Most Improved defenders in 2. Bundesliga 26/27

The most improved defenders in 2. Bundesliga in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

K. Schmidt of Dynamo Dresden is the standout for raw talent across defenders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 58.4, and P. Strompf has been the form player this season, grading 26.3, and R. Jansson leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: C. Johansson has improved his Season rating most, up +10.3 on last season, while K. Schmidt's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +23.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Bakatukanda of VfL Osnabrück is the most valuable name in this group at 25.7.

Dynamo Dresden · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

C. Johansson+10.3SsN

Holstein Kiel · 24/25→25/26

E. Bakatukanda25.7val

VfL Osnabrück

11 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	C. Johansson Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	32	+10.3 24/25→25/26	15245.2%	2034.4%
2	K. Schmidt Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	24	+8 24/25→25/26	12228.6%	5866.9%
3	P. Nkoa Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	27	+4.3 24/25→25/26	15±0%	44±0%
4	R. Jansson Full-back	FC St. Pauli	22	+2.8 24/25→25/26	11150%	3740.5%
5	F. Ronstadt Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	29	+1.2 24/25→25/26	914.6%	2446%
6	K. Vogt Centre-back	VfL Bochum	35	-7.1 24/25→25/26	944.4%	1259.2%
7	F. Holland Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	36	-7.2 23/24→25/26	1335.3%	1250.4%
8	L. Schneider Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	26	-7.6 24/25→25/26	1435.3%	4918.4%
9	L. Bünning Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	28	-8 24/25→25/26	946%	384.1%
10	P. Strompf Centre-back	VfL Bochum	28	-12.3 24/25→25/26	2631.9%	4614.6%
11	F. Nürnberger Full-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	-12.4 24/25→25/26	1741.9%	5013.4%