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 Marco Pellegrino has been the form player this season, grading 65, and G. Montiel leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Marco Pellegrino has improved his Season rating most, up +50.1 on last season, while Daniel Herrera's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +9.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Marco Pellegrino of Huracan is the most valuable name in this group at 24.6.

Marco Pellegrino65SsN

Huracan

Rising potential

Daniel Herrera+9.7RTG

San Lorenzo · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Marco Pellegrino+50.1SsN

Huracan · 24/25→25/26

Marco Pellegrino24.6val

Huracan

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	Player	Team
1	Marco Pellegrino Centre-back	Huracan	24	65	6532.1%	5511.9%
2	F. Álvarez Centre-back	Argentinos JRS	26	63.3	6310.9%	510.8%
3	J. Komar Centre-back	Rosario Central	30	62.5	63110.4%	3213.9%
4	E. Herrera Full-back	San Lorenzo	23	59.1	5912.4%	542.5%
5	L. Morales Centre-back	Belgrano Cordoba	35	57	571.9%	195%
6	C. Ibáñez Full-back	Huracan	27	56	5613.7%	454.7%
7	Lisandro López Centre-back	Belgrano Cordoba	37	55.9	56104.8%	1477.6%
8	C. Paz Centre-back	Deportivo Riestra	31	55.8	5627.4%	297.1%
9	L. Blanco Full-back	Boca Juniors	27	53.8	5415.7%	470.9%
10	C. Izquierdoz Centre-back	Lanus	37	53.7	545.7%	169.7%
11	S. Prieto Full-back	Argentinos JRS	33	53.6	540.9%	212.4%
12	J. Meli Centre-back	Instituto Cordoba	26	53.1	5375.8%	485.3%
13	F. Alarcón Centre-back	Instituto Cordoba	32	52.5	538.7%	257.4%
14	S. Marcich Full-back	Lanus	28	52.4	5213.2%	422.3%
15	A. Maciel Centre-back	Central Cordoba de Santiago	29	52	5289.8%	3617.7%
16	G. Benedetti Full-back	Estudiantes L.P.	25	51.6	52323%	5315.9%
17	L. Di Lollo Centre-back	Boca Juniors	22	51.1	512.4%	561.8%
18	A. Spörle Full-back	Belgrano Cordoba	31	50	5063.9%	2611.5%
19	Daniel Herrera Centre-back	San Lorenzo	22	49	49544.7%	5322.2%
20	L. Ferreira Centre-back	Defensa Y Justicia	26	48.4	48158.8%	498.7%
21	L. Martínez Centre-back	River Plate	30	48.4	481.7%	3413%
22	Elías Gómez Full-back	Velez Sarsfield	32	47.4	477.5%	3017.1%
23	R. Giampaoli Centre-back	Boca Juniors	26	46.5	4722.4%	4810.3%
24	A. Maldonado Centre-back	Belgrano Cordoba	29	46	4628.1%	335.9%
25	J. García Centre-back	Velez Sarsfield	25	45	45	5338.3%
26	F. Zabala Full-back	Independiente	27	44.9	45199.3%	4522%
27	F. Mansilla Centre-back	Central Cordoba de Santiago	27	44.9	45434.5%	4115%
28	T. Guidara Centre-back	Lanus	30	44.6	4527.7%	314%
29	T. Palacios Full-back	Estudiantes L.P.	23	43.9	4423.7%	544.3%
30	N. Sansotre Centre-back	Deportivo Riestra	33	43.3	4336.6%	215.9%
31	A. Barrionuevo Full-back	Tigre	29	42.7	43162%	3831.9%
32	E. Cannavo Full-back	Racing Club	24	42.4	428.7%	523.6%
33	E. Meza Full-back	Estudiantes L.P.	27	42.4	4292.7%	4516.2%
34	I. Galván Full-back	Atletico Tucuman	24	42.2	42603.3%	5115.2%
35	E. Martínez Centre-back	Gimnasia L.P.	28	41.9	42212.7%	4128.5%
36	Alcides Benítez Full-back	Belgrano Cordoba	24	41.8	42	48
37	L. González Centre-back	Estudiantes L.P.	34	41.4	41115.6%	1738.1%
38	Ignacio Ovando Centre-back	Rosario Central	19	41.3	41986.8%	5824.8%
39	P. Silva Full-back	Gimnasia L.P.	29	41	4124.8%	396.8%
40	E. Muñoz Centre-back	Gimnasia M.	35	40.9	4148.2%	1937.8%
41	S. Núñez Centre-back	Estudiantes L.P.	26	40.7	4116.8%	470.9%
42	M. de Ritis Full-back	San Lorenzo	23	40.7	41149.7%	5212.3%
43	D. Fernández Centre-back	Defensa Y Justicia	25	40.1	402.2%	490.8%
44	Joel Godoy Full-back	Sarmiento Junin	21	39.8	40	57
45	N. Demartini Full-back	Barracas Central	26	39.7	402.9%	463.8%
46	L. Magallán Centre-back	Velez Sarsfield	33	39.6	40142.9%	2579.4%
47	J. Rodríguez Full-back	Atletico Tucuman	32	39.5	40112.4%	2330.6%
48	J. Canale Centre-back	Lanus	30	39.5	4077.1%	3016%
49	A. Steimbach Full-back	Gimnasia L.P.	24	39.3	39	5443.5%
50	F. Pereyra Centre-back	Huracan	36	39.1	3932.6%	1713.9%