Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Primera A 25/26

The best defensive players in Primera A in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

E. Batalla of Bucaramanga is the standout for raw talent across players in Primera A, with a Field Insider Rating of 66.6, and L. Pons has been the form player this season, grading 43.2.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Y. González has improved his Season rating most, up +29.5 on last season, while E. Batalla's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +20.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Batalla of Bucaramanga is the most valuable name in this group at 4.8.

Bucaramanga · 22/23→25/26

Most improved

Y. González+29.5SsN

Independiente Medellin · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Y. Rosales Full-back	Alianza Valledupar	25	43.1	43	27
2	D. Banguero Full-back	Millonarios	36	41.5	42	10
3	J. Mena Centre-back	Chico	37	39.9	40	8
4	J. Arias Centre-back	Millonarios	33	38.2	38	11
5	D. Londoño Full-back	Once Caldas	31	35.7	36	17
6	Y. Hurtado Full-back	America de Cali	29	34.9	35	19
7	E. Olivera Centre-back	Santa Fe	36	34.9	356.2%	1065.7%
8	J. Pestaña Centre-back	Junior	29	34.8	35	22
9	M. Torres Centre-back	America de Cali	30	31.4	31	16
10	J. García Centre-back	Águilas Doradas	37	31.3	31	7
11	W. Tesillo Centre-back	Atletico Nacional	36	30.9	3132.6%	1043.3%
12	A. Gutiérrez Full-back	Bucaramanga	28	30.8	31	20
13	J. Cuesta Full-back	Once Caldas	28	30.7	31	21
14	P. Franco Centre-back	Alianza Valledupar	35	30.6	31	9
15	A. Angulo Centre-back	Deportes Tolima	30	30.3	30	16
16	J. Guerrero Full-back	Millonarios	25	29.9	30	27
17	L. Chaverra Full-back	Deportivo Cali	29	29.8	30	19
18	K. Suárez Full-back	Deportivo Cali	24	29.6	30	28
19	V. Moreno Centre-back	Santa Fe	31	29	29	15
20	J. Ossa Centre-back	Deportivo Pasto	28	28.2	28	21
21	Y. Díaz Centre-back	Fortaleza FC	29	27.3	27	19
22	J. Moya Centre-back	Deportivo Cali	34	27.2	2777.8%	974.9%
23	J. Angulo Centre-back	Deportes Tolima	25	26.2	26	27
24	F. Viáfara Full-back	Deportivo Cali	34	26	26	9
25	D. Mosquera Centre-back	Union Magdalena	34	25.9	26	8
26	A. Llinás Centre-back	Millonarios	29	25.7	26	16
27	C. Mafla Central midfielder	Santa Fe	33	25.5	26339.7%	1156.7%
28	K. Balanta Centre-back	Santa Fe	29	25.3	25105.7%	351.8%
29	S. Barreiro Centre-back	Millonarios	32	24.5	2541.2%	2525.7%
30	J. Castaño Centre-back	Once Caldas	27	23.8	24	19
31	J. Cardona Centre-back	Once Caldas	27	23.3	23	21
32	J. Mena Full-back	Águilas Doradas	21	23.2	23	28
33	J. Malagón Centre-back	Once Caldas	33	22.7	23	9
34	M. Mina Full-back	America de Cali	27	22.3	22	22
35	Yulián Gómez Full-back	Internacional de Bogota	29	22.1	22	19
36	D. Rivera Centre-back	Junior	27	22	22	22
37	W. Pacheco Centre-back	Deportivo Pereira	31	21.9	22	12
38	A. Correa Full-back	Once Caldas	32	21.8	22	12
39	E. Herrera Full-back	Junior	27	21.6	22120.4%	2261.4%
40	M. Casco Full-back	Atletico Nacional	38	20.9	2124.5%	1312.4%
41	C. Romaña Full-back	Bucaramanga	26	20.9	21	23
42	J. Varela Centre-back	Independiente Medellin	28	20.4	20	19
43	J. Quintero Centre-back	Santa Fe	31	20.2	20129.5%	1275.6%
44	F. Hinestroza Full-back	Bucaramanga	36	20.1	20	7
45	H. Palacios Full-back	Santa Fe	33	19.6	202077.8%	863.6%
46	J. Mercado Defensive midfielder	Union Magdalena	23	19.3	19	26
47	F. Meza Centre-back	Llaneros	34	19.2	19	8
48	O. Bertel Full-back	America de Cali	29	18.8	19	16
49	S. Aguilar Centre-back	Deportivo Pereira	28	18.8	19	18
50	S. Rodríguez Centre-back	Águilas Doradas	25	18.7	19	25