Defenders with the Most Assists in Super League

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

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At a glance

Chan Shinichi of Shanghai Shenhua is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Super League, with a Field Insider Rating of 37.1, and Xi Yang Alex has been the form player this season, grading 44.7, and Lucas Maia leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Wilson Manafá has improved his Season rating most, up +29.8 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Lü Zhuoyi of Dalian Zhixing is the most valuable name in this group at 5.5.

Qingdao Jonoon · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

Wilson Manafá+29.8SsN

Shanghai Shenhua · 23/24→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Chan Shinichi Full-back	Shanghai Shenhua	23	6	28	37
2	Li Shuai Full-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	31	6	12	18
3	Liu Yang Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	31	4	41	18
4	Lü Zhuoyi Full-back	Dalian Zhixing	25	4	44	33
5	Iago Maidana Centre-back	Henan Jianye	30	4	1963.2%	2158.3%
6	Xu Bin Defensive midfielder	Qingdao Youth Island	22	3	32	33
7	Wilson Manafá Full-back	Shanghai Shenhua	32	3	312709.1%	1751.8%
8	Deng Hanwen Full-back	Wuhan Three Towns	31	3	18	16
9	Ba Dun Full-back	Tianjin Teda	30	2	29	19
10	N. Radmanovac Centre-back	Qingdao Jonoon	29	2	219.5%	2223.1%
11	Zhu Chenjie Centre-back	Shanghai Shenhua	25	2	25	33
12	Gao Zhunyi Centre-back	Shandong Luneng	30	2	9	16
13	T. Letschert Centre-back	Chengdu Better City	33	2	4220.2%	1451.2%
14	Tang Miao Attacking midfielder	Yunnan Yukun	35	2	10	8
15	Song Long Full-back	Qingdao Jonoon	36	2	11	10
16	Sun Guowen Full-back	Hangzhou Greentown	32	2	23	17
17	Lucas Maia Centre-back	Henan Jianye	33	2	22	14
18	Huang Zhengyu Full-back	Shandong Luneng	29	1	11	20
19	Juan Antonio Centre-back	Tianjin Teda	30	1	31200%	2147.9%
20	O. Gerbig Centre-back	Henan Jianye	27	1	4	22
21	Shi Ke Full-back	Shandong Luneng	33	1	6	9
22	Jin Yangyang Centre-back	Qingdao Jonoon	33	1	20	12
23	He Yupeng Full-back	Beijing Guoan	26	1	5	25
24	Ye Chugui Attacking midfielder	Yunnan Yukun	31	1	16	15
25	Wang Gang Full-back	Beijing Guoan	37	1	24	8
26	Xuan Zhijian Central midfielder	Changchun Yatai	20	1	14	29
27	Li Songyi Centre-back	Yunnan Yukun	33	1	17	11
28	Li Shenyuan Central midfielder	Changchun Yatai	28	1	15	20
29	Li Yang Centre-back	Chengdu Better City	29	1	31	22
30	Yuan Mincheng Centre-back	Chengdu Better City	30	1	25	19
31	Yang Yiming Centre-back	Sichuan Jiuniu	31	1	22	16
32	Tong Lei Defensive midfielder	Hangzhou Greentown	28	1	24	23
33	U. Spajić Full-back	Beijing Guoan	33	1	16192.6%	1064.4%
34	Li Hailong Full-back	Qingdao Jonoon	30	1	0	13
35	Tsui Wang Kit Full-back	Yunnan Yukun	29	1	29	20
36	He Yiran Full-back	Changchun Yatai	21	1	16	30
37	Li Zhi Full-back	Sichuan Jiuniu	33	1	9	8
38	R. Dugalić Centre-back	Sichuan Jiuniu	33	1	29	13
39	Zhang Yujie Full-back	Sichuan Jiuniu	24	1	6	28
40	Zhang Xiaobin Central midfielder	Sichuan Jiuniu	32	1	16	13
41	Fu Huan Full-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	33	1	5	7
42	Ming Tian Full-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	31	1	9	13
43	Rao Weihui Full-back	Meizhou Kejia	37	1	5	4
44	Liao Junjian Centre-back	Meizhou Kejia	32	1	14	15
45	Wang Jianan Full-back	Meizhou Kejia	33	1	14	12
46	Liu Yixin Full-back	Henan Jianye	25	1	12	27
47	Liu Bin Full-back	Henan Jianye	28	1	8	19
48	Zhang Aihui Full-back	Hangzhou Greentown	20	1	10	30
49	Wang Shenchao Full-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	37	1	20	7
50	Bai Yang Centre-back	Beijing Guoan	28	1	17	22