Most Improved defenders This Season
The most improved defenders, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
J. Timber of Arsenal is the standout for raw talent across defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 97.3, and Reinaldo leads the scoring with 13 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +71.2 on last season, while L. Høgsberg's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, J. Timber of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 163.6.
50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacobo Ramón NaverosCentre-back |  Como | 21 | +71.2 24/25→25/26 | 761369.2% | 8914.7% |
| 2 | C. PazCentre-back |  Deportivo Riestra | 31 | +54.4 24/25→25/26 | 77241.8% | 3111.9% |
| 3 | Alberto BaioFull-back |  FC Porto | 22 | +54.3 24/25→25/26 | 71321.3% | 7117.4% |
| 4 | HermosoFull-back |  AS Roma | 31 | +54 24/25→25/26 | 591102% | 4514.4% |
| 5 | J. KiwiorCentre-back | FC Porto | 26 | +53.1 24/25→25/26 | 71301.7% | 5924.1% |
| 6 | J. BednarekCentre-back | FC Porto | 30 | +52.5 24/25→25/26 | 81184.9% | 4129.2% |
| 7 | Filipe RelvasCentre-back |  AEK Athens FC | 26 | +50.1 24/25→25/26 | 57695.8% | 399.7% |
| 8 | S. YohouCentre-back |  Le Mans | 34 | +50.1 24/25→25/26 | 57686.3% | 26115.6% |
| 9 | KaikiFull-back |  Cruzeiro | 23 | +49.6 24/25→25/26 | 74207.5% | 8023.3% |
| 10 | M. SvobodaCentre-back |  Venezia | 27 | +48.6 24/25→25/26 | 64324% | 598.1% |
| 11 | G. ScalviniFull-back |  Atalanta | 22 | +48.2 24/25→25/26 | 53964% | 8418.5% |
| 12 | T. GuidaraFull-back |  Huracan | 30 | +48 24/25→25/26 | 62350.4% | 304.1% |
| 13 | P. McGinnCentre-back |  Motherwell | 35 | +47.6 24/25→25/26 | 521057.8% | 1868.2% |
| 14 | A. CircatiFull-back |  Parma | 22 | +47.6 24/25→25/26 | 521133.3% | 8425.4% |
| 15 | Teo QuinteroCentre-back |  Sparta Rotterdam | 27 | +47.2 24/25→25/26 | 56518.7% | 584.3% |
| 16 | E. CoronelFull-back |  Rosario Central | 29 | +46.6 24/25→25/26 | 62304.6% | 3615.4% |
| 17 | T. KogaCentre-back |  Kashiwa Reysol | 27 | +45.3 24/25→25/26 | 69189.5% | 504.6% |
| 18 | Hassan TambaktiFull-back |  Al-Hilal Saudi FC | 27 | +44.8 24/25→25/26 | 65218.5% | 474.8% |
| 19 | W. AntonCentre-back |  Borussia Dortmund | 30 | +44.5 24/25→25/26 | 70173.2% | 544.6% |
| 20 | M. EmmanuelFull-back | Motherwell | 25 | +44.1 24/25→25/26 | 481160.5% | 5123.3% |
| 21 | M. BentaygFull-back |  Zamalek SC | 26 | +44 23/24→25/26 | 57330.8% | 3733.4% |
| 22 | G. GiorbelidzeFull-back |  Erzurumspor FK | 30 | +43.9 22/23→25/26 | 59292.7% | 2613.9% |
| 23 | S. NúñezCentre-back |  Estudiantes L.P. | 26 | +43.8 22/23→25/26 | 49858.8% | 473.1% |
| 24 | Álex ValleFull-back | Como | 22 | +43.8 24/25→25/26 | 54429.4% | 8516.7% |
| 25 | BremerCentre-back |  Juventus | 29 | +43.7 24/25→25/26 | 60261.7% | 6112.2% |
| 26 | J. GarnerDefensive midfielder |  Everton | 25 | +43.5 24/25→25/26 | 66195.9% | 9016.2% |
| 27 | O. CamaraCentre-back |  Angers | 23 | +43.3 24/25→25/26 | 471082.5% | 7924.5% |
| 28 | L. VillalbaCentre-back | Cruzeiro | 31 | +43 24/25→25/26 | 63213.9% | 426.7% |
| 29 | Diego CarlosCentre-back | Como | 33 | +42.4 24/25→25/26 | 50530% | 2814.4% |
| 30 | F. TerraccianoFull-back |  Cremonese | 23 | +42.4 24/25→25/26 | 50530% | 8115% |
| 31 | L. RotaFull-back | AEK Athens FC | 28 | +42.3 24/25→25/26 | 64193.2% | 3512.1% |
| 32 | LyancoCentre-back |  Atletico-MG | 29 | +42.2 24/25→25/26 | 53405.8% | 471.3% |
| 33 | L. MartínezCentre-back |  River Plate | 30 | +41.8 24/25→25/26 | 48720.7% | 3036.6% |
| 34 | VitinhoFull-back |  Botafogo | 27 | +41.8 24/25→25/26 | 57271.4% | 612.5% |
| 35 | A. ErlingmarkCentre-back |  IFK Goteborg | 28 | +41.6 24/25→25/26 | 50507.3% | 298.5% |
| 36 | G. MagnéeCentral midfielder |  Cercle Brugge | 26 | +41.6 24/25→25/26 | 61212.2% | 572.7% |
| 37 | O. SalomónCentre-back |  Platense | 27 | +41.3 24/25→25/26 | 54335.8% | 469% |
| 38 | T. CramaCentre-back |  Millwall | 24 | +40.9 24/25→25/26 | 62192% | 7769.8% |
| 39 | J. TimberFull-back |  Arsenal | 25 | +40.7 24/25→25/26 | 8299% | 975.3% |
| 40 | Lee Tae-SeokDefensive midfielder |  Austria Vienna | 24 | +40.3 24/25→25/26 | 48503.8% | 499% |
| 41 | F. BenkovićCentre-back |  AIK Stockholm | 29 | +40.3 23/24→25/26 | 50424.2% | 2538.5% |
| 42 | L. ValentiFull-back | Parma | 27 | +40 24/25→25/26 | 53305.3% | 653.4% |
| 43 | H. VoyerFull-back | Le Mans | 29 | +39.9 24/25→25/26 | 50411.3% | 4050% |
| 44 | M. SenesiCentre-back |  Bournemouth | 29 | +39.5 24/25→25/26 | 60197.5% | 658.7% |
| 45 | M. MertCentre-back |  Sarıyer | 27 | +39.3 23/24→25/26 | 421355.2% | 3312.4% |
| 46 | E. BáezFull-back |  San Lorenzo | 21 | +39.3 24/25→25/26 | 67141.9% | 5817% |
| 47 | A. GómezCentre-back |  Club Tijuana | 24 | +39.2 20/21→25/26 | 44890.9% | 506% |
| 48 | C. RomeroCentre-back |  Tottenham | 28 | +39.2 24/25→25/26 | 54264.9% | 672.5% |
| 49 | J. MüllerCentre-back |  VfL Osnabrück | 32 | +39.1 24/25→25/26 | 46566.7% | 218.4% |
| 50 | GregoCentre-back |  Burgos | 33 | +39 24/25→25/26 | 62168.1% | 306.1% |