Most Valuable defenders by Market Value

The most valuable defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Timber of Arsenal is the standout for raw talent across defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 97.3, and Reinaldo leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +71.2 on last season, while L. Høgsberg's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Timber of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 163.6.

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	Player	Team
1	J. Timber Full-back	Arsenal	25	163.6	8299%	975.3%
2	J. Garner Defensive midfielder	Everton	25	131.4	66195.9%	9016.2%
3	W. Saliba Centre-back	Arsenal	25	126.8	6320.5%	885.2%
4	Eric García Full-back	Barcelona	25	116.7	63125.6%	85±0%
5	A. Truffert Full-back	Bournemouth	24	115.3	5716.7%	9619.2%
6	J. Gvardiol Full-back	Manchester City	24	114.6	497.8%	963.2%
7	M. Guéhi Centre-back	Crystal Palace	26	111.6	5616.2%	808.5%
8	M. Lacroix Centre-back	Crystal Palace	26	108.4	540.7%	7810.2%
9	P. Hincapié Centre-back	Arsenal	24	107.6	5424.2%	851.5%
10	C. Richards Full-back	Crystal Palace	26	106.8	5372.3%	771.9%
11	M. Thiaw Centre-back	Newcastle	24	106.6	3626.5%	8915.3%
12	M. Kayode Full-back	Brentford	22	106.1	45566.2%	9320.3%
13	T. Hume Attacking midfielder	Sunderland	24	105.6	1770.7%	8811%
14	M. Gusto Full-back	Chelsea	23	105.4	323.8%	881.6%
15	S. van den Berg Centre-back	Brentford	24	103.6	3345.6%	861.3%
16	T. Livramento Full-back	Newcastle	23	103	2351.2%	868.2%
17	J. O'Brien Full-back	Everton	25	102.7	4179.5%	867.4%
18	N. Collins Centre-back	Brentford	25	102.7	4311.6%	867.2%
19	M. van de Ven Centre-back	Tottenham	25	102.5	34277.8%	8514.9%
20	N. Williams Full-back	Nottingham Forest	25	101.6	5011.4%	853.4%
21	R. Calafiori Full-back	Arsenal	24	101.5	45124.9%	853%
22	J. Hill Centre-back	Bournemouth	24	101.5	37411%	8510.6%
23	Álvaro Fernández Full-back	Real Madrid	23	100.5	5314.3%	9128.5%
24	M. Kerkez Full-back	Liverpool	22	100.3	2924.5%	8811.6%
25	C. Bradley Full-back	Liverpool	23	100	30141.5%	830.7%
26	J. Koundé Full-back	Barcelona	27	99.5	5422.7%	7414%
27	M. Wieffer Full-back	Brighton	26	98.2	4973.5%	815.5%
28	J. van Hecke Centre-back	Brighton	26	98.2	4539.8%	827.2%
29	Álex Jiménez Full-back	Bournemouth	21	98	4398.6%	9118.7%
30	F. Kadıoğlu Full-back	Brighton	26	97.8	38474.2%	8213.2%
31	Murillo Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	24	97.6	4032%	8112.8%
32	M. Estève Centre-back	Burnley	24	97.4	2671.9%	813.2%
33	S. Mouriño Full-back	Villarreal	24	97	531.3%	8612.2%
34	A. Khusanov Centre-back	Manchester City	22	96.8	4273.4%	8518.7%
35	M. De Cuyper Full-back	Brighton	25	96.7	1658%	8128.8%
36	I. Maatsen Full-back	Aston Villa	24	96.6	2137.4%	812.4%
37	D. Udogie Full-back	Tottenham	23	95.6	295.2%	800.9%
38	Hugo Bueno Defensive midfielder	Wolves	23	94.7	39135.5%	7912.7%
39	N. Savona Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	23	94.6	1946.1%	791.6%
40	P. Struijk Full-back	Leeds	26	94.4	3339.7%	798.6%
41	C. Bassey Centre-back	Fulham	26	94.3	4394.2%	799.6%
42	Cristhian Mosquera Full-back	Arsenal	22	93.7	351.4%	828.7%
43	D. Ballard Centre-back	Sunderland	26	93.7	41189.3%	7823.2%
44	L. Hall Full-back	Newcastle	21	93.6	3320.2%	877.6%
45	R. Aït-Nouri Attacking midfielder	Manchester City	25	93.2	1074.8%	7817.5%
46	M. de Ligt Centre-back	Manchester United	26	93.1	295.2%	781.8%
47	Q. Hartman Full-back	Burnley	24	93.1	20129.2%	7820.7%
48	Pedro Porro Full-back	Tottenham	26	93.1	4223.8%	788.5%
49	R. Sessegnon Full-back	Fulham	26	92.6	37117.5%	770.7%
50	R. James Full-back	Chelsea	26	92.4	33160%	770.8%