Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Liga Profesional Argentina 2026

The best defensive defenders in Liga Profesional Argentina in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

A. Núñez of Argentinos JRS is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Liga Profesional Argentina, with a Field Insider Rating of 65.9, and L. Lozano has been the form player this season, grading 77.6, and G. Montiel leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Lisandro López has improved his Season rating most, up +59.8 on last season, while A. Steimbach's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Ferreira of Atletico Tucuman is the most valuable name in this group at 25.3.

Gimnasia L.P. · 22/23→25/26

Most improved

Lisandro López+59.8SsN

Belgrano Cordoba · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	L. Lozano Full-back	Boca Juniors	27	77.6	7815.8%	3626.8%
2	Lisandro López Centre-back	Belgrano Cordoba	37	74.9	75174.4%	18136.8%
3	T. Palacios Full-back	Estudiantes L.P.	23	71	71100%	556.6%
4	F. Álvarez Centre-back	Argentinos JRS	26	69.4	6921.5%	523.8%
5	S. Prieto Full-back	Argentinos JRS	33	65.2	6522.8%	228.3%
6	L. Morales Centre-back	Belgrano Cordoba	35	64.1	6410.3%	203.5%
7	A. Maldonado Centre-back	Belgrano Cordoba	29	61.3	6170.8%	3911.6%
8	M. Villa Full-back	Atletico Tucuman	29	61.1	61901.6%	3433.3%
9	M. Weigandt Full-back	Boca Juniors	26	60.8	61364.1%	4322%
10	E. Herrera Full-back	San Lorenzo	23	60.1	6014.3%	542.7%
11	N. Otamendi Centre-back	River Plate	38	57.7	58±0%	571.9%
12	L. Di Lollo Centre-back	Boca Juniors	22	57	5714.2%	57±0%
13	L. Martínez Centre-back	River Plate	30	56.7	5719.1%	3413.6%
14	C. Ferreira Centre-back	Atletico Tucuman	23	55.1	55206.1%	5313.9%
15	T. Guidara Centre-back	Lanus	30	55	5510.9%	313.3%
16	L. Blanco Full-back	Boca Juniors	27	55	5513.8%	470.9%
17	E. Cannavo Full-back	Racing Club	24	54.8	5540.5%	524%
18	G. Benedetti Full-back	Estudiantes L.P.	25	54.5	55346.7%	5520.8%
19	A. Spörle Full-back	Belgrano Cordoba	31	54.4	5478.4%	2712.8%
20	C. Paz Centre-back	Deportivo Riestra	31	54	5429.8%	297.4%
21	A. Steimbach Full-back	Gimnasia L.P.	24	53.9	54	5648.8%
22	L. Rivero Centre-back	River Plate	22	53.5	5423%	541.5%
23	Elías Gómez Full-back	Velez Sarsfield	32	53.2	5320.6%	2811.9%
24	J. Meli Centre-back	Instituto Cordoba	26	53.1	5375.8%	521.8%
25	C. Izquierdoz Centre-back	Lanus	37	52.2	522.8%	156.3%
26	J. Komar Centre-back	Rosario Central	30	51.8	5274.4%	3019.8%
27	C. Ibáñez Full-back	Huracan	27	51.4	5120.8%	442.8%
28	G. Hernández Centre-back	San Lorenzo	28	51.2	51±0%	347.6%
29	A. Maciel Centre-back	Central Cordoba de Santiago	29	50.8	5185.4%	3618.1%
30	S. Marcich Full-back	Lanus	28	50.7	5116.1%	422.8%
31	E. Mancuso Centre-back	Estudiantes L.P.	27	50.3	5064.9%	4225.2%
32	S. Núñez Full-back	Estudiantes L.P.	26	50.1	502.5%	471.3%
33	F. Alarcón Centre-back	Instituto Cordoba	32	49.9	503.3%	258.1%
34	E. Martínez Centre-back	Gimnasia L.P.	28	49.8	50271.6%	4027.2%
35	P. Silva Full-back	Gimnasia L.P.	29	49.6	509%	397.1%
36	M. de Ritis Full-back	San Lorenzo	23	49.3	49202.5%	5415.3%
37	Marco Pellegrino Centre-back	Huracan	24	49.2	49±0%	512.2%
38	L. Magallán Centre-back	Velez Sarsfield	32	49	49200.6%	2645.9%
39	F. Mansilla Centre-back	Central Cordoba de Santiago	27	48.5	49477.4%	4115.3%
40	G. Suso Centre-back	Atletico Tucuman	35	48.3	4815.3%	182.3%
41	F. Pereyra Centre-back	Huracan	36	48.1	4817.1%	189%
42	J. Saborido Full-back	Platense	28	47.9	482.2%	385.2%
43	J. García Centre-back	Velez Sarsfield	25	47.4	47	5541.9%
44	T. Silva Full-back	Platense	23	47	4757.2%	514.5%
45	A. Barrionuevo Full-back	Tigre	29	46.8	47187.1%	3731.2%
46	R. Giampaoli Centre-back	Boca Juniors	26	46.5	4722.4%	465.5%
47	L. González Centre-back	Estudiantes L.P.	34	46.1	46140.1%	1734.1%
48	P. Ramírez Full-back	Deportivo Riestra	26	45.6	4643.8%	428.8%
49	E. Amor Centre-back	San Lorenzo	31	45.5	46124.1%	2072.8%
50	E. Meza Full-back	Estudiantes L.P.	27	45.4	45106.4%	4515.5%