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Most Improved defenders in Premier League 26/27

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

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At a glance

M. Rodríguez of FC Krasnodar is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 54.3, and E. Teslenko has been the form player this season, grading 51.8, and Jubal leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: E. Teslenko has improved his Season rating most, up +22.1 on last season, while S. Varatynov's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +8.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, David Ricardo of Dynamo is the most valuable name in this group at 6.

Best talent
M. Rodríguez54.3RTG
FC Krasnodar
In form
E. Teslenko51.8SsN
Rubin
Rising potential
S. Varatynov+8.3RTG
Baltika · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
E. Teslenko+22.1SsN
Rubin · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
Jubal3goals
FC Krasnodar
Most valuable
David Ricardo6val
Dynamo
45 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1E. TeslenkoCentre-backRubin25+22.1
24/25→25/26
52±0%34±0%
2Gustavo MantuanCentre-backZenit25+21.8
24/25→25/26
44±0%35±0%
3M. BogosavacFull-backAkhmat29+21.8
24/25→25/26
30±0%24±0%
4V. MelekhinFull-backFC Rostov22+21
24/25→25/26
32±0%35±0%
5S. VaratynovFull-backBaltika23+20.8
24/25→25/26
51±0%37±0%
6D. ChistyakovCentre-backFC Rostov32+19.9
23/24→25/26
29209.5%157.6%
7K. PecheninCentre-backKrylia Sovetov29+19.7
24/25→25/26
36±0%24±0%
8M. BeveevFull-backBaltika30+19.4
24/25→25/26
36±0%21±0%
9I. VujačićFull-backRubin32+18.1
24/25→25/26
45±0%16±0%
10A. FilinCentre-backBaltika30+16.7
24/25→25/26
4070.5%1831%
11A. GabaraevCentre-backFakel28+16.7
24/25→25/26
20451.4%221.8%
12E. MorozovFull-backLokomotiv25+9.5
24/25→25/26
17±0%33±0%
13M. AlibekovCentre-backDinamo Makhachkala29+8.6
24/25→25/26
20±0%20±0%
14I. VakhaniaFull-backFC Krasnodar25+7
24/25→25/26
31±0%341.5%
15T. SundukovCentre-backDinamo Makhachkala25+6.4
24/25→25/26
32±0%332.5%
16M. LukinCentre-backCSKA Moscow22+6.3
24/25→25/26
1950.4%330.9%
17N. ChernovCentre-backKrylia Sovetov30+6
24/25→25/26
14±0%17±0%
18I. LepskiyCentre-backKrylia Sovetov21+4.4
24/25→25/26
1444.4%3129.8%
19O. SakoCentre-backFC Rostov30+4.3
24/25→25/26
23±0%18±0%
20Fernando CostanzaFull-backKrylia Sovetov27+3.3
24/25→25/26
36±0%28±0%
21Vítor TormenaCentre-backFC Krasnodar30+3
24/25→25/26
46±0%214.1%
22David RicardoCentre-backDynamo23+2.1
22/23→25/26
779.8%2858.1%
23D. KrugovoyFull-backCSKA Moscow28+2
24/25→25/26
39±0%29±0%
24N. GassamaFull-backBaltika25+1.7
24/25→25/26
41±0%33±0%
25A. GritsaenkoCentre-backRubin31+1.2
24/25→25/26
264.9%1438.6%
26M. BardachevCentre-backFakel20+0.7
24/25→25/26
3±0%250.8%
27A. SiljanovFull-backLokomotiv25-1
24/25→25/26
30±0%35±0%
28M. OsipenkoFull-backDynamo32-1.6
24/25→25/26
23±0%15±0%
29João VictorCentre-backCSKA Moscow28-2
24/25→25/26
1829.8%2347.5%
30A. ArroyoFull-backRubin26-2.1
24/25→25/26
36±0%29±0%
31S. BozhinCentre-backKrylia Sovetov32-2.5
24/25→25/26
25±0%1713%
32Ygor NogueiraCentre-backFC Rostov31-3.9
23/24→25/26
1620%1463.9%
33L. OlazaFull-backFC Krasnodar32-7
24/25→25/26
44±0%173.9%
34I. ShumakhovCentre-backDinamo Makhachkala27-7.6
24/25→25/26
2225.3%2426.2%
35I. DiveevCentre-backZenit26-10.3
24/25→25/26
38±0%342.7%
36Gedson FernandesFull-backSpartak Moscow27-13
24/25→25/26
3871.3%301%
37R. FernándezCentre-backDynamo26-15.5
24/25→25/26
865.7%2619.9%
38João EscovalCentre-backAkron29-21.7
24/25→25/26
11±0%18±0%
39D. TodorovićCentre-backFakel29-22.5
24/25→25/26
0100%1224.1%
40M. SivisFull-backFC Orenburg28-26.3
23/24→25/26
291.1%264.4%
41Robert RenanCentre-backZenit22-26.9
24/25→25/26
1713.7%3839.6%
42A. MeshchaninovCentre-backRodina Moskva30-27
24/25→25/26
010
43A. AdamovFull-backAkhmat26-30.5
24/25→25/26
0±0%225.5%
44R. VegaFull-backZenit22-39.6
24/25→25/26
1424%3036.4%
45JubalCentre-backFC Krasnodar33-44.8
24/25→25/26
7±0%1128%