Defenders with the Most Assists in First League

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

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At a glance

Lucas Ryan of Lokomotiv Plovdiv is the standout for raw talent across defenders in First League, with a Field Insider Rating of 33.2, and Z. Atanasov has been the form player this season, grading 32, and R. Bidounga leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Dinis Almeida has improved his Season rating most, up +19.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Lucas Ryan of Lokomotiv Plovdiv is the most valuable name in this group at 5.4.

Arda Kardzhali · 20/21→25/26

Most improved

Dinis Almeida+19.9SsN

Ludogorets · 22/23→25/26

33 players · ranked by top assistsCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	K. Balogiannis Full-back	Botev Plovdiv	27	3	847.8%	2536.8%
2	Aldair Full-back	Levski Sofia	26	2	14308.6%	2944.2%
3	L. Dvali Centre-back	CSKA 1948	31	2	18	15
4	A. Granchov Centre-back	Spartak Varna	33	2	17	11
5	A. Nedyalkov Centre-back	Ludogorets	33	2	28	11
6	Pastor Full-back	CSKA Sofia	26	2	1750.3%	3051%
7	Cascardo Full-back	Arda Kardzhali	29	2	222300%	2158.3%
8	E. Stoev Attacking midfielder	Slavia Sofia	30	2	18	18
9	Son Full-back	Ludogorets	32	2	2150.4%	1373.3%
10	A. Donchev Attacking midfielder	Cherno More Varna	24	2	6	32
11	N. Minkov Full-back	Botev Plovdiv	28	2	17	24
12	Vinícius Nogueira Full-back	Ludogorets	24	1	1072.9%	3122.5%
13	Matheus Leoni Centre-back	Dobrudzha	34	1	4	8
14	Z. Tindano Full-back	Botev Plovdiv	18	1	3	32
15	B. Ivanov Full-back	Spartak Varna	24	1	10	28
16	David Malembana Centre-back	Slavia Sofia	30	1	10	15
17	M. Stamatov Defensive midfielder	Septemvri Sofia	27	1	532.9%	2222.8%
18	D. Grivić Full-back	CSKA 1948	30	1	10	16
19	S. James Full-back	Montana	23	1	6	29
20	Dinis Almeida Full-back	Ludogorets	31	1	27265.3%	1559.9%
21	I. Turitsov Full-back	CSKA Sofia	27	1	9	24
22	M. Mihaylov Full-back	Montana	26	1	8	25
23	R. Bidounga Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	29	1	15	20
24	João Sérgio Full-back	Beroe	23	1	16	29
25	J. Andersson Full-back	Ludogorets	29	1	189.2%	1945.5%
26	P. Galchev Full-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	25	1	6	29
27	D. Ali Full-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	31	1	6	13
28	A. Ivanov Central midfielder	Dobrudzha	21	1	18	32
29	B. Kostov Full-back	Dobrudzha	24	1	13	31
30	O. Kamdem Full-back	Levski Sofia	23	1	11	31
31	N. Soldo Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	25	1	2157.4%	3042.7%
32	V. Valkov Full-back	Beroe	20	1	7	30
33	T. Pavlov Full-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	22	1	17	32