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

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

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At a glance

J. Moon of Port Vale is the standout for raw talent across defenders in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 44.6, and R. Staunton has been the form player this season, grading 27.1, and Lewis Shipley leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Staunton has improved his Season rating most, up +21.9 on last season, while J. Moon's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. Sutton of Oldham is the most valuable name in this group at 6.2.

Port Vale · 24/25→25/26

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R. Staunton+21.9SsN

Grimsby · 20/21→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	W. Sutton Centre-back	Oldham	23	6.2	268433.3%	3114.7%
2	E. Turns Centre-back	Exeter City	23	5.9	1824.3%	412.4%
3	R. Staunton Full-back	Grimsby	24	5.8	27421.2%	3411.1%
4	B. Cooper Centre-back	Salford City	26	5.4	2640.5%	3031.1%
5	G. Bajrami Centre-back	Crawley Town	27	5.1	18	2625.9%
6	J. Moon Full-back	Port Vale	25	4.8	1166%	4532%
7	J. Burroughs Full-back	Northampton	25	4.8	17327.5%	392.6%
8	Joel McGregor Full-back	Swindon Town	20	4.3	2276.2%	334.5%
9	T. Wilson-Brown Centre-back	Swindon Town	21	4	12	31
10	Filozofe Mabete Centre-back	Swindon Town	21	3.9	14	31
11	Jake Thomas Batty Full-back	Fleetwood Town	21	3.7	1239.2%	324.2%
12	M. Hancock Full-back	Walsall	23	3.7	16±0%	31±0%
13	Joshua Alan Powell Centre-back	Northampton	21	3.6	18	34
14	J. Sweeney Full-back	Grimsby	24	3.4	19±0%	32±0%
15	R. Harbottle Centre-back	Bristol Rovers	25	3.3	11±0%	28±0%
16	D. Tharme Centre-back	Grimsby	27	3.3	938.2%	2325.6%
17	Marvin Marvellous Kaleta Full-back	Rotherham	22	3.3	635.4%	427.9%
18	A. Senior Full-back	Barnet	24	3.3	33±0%	37±0%
19	J. Connolly Centre-back	Walsall	24	3.3	22±0%	342.7%
20	S. Negru Full-back	Swindon Town	24	3.2	12±0%	28±0%
21	B. Faulkner Full-back	Tranmere	22	3.2	12±0%	319.5%
22	J. Leake Centre-back	Oldham	23	3.2	7±0%	29±0%
23	C. Finney Full-back	Crewe	22	3.2	31500%	308.1%
24	H. Burke Centre-back	Walsall	24	3.2	0	26
25	E. Otoo Full-back	Rotherham	24	3.2	3	29
26	L. Billington Full-back	Crewe	22	3.2	24±0%	37±0%
27	A. Smith Full-back	Gillingham	25	3.1	28±0%	322.5%
28	Lewis Shipley Centre-back	Barrow	22	3.1	11127.7%	317%
29	A. Kilgour Full-back	Bristol Rovers	28	3.1	25440.4%	2624.1%
30	J. Tomkinson Full-back	Cheltenham	24	3.1	27±0%	32±0%
31	R. Bennett Full-back	Fleetwood Town	22	3.1	1±0%	27±0%
32	Z. Williams Centre-back	Barnet	21	3.1	67.9%	403.3%
33	D. Skura Centre-back	Walsall	24	3.1	38.3%	422.4%
34	E. Ahui Full-back	Walsall	22	3.1	17	30
35	F. Potter Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	22	3.1	16±0%	32±0%
36	Kayden Hughes Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	20	3.1	838.9%	311.6%
37	L. Offord Centre-back	Crewe	26	3	36±0%	333.1%
38	J. Slater Full-back	Tranmere	21	3	18±0%	358%
39	J. Maxwell Full-back	Northampton	24	3	17±0%	4811.6%
40	G. Harmon Centre-back	Cheltenham	25	3	384.4%	2541.9%
41	H. Douglas Centre-back	Rotherham	21	3	5	41
42	K. Balmer Full-back	Bristol Rovers	26	3	16±0%	29±0%
43	L. Hoole Centre-back	Shrewsbury	24	3	29±0%	31±0%
44	A. Pond Full-back	Chesterfield	22	3	10±0%	3511.5%
45	L. Woodhouse Full-back	Exeter City	22	3	22±0%	43±0%
46	Conor McManus Full-back	Gillingham	22	3	0	68
47	K. Majekodunmi Centre-back	Swindon Town	22	3	11	29
48	L. Jenkins Centre-back	Newport County	25	2.9	17±0%	313%
49	D. Hall Centre-back	Rotherham	25	2.9	25±0%	42±0%
50	L. Gordon Centre-back	Chesterfield	25	2.9	20±0%	31±0%