Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Primera División

The best defensive players in Primera División, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

V. Pizarro of Colo Colo is the standout for raw talent across players in Primera División, with a Field Insider Rating of 27.9, and D. Sánchez has been the form player this season, grading 68.1, and F. Zampedri leads the scoring with 16 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: C. Aránguiz has improved his Season rating most, up +42.2 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, V. Pizarro of Colo Colo is the most valuable name in this group at 2.7.

Universidad de Chile · 24/25→25/26

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C. Aránguiz+42.2SsN

Universidad de Chile · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. Cornejo Full-back	Coquimbo Unido	36	61.3	61	10
2	M. Fernández Centre-back	Coquimbo Unido	37	58.1	58	8
3	F. Salinas Full-back	Coquimbo Unido	26	58	58	27
4	B. Cabrera Centre-back	Coquimbo Unido	29	56.9	57	19
5	R. Caroca Centre-back	Huachipato	37	42.6	43	8
6	N. Garrido Full-back	O'Higgins	23	40.1	40	27
7	L. Pavez Full-back	O'Higgins	30	39.9	40	17
8	B. Ampuero Centre-back	U. Catolica	33	37.4	37	11
9	M. González Full-back	O'Higgins	25	36.2	36	25
10	A. Robledo Centre-back	O'Higgins	28	33.8	34	19
11	M. Zaldivia Full-back	Universidad de Chile	35	33.5	34	10
12	A. Parot Centre-back	Deportes Limache	36	33.5	34	9
13	V. Fernández Central midfielder	Cobresal	27	33.2	33	21
14	A. Aguirre Centre-back	Deportes Limache	27	32.9	33157%	2247.7%
15	M. Sepúlveda Central midfielder	Universidad de Chile	27	31.6	32	21
16	J. Campusano Full-back	Nublense	33	30.6	31	10
17	F. Campos Centre-back	Union La Calera	32	29.8	303211.1%	1257.3%
18	C. Suárez Centre-back	Palestino	39	29.7	30	7
19	C. Toro Full-back	Cobresal	25	29.6	30	24
20	B. Gazzolo Centre-back	Huachipato	29	28.2	28	15
21	Felipe Andrés Faúndez González Full-back	O'Higgins	20	28.1	28	26
22	J. Díaz Centre-back	O'Higgins	28	27	2755.2%	1860.7%
23	G. Paz Full-back	Deportes Limache	33	26.9	27407.5%	857.7%
24	E. Mena Full-back	U. Catolica	38	26.6	2734.2%	660.1%
25	B. Cerezo Full-back	Nublense	31	26.6	27	13
26	P. Calderón Centre-back	Nublense	28	24.9	25	17
27	F. Hormazábal Full-back	Universidad de Chile	30	24.7	25	15
28	D. Ulloa Full-back	Union La Calera	23	24.7	25	25
29	É. Wiemberg Centre-back	Colo Colo	32	24.1	24	11
30	D. Zúñiga Central midfielder	Palestino	30	23.4	23	15
31	J. Espejo Full-back	A. Italiano	26	22.9	23	24
32	O. Bosso Centre-back	Nublense	32	22.8	23	11
33	M. Isla Centre-back	Colo Colo	38	22.7	2350.1%	662.3%
34	J. León Full-back	Palestino	26	22.7	23	22
35	S. Vegas Centre-back	Colo Colo	29	22.5	23	16
36	A. Saldivia Centre-back	Colo Colo	24	22.2	22	24
37	E. Matus Full-back	A. Italiano	24	22	22	27
38	C. Labrín Centre-back	Nublense	35	21.7	22	7
39	N. Baeza Central midfielder	Everton de Vina	29	21.1	21	15
40	C. Moreno Centre-back	Cobresal	30	20.9	21	14
41	F. Calderón Centre-back	Universidad de Chile	28	20.5	2144.9%	1963.3%
42	E. Amor Centre-back	Colo Colo	31	20.3	20174.3%	1171.7%
43	N. Ramírez Full-back	Universidad de Chile	29	20	20	16
44	J. Castro Centre-back	Universidad de Chile	24	19.5	20	24
45	F. Meza Defensive midfielder	Palestino	36	19.5	204.8%	932.5%
46	Y. Andía Full-back	Deportes Limache	34	19.3	19	8
47	E. Ferrario Centre-back	A. Italiano	26	19.1	19	22
48	T. Asta-Buruaga Full-back	U. Catolica	29	18.9	19	16
49	F. Fritz Full-back	Deportes Limache	28	18.9	19	16
50	F. Dinamarca Full-back	D. La Serena	22	18.3	18	24