Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Jupiler Pro League 26/27

The best defensive players in Jupiler Pro League in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

H. Gambor of Gent is the standout for raw talent across players in Jupiler Pro League, with a Field Insider Rating of 64.5, and R. Sykes has been the form player this season, grading 53, and Noah Makanza leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: P. Gerkens has improved his Season rating most, up +34.5 on last season, while H. Gambor's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +15.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, R. Sykes of Union St. Gilloise is the most valuable name in this group at 27.2.

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	Player	Team
1	R. Sykes Centre-back	Union St. Gilloise	27	53	5390.6%	487.7%
2	R. Opruț Full-back	Kortrijk	28	50.7	51	2931.4%
3	J. Lawrence Centre-back	OH Leuven	23	37.9	388%	47±0%
4	Mujaid Sadick Centre-back	Genk	26	34.9	358.7%	520.6%
5	J. Homawoo Centre-back	Standard Liege	28	33.6	3433.6%	402.5%
6	J. Ordoñez Centre-back	Club Brugge KV	22	32.5	3314.8%	590.5%
7	D. De Roeve Full-back	Union St. Gilloise	22	27.9	2816.2%	442.9%
8	T. St. Jago Centre-back	KV Mechelen	26	27.3	2729.5%	4730.6%
9	L. Hey Centre-back	Anderlecht	23	25.6	26153.5%	5632.4%
10	D. Lavalée Centre-back	Standard Liege	29	24.9	25789.3%	3220%
11	K. Sardella Centre-back	Anderlecht	24	22.7	2318.6%	531.3%
12	J. Banguera Centre-back	Lommel United	22	18.7	19325%	4618.3%
13	M. Dams Full-back	Club Brugge KV	22	18.3	181.1%	5221.1%
14	H. Gambor Full-back	Gent	23	17.8	1820.9%	6530.6%
15	I. Camara Full-back	Anderlecht	23	16.2	1651.6%	5211%
16	M. Samoise Full-back	Gent	24	15.7	16±0%	556.2%
17	A. Tanghe Centre-back	Zulte Waregem	27	15	1539.5%	453.8%
18	Andres Labie Centre-back	Zulte Waregem	22	13.3	137.3%	446.4%
19	A. Verstraeten Full-back	Antwerp	20	12.6	13±0%	532.3%
20	M. Diarra Centre-back	Anderlecht	25	12.5	1346.6%	4638.7%
21	J. Tolinsson Full-back	Lommel United	23	11	1140.5%	4111.2%
22	E. Mbavu Full-back	Genk	16	8.8	9±0%	41±0%
23	D. De Jaegere Centre-back	Zulte Waregem	22	5	5	50