Most In-Form defenders This Season in Championship

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

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At a glance

T. Crama of Millwall is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 77.1, and R. Manning leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Crama has improved his Season rating most, up +40.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Crama of Millwall is the most valuable name in this group at 47.8.

Millwall · 24/25→25/26

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Millwall · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	T. Crama Centre-back	Millwall	24	62192%	7769.8%
2	M. van Ewijk Full-back	Coventry	25	5935.6%	771.7%
3	J. Dasilva Full-back	Coventry	28	53122.1%	571.7%
4	J. Cooper Centre-back	Millwall	31	5345.6%	429.4%
5	J. Ngakia Central midfielder	Watford	25	5268.7%	665.4%
6	M. Targett Defensive midfielder	Middlesbrough	30	4723550%	452.6%
7	M. Clarke Centre-back	Derby	29	4753.6%	513%
8	D. O'Shea Centre-back	Ipswich	27	4776.1%	6321.1%
9	C. Styles Full-back	West Brom	26	4735.5%	617.1%
10	E. Cashin Full-back	Blackburn	24	4669.5%	656%
11	D. Furlong Full-back	Ipswich	30	4620.4%	4615.5%
12	L. Ayling Full-back	Middlesbrough	34	4671.1%	285.7%
13	S. McLoughlin Centre-back	Blackburn	29	46129.8%	4711.8%
14	L. Kitching Centre-back	Coventry	26	4573.7%	660.6%
15	L. Jones Centre-back	Charlton	30	4521.1%	4314.8%
16	L. Miller Full-back	Blackburn	25	4584.3%	6434.2%
17	N. Phillips Centre-back	West Brom	29	4591%	4513%
18	C. Hughes Full-back	Hull City	22	44150.6%	719.7%
19	R. Alebiosu Central midfielder	Blackburn	24	44619.7%	7065.6%
20	I. Kaboré Defensive midfielder	Wrexham	25	43709.4%	697.6%
21	C. Taylor Centre-back	Millwall	23	4250.5%	7050.9%
22	B. Cabango Centre-back	Swansea	26	4212.6%	668.3%
23	B. Thomas Centre-back	Coventry	25	4213.6%	715.2%
24	J. Tchamadeu Full-back	Stoke City	22	4226.8%	711.3%
25	G. Tanner Centre-back	Bristol City	26	4197.1%	597.8%
26	J. Egan Centre-back	Hull City	33	41989.5%	2815.8%
27	J. Tanganga Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	27	4111.6%	5914.1%
28	K. Ramsay Centre-back	Charlton	25	4016.2%	6532.7%
29	L. Davis Full-back	Ipswich	26	40161.4%	6814.9%
30	A. Malanda Centre-back	Middlesbrough	24	401.7%	7454%
31	R. Atkinson Centre-back	Bristol City	28	39556.7%	52±0%
32	R. Dickie Centre-back	Bristol City	30	3959.8%	4120.7%
33	C. Burgess Centre-back	Swansea	30	39346.6%	4516.9%
34	A. Jones Centre-back	Middlesbrough	28	3987.1%	5310.3%
35	Neto Borges Centre-back	Bristol City	29	3815.8%	4420.7%
36	M. Cleworth Full-back	Wrexham	23	3840.7%	7328.6%
37	G. Campbell Full-back	West Brom	25	3735.8%	6652.6%
38	Ricardo Pereira Full-back	Leicester	32	37812.5%	309.8%
39	C. Kipré Centre-back	Ipswich	29	3610.6%	4623%
40	Zak Norton Sturge Full-back	Millwall	22	36855.3%	7016.9%
41	S. Langås Centre-back	Derby	25	3628.9%	6946.5%
42	R. Poole Centre-back	Portsmouth	28	3647.3%	526.5%
43	A. Ahmed Attacking midfielder	Norwich	25	36123.7%	6973.4%
44	M. Helik Centre-back	Oxford United	30	3671.2%	4110.3%
45	K. Fisher Full-back	Norwich	22	3559.7%	731.5%
46	M. Bola Central midfielder	Watford	28	3531.7%	491.7%
47	J. Tymon Full-back	Swansea	27	3511.6%	6412.6%
48	R. Manning Full-back	Southampton	30	35200.9%	4611.5%
49	D. Sanderson Centre-back	Derby	26	35498.3%	6514.9%
50	L. Coyle Full-back	Hull City	30	3519.3%	4218.3%