Top-Scoring defenders in First League

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

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

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

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	Player	Team
1	R. Bidounga Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	29	4	15	20
2	E. Stoev Attacking midfielder	Slavia Sofia	30	4	18	18
3	Maicon Full-back	Levski Sofia	26	3	22	30
4	D. Velkovski Full-back	Arda Kardzhali	31	3	16101.2%	1544.7%
5	N. Minkov Full-back	Botev Plovdiv	28	3	17	24
6	Lucas Ryan Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	24	2	28	33
7	O. Verdon Centre-back	Ludogorets	30	2	28	19
8	B. Katsarov Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	32	2	14	13
9	A. Ivanov Central midfielder	Dobrudzha	21	2	18	32
10	Adrián Cova Full-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	25	2	25	32
11	K. Dimitrov Centre-back	Levski Sofia	29	2	26	22
12	A. Kabashi Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	29	1	14	18
13	M. Biatoumoussoka Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	28	1	4	19
14	E. Tsenov Centre-back	CSKA 1948	24	1	7	31
15	Vasco Oliveira Centre-back	Dobrudzha	26	1	8228%	2539.1%
16	J. Soares Full-back	Montana	27	1	815.8%	2349.2%
17	Matheus Leoni Centre-back	Dobrudzha	34	1	4	8
18	D. Krastev Centre-back	Spartak Varna	23	1	101920%	2947%
19	N. Serafimov Centre-back	Levski Sofia	26	1	9	28
20	David Malembana Centre-back	Slavia Sofia	30	1	10	15
21	L. Dvali Centre-back	CSKA 1948	31	1	18	15
22	I. Nachmias Centre-back	Ludogorets	29	1	19	19
23	D. Grivić Full-back	CSKA 1948	30	1	10	16
24	Dinis Almeida Full-back	Ludogorets	31	1	27265.3%	1559.9%
25	C. Makoun Centre-back	Levski Sofia	26	1	11115.1%	2827.1%
26	E. Kwateng Full-back	Botev Plovdiv	29	1	1242.4%	1972.4%
27	L. Ivanov Centre-back	Slavia Sofia	22	1	3	30
28	B. Benamar Centre-back	CSKA 1948	29	1	43800%	1849.1%
29	J. Salomoni Centre-back	Beroe	28	1	31	23
30	Cascardo Full-back	Arda Kardzhali	29	1	222300%	2158.3%
31	M. Stoev Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	26	1	30	28
32	L. Marin Full-back	Slavia Sofia	32	1	20	14
33	M. Hristov Full-back	Septemvri Sofia	22	1	17	32
34	J. Andersson Full-back	Ludogorets	29	1	189.2%	1945.5%
35	Son Full-back	Ludogorets	32	1	2150.4%	1373.3%
36	P. Galchev Full-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	25	1	6	29
37	G. Trdin Defensive midfielder	Levski Sofia	28	1	11	23
38	F. Eboa Eboa Centre-back	Arda Kardzhali	29	1	27253.3%	2158.8%
39	S. Sanyang Full-back	Botev Vratsa	23	1	11	30
40	N. Soldo Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	25	1	2157.4%	3042.7%
41	L. Dellova Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	27	1	25	27
42	K. Önaşçı Full-back	Septemvri Sofia	20	1	14	31
43	T. Pavlov Full-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	22	1	17	32
44	I. Videv Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	20	1	15	33