienna · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Lee Tae-Seok Defensive midfielder	Austria Vienna	24	48503.8%	499%
2	F. Wilfinger Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	22	48	48
3	P. Wiesinger Full-back	Austria Vienna	32	47	22
4	K. Jørgensen Defensive midfielder	Lask Linz	26	46139.1%	460.9%
5	M. Bogarde Defensive midfielder	Lask Linz	24	44362.5%	485%
6	A. Andrade Full-back	Lask Linz	27	4088.2%	4029.7%
7	B. Zech Centre-back	SCR Altach	35	3887.2%	1745.8%
8	D. Baumgartner Full-back	Wolfsberger AC	30	38	25
9	N. Wimmer Full-back	Wolfsberger AC	31	38	25
10	L. Jäger Full-back	SCR Altach	32	38	20
11	S. Raux-Yao Centre-back	Rapid Vienna	27	3612.5%	3942.2%
12	N. Cvetković Centre-back	Rapid Vienna	30	36	28
13	J. Lawrence Centre-back	WSG Wattens	23	35440%	4710.6%
14	L. Spendlhofer Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	33	34246.5%	1856.5%
15	D. Vincze Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	22	34	45
16	B. Bolla Defensive midfielder	Rapid Vienna	26	34	43
17	A. Briedl Defensive midfielder	FC BW Linz	24	33	42
18	A. Dragović Centre-back	Austria Vienna	35	33150.4%	1859.8%
19	E. Karić Defensive midfielder	Sturm Graz	29	3390.1%	3346%
20	M. Maranda Centre-back	FC BW Linz	29	31	30
21	M. Cissé Full-back	Lask Linz	21	31	50
22	T. Plavotić Full-back	Austria Vienna	29	30	29
23	M. Sollbauer Centre-back	Ried	36	2929.4%	1750.1%
24	Alemão Centre-back	Lask Linz	23	28590%	4510%
25	M. Boras Full-back	WSG Wattens	24	28	46
26	B. Owusu Full-back	Grazer AK	22	26133.3%	4528%
27	Maximilian Hennig Full-back	TSV Hartberg	19	26422.4%	4823.3%
28	N. Havenaar Full-back	Ried	31	26	25
29	G. Bello Full-back	Lask Linz	24	25475%	4810.5%
30	D. Pines Centre-back	Grazer AK	28	2594.5%	3310%
31	O. Steurer Full-back	Ried	31	24258.8%	268.6%
32	L. Pazourek Full-back	TSV Hartberg	21	24	43
33	A. Vallci Full-back	Sturm Graz	31	23	21
34	C. Nwaiwu Centre-back	Wolfsberger AC	23	23	38
35	D. Lavalée Centre-back	Sturm Graz	29	23721.4%	2733.9%
36	M. Moormann Full-back	FC BW Linz	25	23	38
37	Cheikh Mamadou Diabaté Full-back	Wolfsberger AC	22	23	40
38	J. Mitchell Centre-back	Sturm Graz	21	23	4425%
39	E. Bakatukanda Centre-back	FC BW Linz	22	212942.9%	3927%
40	S. Piesinger Centre-back	Wolfsberger AC	34	2142.1%	1355.2%
41	Habib Coulibaly Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	22	20	41
42	S. Lainer Full-back	Red Bull Salzburg	33	2039.2%	1840.3%
43	P. Koller Full-back	SCR Altach	24	20	41
44	T. Oermann Full-back	Sturm Graz	22	1950.3%	4349.4%
45	F. Wohlmuth Defensive midfielder	Wolfsberger AC	24	19	40
46	F. Krätzig Full-back	Red Bull Salzburg	23	1945%	4834.4%
47	Kouakou Joane Gadou Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	19	19	46
48	D. Kovacevic Defensive midfielder	TSV Hartberg	21	18	43
49	K. Ahoussou Full-back	Rapid Vienna	22	1814.1%	4426.8%
50	J. Schöller Full-back	Rapid Vienna	20	17	44