Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in Eredivisie

The most valuable defenders in Eredivisie, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Rots of Twente is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Eredivisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 83.9, and M. Young has been the form player this season, grading 59.3, and B. Kemper leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Teo Quintero has improved his Season rating most, up +43.9 on last season, while D. Janse's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +22.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Lucas Rosa of Ajax is the most valuable name in this group at 42.

Groningen · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Teo Quintero+43.9SsN

Sparta Rotterdam · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Lucas Rosa Full-back	Ajax	26	42	55129.8%	6213%
2	Y. Baas Centre-back	Ajax	23	41.4	545.7%	763.8%
3	Teo Quintero Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	27	40.7	53482.4%	572.5%
4	M. Young Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	20	38.7	5969.4%	757.6%
5	B. van Rooij Full-back	Twente	25	36.3	4736.3%	754.8%
6	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	35	39319.1%	7637.4%
7	S. El Karouani Full-back	Utrecht	25	34.3	441.4%	755.9%
8	O. Braude Full-back	Heerenveen	22	33.3	3029%	763.8%
9	S. Dest Full-back	PSV Eindhoven	25	33.2	24473.8%	7215.2%
10	Alexandre Penetra Centre-back	AZ Alkmaar	24	33.1	3712%	722%
11	A. Kaplan Centre-back	NEC Nijmegen	23	32.9	2793%	7113.3%
12	M. Rots Full-back	Twente	20	32.9	42456%	8430.1%
13	C. Widell Centre-back	Excelsior	23	32.8	2836.6%	7111.6%
14	A. Gaaei Full-back	Ajax	23	32.6	2924.3%	718.2%
15	M. Willemsen Centre-back	Heerenveen	23	32.5	2210.9%	7129.6%
16	R. Flamingo Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	23	32.3	2343.9%	7011.5%
17	W. Goes Centre-back	AZ Alkmaar	22	32.2	3916.3%	741.9%
18	A. MacNulty Centre-back	PEC Zwolle	23	32	305.9%	707.1%
19	K. Sildillia Full-back	PSV Eindhoven	24	32	160.6%	696%
20	R. Meissen Full-back	Excelsior	24	32	31224%	6918.6%
21	S. Lemkin Centre-back	Twente	23	31.8	22538.2%	6989.8%
22	V. Zagaritis Full-back	Heerenveen	25	31.8	322.5%	69±0%
23	A. Zagré Full-back	Excelsior	24	31.6	2926.3%	6914.1%
24	Yarek Gasiorowski Full-back	PSV Eindhoven	21	31.5	2883.7%	761.5%
25	T. Blokzijl Centre-back	Groningen	21	31.4	4149.1%	768.3%
26	Deveron Fonville Full-back	NEC Nijmegen	23	31.3	20	6855.3%
27	G. Offerhaus Full-back	Telstar	25	31.1	2549.8%	6714.6%
28	D. Kasius Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	23	31	1638.8%	676.7%
29	M. Didden Centre-back	Utrecht	24	30.2	28232.9%	668.4%
30	J. Dahlhaus Full-back	Fortuna Sittard	24	29.7	2430.1%	642.3%
31	M. Chávez Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	22	29.4	24	67
32	D. Janse Full-back	Groningen	20	29.2	4193.5%	7542.9%
33	A. Adelgaard Full-back	GO Ahead Eagles	22	29.2	2546.8%	671.4%
34	B. Pereira Full-back	NEC Nijmegen	23	29.2	1660.7%	6312.9%
35	R. Hillen Centre-back	NAC Breda	23	29.1	2721.2%	633.8%
36	S. Sambo Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	24	29	317600%	6310.7%
37	I. Mesík Centre-back	Heracles	25	29	1845.7%	639.7%
38	M. Bruns Centre-back	Twente	23	29	1161.1%	638.4%
39	A. Salah-Eddine Full-back	PSV Eindhoven	24	28.8	1239%	629.4%
40	J. Dirksen Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	23	28.7	182900%	629.9%
41	N. Kasanwirjo Full-back	Fortuna Sittard	24	28.6	10172.2%	6248.9%
42	O. Aertssen Full-back	PEC Zwolle	22	28.4	304.8%	651.4%
43	Justin Quincy Hubner Full-back	Fortuna Sittard	22	28.3	14921.4%	6547.7%
44	Mauro Júnior Full-back	PSV Eindhoven	27	28.1	3410.9%	6113.9%
45	D. Koswal Centre-back	Telstar	22	27.7	1556.1%	6313%
46	L. Schouten Centre-back	Excelsior	22	27.3	1632.2%	6212.7%
47	G. Read Full-back	Feyenoord	20	27.1	1455.9%	6910.5%
48	J. Šutalo Centre-back	Ajax	26	27	3153.9%	5918.4%
49	Wouter Prins Full-back	Groningen	22	27	1262.4%	626.4%
50	T. Gooijer Full-back	PEC Zwolle	21	26.9	194725%	6514.5%