Most In-Form defenders This Season in Premiership

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

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At a glance

J. Meghoma of Rangers is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 52.3, and P. McGinn has been the form player this season, grading 52.1, and J. Tavernier leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: P. McGinn has improved his Season rating most, up +47.6 on last season, while M. Freckleton's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +17 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. Ferry of Dundee Utd is the most valuable name in this group at 18.7.

ST Mirren · 24/25→25/26

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P. McGinn+47.6SsN

Motherwell · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	P. McGinn Centre-back	Motherwell	35	521057.8%	1868.2%
2	W. Ferry Defensive midfielder	Dundee Utd	25	5128.5%	506.2%
3	M. Emmanuel Full-back	Motherwell	25	481160.5%	5123.3%
4	C. Halkett Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	31	47191.4%	273.1%
5	S. Findlay Full-back	Heart Of Midlothian	30	47356.3%	3310.9%
6	S. Welsh Centre-back	Motherwell	26	43267.2%	4313.5%
7	Luca Stephenson Defensive midfielder	Dundee Utd	22	4131%	52±0%
8	M. Steinwender Full-back	Heart Of Midlothian	26	4048%	4336%
9	L. Scales Centre-back	Celtic	27	405.9%	4312.2%
10	S. O'Donnell Full-back	Motherwell	34	39113.1%	1622.2%
11	M. Freckleton Full-back	ST Mirren	23	39112.1%	5051.4%
12	J. Milne Full-back	Aberdeen	23	36782.9%	4922.3%
13	J. Iredale Full-back	Hibernian	30	3626.1%	2918.2%
14	K. Tierney Full-back	Celtic	29	36624.5%	3539.7%
15	F. Lissah Full-back	Falkirk	21	34	49
16	K. Keresztes Full-back	Dundee Utd	26	34	43
17	I. Iovu Full-back	Dundee Utd	24	33	46
18	R. Deas Centre-back	Kilmarnock	26	326.3%	434.5%
19	V. Ševelj Defensive midfielder	Dundee Utd	25	3238.7%	4510.7%
20	J. Tavernier Full-back	Rangers	34	3229.6%	1732.6%
21	E. Fernandez Centre-back	Rangers	24	32156.1%	506.8%
22	L. Graham Centre-back	Dundee	22	311247.8%	4930.7%
23	M. Fraser Full-back	ST Mirren	32	301.7%	2133.9%
24	N. Djiga Centre-back	Rangers	23	309766.7%	4829.4%
25	A. Gogić Centre-back	ST Mirren	32	3017.5%	2226.3%
26	J. Koutroumbis Centre-back	Motherwell	28	29525.5%	325.3%
27	L. Henderson Centre-back	Falkirk	29	29	34
28	W. O'Hora Full-back	Hibernian	27	2910%	3917.1%
29	R. Astley Centre-back	Dundee	24	2956.8%	482.1%
30	D. Thompson Full-back	Kilmarnock	26	28300%	411.2%
31	M. Knoester Centre-back	Aberdeen	27	27103%	379.5%
32	D. John Defensive midfielder	ST Mirren	31	26167.3%	2414.1%
33	J. Brown Full-back	Kilmarnock	28	2650.9%	359.6%
34	A. Trusty Centre-back	Celtic	27	2642.6%	3916.5%
35	K. Adams Full-back	Falkirk	24	26	45
36	G. Hanley Centre-back	Hibernian	34	24287.3%	142.2%
37	G. Shinnie Central midfielder	Aberdeen	35	2439.7%	1344.9%
38	J. Meghoma Full-back	Rangers	20	24209.1%	5215.8%
39	L. McCann Full-back	Falkirk	26	24	43
40	R. Bushiri Centre-back	Hibernian	26	2416.3%	4313%
41	T. Rommens Full-back	Rangers	23	2429.4%	4918%
42	D. Finlayson Full-back	Livingston	25	23700%	457.9%
43	J. Souttar Centre-back	Rangers	29	2225.5%	3121.2%
44	L. Mayo Centre-back	Kilmarnock	26	2141.3%	3822%
45	M. Schjønning-Larsen Full-back	Kilmarnock	25	20	45
46	N. Devlin Defensive midfielder	Aberdeen	32	2012.7%	2029.7%
47	R. Strain Defensive midfielder	Dundee Utd	29	1931.5%	2929%
48	A. Ralston Full-back	Celtic	27	191.6%	3521.6%
49	S. Kingsley Defensive midfielder	Heart Of Midlothian	32	19160.6%	199.1%
50	F. Kent Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	30	182.3%	2328.6%