Best Defensive players by Season Rating

The best defensive players, ranked on Field Insider.

Best defensive goalkeepers Best defensive defenders Best defensive midfielders Best defensive attackers Best players Most in-form players

At a glance

M. Rogers of Chelsea is the standout for raw talent across players, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and E. Haaland has been the form player this season, grading 98.3, and D. Beljo leads the scoring with 31 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Neymar has improved his Season rating most, up +71.5 on last season, while J. Morgan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +52.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. Saliba of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 145.4.

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	Player	Team
1	J. Bednarek Centre-back	FC Porto	30	80.9	81±0%	41±0%
2	Ali Majrashi Full-back	Al-Ahli Jeddah	27	76.1	7629.9%	526.5%
3	J. Kiwior Full-back	FC Porto	26	70.7	71±0%	59±0%
4	F. Miguel Full-back	Metz	30	69.2	696.6%	5221.4%
5	Gabriel Magalhães Centre-back	Arsenal	28	68.3	68±0%	71±0%
6	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	68.3	68±0%	87±0%
7	K. Hajrizi Centre-back	FC Sion	27	67.1	675491.7%	3937.5%
8	T. Shirai Full-back	Vanraure Hachinohe	29	66.2	66	19
9	Marco Pellegrino Centre-back	Huracan	24	65	6532.1%	5511.9%
10	C. Burgess Centre-back	Gent	35	64.4	64±0%	221.8%
11	F. Álvarez Centre-back	Argentinos JRS	26	63.3	6310.9%	510.8%
12	J. Komar Centre-back	Rosario Central	30	62.5	63110.4%	3213.9%
13	Nathan Full-back	Vitoria	24	62.3	62386.7%	645%
14	Rodrigo Pinheiro Centre-back	Famalicao	24	62	62±0%	661.7%
15	F. Sjøvold Full-back	Bodo/Glimt	23	61.8	6228%	51±0%
16	W. Saliba Centre-back	Arsenal	25	61.7	6217.3%	885.7%
17	Eric García Centre-back	Barcelona	25	61.7	62±0%	85±0%
18	M. Woledzi Centre-back	Nashville SC	25	61.4	6124%	452.8%
19	Yehia Zakaria Full-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	24	61.4	61	37
20	J. Cornejo Full-back	Coquimbo Unido	36	61.3	61	10
21	Raniele Centre-back	Corinthians	29	60.9	6181.8%	468.5%
22	O. Ovacıklı Full-back	Erzurumspor FK	37	60.7	61±0%	13±0%
23	Léo Pereira Centre-back	Flamengo	30	60.6	611%	461.7%
24	R. Porteous Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	27	59.3	59303.4%	3821.9%
25	E. Herrera Full-back	San Lorenzo	23	59.1	5912.4%	542.5%
26	Ahmed Shousha Centre-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	33	58.6	59	20
27	Ahmed El Aash Centre-back	National Bank of Egypt	28	58.3	58	29
28	N. Lavanchy Full-back	FC Sion	33	58.3	58	24
29	K. Minoda Centre-back	Matsumoto Yamaga	27	58.2	58	2832.6%
30	E. Segura Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	29	58.1	5853.3%	310.6%
31	M. Fernández Centre-back	Coquimbo Unido	37	58.1	58	8
32	F. Salinas Full-back	Coquimbo Unido	26	58	58	27
33	Juan Iglesias Centre-back	Sevilla	28	57.5	58±0%	66±0%
34	H. Yukie Centre-back	Vanraure Hachinohe	30	57.4	57	16
35	C. Halkett Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	31	57.3	57253.7%	2912.3%
36	M. Bentayg Full-back	Zamalek SC	26	57.3	57330.8%	3733.4%
37	L. Morales Centre-back	Belgrano Cordoba	35	57	571.9%	195%
38	E. Skoglund Centre-back	Hammarby FF	22	57	578%	40±0%
39	A. Truffert Full-back	Bournemouth	24	56.6	57±0%	96±0%
40	L. Nikolić Full-back	Vojvodina	27	56.4	56	36
41	C. Ibáñez Full-back	Huracan	27	56	5613.7%	454.7%
42	Lisandro López Centre-back	Belgrano Cordoba	37	55.9	56104.8%	1477.6%
43	L. Seema Centre-back	Orlando Pirates	25	55.9	56	2
44	C. Paz Centre-back	Deportivo Riestra	31	55.8	5627.4%	297.1%
45	P. McGinn Centre-back	Motherwell	36	55.7	561137.8%	1976.6%
46	D. Tonoli Full-back	Modena	24	55.5	56±0%	701.8%
47	Alex Sandro Full-back	Flamengo	35	55.4	5579.9%	2321.5%
48	Gustavo Henrique Centre-back	Corinthians	33	55.1	5584.9%	2920%
49	Gabriel Paulista Centre-back	Corinthians	35	55	55423.8%	25134.3%
50	A. Filin Centre-back	Baltika	30	55	55132.1%	2024.9%