Top-Scoring defenders in Jupiler Pro League

The top-scoring defenders in Jupiler Pro League, ranked on Field Insider.

Top-scoring midfielders in Jupiler Pro League Top-scoring attackers in Jupiler Pro League Best defenders in Jupiler Pro League Most in-form defenders in Jupiler Pro League Most valuable defenders in Jupiler Pro League Most improved defenders in Jupiler Pro League

At a glance

J. Seys of Club Brugge KV is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Jupiler Pro League, with a Field Insider Rating of 65.5, and K. Mac Allister has been the form player this season, grading 74.5, and Z. El Ouahdi leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: E. Bayram has improved his Season rating most, up +27.1 on last season, while M. Kana's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +14.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Bayram of KVC Westerlo is the most valuable name in this group at 25.9.

K. Mac Allister74.5SsN

Union St. Gilloise

Rising potential

M. Kana+14.1RTG

Anderlecht · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

E. Bayram+27.1SsN

KVC Westerlo · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Z. El Ouahdi Full-back	Genk	24	8	2739.6%	61±0%
2	B. Mechele Centre-back	Club Brugge KV	33	5	460.7%	2721.3%
3	R. Sykes Centre-back	Union St. Gilloise	27	5	5390.6%	496.3%
4	M. Paskotši Centre-back	Gent	23	4	20	53
5	R. Nyakossi Centre-back	OH Leuven	22	4	23763%	5812.3%
6	E. Bayram Centre-back	KVC Westerlo	23	4	49123.2%	629.4%
7	G. Magnée Full-back	Cercle Brugge	26	4	41106.6%	583.8%
8	K. Van Den Kerkhof Full-back	Charleroi	30	3	23177.4%	3318.1%
9	K. Sabbe Full-back	Club Brugge KV	21	3	2438.7%	6111.8%
10	J. Ordoñez Centre-back	Club Brugge KV	22	3	3314.8%	601.2%
11	C. Keita Centre-back	Charleroi	23	3	34127.2%	6010%
12	E. Pletinckx Centre-back	OH Leuven	25	3	36146.3%	5815.9%
13	W. Faye Centre-back	RAAL La Louvière	32	3	34±0%	262.6%
14	A. Tanghe Centre-back	Zulte Waregem	27	3	1539.5%	446.6%
15	Flávio Nazinho Full-back	Cercle Brugge	23	3	36109.8%	617.6%
16	H. Lawrence Centre-back	Standard Liege	24	2	2730.4%	553.2%
17	I. Camara Full-back	Anderlecht	23	2	1651.6%	5111.7%
18	I. Hautekiet Centre-back	Standard Liege	24	2	462.3%	571.7%
19	S. Van der Heyden Centre-back	Gent	28	2	43162%	4227.5%
20	M. Samoise Full-back	Gent	24	2	1636.7%	521.2%
21	Mujaid Sadick Centre-back	Genk	26	2	3528.2%	5211.3%
22	J. Seys Full-back	Club Brugge KV	21	2	3728.4%	6615.3%
23	A. Ousou Centre-back	Charleroi	26	2	3945.3%	542.1%
24	Óscar Gil Full-back	OH Leuven	28	2	3063.4%	419%
25	B. Reynolds Full-back	KVC Westerlo	25	2	4376.4%	580.8%
26	N. Gillot Full-back	RAAL La Louvière	23	2	164.7%	5626.2%
27	Emmanuel Kakou Centre-back	Cercle Brugge	21	2	2442.9%	563%
28	B. Nyssen Full-back	Zulte Waregem	28	2	1832.7%	3915.7%
29	C. Burgess Full-back	Union St. Gilloise	34	2	6424.3%	2217.6%
30	G. Kondo Full-back	Cercle Brugge	24	1	9135.9%	499.2%
31	D. Ourega Full-back	KVC Westerlo	21	1	837.7%	537%
32	D. Bates Centre-back	Standard Liege	29	1	213.4%	3215.9%
33	N. Dussenne Centre-back	OH Leuven	34	1	2252.2%	1655.3%
34	K. Kouyaté Centre-back	Antwerp	29	1	21109.9%	3135.3%
35	G. Diouf Full-back	KV Mechelen	22	1	10	47
36	Y. Okou Centre-back	RAAL La Louvière	23	1	35	597%
37	T. Lutonda Full-back	RAAL La Louvière	25	1	1774%	519.8%
38	Tiago Araújo Full-back	Gent	25	1	2658.6%	5515.6%
39	S. Taniguchi Centre-back	St. Truiden	35	1	34392.6%	2144.4%
40	Leonardo Lopes Full-back	Gent	27	1	27103.1%	432.9%
41	R. Van Helden Centre-back	St. Truiden	24	1	2033.4%	5212.8%
42	K. Nkuba Full-back	Genk	24	1	626.8%	476.5%
43	B. Meijer Full-back	Club Brugge KV	23	1	11243.8%	521.5%
44	I. Karamoko Centre-back	Standard Liege	25	1	2626%	523.8%
45	M. Fossey Full-back	Standard Liege	27	1	1860.1%	4324.7%
46	R. Halhal Full-back	KV Mechelen	23	1	3114.9%	542.9%
47	W. Paugain Full-back	Zulte Waregem	24	1	171341.7%	5123.7%
48	José Marsà Full-back	KV Mechelen	24	1	2516.2%	5210.6%
49	S. Gavriel Full-back	Zulte Waregem	24	1	671.9%	513.1%
50	Y. Cappelle Full-back	Zulte Waregem	23	1	23100%	5528%