Top-Scoring defenders in Championship 26/27

The top-scoring defenders in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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

At a glance

Hugo Bueno of Wolves is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 79.2, and L. Miller has been the form player this season, grading 47.7, and K. Mavropanos leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: C. Burgess has improved his Season rating most, up +30.5 on last season, while R. Alebiosu's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +25.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Miller of Blackburn is the most valuable name in this group at 36.6.

Blackburn · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

C. Burgess+30.5SsN

Swansea · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	K. Mavropanos Centre-back	West Ham	28	5	2040.5%	60±0%
2	A. Ahmed Full-back	Norwich	26	4	2238.7%	6460.9%
3	M. Clarke Full-back	Derby	30	3	4753.6%	513.6%
4	J. Ngakia Full-back	Watford	26	3	4444%	642.9%
5	C. Taylor Full-back	Millwall	23	2	3219.1%	69±0%
6	J. Bolton Centre-back	Bolton	32	2	2910.2%	1246.3%
7	C. Chambers Centre-back	Cardiff	31	2	2914.5%	2151.8%
8	L. Miller Full-back	Blackburn	26	2	4897.1%	5924.4%
9	C. Styles Full-back	West Brom	26	2	2351.3%	61±0%
10	L. Jones Full-back	Charlton	31	2	2055.1%	4311.8%
11	P. Neumann Centre-back	Birmingham	29	2	24±0%	44±0%
12	Z. Swanson Centre-back	Portsmouth	26	2	1441.6%	608.1%
13	J. Tanganga Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	27	2	2247.8%	59±0%
14	E. Bocat Full-back	Stoke City	27	2	1633.8%	49±0%
15	L. Eissat Centre-back	Bristol City	21	1	859.9%	447.4%
16	Neto Borges Centre-back	Middlesbrough	30	1	878.9%	4518.6%
17	J. Bree Full-back	Southampton	28	1	1357.5%	54±0%
18	J. Worrall Full-back	Wrexham	29	1	187.8%	40±0%
19	Daniel Edward Peter Imray Full-back	Wrexham	23	1	568.3%	4819.1%
20	L. Graham Centre-back	Stoke City	22	1	1746.5%	49±0%
21	K. Schlotterbeck Centre-back	Southampton	29	1	1638.3%	49±0%
22	B. Johnson Full-back	Stoke City	26	1	1618.3%	53±0%
23	J. Zemura Full-back	Watford	26	1	656.6%	621%
24	I. Mesík Centre-back	Charlton	25	1	1514.9%	63±0%
25	A. Phillips Centre-back	Middlesbrough	21	1	681.2%	733.3%
26	L. Bombino Full-back	Stoke City	20	1	3032.6%	439.6%
27	A. Bangura Full-back	Middlesbrough	27	1	1165.6%	4920.4%
28	R. Burke Centre-back	Charlton	30	1	21132.6%	3421.1%
29	C. Ogilvie Centre-back	Portsmouth	30	1	2616.8%	3731.9%
30	J. Robinson Full-back	Birmingham	33	1	2747.9%	2343.1%
31	C. Brittain Full-back	Middlesbrough	28	1	1755.3%	57±0%
32	P. Ng Full-back	Cardiff	30	1	973.8%	30±0%
33	M. Kilman Centre-back	West Ham	29	1	1713.4%	47±0%
34	A. Jones Centre-back	Middlesbrough	29	1	194.2%	4613.4%
35	K. Ramsay Full-back	Charlton	26	1	294.2%	637.7%
36	A. Reach Full-back	Lincoln	33	1	2140.8%	190.5%
37	R. Manning Full-back	Southampton	30	1	1167.3%	46±0%
38	J. Cooper Full-back	Millwall	31	1	2847.6%	42±0%
39	J. Stacey Full-back	Norwich	30	1	1062.5%	35±0%
40	J. Dunne Centre-back	QPR	29	1	1257.4%	52±0%
41	R. Dickie Centre-back	Bristol City	30	1	971.4%	38±0%
42	B. Wilmot Centre-back	Stoke City	27	1	1832.8%	59±0%
43	C. Shaughnessy Centre-back	Portsmouth	30	1	652.2%	31±0%
44	L. Krejčí Full-back	Wolves	27	1	764.7%	663%
45	S. McLoughlin Full-back	Blackburn	29	1	2154.7%	47±0%
46	T. Devlin Centre-back	Portsmouth	23	1	1077.9%	68±0%
47	A. Malanda Centre-back	Middlesbrough	25	1	1468.5%	460.9%
48	Welington Full-back	Southampton	25	1	195.5%	60±0%
49	C. Wiley Centre-back	Preston	21	1	3150%	561.3%
50	C. Doyle Centre-back	Wrexham	23	1	1939.3%	711.7%