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

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

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At a glance

A. Matturro of Shakhtar Donetsk is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 72, and H. Pasich has been the form player this season, grading 47.4, and E. Sarapiy leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Muravskyi has improved his Season rating most, up +29.7 on last season, while V. Salyuk's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +6.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Matturro of Shakhtar Donetsk is the most valuable name in this group at 11.2.

FC Kharkiv · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

N. Muravskyi+29.7SsN

LNZ Cherkasy · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	A. Matturro Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	21	11.2	146.3%	72±0%
2	O. Drambaev Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	25	10.5	4161.9%	387.1%
3	R. Didyk Centre-back	LNZ Cherkasy	23	10.1	336.8%	389.2%
4	N. Muravskyi Centre-back	LNZ Cherkasy	26	9.4	46181.1%	365.8%
5	E. Sarapiy Centre-back	Polessya	27	9.1	44182.1%	3411.7%
6	V. Baboglo Full-back	Karpaty	27	8.4	28±0%	31±0%
7	Y. Pavlyuk Centre-back	FC Kharkiv	24	8.3	3298.7%	397.2%
8	I. Krasniqi Centre-back	Polessya	26	7.9	2610.6%	3410.8%
9	Jean Pedroso Full-back	Karpaty	22	7.6	21±0%	37±0%
10	E. Kozik Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	23	7.3	24±0%	392.1%
11	V. Bondar Centre-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	27	7.3	2528.4%	3028%
12	I. Krupskyi Full-back	FC Kharkiv	21	7.3	3181.1%	413.1%
13	O. Syrota Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	26	7.2	14228.6%	378.2%
14	O. Sych Full-back	Dynamo Kyiv	25	6.7	1543%	368.6%
15	Ítalo Full-back	Zorya Luhansk	24	6.6	553.2%	419.3%
16	Pedrinho Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	24	6.5	1921.7%	386.8%
17	K. Vivcharenko Full-back	Dynamo Kyiv	24	6.2	820.6%	373.3%
18	I. Azarovi Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	24	6.1	1214.2%	371.9%
19	G. Maisuradze Full-back	Polessya	24	5.9	811.6%	356.1%
20	V. Roman Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	23	5.9	774.8%	3711.9%
21	V. Moroz Centre-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	24	5.9	1461.4%	342.5%
22	V. Salyuk Full-back	FC Kharkiv	24	5.9	2253.1%	3721.8%
23	A. JanjiÄCentre-back	Zorya Luhansk	24	5.8	13	35
24	A. Smolyakov Full-back	FC Kharkiv	23	5.8	751.4%	3811.6%
25	B. Slyubyk Centre-back	LNZ Cherkasy	22	5.8	197.2%	196.4%
26	V. Vilivald Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	22	5.7	20104.1%	395.4%
27	Vinícius Tobias Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	22	5.7	761.6%	3712.7%
28	A. Ghram Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	25	5.7	72.8%	351.1%
29	A. Thiare Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	22	5.7	489.6%	3716.5%
30	T. Mykhavko Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	21	5.7	683.2%	4011.4%
31	Jordan Full-back	Zorya Luhansk	27	5.6	2028.3%	3027.9%
32	M. Smiyan Full-back	Veres Rivne	24	5.6	11356%	34±0%
33	O. Martynyuk Centre-back	FC Kharkiv	24	5.6	1665.3%	3520.9%
34	A. Bekavac Full-back	Kryvbas KR	24	5.5	3	35
35	R. Lyakh Full-back	Karpaty	25	5.5	130.7%	352.8%
36	M. Farina Centre-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	23	5.5	5	352.6%
37	S. Grygorashchuk Centre-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	25	5.5	1171%	327.2%
38	O. Klymets Full-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	26	5.4	1655.5%	319%
39	V. Kholod Centre-back	Karpaty	22	5.4	1360.2%	3616%
40	K. Stamoulis Full-back	Veres Rivne	25	5.4	15	34±0%
41	Artem Machelyuk Full-back	Zorya Luhansk	26	5.3	1051%	3313.7%
42	K. Cipot Centre-back	Veres Rivne	25	5.3	15	33
43	A. Dajko Centre-back	LNZ Cherkasy	23	5.3	479.3%	3414.5%
44	K. Bilovar Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	25	5.3	474.4%	3214.8%
45	Mykola Oharkov Full-back	Kudrivka	21	5.2	2	37
46	V. Dubko Centre-back	FC Kharkiv	25	5.2	1641.8%	3316.4%
47	V. Zakharchenko Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	20	5.2	4	36
48	J. Jones Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	20	5.2	11	37
49	C. Rojas Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	22	5.1	4	34
50	Z. Rukhadze Centre-back	Kolos Kovalivka	23	5.1	4	33