Top-Scoring defenders in Premier League

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

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At a glance

S. Varatynov of Baltika is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 36.6, and K. Andrade has been the form player this season, grading 68.6, and N. Marichal leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Gustavo Mantuan has improved his Season rating most, up +28.6 on last season, while S. Varatynov's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +8.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Varatynov of Baltika is the most valuable name in this group at 6.6.

Baltika · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Gustavo Mantuan+28.6SsN

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	Player	Team
1	N. Marichal Centre-back	Dynamo	25	5	281.8%	342.7%
2	C. Montes Centre-back	Lokomotiv	29	4	2667.7%	252.4%
3	I. Diveev Centre-back	CSKA Moscow	26	3	3821.3%	3310.2%
4	Gustavo Mantuan Full-back	Zenit	25	3	51126.5%	360.6%
5	Diego Costa Centre-back	FC Krasnodar	27	3	5110.3%	3113.4%
6	O. Ndong Centre-back	Akhmat	26	2	23406.5%	2935%
7	Moisés Full-back	CSKA Moscow	31	2	1564.7%	1827.9%
8	R. Bezrukov Winger	Rubin	24	2	1220.4%	319.7%
9	Jubal Centre-back	FC Krasnodar	32	2	884.9%	1178.5%
10	Marcelo Alves Centre-back	FC Sochi	28	2	1262.5%	234.7%
11	Lucas Fasson Full-back	Lokomotiv	25	2	2488.1%	3310.1%
12	A. Siljanov Full-back	Lokomotiv	25	2	303.3%	350.9%
13	M. Osipenko Centre-back	Dynamo	32	2	243.7%	1532.4%
14	C. Wooh Centre-back	Spartak Moscow	24	2	2225.9%	3452.5%
15	V. Melekhin Full-back	FC Rostov	22	2	33193.8%	3617%
16	A. Soldatenkov Full-back	FC Sochi	29	1	2324.7%	2217.5%
17	D. Vedernikov Full-back	FC Orenburg	25	1	17405.9%	3116.6%
18	N. Lobov Full-back	Rubin	21	1	19	32
19	F. Moufi Full-back	FC Orenburg	30	1	2234.2%	2064%
20	M. Ryadno Full-back	Baltika	20	1	1042.9%	3112.1%
21	T. Galdames Full-back	Krylia Sovetov	27	1	646.3%	2326.3%
22	M. Gajić Full-back	CSKA Moscow	30	1	2315.4%	225.2%
23	K. Nizhegorodov Central midfielder	Rubin	24	1	14191.8%	291.8%
24	N. Rasskazov Attacking midfielder	Krylia Sovetov	28	1	1821.8%	2419.3%
25	M. Sidorov Full-back	Akhmat	28	1	2226.3%	2415.7%
26	I. Vujačić Centre-back	Rubin	31	1	4773%	1920.9%
27	D. Kabutov Defensive midfielder	Rubin	34	1	2225%	946.9%
28	N. Alip Centre-back	Zenit	26	1	1735.2%	2811%
29	I. Vakhania Full-back	FC Rostov	25	1	3129.2%	340.6%
30	Y. Gorshkov Centre-back	Zenit	27	1	370.2%	2321.4%
31	Nino Centre-back	Zenit	29	1	5119%	2519.8%
32	L. Olaza Full-back	FC Krasnodar	32	1	4511.5%	1817.8%
33	Vítor Tormena Centre-back	FC Krasnodar	30	1	467%	2118%
34	S. Karič Full-back	Nizhny Novgorod	28	1	3016.2%	259%
35	M. Azzi Full-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	24	1	34113.4%	337.1%
36	J. Tabidze Centre-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	30	1	3445.7%	216.3%
37	K. Zaika Central midfielder	FC Sochi	33	1	1718.5%	1126.6%
38	G. Nyamsi Centre-back	Lokomotiv	29	1	1635.9%	2031.6%
39	S. Bozhin Centre-back	Krylia Sovetov	31	1	272.5%	1811.8%
40	M. Bokoev Centre-back	Akron	25	1	2549.1%	3310.5%
41	I. Nedelcearu Centre-back	Akron	30	1	1637.7%	205.3%
42	R. Fernández Full-back	Akron	27	1	2313.5%	2812.4%
43	S. Varatynov Centre-back	Baltika	23	1	5168%	3729.3%
44	E. Ćivić Full-back	Baltika	30	1	20	17
45	A. Filin Centre-back	Baltika	30	1	4589.5%	1929.1%
46	K. Andrade Centre-back	Baltika	27	1	6952.1%	306.4%
47	N. Chernov Centre-back	Krylia Sovetov	30	1	1484.4%	1711.2%
48	J. Cáceres Full-back	Dynamo	26	1	2842.4%	3237.2%
49	A. Arroyo Central midfielder	Rubin	26	1	2340.7%	2954.5%
50	M. Lukin Centre-back	CSKA Moscow	22	1	2380%	342.1%