Top-Scoring defenders

The top-scoring defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Timber of Arsenal is the standout for raw talent across defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 97.3, and Reinaldo leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +71.2 on last season, while L. Høgsberg's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Timber of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 163.6.

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Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+71.2SsN

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	Player	Team
1	Reinaldo Full-back	Mirassol	36	13	3533.5%	2927.5%
2	A. Markanich Full-back	Minnesota United FC	26	10	36438.8%	402.6%
3	Š. Chaloupek Full-back	Slavia Praha	23	9	30	2
4	Conrado Full-back	Oţelul	29	8	30268.3%	2314%
5	S. van der Sloot Centre-back	ADO Den Haag	24	8	5648.3%	630.5%
6	J. Tavernier Full-back	Rangers	34	8	3229.6%	1732.6%
7	M. Emmanuel Full-back	Motherwell	25	8	481160.5%	5123.3%
8	Z. El Ouahdi Full-back	Genk	24	8	2739.6%	61±0%
9	R. Manning Full-back	Southampton	30	8	35200.9%	4611.5%
10	Ahmed Shousha Centre-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	32	7	59	20
11	D. Pospelov Centre-back	Uta Arad	34	7	27161.2%	1332.1%
12	K. Jørgensen Defensive midfielder	Lask Linz	26	7	46139.1%	460.9%
13	J. Grzesik Full-back	Radomiak Radom	31	7	2239.4%	2410%
14	A. Tiritiello Centre-back	Virtus Entella	31	7	2442.1%	3233.6%
15	F. Brignani Centre-back	Castellón	28	7	2625.6%	4812.5%
16	Carlos Romero Full-back	Espanyol	24	7	5053.4%	894.1%
17	O. Sowunmi Full-back	Bromley	30	7	3515.7%	229.4%
18	A. Senior Full-back	Barnet	24	7	33	37
19	T. Harwood-Bellis Centre-back	Southampton	24	7	3360.3%	768.6%
20	I. Baouf Centre-back	Cambuur	19	6	39150%	6442.7%
21	Á. Angulo Full-back	U.N.A.M. - Pumas	29	6	33	39
22	F. Salinas Full-back	Coquimbo Unido	26	6	58	27
23	Lucas Maia Centre-back	Henan Jianye	33	6	22	14
24	F. Almada Centre-back	Mazatlán	28	6	2032.8%	4021%
25	D. Krčík Centre-back	Karviná	27	6	7	1
26	L. Vušković Centre-back	Hamburger SV	19	6	3368.9%	8740.6%
27	G. Egawa Centre-back	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	26	6	12	26
28	A. Büttner Full-back	Vitesse	37	6	2434.4%	1421.9%
29	R. Wikström Full-back	IF Elfsborg	25	6	2966.5%	371.1%
30	A. Jędrych Centre-back	GKS Katowice	34	6	3026.7%	161.8%
31	L. Klemenz Full-back	GKS Katowice	30	6	2845%	2413.5%
32	T. Pettersson Full-back	Mjallby AIF	36	6	38123.1%	120.9%
33	O. Bjørtuft Centre-back	Bodo/Glimt	27	6	4450.9%	403.9%
34	H. Falchener Centre-back	Viking	23	6	361127.6%	5135.4%
35	Luciano Juba Full-back	Bahia	26	6	4517.9%	711.2%
36	M. Laborda Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	26	6	4486.9%	446%
37	Jordi Alba Full-back	Inter Miami	37	6	2031.6%	1414.4%
38	K. Tierney Full-back	Celtic	29	6	36624.5%	3539.7%
39	F. Hadërgjonaj Central midfielder	Alanyaspor	32	6	5168%	2424.4%
40	S. van de Streek Centre-forward	Antalyaspor	33	6	3438.6%	1913.8%
41	Gaizka Larrazabal Central midfielder	Casa Pia	28	6	55128.3%	5112.2%
42	N. Saint-Ruf Centre-back	Nancy	33	6	1854.2%	226.1%
43	M. Maglica Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	6	37776.2%	5415.1%
44	D. Zec Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	26	6	37202.5%	6012.8%
45	M. Mittelstädt Full-back	VfB Stuttgart	29	6	507.1%	5519.9%
46	G. Aurelio Central midfielder	Spezia	26	6	3779.8%	577.9%
47	M. Ekpiteta Full-back	Milton Keynes Dons	30	6	37210.1%	2228.2%
48	A. Oluwo Centre-back	Salford City	26	6	31	32
49	K. Watts Centre-back	Cambridge United	26	6	44255.6%	3517.4%
50	J. Gibbons Full-back	Cambridge United	28	6	39131.1%	2725.7%