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Most Improved defenders This Season in 2. Bundesliga

The most improved defenders in 2. Bundesliga, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

D. Herold of Karlsruher SC is the standout for raw talent across defenders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 68.1, and H. Kuruçay has been the form player this season, grading 52.4, and M. Maglica leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Katić has improved his Season rating most, up +38.9 on last season, while F. Gruber's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +24.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Gechter of Hertha BSC is the most valuable name in this group at 27.4.

Best talent
D. Herold68.1RTG
Karlsruher SC
In form
H. Kuruçay52.4SsN
FC Schalke 04
Rising potential
F. Gruber+24.1RTG
1. FC Nürnberg · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
N. Katić+38.9SsN
FC Schalke 04 · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
M. Maglica6goals
SV Darmstadt 98
Most valuable
L. Gechter27.4val
Hertha BSC
50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1N. KatićCentre-backFC Schalke 0429+38.9
24/25→25/26
48432.2%440.9%
2P. PfeifferCentre-backSV Darmstadt 9826+35.8
24/25→25/26
40778.3%5915.1%
3H. KuruçayCentre-backFC Schalke 0428+35.3
24/25→25/26
52206.4%5110.6%
4M. MaglicaCentre-backSV Darmstadt 9827+32.6
24/25→25/26
37776.2%5415.1%
5M. GyamfiCentre-back1. FC Kaiserslautern26+28.9
24/25→25/26
38307.4%5748.2%
6T. BeckerCentre-backFC Schalke 0429+28.6
24/25→25/26
48149%4230.8%
7L. LochoshviliCentre-back1. FC Nürnberg28+27.3
24/25→25/26
33487.5%517.5%
8L. GechterCentre-backHertha BSC22+26.2
24/25→25/26
45137.2%665.4%
9D. ZecCentre-backHolstein Kiel26+24.7
24/25→25/26
37202.5%6012.8%
10M. IvezićCentre-backHolstein Kiel24+21
24/25→25/26
37134.6%5915.3%
11F. GruberCentre-back1. FC Nürnberg23+18.6
24/25→25/26
29175.5%6558.5%
12N. LoosliFull-backVfL Bochum29+18.3
24/25→25/26
29179.4%411.9%
13M. NawrockiFull-backHannover 9625+18.2
24/25→25/26
25260%6139.3%
14T. LeistnerCentre-backHertha BSC35+13.9
24/25→25/26
3858.4%1913.1%
15Sergio LópezFull-backSV Darmstadt 9827+12.5
24/25→25/26
2788%5513.3%
16C. KobaldFull-backKarlsruher SC28+11.7
24/25→25/26
2684.8%4513.7%
17J. GyamerahFull-backSV Elversberg31+11.7
24/25→25/26
3550.9%338.5%
18K. EhlersFull-backEintracht Braunschweig25+10.4
24/25→25/26
3346%598.4%
19C. JohanssonCentre-backHolstein Kiel32+10.3
24/25→25/26
15245.2%2034.4%
20A. GantenbeinFull-backFC Schalke 0425+9.9
24/25→25/26
2190%551.1%
21L. SirchFull-back1. FC Kaiserslautern27+9.2
24/25→25/26
3733%5515.6%
22C. BrackelmannFull-backSC Paderborn 0726+8.5
24/25→25/26
3433.2%569.2%
23P. ZiereisCentre-backSpVgg Greuther Fürth33+8.1
21/22→25/26
2841.3%2447%
24L. GüntherFull-backSV Elversberg23+8.1
24/25→25/26
2258.3%658.7%
25M. KomendaCentre-backHolstein Kiel29+8
24/25→25/26
1883.3%3533.3%
26K. SchmidtCentre-backFortuna Düsseldorf24+8
24/25→25/26
12228.6%5351.7%
27M. DárdaiCentre-backHertha BSC24+7.7
24/25→25/26
4222.7%622.1%
28V. GhițăCentre-backHannover 9628+7.5
24/25→25/26
3329.5%4731.9%
29Rafael Pinto PedrosaFull-backKarlsruher SC18+7.4
24/25→25/26
12148%613.8%
30F. FlickFull-backEintracht Braunschweig26+7.3
24/25→25/26
2251%516.2%
31M. MomuluhFull-backArminia Bielefeld24+6.5
24/25→25/26
1855.6%6310.1%
32M. AydınFull-backEintracht Braunschweig24+6.5
24/25→25/26
3423.9%6410.7%
33T. MüllerCentre-back1. FC Magdeburg32+6.5
24/25→25/26
1855.1%2513.3%
34L. BolayFull-backPreußen Münster24+6.2
23/24→25/26
8295.2%5232.6%
35T. SchellerCentre-backSC Paderborn 0724+6
24/25→25/26
3521.1%66±0%
36J. DalandCentre-backFortuna Düsseldorf26+5.9
24/25→25/26
1473.8%4913.8%
37J. ter HorstFull-backPreußen Münster24+4.8
24/25→25/26
3217.4%61±0%
38P. NkoaFull-backEintracht Braunschweig27+4.3
24/25→25/26
1540.2%4422.6%
39Julian Andreas PauliCentre-backDynamo Dresden21+4.2
24/25→25/26
2421.2%612.1%
40T. HandwerkerFull-backArminia Bielefeld28+4.2
24/25→25/26
2124.6%454.9%
41B. TomiakCentre-backHannover 9627+3.4
24/25→25/26
2913.1%5314.4%
42E. MašovićCentre-backVfL Bochum27+3.3
24/25→25/26
1236.3%4229.7%
43F. HagmannCentre-backArminia Bielefeld22+2.5
24/25→25/26
843.1%5429.7%
44Felipe SánchezCentre-backFC Schalke 0422+1.6
24/25→25/26
208.8%5817.7%
45A. HotiCentre-backEintracht Braunschweig23+1.1
24/25→25/26
1012.2%5225.4%
46F. KeidelFull-backSV Elversberg23+1.1
24/25→25/26
196.1%6245.3%
47M. DietzCentre-backSpVgg Greuther Fürth24+0.2
24/25→25/26
171.2%569.3%
48M. BauerCentre-backArminia Bielefeld26-0.2
24/25→25/26
181.1%4910.2%
49N. MickelsonFull-backSV Elversberg27-0.4
23/24→25/26
113.4%479.6%
50Lukas ReichFull-backSpVgg Greuther Fürth19-0.5
24/25→25/26
104.8%5531.4%