Top-Scoring defenders in Super League

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

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

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

47 players · ranked by top scorersCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Lucas Maia Centre-back	Henan Jianye	33	6	22	14
2	T. Letschert Centre-back	Chengdu Better City	33	5	4220.2%	1451.2%
3	Jiang Shenglong Centre-back	Shanghai Shenhua	25	4	27	34
4	Chan Shinichi Full-back	Shanghai Shenhua	23	4	28	37
5	R. Dugalić Centre-back	Sichuan Jiuniu	33	4	29	13
6	Iago Maidana Centre-back	Henan Jianye	30	4	1963.2%	2158.3%
7	Wang Shenchao Full-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	37	4	20	7
8	Yue Tze Nam Full-back	Meizhou Kejia	28	3	10	23
9	Tsui Wang Kit Full-back	Yunnan Yukun	29	3	29	20
10	Lucas Possignolo Centre-back	Hangzhou Greentown	32	3	2723.8%	1765.7%
11	Ye Chugui Attacking midfielder	Yunnan Yukun	31	3	16	15
12	Dilmurat Mawlanyaz Full-back	Yunnan Yukun	28	2	34	23
13	Zhang Yujie Full-back	Sichuan Jiuniu	24	2	6	28
14	Li Shuai Full-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	31	2	12	18
15	Liu Yang Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	31	2	41	18
16	Lü Zhuoyi Full-back	Dalian Zhixing	25	2	44	33
17	Riccieli Centre-back	Qingdao Youth Island	27	2	29276.6%	2845.8%
18	Liu Junshuai Centre-back	Qingdao Jonoon	31	2	20	15
19	Jia Feifan Full-back	Qingdao Jonoon	25	2	11	26
20	Yuan Mincheng Centre-back	Chengdu Better City	30	2	25	19
21	Yang Yiming Centre-back	Sichuan Jiuniu	31	2	22	16
22	Tong Lei Defensive midfielder	Hangzhou Greentown	28	2	24	23
23	Bi Jinhao Centre-back	Dalian Zhixing	35	1	4	6
24	Huang Zhengyu Full-back	Shandong Luneng	29	1	11	20
25	Juan Antonio Centre-back	Tianjin Teda	30	1	31200%	2147.9%
26	Zhang Zhenyang Centre-back	Wuhan Three Towns	22	1	0	26
27	Yang Ruiqi Centre-back	Meizhou Kejia	22	1	3	26
28	Zhu Chenjie Centre-back	Shanghai Shenhua	25	1	25	33
29	L. Rosić Centre-back	Changchun Yatai	33	1	205.6%	1273.2%
30	Lucas Gazal Centre-back	Shandong Luneng	27	1	818.3%	2755.1%
31	Wang Peng Centre-back	Qingdao Youth Island	33	1	8	11
32	Li Sirong Full-back	Tianjin Teda	23	1	0	26
33	Wei Xiangxin Full-back	Meizhou Kejia	18	1	2	28
34	Deng Hanwen Full-back	Wuhan Three Towns	31	1	18	16
35	Zhang Linpeng Centre-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	37	1	10	4
36	D. Morris Centre-back	Meizhou Kejia	31	1	19	16
37	Liao Junjian Centre-back	Meizhou Kejia	32	1	14	15
38	M. Traoré Centre-back	Dalian Zhixing	31	1	211.9%	1565.4%
39	Li Lei Full-back	Beijing Guoan	34	1	10	7
40	M. Ngadeu Centre-back	Beijing Guoan	35	1	2630.2%	1164.1%
41	Li Songyi Centre-back	Yunnan Yukun	33	1	17	11
42	Yang Zexiang Full-back	Shanghai Shenhua	31	1	4	11
43	Park Ji-Soo Centre-back	Wuhan Three Towns	32	1	2123.1%	1558.2%
44	Tang Miao Attacking midfielder	Yunnan Yukun	35	1	10	8
45	Sun Guoliang Centre-back	Changchun Yatai	35	1	5	8
46	Yang Yilin Full-back	Henan Jianye	27	1	6	21
47	Wang Tong Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	33	1	8	8