Top-Scoring defenders in First League 25/26

The top-scoring defenders in First League in 25/26, 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

Hevertton Santos of Levski Sofia is the standout for raw talent across defenders in First League, with a Field Insider Rating of 53, and Hossam Abdelmaguid has been the form player this season, grading 54.9.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Gbamin has improved his Season rating most, up +24 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Hossam Abdelmaguid of Ludogorets is the most valuable name in this group at 8.

Best talent

Hevertton Santos53RTG

Levski Sofia

In form

Hossam Abdelmaguid54.9SsN

Ludogorets

Rising potential

J. Gbamin+4.1RTG

CSKA Sofia · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Gbamin+24SsN

CSKA Sofia · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

Hossam Abdelmaguid4goals

Ludogorets

Most valuable

Hossam Abdelmaguid8val

Ludogorets

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	Player	Team
1	Hossam Abdelmaguid Centre-back	Ludogorets	25	4	55	42
2	R. Bidounga Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	29	4	15	20
3	E. Stoev Attacking midfielder	Slavia Sofia	30	4	18	18
4	D. Velkovski Full-back	Arda Kardzhali	31	3	16101.2%	1544.7%
5	Maicon Full-back	Levski Sofia	26	3	22	30
6	Lucas Ryan Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	24	2	28	33
7	Adrián Cova Full-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	25	2	25	32
8	O. Verdon Centre-back	Ludogorets	30	2	28	19
9	B. Katsarov Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	32	2	14	13
10	A. Ivanov Central midfielder	Spartak Varna	21	2	18	32
11	K. Dimitrov Centre-back	Levski Sofia	29	2	26	22
12	B. Benamar Centre-back	CSKA 1948	29	1	43800%	1849.1%
13	L. Dvali Centre-back	CSKA 1948	31	1	18	15
14	C. Makoun Centre-back	Levski Sofia	26	1	11115.1%	2827.1%
15	J. Gbamin Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	30	1	252000%	4510.1%
16	N. Soldo Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	25	1	2157.4%	3042.7%
17	F. Eboa Eboa Centre-back	Arda Kardzhali	29	1	27253.3%	2158.8%
18	Son Full-back	Ludogorets	32	1	2150.4%	1373.3%
19	J. Andersson Full-back	Ludogorets	29	1	189.2%	1945.5%
20	E. Kwateng Full-back	Botev Plovdiv	29	1	1242.4%	1972.4%
21	Dinis Almeida Full-back	Ludogorets	31	1	27265.3%	1559.9%
22	Vasco Oliveira Centre-back	Dobrudzha	26	1	8228%	2539.1%
23	J. Soares Full-back	Montana	27	1	815.8%	2349.2%
24	D. Krastev Centre-back	Spartak Varna	23	1	101920%	2947%
25	Matheus Leoni Centre-back	Dobrudzha	35	1	4	8
26	David Malembana Centre-back	Slavia Sofia	30	1	10	15
27	N. Serafimov Centre-back	Levski Sofia	27	1	9	25
28	D. Grivić Full-back	CSKA 1948	30	1	10	16
29	M. Stoev Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	26	1	30	28
30	L. Marin Full-back	Slavia Sofia	32	1	20	14
31	M. Hristov Full-back	Septemvri Sofia	22	1	17	32
32	G. Trdin Defensive midfielder	Levski Sofia	28	1	11	23
33	S. Sanyang Full-back	Botev Vratsa	23	1	11	30
34	T. Pavlov Full-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	22	1	17	32
35	K. Önaşçı Full-back	Septemvri Sofia	20	1	14	31