Best Defensive players by Season Rating in First League 25/26

The best defensive players in First League in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Hevertton Santos of Levski Sofia is the standout for raw talent across players in First League, with a Field Insider Rating of 53, and Hossam Abdelmaguid has been the form player this season, grading 54.9, and Everton Bala leads the scoring with 12 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: H. Bonmann has improved his Season rating most, up +28.5 on last season, while J. Gbamin's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +4.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Hossam Abdelmaguid of Ludogorets is the most valuable name in this group at 8.

Best talent

Hevertton Santos53RTG

Levski Sofia

In form

Hossam Abdelmaguid54.9SsN

Ludogorets

Rising potential

J. Gbamin+4.1RTG

CSKA Sofia · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

H. Bonmann+28.5SsN

Ludogorets · 21/22→25/26

Hossam Abdelmaguid8val

Ludogorets

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	Player	Team
1	Hossam Abdelmaguid Centre-back	Ludogorets	25	54.9	55	42
2	Z. Atanasov Centre-back	Cherno More Varna	35	32	32	9
3	M. Stoev Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	26	29.9	30	28
4	A. Nedyalkov Centre-back	Ludogorets	33	28.3	28	11
5	Lucas Ryan Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	24	28.1	28	33
6	O. Verdon Centre-back	Ludogorets	30	27.9	28	19
7	Dinis Almeida Full-back	Ludogorets	31	27.4	27265.3%	1559.9%
8	Facundo Costantini Full-back	Beroe	26	26.2	26	27
9	K. Dimitrov Centre-back	Levski Sofia	29	25.7	26	22
10	J. Gbamin Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	30	25.2	252000%	4510.1%
11	Adrián Cova Full-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	25	25.1	25	32
12	V. Velev Full-back	Arda Kardzhali	26	22.7	23187.3%	284.1%
13	Maicon Full-back	Levski Sofia	26	21.6	22	30
14	N. Soldo Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	25	21.4	2157.4%	3042.7%
15	Son Full-back	Ludogorets	32	20.7	2150.4%	1373.3%
16	L. Marin Full-back	Slavia Sofia	32	20.1	20	14
17	M. Ruskov Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	24	19.8	20	32
18	I. Nachmias Centre-back	Ludogorets	29	19	19	19
19	L. Dvali Centre-back	CSKA 1948	31	18.2	18	15
20	D. Medina Full-back	CSKA 1948	24	18.1	18	32
21	J. Andersson Full-back	Ludogorets	29	17.8	189.2%	1945.5%
22	A. Ivanov Central midfielder	Spartak Varna	21	17.8	18	32
23	E. Stoev Attacking midfielder	Slavia Sofia	30	17.7	18	18
24	A. Granchov Centre-back	Spartak Varna	33	17.4	17	11
25	T. Pavlov Full-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	22	17.4	17	32
26	I. Goranov Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	34	17.3	1747.9%	860.7%
27	M. Hristov Full-back	Septemvri Sofia	22	17.2	17	32
28	Pastor Full-back	CSKA Sofia	26	17.2	1750.3%	3051%
29	E. Espinoza Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	25	16.3	16	30
30	D. Velkovski Full-back	Arda Kardzhali	31	16.3	16101.2%	1544.7%
31	N. Savić Centre-back	Slavia Sofia	25	15.6	16	29
32	V. Kerchev Full-back	Cherno More Varna	29	15.1	15	21
33	R. Bidounga Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	29	15	15	20
34	D. Ferraresso Full-back	Slavia Sofia	34	14.8	15543.5%	957.3%
35	R. Daskalov Full-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	31	14.7	15	15
36	I. Videv Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	20	14.6	15	33
37	O. Gašević Full-back	CSKA 1948	24	14.5	15	31
38	Aldair Full-back	Levski Sofia	26	14.3	14308.6%	2944.2%
39	T. Ivanov Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	22	14.2	14	32
40	Hevertton Santos Full-back	Levski Sofia	25	13.8	14273%	533.3%
41	B. Katsarov Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	32	13.7	14	13
42	K. Önaşçı Full-back	Septemvri Sofia	20	13.5	14	31
43	A. Lyaskov Full-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	28	13.3	13	23
44	B. Kostov Full-back	Dobrudzha	24	13.2	13	31
45	S. Brunelli Full-back	Beroe	28	13.1	13	20
46	T. Awany Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	30	12.6	13	17
47	J. Semedo Varela Full-back	Slavia Sofia	23	12.1	12	30
48	J. Cuero Centre-back	Spartak Varna	25	11.6	12	29
49	C. Makoun Centre-back	Levski Sofia	26	11.4	11115.1%	2827.1%
50	O. Kamdem Full-back	Levski Sofia	23	11.3	11	31