Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in La Liga

The most valuable defenders in La Liga, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Pau Cubarsí Paredes of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across defenders in La Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 92.5, and Eric García has been the form player this season, grading 63.4, and Carlos Romero leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Eric García has improved his Season rating most, up +35.3 on last season, while M. Moreno's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +28.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Eric García of Barcelona is the most valuable name in this group at 116.7.

Best talent

Pau Cubarsí Paredes92.5RTG

Levante · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Eric García+35.3SsN

Barcelona · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Eric García Full-back	Barcelona	25	116.7	63125.6%	85±0%
2	Álvaro Fernández Full-back	Real Madrid	23	100.5	5314.3%	9128.5%
3	J. Koundé Full-back	Barcelona	27	99.5	5422.7%	7414%
4	S. Mouriño Full-back	Villarreal	24	97	531.3%	8612.2%
5	Gerard Martín Centre-back	Barcelona	24	91.5	42126.1%	832.2%
6	J. Aramburu Full-back	Real Sociedad	24	90.6	3829.4%	821%
7	M. Ruggeri Full-back	Atletico Madrid	24	90.3	3212.3%	820.7%
8	Alejandro Balde Full-back	Barcelona	22	90.3	3843.8%	865.8%
9	Raúl Asencio Centre-back	Real Madrid	23	89.8	307.5%	812.2%
10	D. Huijsen Centre-back	Real Madrid	21	89	4621.8%	903.2%
11	Rafa Marín Centre-back	Villarreal	24	88.7	25519.5%	8015.9%
12	Marc Pubill Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	23	85.9	3129.9%	787.9%
13	Pau Navarro Centre-back	Villarreal	21	84.6	35236.9%	859.9%
14	Pau Cubarsí Paredes Centre-back	Barcelona	19	81.7	5134.3%	93±0%
15	Jon Martín Centre-back	Real Sociedad	20	78.8	2166.9%	8410.8%
16	Sergi Cardona Full-back	Villarreal	27	75.3	3013.9%	6821.9%
17	T. Alexander-Arnold Full-back	Real Madrid	27	75.1	3142.2%	6826.4%
18	A. Freeman Full-back	Villarreal	21	75.1	13	76103.8%
19	Javier Boñar Full-back	Atletico Madrid	21	74	4	75
20	Isma Sierra Centre-back	Villarreal	23	73.2	0	66
21	A. Puric Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	23	73.1	099%	661.1%
22	Fran García Full-back	Real Madrid	26	72.4	1862.2%	6620.3%
23	David Jiménez Centre-back	Real Madrid	22	71.9	0	69
24	R. Araújo Centre-back	Barcelona	27	71.3	2699.2%	6514%
25	Dani MartÃnez Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	22	71.2	1	68
26	Rupérez Centre-back	Real Sociedad	23	70.4	0	64
27	Álvaro Cortés Moyano Centre-back	Barcelona	21	70	1	71
28	Willy Kambwala Ndengushi Centre-back	Villarreal	21	69.9	098%	7010.1%
29	Logan Costa Centre-back	Villarreal	25	69.7	098.7%	6325.1%
30	M. Serrano Centre-back	Real Madrid	21	69.1	0	70
31	G. Spina Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	21	68.3	0	69
32	Daniel Budesca Centre-back	Villarreal	20	65.7	0	70
33	J. Valou Centre-back	Villarreal	20	65.5	0	70
34	Jofre Torrents Full-back	Barcelona	19	63.2	0	72
35	Diego Aguado Centre-back	Real Madrid	19	62.8	1	71
36	Jesús Fortea Centre-back	Real Madrid	19	62.6	0	71
37	L. Fati Centre-back	Real Madrid	19	62.6	0	71
38	X. Espart Full-back	Barcelona	18	62.5	5	76
39	J. Martinez Centre-back	Real Madrid	18	59.3	0	72
40	Carlos Romero Full-back	Espanyol	24	58.9	5053.4%	894.1%
41	Z. Romero Centre-back	Getafe	26	58.4	53148.4%	7548.4%
42	Javi Rodríguez Full-back	Celta Vigo	23	56.2	323.5%	854.7%
43	Angel Pérez Full-back	Alaves	23	55.7	15	84
44	Natan Centre-back	Real Betis	25	55.2	3770.4%	833%
45	M. Llorente Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	17	54.9	0	71
46	César Tárrega Centre-back	Valencia	24	54.7	3510.8%	833.8%
47	Javi Rueda Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	24	54.5	3834.9%	8224.3%
48	O. El Hilali Full-back	Espanyol	22	54.1	466.3%	862.3%
49	Sergio Carreira Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	25	53.9	3389.6%	81±0%
50	D. Affengruber Centre-back	Elche	25	53.5	4929.6%	8013.6%