Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating

The best defensive defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

W. Saliba of Arsenal is the standout for raw talent across defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.8, and J. Kiwior has been the form player this season, grading 70.7, and Luciano Juba leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Kiwior has improved his Season rating most, up +53.1 on last season, while T. Crama's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. Saliba of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 145.4.

Millwall · 24/25→25/26

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J. Kiwior+53.1SsN

FC Porto · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. Kiwior Centre-back	FC Porto	26	70.7	71±0%	59±0%
2	T. Koga Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	27	69.2	69±0%	50±0%
3	K. Hajrizi Centre-back	FC Sion	27	67.1	675491.7%	3937.5%
4	Marco Pellegrino Centre-back	Huracan	24	65	6532.1%	5511.9%
5	I. Zabarnyi Centre-back	Paris Saint Germain	24	64	6461.2%	8311%
6	F. Álvarez Centre-back	Argentinos JRS	26	63.3	6310.9%	510.8%
7	J. Komar Centre-back	Rosario Central	30	62.5	63110.4%	3213.9%
8	Nathan Full-back	Vitoria	24	62.3	62386.7%	645%
9	T. Crama Full-back	Millwall	24	62.2	62192%	7973.3%
10	Grego Centre-back	Burgos	33	62.2	62±0%	30±0%
11	Rodrigo Pinheiro Centre-back	Famalicao	24	62	62±0%	661.7%
12	F. Sjøvold Full-back	Bodo/Glimt	23	61.8	6228%	51±0%
13	W. Saliba Centre-back	Arsenal	25	61.7	6217.3%	885.7%
14	M. Woledzi Centre-back	Nashville SC	25	61.4	6124%	452.8%
15	Yehia Zakaria Full-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	24	61.4	61	37
16	J. Cornejo Full-back	Coquimbo Unido	36	61.3	61	10
17	Raniele Centre-back	Corinthians	29	60.9	6181.8%	468.5%
18	Léo Pereira Centre-back	Flamengo	30	60.6	611%	461.7%
19	Ali Majrashi Full-back	Al-Ahli Jeddah	27	60.5	613.2%	526.5%
20	M. Sarr Centre-back	NEOM	27	59.3	5912.3%	4831.3%
21	R. Porteous Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	27	59.3	59303.4%	3821.9%
22	E. Herrera Full-back	San Lorenzo	23	59.1	5912.4%	542.5%
23	S. van der Sloot Centre-back	Fortuna Düsseldorf	24	58.6	5955.4%	641.8%
24	Ahmed Shousha Centre-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	33	58.6	59	20
25	Ahmed El Aash Centre-back	National Bank of Egypt	28	58.3	58	29
26	N. Lavanchy Full-back	FC Sion	33	58.3	58	24
27	E. Segura Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	29	58.1	5853.3%	310.6%
28	M. Fernández Centre-back	Coquimbo Unido	37	58.1	58	8
29	F. Salinas Full-back	Coquimbo Unido	26	58	58	27
30	Marco Moreno Centre-back	Bahia	25	57.9	58143.3%	6816.5%
31	Juan Iglesias Centre-back	Sevilla	28	57.5	58±0%	66±0%
32	M. Bentayg Full-back	Zamalek SC	26	57.3	57330.8%	3733.4%
33	L. Morales Centre-back	Belgrano Cordoba	35	57	571.9%	195%
34	E. Skoglund Centre-back	Hammarby FF	22	57	578%	40±0%
35	H. Taniguchi Centre-back	Kawasaki Frontale	27	56.6	57±0%	5114.5%
36	L. Nikolić Full-back	Vojvodina	27	56.4	56	36
37	Anaitz Arbilla Centre-back	Eibar	39	56.1	56±0%	18±0%
38	C. Ibáñez Full-back	Huracan	27	56	5613.7%	454.7%
39	Lisandro López Centre-back	Belgrano Cordoba	37	55.9	56104.8%	1477.6%
40	L. Seema Centre-back	Orlando Pirates	25	55.9	56	2
41	C. Paz Centre-back	Deportivo Riestra	31	55.8	5627.4%	297.1%
42	Alex Sandro Full-back	Flamengo	35	55.4	5579.9%	2321.5%
43	F. Tomori Full-back	AC Milan	28	55.2	5580.4%	616.9%
44	Gustavo Henrique Centre-back	Corinthians	33	55.1	5584.9%	2920%
45	Gabriel Paulista Centre-back	Corinthians	35	55	55423.8%	25134.3%
46	D. Durivaux Centre-back	RED Star FC 93	25	55	55±0%	66±0%
47	Nawaf Boushal Full-back	Al-Nassr	27	55	55±0%	529.9%
48	Hossam Abdelmaguid Centre-back	Ludogorets	25	54.9	55	42
49	Murilo Centre-back	Palmeiras	29	54.7	5594%	5119.1%
50	J. Romaña Full-back	Leon	28	54.7	5510%	423.2%