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Most Improved defenders This Season in Premier League

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

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At a glance

I. Krupskyi of FC Kharkiv is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 40.5, and H. Pasich has been the form player this season, grading 47.4, and E. Sarapiy leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Muravskyi has improved his Season rating most, up +29.7 on last season, while V. Salyuk's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +6.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, O. Drambaev of LNZ Cherkasy is the most valuable name in this group at 10.

Best talent
I. Krupskyi40.5RTG
FC Kharkiv
In form
H. Pasich47.4SsN
LNZ Cherkasy
Rising potential
V. Salyuk+6.6RTG
FC Kharkiv · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
N. Muravskyi+29.7SsN
LNZ Cherkasy · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
E. Sarapiy5goals
Polessya
Most valuable
O. Drambaev10val
LNZ Cherkasy
50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1N. MuravskyiCentre-backLNZ Cherkasy26+29.7
24/25→25/26
46181.1%365.8%
2E. SarapiyCentre-backPolessya27+28.4
24/25→25/26
44182.1%3411.7%
3H. PasichFull-backLNZ Cherkasy33+26.4
24/25→25/26
47125.7%1430%
4B. MykhailichenkoFull-backPolessya29+19
24/25→25/26
4282.6%2621.3%
5Y. PavlyukCentre-backFC Kharkiv23+15.7
24/25→25/26
3298.7%399.2%
6O. DrambaevFull-backLNZ Cherkasy25+15.6
24/25→25/26
4161.9%387.1%
7Jan JurčecCentre-backKryvbas KR25+14.6
24/25→25/26
18456.3%379.2%
8I. KrupskyiFull-backFC Kharkiv21+13.7
24/25→25/26
3181.1%413.1%
9S. ChobotenkoFull-backPolessya29+11.1
24/25→25/26
3350.9%2524.5%
10V. VilivaldCentre-backKryvbas KR21+10.2
24/25→25/26
20104.1%395.4%
11M. SmiyanFull-backVeres Rivne24+8.9
24/25→25/26
11356%34±0%
12Y. ShevchenkoFull-backObolon'-Brovar30+8.7
24/25→25/26
1984.5%2028.8%
13JuninhoFull-backZorya Luhansk30+8.1
24/25→25/26
1789%2221.2%
14V. SalyukFull-backFC Kharkiv24+7.6
24/25→25/26
2253.1%3721.8%
15I. KyryukhantsevFull-backEpitsentr Dunayivtsi30+7.1
24/25→25/26
10244.8%1921.8%
16JordanFull-backZorya Luhansk27+4.5
24/25→25/26
2028.3%3027.9%
17E. KozikFull-backKolos Kovalivka23+3.8
24/25→25/26
2419%383.8%
18I. KrasniqiCentre-backKolos Kovalivka26+2.5
24/25→25/26
2610.6%3312.9%
19A. PonedelnikCentre-backKolos Kovalivka29+2.2
24/25→25/26
298.2%2523.9%
20R. DidykCentre-backLNZ Cherkasy23+2.1
24/25→25/26
336.8%389.2%
21Y. KopynaFull-backRuh Lviv30+1.6
24/25→25/26
476.2%1826%
22K. VivcharenkoFull-backDynamo Kyiv24+1.4
24/25→25/26
820.6%373.3%
23R. LyakhFull-backRuh Lviv25-0.1
24/25→25/26
130.7%343.4%
24A. BolCentre-backOleksandria23-0.2
23/24→25/26
72.9%336%
25M. BurdaCentre-backKolos Kovalivka31-0.2
24/25→25/26
161.3%1625.2%
26Y. KonoplyaFull-backShakhtar Donetsk26-1.3
24/25→25/26
167.7%356.7%
27D. SkorkoCentre-backOleksandria24-1.5
24/25→25/26
246.9%3110%
28R. GoncharenkoCentre-backVeres Rivne32-1.5
24/25→25/26
1310.4%1348.2%
29M. MelnychukFull-backKudrivka26-1.9
24/25→25/26
819.8%308.6%
30A. SavenkovCentre-backSK Poltava29-2.8
24/25→25/26
536.4%204.7%
31I. PerdutaCentre-backZorya Luhansk35-3
24/25→25/26
1318.9%922.7%
32S. SukhanovFull-backObolon'-Brovar31-3.4
24/25→25/26
733%1635%
33M. MatvienkoCentre-backShakhtar Donetsk30-4.3
24/25→25/26
2514.5%2036.4%
34PedrinhoFull-backShakhtar Donetsk24-5.2
24/25→25/26
1921.7%386.8%
35Jean PedrosoFull-backKarpaty22-5.9
24/25→25/26
2121.7%3710.8%
36V. PryymakFull-backObolon'-Brovar29-9.4
24/25→25/26
1049.5%2234%
37V. BondarCentre-backShakhtar Donetsk27-9.9
24/25→25/26
2528.4%3028%
38Artem MachelyukFull-backKudrivka26-10
24/25→25/26
1051%3311.3%
39V. BabogloFull-backKarpaty27-11.2
24/25→25/26
2828.9%3124.6%
40O. SychFull-backKarpaty25-11.4
24/25→25/26
1543%3414.7%
41O. VeremienkoCentre-backSK Poltava27-11.7
24/25→25/26
379.1%269.1%
42V. DubkoCentre-backObolon'-Brovar25-11.7
24/25→25/26
1641.8%3316.4%
43A. ShabanovCentre-backFC Kharkiv34-13.4
24/25→25/26
3328.9%1146.4%
44V. PidlepychCentre-backSK Poltava27-16.3
24/25→25/26
770%2611.9%
45D. MiroshnichenkoFull-backKarpaty31-16.7
24/25→25/26
1946.4%1640%
46V. KholodCentre-backRuh Lviv22-19.8
24/25→25/26
1360.2%3617.4%
47O. KlymetsFull-backEpitsentr Dunayivtsi26-20.3
24/25→25/26
1655.5%319%
48P. PolehenkoCentre-backKarpaty31-20.9
24/25→25/26
395.3%1741.6%
49V. RomanFull-backRuh Lviv23-22
24/25→25/26
774.8%3516.4%
50V. MorozCentre-backEpitsentr Dunayivtsi24-22.7
24/25→25/26
1461.4%342.5%