Most In-Form defenders This Season in Liga MX

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

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At a glance

J. Castillo of Guadalajara Chivas is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Liga MX, with a Field Insider Rating of 53.5, and R. Fernández has been the form player this season, grading 49.2, and Á. Angulo leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Gómez has improved his Season rating most, up +39.2 on last season, while A. Aceves's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +12.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, R. Fernández of Club Tijuana is the most valuable name in this group at 21.3.

CF Pachuca · 23/24→25/26

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Club Tijuana · 20/21→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	R. Fernández Full-back	Club Tijuana	26	49	51
2	J. Porozo Centre-back	Club Tijuana	26	46192.4%	5214.5%
3	A. Gómez Centre-back	Club Tijuana	24	44890.9%	506%
4	G. Piovi Centre-back	Cruz Azul	31	4122.7%	2932.2%
5	Rômulo Centre-back	Tigres UANL	26	41100%	4827.4%
6	L. Romo Centre-back	Guadalajara Chivas	31	39	27
7	D. Campillo Centre-back	Guadalajara Chivas	24	39	53
8	W. Ditta Centre-back	Cruz Azul	29	3938.2%	3926.7%
9	Unai Bilbao Full-back	Club Tijuana	32	38	23
10	G. Aguirre Full-back	Atlas	30	38	32
11	J. Castillo Full-back	Guadalajara Chivas	24	37	54
12	Nathan Silva Centre-back	U.N.A.M. - Pumas	29	35402.9%	3924.9%
13	Joaquim Centre-back	Tigres UANL	27	344.2%	4140.9%
14	D. Barbosa Full-back	Toluca	29	34	33
15	Gustavo Ferrareis Full-back	Atlas	30	3478.7%	3348.7%
16	Á. Angulo Full-back	U.N.A.M. - Pumas	29	33	39
17	I. Reyes Full-back	Club America	26	32	48
18	F. Pereira Centre-back	Toluca	26	32	47
19	Eduardo Bauermann Centre-back	CF Pachuca	30	32602.2%	3422.8%
20	R. Chávez Full-back	Monterrey	31	31	26
21	J. Gallardo Full-back	Toluca	31	31	29
22	J. Vega Full-back	Club Tijuana	26	31	47
23	C. Borja Central midfielder	Club America	33	3013.9%	2147.5%
24	Rubén Duarte Centre-back	U.N.A.M. - Pumas	30	309.8%	3150%
25	P. Bennevendo Full-back	U.N.A.M. - Pumas	26	30	46
26	K. Balanta Centre-back	Santos Laguna	29	30	35
27	S. Cáceres Centre-back	Club America	26	29	45
28	D. Aguirre Full-back	Guadalajara Chivas	27	292800%	4437.5%
29	S. Barreiro Centre-back	Leon	32	29	25
30	S. Barreto Centre-back	CF Pachuca	27	2911.6%	4617.7%
31	B. Amione Centre-back	Santos Laguna	24	28374.6%	4928.2%
32	J. Aquino Full-back	Tigres UANL	36	27	15
33	B. Méndez Centre-back	Toluca	26	2710.3%	4430.5%
34	D. Reyes Centre-back	Club Queretaro	33	27	19
35	E. López Centre-back	Toluca	21	27	52
36	M. Capasso Centre-back	Atlas	30	27452.1%	2836.6%
37	B. García Full-back	CF Pachuca	28	26	41
38	E. Águila Centre-back	Atletico San Luis	24	26	50
39	A. Aceves Full-back	CF Pachuca	25	2682.9%	4932.5%
40	F. Rossano Central midfielder	Necaxa	21	25	50
41	R. Torres Full-back	Atletico San Luis	21	25	53
42	G. Arteaga Full-back	Monterrey	27	25179.8%	4116.9%
43	J. Angulo Centre-back	Tigres UANL	28	25	35
44	L. Abascia Centre-back	Club Queretaro	30	2516.3%	2627.3%
45	V. Guzmán Centre-back	Monterrey	24	22	47
46	A. Mayorga Full-back	FC Juarez	29	22	34
47	R. Juárez Centre-back	Club America	25	22	46
48	S. Medina Centre-back	Monterrey	34	22	15
49	H. Ortega Centre-back	Santos Laguna	26	22	42
50	C. Sánchez Full-back	CF Pachuca	24	21	48