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Most Improved defenders This Season

The most improved defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

W. Saliba of Arsenal is the standout for raw talent across defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.8, and L. Lozano has been the form player this season, grading 77.6, and Luciano Juba leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Lisandro López has improved his Season rating most, up +59.8 on last season, while T. Crama's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. Saliba of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 145.4.

Best talent
W. Saliba87.8RTG
Arsenal
In form
L. Lozano77.6SsN
Boca Juniors
Rising potential
T. Crama+33.3RTG
Millwall · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
Lisandro López+59.8SsN
Belgrano Cordoba · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
Luciano Juba9goals
Bahia
Most valuable
W. Saliba145.4val
Arsenal
50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1Lisandro LópezCentre-backBelgrano Cordoba37+59.8
24/25→25/26
75174.4%18136.8%
2J. KiwiorCentre-backFC Porto26+53.1
24/25→25/26
71±0%59±0%
3NathanFull-backVitoria24+51.9
24/25→25/26
62386.7%645%
4A. SteimbachFull-backGimnasia L.P.24+51
22/23→25/26
545648.8%
5L. MartínezCentre-backRiver Plate30+50.9
24/25→25/26
5719.1%3413.6%
6A. MaldonadoCentre-backBelgrano Cordoba29+50.9
24/25→25/26
6170.8%3911.6%
7Alex SandroFull-backFlamengo35+50.3
24/25→25/26
5579.9%2321.5%
8P. McGinnCentre-backMotherwell35+47.6
24/25→25/26
521057.8%1868.2%
9L. RiveroCentre-backRiver Plate22+47.4
24/25→25/26
5423%541.5%
10I. VådebuCentre-backTromso23+46.7
24/25→25/26
50275%4510.6%
11T. KogaCentre-backKashiwa Reysol27+45.3
24/25→25/26
69±0%50±0%
12M. BentaygFull-backZamalek SC26+44
23/24→25/26
57330.8%3733.4%
13T. GuidaraCentre-backLanus30+41.3
24/25→25/26
5510.9%313.3%
14M. WeigandtFull-backBoca Juniors26+41.2
24/25→25/26
61364.1%4322%
15T. CramaFull-backMillwall24+40.9
24/25→25/26
62192%7973.3%
16S. NúñezFull-backEstudiantes L.P.26+40.8
24/25→25/26
502.5%471.3%
17T. SilvaFull-backPlatense23+40.2
22/23→25/26
4757.2%514.5%
18E. SeguraCentre-backLos Angeles FC29+40.1
24/25→25/26
5853.3%310.6%
19P. JohanssonFull-backDjurgardens IF31+38.9
24/25→25/26
5112675%2188.4%
20F. BenkovićCentre-backSichuan Jiuniu29+38.8
23/24→25/26
48408.4%2538.5%
21S. PrietoFull-backArgentinos JRS33+38.3
24/25→25/26
6522.8%228.3%
22E. AmorCentre-backSan Lorenzo31+38.1
21/22→25/26
46124.1%2072.8%
23Gustavo HenriqueCentre-backCorinthians33+37.8
24/25→25/26
5584.9%2920%
24M. PerkovićFull-backCracovia Krakow23+37.2
24/25→25/26
41±0%39±0%
25G. PazFull-backNueva Chicago33+37.1
24/25→25/26
42700%1046.7%
26Léo PereiraCentre-backFlamengo30+36.9
24/25→25/26
611%461.7%
27S. WelshCentre-backSwansea26+36.6
24/25→25/26
4813.4%43±0%
28M. WoledziCentre-backNashville SC25+36.4
24/25→25/26
6124%452.8%
29D. MartínezCentre-backDefensa Y Justicia28+36.1
24/25→25/26
42819.6%3743.5%
30G. HernándezCentre-backSan Lorenzo28+35.9
24/25→25/26
51±0%347.6%
31R. PorteousCentre-backLos Angeles FC27+35.7
24/25→25/26
59303.4%3821.9%
32J. PorozoCentre-backClub Tijuana26+35.6
24/25→25/26
48±0%4115.8%
33T. PalaciosFull-backEstudiantes L.P.23+35.5
24/25→25/26
71100%556.6%
34RanieleCentre-backCorinthians29+35.4
24/25→25/26
6181.8%468.5%
35David DuarteCentre-backBahia31+35.3
24/25→25/26
3917.3%364.6%
36G. FerreyraCentre-backWestern Sydney Wanderers30+35
23/24→25/26
43421.7%1336.6%
37M. BogardeDefensive midfielderLask Linz24+34.8
22/23→25/26
44362.5%485%
38Marco PellegrinoCentre-backHuracan24+34.3
24/25→25/26
49±0%512.2%
39Marco MorenoCentre-backBahia25+34.1
24/25→25/26
58143.3%6816.5%
40JonathanCentre-backCruzeiro22+33.7
24/25→25/26
39125%706.1%
41A. PapadopoulosFull-backFC Lugano27+33.3
23/24→25/26
41456.2%448.1%
42Diego MurilloCentre-backMalaga25+32.8
24/25→25/26
44290.3%6719.6%
43F. BeijmoCentre-backFC Copenhagen28+32.7
24/25→25/26
5330.4%357.7%
44P. SilvaFull-backGimnasia L.P.29+32.6
24/25→25/26
509%397.1%
45F. MansillaCentre-backCentral Cordoba de Santiago27+32.5
22/23→25/26
49477.4%4115.3%
46Zak Norton SturgeFull-backMillwall22+32.5
24/25→25/26
36±0%70±0%
47O. BundgaardFull-backViborg25+32.4
24/25→25/26
39831%4536.4%
48M. HokkeFull-backADO Den Haag22+32.4
24/25→25/26
37±0%59±0%
49L. RangerFull-backLillestrom27+32.4
23/24→25/26
45175.2%3850.2%
50H. MagnussonCentre-backVasteras SK FK28+32.4
24/25→25/26
50498.8%2968.6%