Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in Premiership 26/27

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

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At a glance

E. Fernandez of Rangers is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 50.3, and P. McGinn has been the form player this season, grading 52.1, and C. Halkett leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: P. McGinn has improved his Season rating most, up +47.6 on last season, while O. Bevan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +8.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Fernandez of Rangers is the most valuable name in this group at 17.9.

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	Player	Team
1	E. Fernandez Centre-back	Rangers	24	17.9	32±0%	50±0%
2	Henry Fieldson Full-back	ST Mirren	21	15.2	45	50
3	D. Sterling Centre-back	Rangers	26	15.1	12±0%	39±0%
4	K. Adams Full-back	Falkirk	24	14.9	26	45
5	J. Penrice Centre-back	Rangers	27	13.6	36±0%	32±0%
6	N. Guinness-Walker Full-back	Aberdeen	26	12.5	27±0%	434.1%
7	O. Makhanya Centre-back	Rangers	22	12.5	1858.8%	425.8%
8	R. Bushiri Centre-back	Hibernian	26	12.4	2416.3%	4313%
9	C. Ramsay Full-back	ST Mirren	23	12.2	331118.5%	4410%
10	R. Astley Full-back	Dundee	24	11.7	29±0%	48±0%
11	A. Ralston Centre-back	Celtic	27	11.2	191.6%	3521.8%
12	B. Esselink Centre-back	Dundee Utd	27	11.1	16±0%	35±0%
13	R. Graham Centre-back	Dundee Utd	25	10.7	1610.6%	436.4%
14	O. Bevan Centre-back	Dundee	22	10.6	29171.3%	5020.3%
15	T. Sparrow Full-back	Motherwell	23	10.5	20±0%	47±0%
16	R. King Centre-back	ST Mirren	24	10.4	21	43
17	J. Lotomba Full-back	Celtic	27	10.4	14±0%	49±0%
18	M. Frame Full-back	Aberdeen	20	10.3	9	46
19	Colby Donovan Centre-back	Celtic	20	10.2	9±0%	471.1%
20	M. Forbes Centre-back	Dundee Utd	22	10.2	11±0%	455.1%
21	I. Odutayo Centre-back	Dundee	23	10.1	4210.6%	5132.5%
22	M. Ivezić Centre-back	Hibernian	24	10.1	37±0%	59±0%
23	G. Stanger Centre-back	Kilmarnock	26	10	14±0%	38±0%
24	O. McEntee Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	25	10	30±0%	48±0%
25	W. Ferry Full-back	Dundee Utd	25	10	30±0%	50±0%
26	I. Samuels Full-back	Dundee	23	10	18±0%	45±0%
27	J. Altena Full-back	Heart Of Midlothian	22	9.9	778.4%	4517.8%
28	G. Molloy Full-back	Aberdeen	24	9.9	16±0%	42±0%
29	B. Fink Full-back	Dundee	23	9.8	6±0%	41±0%
30	A. Forrester Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	21	9.7	12	49
31	M. Schjønning-Larsen Full-back	Kilmarnock	25	9.6	10±0%	40±0%
32	J. Rawlins Centre-back	Dundee Utd	22	9.6	2638.2%	50142.9%
33	M. Moormann Centre-back	Motherwell	25	9.6	232.2%	4416.2%
34	T. Rommens Full-back	Rangers	23	9.5	1242.6%	486.1%
35	L. Neilson Centre-back	Falkirk	23	9.4	10±0%	43±0%
36	E. Ring Full-back	Kilmarnock	24	9.2	1±0%	369.1%
37	A. Montgomery Full-back	Livingston	24	9.2	6530%	419.9%
38	J. Girdwood-Reich Centre-back	Motherwell	22	9.1	369.6%	52143.5%
39	L. Mayo Centre-back	Aberdeen	26	9.1	21±0%	392.9%
40	Dylan Williams Full-back	Motherwell	23	9.1	10±0%	446.6%
41	Brooklyn Kabongolo Centre-back	Livingston	23	9.1	7	41
42	D. Murray Centre-back	Celtic	23	9	8±0%	41±0%
43	J. Milne Centre-back	Aberdeen	23	9	36±0%	49±0%
44	K. Ciubotaru Full-back	Dundee Utd	22	9	23±0%	362.8%
45	L. Robinson Centre-back	Dunfermline	24	8.5	852.3%	389.5%
46	C. Nsiala-Makengo Full-back	Rangers	22	8.5	194.8%	4015.4%
47	Jamie Knight-Lebel Centre-back	Motherwell	21	8.4	2510.4%	4843.9%
48	L. McCann Full-back	Falkirk	26	8.4	24±0%	43±0%
49	D. Meļņiks Centre-back	Falkirk	24	8.4	7	38
50	C. McCarthy Centre-back	Kilmarnock	20	8.3	4±0%	611%