Top-Scoring defenders in Eredivisie

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

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At a glance

M. Rots of Twente is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Eredivisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 83.9, and M. Young has been the form player this season, grading 59.3, and B. Kemper leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Teo Quintero has improved his Season rating most, up +43.9 on last season, while D. Janse's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +22.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Lucas Rosa of Ajax is the most valuable name in this group at 42.

Groningen · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Teo Quintero+43.9SsN

Sparta Rotterdam · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	B. Kemper Full-back	NAC Breda	27	5	2817.5%	5812.1%
2	D. Bakker Centre-back	Telstar	31	4	2554.1%	3711%
3	Y. Baas Centre-back	Ajax	23	4	545.7%	763.8%
4	M. Rots Full-back	Twente	20	4	42456%	8430.1%
5	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	4	39319.1%	7637.4%
6	A. Zagré Full-back	Excelsior	24	4	2926.3%	6914.1%
7	T. Gooijer Full-back	PEC Zwolle	21	3	194725%	6514.5%
8	D. Mirani Centre-back	Heracles	30	3	1940.3%	4122.8%
9	S. El Karouani Full-back	Utrecht	25	3	441.4%	755.9%
10	M. van der Hoorn Centre-back	Utrecht	33	3	3119.7%	2728.6%
11	M. Peersman Centre-back	Groningen	35	3	3659.5%	2717.3%
12	M. Rente Full-back	Groningen	29	3	372.1%	4913.3%
13	M. de Wit Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	28	3	37315.9%	573.3%
14	B. van Rooij Full-back	Twente	25	3	4736.3%	754.8%
15	Yarek Gasiorowski Full-back	PSV Eindhoven	21	3	2883.7%	761.5%
16	R. Flamingo Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	23	3	2343.9%	7011.5%
17	M. Didden Centre-back	Utrecht	24	2	28232.9%	668.4%
18	D. Murkin Full-back	Utrecht	27	2	484.3%	4919.3%
19	I. Mesík Centre-back	Heracles	25	2	1845.7%	639.7%
20	D. Kasius Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	23	2	1638.8%	676.7%
21	Alexandre Penetra Centre-back	AZ Alkmaar	24	2	3712%	722%
22	D. Janse Full-back	Groningen	20	2	4193.5%	7542.9%
23	A. Van Hoorenbeeck Centre-back	Heracles	27	2	169.9%	5116.4%
24	A. MacNulty Centre-back	PEC Zwolle	23	2	305.9%	707.1%
25	K. Sildillia Full-back	PSV Eindhoven	24	2	160.6%	696%
26	A. Obispo Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	27	2	755.3%	5113.7%
27	V. Zagaritis Full-back	Heerenveen	25	2	322.5%	69±0%
28	T. Watanabe Centre-back	Feyenoord	29	2	4015.3%	5010.2%
29	I. Bronkhorst Centre-back	Excelsior	29	2	2741.8%	4513.9%
30	J. Dirksen Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	23	2	182900%	629.9%
31	G. Nauber Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	34	2	976.4%	1458.6%
32	Justin Quincy Hubner Full-back	Fortuna Sittard	22	2	14921.4%	6547.7%
33	E. Dasa Centre-back	NEC Nijmegen	33	1	1316.4%	2453.5%
34	R. Nijstad Centre-back	Twente	18	1	16	71
35	L. Schouten Centre-back	Excelsior	22	1	1632.2%	6212.7%
36	L. Greiml Centre-back	NAC Breda	25	1	1657.7%	5518.2%
37	K. Itakura Centre-back	Ajax	29	1	2228.3%	4039.9%
38	M. te Wierik Centre-back	Heracles	34	1	1075.4%	1642.4%
39	N. Vesterlund Full-back	Utrecht	27	1	19111.4%	5313.9%
40	T. Blokzijl Centre-back	Groningen	21	1	4149.1%	768.3%
41	W. Goes Centre-back	AZ Alkmaar	22	1	3916.3%	741.9%
42	G. Offerhaus Full-back	Telstar	25	1	2549.8%	6714.6%
43	A. Gaaei Full-back	Ajax	23	1	2924.3%	718.2%
44	O. Wijndal Centre-back	Ajax	26	1	21145.3%	563.6%
45	M. Bruns Centre-back	Twente	23	1	1161.1%	638.4%
46	S. Floranus Full-back	PEC Zwolle	27	1	31642.9%	578.2%
47	Teo Quintero Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	27	1	53482.4%	572.5%
48	B. Martins Indi Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	34	1	36425%	239.2%
49	P. van Aanholt Full-back	Sparta Rotterdam	35	1	1131.1%	1434.1%
50	Mauro Júnior Full-back	PSV Eindhoven	27	1	3410.9%	6113.9%