Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Super League

The best defensive players in Super League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Wang Yudong of Hangzhou Greentown is the standout for raw talent across players in Super League, with a Field Insider Rating of 37.6, and Fábio Abreu has been the form player this season, grading 79.4.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: V. Qazaishvili has improved his Season rating most, up +63.3 on last season, while Felippe Cardoso's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +0.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Hu Hetao of Chengdu Better City is the most valuable name in this group at 5.6.

Felippe Cardoso+0.9RTG

Henan Jianye · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

V. Qazaishvili+63.3SsN

Shandong Luneng · 23/24→25/26

50 players · ranked by best defendersCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Xi Yang Alex Full-back	Qingdao Youth Island	21	44.7	45	32
2	Lü Zhuoyi Full-back	Dalian Zhixing	25	44.2	44	33
3	T. Letschert Centre-back	Chengdu Better City	33	42.2	4220.2%	1451.2%
4	Liu Yang Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	31	41.1	41	18
5	Dilmurat Mawlanyaz Full-back	Yunnan Yukun	28	34.4	34	23
6	Xu Bin Defensive midfielder	Qingdao Youth Island	22	31.7	32	33
7	Juan Antonio Centre-back	Tianjin Teda	30	31.2	31200%	2147.9%
8	Wilson Manafá Full-back	Shanghai Shenhua	32	30.9	312709.1%	1751.8%
9	Li Yang Centre-back	Chengdu Better City	29	30.7	31	22
10	Ba Dun Full-back	Tianjin Teda	30	29.3	29	19
11	Riccieli Centre-back	Qingdao Youth Island	27	29	29276.6%	2845.8%
12	R. Dugalić Centre-back	Sichuan Jiuniu	33	28.9	29	13
13	Tsui Wang Kit Full-back	Yunnan Yukun	29	28.6	29	20
14	Huang Ruifeng Full-back	Henan Jianye	26	28.2	28	28
15	Chan Shinichi Full-back	Shanghai Shenhua	23	28	28	37
16	Lucas Possignolo Centre-back	Hangzhou Greentown	32	27.2	2723.8%	1765.7%
17	Jiang Shenglong Centre-back	Shanghai Shenhua	25	26.9	27	34
18	M. Ngadeu Centre-back	Beijing Guoan	35	26.1	2630.2%	1164.1%
19	Zhang Chenliang Full-back	Yunnan Yukun	28	24.9	25	22
20	Zhu Chenjie Centre-back	Shanghai Shenhua	25	24.6	25	33
21	Yuan Mincheng Centre-back	Chengdu Better City	30	24.6	25	19
22	Wu Shaocong Centre-back	Beijing Guoan	26	24.5	252962.5%	2928.4%
23	Tong Lei Defensive midfielder	Hangzhou Greentown	28	23.8	24	23
24	Wang Gang Full-back	Beijing Guoan	37	23.7	24	8
25	Sun Guowen Full-back	Hangzhou Greentown	32	23	23	17
26	Liu Haofan Centre-back	Hangzhou Greentown	22	22.8	23	34
27	Lucas Maia Centre-back	Henan Jianye	33	22.4	22	14
28	Song Yue Centre-back	Dalian Zhixing	34	22.1	22	9
29	Yang Yiming Centre-back	Sichuan Jiuniu	31	21.5	22	16
30	S. Sunzu Centre-back	Changchun Yatai	37	21.4	21	8
31	Yang Fan Full-back	Tianjin Teda	30	21.2	21	17
32	Park Ji-Soo Centre-back	Wuhan Three Towns	32	21	2123.1%	1558.2%
33	N. Radmanovac Centre-back	Qingdao Jonoon	29	20.8	219.5%	2223.1%
34	M. Traoré Centre-back	Dalian Zhixing	31	20.7	211.9%	1565.4%
35	L. Rosić Centre-back	Changchun Yatai	33	20.3	205.6%	1273.2%
36	Jin Yangyang Centre-back	Qingdao Jonoon	33	19.8	20	12
37	Wang Shenchao Full-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	37	19.8	20	7
38	Liu Junshuai Centre-back	Qingdao Jonoon	31	19.6	20	15
39	Zhang Chengdong Centre-back	Qingdao Youth Island	37	19.5	20	7
40	Wei Zhen Centre-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	29	19.5	20	20
41	Wang Xianjun Full-back	Tianjin Teda	26	19.4	19	28
42	D. Morris Centre-back	Meizhou Kejia	31	19.4	19	16
43	Iago Maidana Centre-back	Henan Jianye	30	19.1	1963.2%	2158.3%
44	Wen Jiabao Full-back	Dalian Zhixing	27	18.7	19	23
45	Sun Ming Him Central midfielder	Tianjin Teda	26	18.5	19	28
46	Deng Hanwen Full-back	Wuhan Three Towns	31	18.3	18	16
47	Abduhamit Abdugheni Full-back	Changchun Yatai	28	17.6	18	21
48	Yusup Umidjan Centre-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	22	17	17	33
49	Yi Teng Centre-back	Yunnan Yukun	36	16.8	17	8
50	Bai Yang Centre-back	Beijing Guoan	28	16.8	17	22