Defenders with the Most Assists in A-League

The most creative defenders in A-League, ranked on Field Insider.

Most creative midfielders in A-League Most creative attackers in A-League Best defenders in A-League Most in-form defenders in A-League Top-scoring defenders in A-League Most valuable defenders in A-League

At a glance

D. Wilmering of Newcastle Jets is the standout for raw talent across defenders in A-League, with a Field Insider Rating of 22.1, and Y. Salas has been the form player this season, grading 43.7, and C. Piper leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: G. Ferreyra has improved his Season rating most, up +35 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Mauragis of Central Coast Mariners is the most valuable name in this group at 1.3.

Auckland · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

G. Ferreyra+35SsN

Melbourne City · 23/24→25/26

Central Coast Mariners

32 players · ranked by top assistsCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	D. Wilmering Full-back	Newcastle Jets	25	9	22	22
2	F. de Vries Full-back	Auckland	31	7	34154.8%	1251.8%
3	C. Talbot Full-back	Macarthur	25	6	21	21
4	C. Piper Centre-forward	Wellington Phoenix	23	4	26	20
5	B. Garuccio Full-back	Sydney	31	3	39	12
6	L. Mauragis Full-back	Central Coast Mariners	24	3	29	21
7	J. McGarry Full-back	Brisbane Roar	28	3	33515.1%	1555.5%
8	C. A. Shamoon Full-back	Perth Glory	21	2	24	20
9	J. Rawlins Full-back	Melbourne Victory	22	2	2113.6%	2158.7%
10	H. Sakai Full-back	Auckland	36	2	29269.6%	728.6%
11	N. Atkinson Full-back	Melbourne City	27	2	4495.1%	1661.4%
12	A. Behich Full-back	Melbourne City	35	2	3364.7%	868.2%
13	W. Scott Full-back	Macarthur	26	2	15	17
14	H. Politidis Full-back	Macarthur	24	2	21	19
15	A. Pantazopoulos Centre-back	Western Sydney Wanderers	23	2	24	20
16	S. Wootton Centre-back	Perth Glory	34	1	16355.6%	867.6%
17	A. Gersbach Full-back	Western Sydney Wanderers	29	1	20178.1%	1349.2%
18	F. Lino Full-back	Melbourne Victory	20	1	6	19
19	M. Natta Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	23	1	19	21
20	Roderick Miranda Centre-back	Melbourne Victory	35	1	1934%	773%
21	Besian Kutleshi Defensive midfielder	Melbourne City	16	1	7	19
22	Joel Bertolissio Full-back	Newcastle Jets	22	1	25	22
23	S. Roux Full-back	Central Coast Mariners	33	1	26	8
24	C. Elliot Full-back	Auckland	27	1	29	16
25	H. Shillington Full-back	Melbourne City	22	1	12	18
26	A. Simmons Full-back	Western Sydney Wanderers	23	1	15	18
27	M. Tisserand Centre-back	Sydney	33	1	2244.2%	773.3%
28	R. Kitto Full-back	Adelaide United	31	1	17	11
29	D. Pierias Full-back	Adelaide United	26	1	10	18
30	I. Hughes Centre-back	Wellington Phoenix	22	1	15	20
31	Andriano Lebib Full-back	Perth Glory	19	1	3	17
32	R. Grant Full-back	Sydney	35	1	39	8