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Most Improved defenders in Jupiler Pro League 26/27

The most improved defenders in Jupiler Pro League in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Seys of Club Brugge KV is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Jupiler Pro League, with a Field Insider Rating of 62.9, and R. Sykes has been the form player this season, grading 53, and R. Opruț leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Lee Han-Beom has improved his Season rating most, up +27.3 on last season, while J. Kiilerich's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +18.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, R. Sykes of Union St. Gilloise is the most valuable name in this group at 28.

Best talent
J. Seys62.9RTG
Club Brugge KV
In form
R. Sykes53SsN
Union St. Gilloise
Rising potential
J. Kiilerich+18.7RTG
Zulte Waregem · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
Lee Han-Beom+27.3SsN
Club Brugge KV · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
R. Opruț5goals
Kortrijk
Most valuable
R. Sykes28val
Union St. Gilloise
39 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1Lee Han-BeomCentre-backClub Brugge KV24+27.3
24/25→25/26
37±0%450.9%
2S. Van der HeydenFull-backGent28+26.4
24/25→25/26
437.3%446.5%
3R. SykesCentre-backUnion St. Gilloise27+25.2
24/25→25/26
5390.6%487.7%
4V. MusliuCentre-backSt. Truiden31+22.7
24/25→25/26
31±0%282.8%
5M. NzitaFull-backCharleroi26+22.5
24/25→25/26
35±0%543.3%
6A. FontanarosaCentre-backOH Leuven23+18.9
24/25→25/26
28198.9%618.9%
7L. HeyCentre-backAnderlecht23+15.5
24/25→25/26
26153.5%5632.4%
8J. KiilerichCentre-backZulte Waregem26+15.5
24/25→25/26
252.9%523%
9K. Van Den KerkhofFull-backCharleroi30+14.9
24/25→25/26
23±0%343.3%
10J. BangueraCentre-backLommel United22+14.3
24/25→25/26
19325%4618.3%
11L. LemoineCentre-backZulte Waregem28+12.2
24/25→25/26
21±0%392.9%
12Y. CappelleFull-backZulte Waregem23+11.6
24/25→25/26
23±0%572.9%
13K. TakaiCentre-backSt. Truiden22+11.5
24/25→25/26
2582.7%5910.7%
14J. SeysFull-backClub Brugge KV21+8.2
24/25→25/26
37±0%634%
15D. De RoeveFull-backUnion St. Gilloise22+6.5
24/25→25/26
24±0%434.9%
16B. BaloghCentre-backKVC Westerlo24+5.8
24/25→25/26
3023.8%4539.2%
17G. KondoCentre-backCercle Brugge24+5.3
24/25→25/26
936.1%572.7%
18I. KaramokoFull-backStandard Liege25+5.3
24/25→25/26
26±0%531.1%
19J. OrdoñezCentre-backClub Brugge KV22+4.2
24/25→25/26
3314.8%590.5%
20S. KimuraCentre-backKVC Westerlo25+3.7
24/25→25/26
24±0%486.3%
21J. KongoloCentre-backGenk20+2.2
24/25→25/26
14±0%520.8%
22B. MecheleCentre-backClub Brugge KV33+0.3
24/25→25/26
46±0%261.9%
23M. DamsFull-backClub Brugge KV22+0.2
24/25→25/26
181.1%5221.1%
24I. HautekietCentre-backStandard Liege24-1.1
24/25→25/26
46±0%581.2%
25A. MaamarFull-backAnderlecht21-1.6
24/25→25/26
17±0%550.7%
26S. DelosFull-backRAAL La Louvière27-3.3
24/25→25/26
255.3%446%
27T. EyomaCentre-backLommel United26-4.5
24/25→25/26
9±0%36±0%
28José MarsàCentre-backKV Mechelen24-4.9
24/25→25/26
25±0%542.3%
29K. SardellaCentre-backAnderlecht24-5.2
24/25→25/26
2318.6%531.3%
30J. TolinssonFull-backLommel United23-7.5
24/25→25/26
1140.5%4111.2%
31M. SamoiseFull-backGent24-9.1
24/25→25/26
16±0%556.2%
32J. van DuivenFull-backLommel United21-9.4
24/25→25/26
17±0%45±0%
33M. DiarraCentre-backAnderlecht25-10.9
24/25→25/26
1346.6%4638.7%
34T. St. JagoCentre-backKV Mechelen26-11.4
24/25→25/26
2729.5%4730.6%
35J. HomawooCentre-backStandard Liege28-17
22/23→25/26
3433.6%402.5%
36I. CamaraFull-backAnderlecht23-17.3
24/25→25/26
1651.6%5211%
37L. PétrotCentre-backAnderlecht29-17.4
24/25→25/26
1914.1%3330.3%
38L. JansCentre-backSK Beveren34-20.2
24/25→25/26
40±0%15±0%
39N. DussenneCentre-backOH Leuven34-23.8
22/23→25/26
22±0%155.1%