Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in League One 26/27

The most valuable defenders in League One in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

L. Thomas of Leicester is the standout for raw talent across defenders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 66.5, and C. Piergianni has been the form player this season, grading 45.5, and L. Sørensen leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. Watts has improved his Season rating most, up +31.7 on last season, while C. O'Riordan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +22.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, B. Hills of Stockport County is the most valuable name in this group at 14.6.

Barnsley · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

K. Watts+31.7SsN

Cambridge United · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	B. Hills Centre-back	Stockport County	22	14.6	2431.5%	482.8%
2	L. Macari Full-back	Notts County	24	14.4	264%	34±0%
3	H. Matthews Centre-back	Bradford	22	12.9	7133.3%	57±0%
4	T. Mengi Centre-back	Luton	24	12.6	176.6%	4426.3%
5	F. Stevens Centre-back	Leyton Orient	23	12.4	0	57±0%
6	J. Olowu Centre-back	Leyton Orient	26	11.4	19±0%	449.4%
7	B. Nelson Centre-back	Leicester	22	10.6	177.5%	612.3%
8	K. Abrefa Full-back	Reading	22	10.3	926%	442.4%
9	L. Sørensen Full-back	Huddersfield	27	10.3	2117.2%	443.9%
10	W. Forrester Full-back	Leyton Orient	25	10.1	12±0%	39±0%
11	George Christopher John Pratt Centre-back	Bradford	23	10.1	7±0%	591.9%
12	E. Pye Centre-back	Stockport County	24	10.1	44±0%	54±0%
13	M. Jobe Full-back	Stockport County	23	10	41±0%	36±0%
14	Kyron Silveria Gordon Centre-back	Stockport County	24	10	266400%	4524.3%
15	I. Bowat Centre-back	Huddersfield	24	9.9	8±0%	592.2%
16	Benn David Ward Centre-back	Reading	22	9.8	958.9%	4129.8%
17	H. Roberts Full-back	Reading	24	9.8	9±0%	42±0%
18	C. Taylor Centre-back	Wycombe	25	9.8	19±0%	44±0%
19	Harley Mills Full-back	Peterborough	23	9.7	14±0%	43±0%
20	A. Mitchell Centre-back	Plymouth	25	9.6	30±0%	492.5%
21	L. Thomas Full-back	Leicester	25	9.6	27±0%	67±0%
22	I. Ogundere Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	24	9.4	28±0%	49±0%
23	F. Delap Centre-back	Burton Albion	21	9.4	4±0%	40±0%
24	J. Dorsett Full-back	Reading	24	9.3	21±0%	46±0%
25	J. Currie Centre-back	Oxford United	24	9.3	28±0%	61±0%
26	Callum Perry Full-back	Cambridge United	21	9.3	0	29
27	G. Otegbayo Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	21	9.3	13±0%	63±0%
28	Marcus Lemar Ifill Centre-back	Bromley	23	9.3	30±0%	36±0%
29	K. Casey Centre-back	Stevenage	22	9.2	8	43
30	R. Welch Centre-back	Bradford	23	9.2	5900%	4118.3%
31	S. Earley Full-back	Stevenage	24	9.2	25±0%	441.8%
32	S. Grehan Centre-back	Doncaster	22	9.1	11±0%	42±0%
33	K. Watts Centre-back	Cambridge United	27	9.1	44±0%	35±0%
34	Z. Ashworth Full-back	Blackpool	24	9.1	23±0%	431.9%
35	J. McGrath Centre-back	Doncaster	23	9.1	19±0%	45±0%
36	J. Morris Centre-back	Leyton Orient	24	9	22±0%	44±0%
37	Michael George Stickland Centre-back	Reading	23	9	177.3%	397.4%
38	M. Ross Centre-back	Plymouth	25	9	28±0%	48±0%
39	B. Spencer Full-back	Oxford United	22	9	26±0%	62±0%
40	Finley Munroe Full-back	Blackpool	21	8.9	099.5%	5867.6%
41	C. O'Riordan Centre-back	Barnsley	23	8.9	477.1%	5526.3%
42	F. Burns Centre-back	Wigan	23	8.9	2824.8%	44±0%
43	D. Okagbue Centre-back	Peterborough	23	8.9	19±0%	451.8%
44	Cathal Heffernan Centre-back	Cambridge United	21	8.9	10±0%	30±0%
45	J. Carragher Centre-back	Wigan	24	8.9	14±0%	42±0%
46	Kamari Antonio Grant Centre-back	Bromley	23	8.8	39.4%	402.3%
47	U. Godwin-Malife Full-back	Reading	26	8.8	26±0%	42±0%
48	S. Roughan Centre-back	Huddersfield	23	8.8	23±0%	501.8%
49	A. Gilchrist Centre-back	Leyton Orient	22	8.7	8±0%	56±0%
50	L. Ness Centre-back	Notts County	24	8.7	16±0%	31±0%