Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Jupiler Pro League 26/27

The best defensive defenders in Jupiler Pro League in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Seys of Club Brugge KV is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Jupiler Pro League, with a Field Insider Rating of 62.9, and R. Sykes has been the form player this season, grading 53, and R. Opruț leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Lee Han-Beom has improved his Season rating most, up +27.3 on last season, while J. Kiilerich's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +18.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, R. Sykes of Union St. Gilloise is the most valuable name in this group at 28.

Zulte Waregem · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Lee Han-Beom+27.3SsN

Club Brugge KV · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	R. Sykes Centre-back	Union St. Gilloise	27	53	5390.6%	487.7%
2	R. Opruț Full-back	Kortrijk	28	50.7	51	2931.4%
3	B. Mechele Centre-back	Club Brugge KV	33	46.3	46±0%	261.9%
4	I. Hautekiet Centre-back	Standard Liege	24	46.1	46±0%	581.2%
5	S. Van der Heyden Full-back	Gent	28	42.7	437.3%	446.5%
6	L. Jans Centre-back	SK Beveren	34	39.5	40±0%	15±0%
7	Lee Han-Beom Centre-back	Club Brugge KV	24	37.2	37±0%	450.9%
8	J. Seys Full-back	Club Brugge KV	21	37.1	37±0%	634%
9	M. Nzita Full-back	Charleroi	26	35	35±0%	543.3%
10	J. Homawoo Centre-back	Standard Liege	28	33.6	3433.6%	402.5%
11	J. Ordoñez Centre-back	Club Brugge KV	22	32.5	3314.8%	590.5%
12	V. Musliu Centre-back	St. Truiden	31	31.2	31±0%	282.8%
13	B. Balogh Centre-back	KVC Westerlo	24	30.2	3023.8%	4539.2%
14	A. Fontanarosa Centre-back	OH Leuven	23	28.4	28198.9%	618.9%
15	T. St. Jago Centre-back	KV Mechelen	26	27.3	2729.5%	4730.6%
16	I. Karamoko Full-back	Standard Liege	25	25.7	26±0%	531.1%
17	L. Hey Centre-back	Anderlecht	23	25.6	26153.5%	5632.4%
18	K. Takai Centre-back	St. Truiden	22	25.4	2582.7%	5910.7%
19	José Marsà Centre-back	KV Mechelen	24	25.4	25±0%	542.3%
20	S. Delos Full-back	RAAL La Louvière	27	25.2	255.3%	446%
21	J. Kiilerich Centre-back	Zulte Waregem	26	25.1	252.9%	523%
22	D. Lavalée Centre-back	Standard Liege	29	24.9	25789.3%	3220%
23	D. De Roeve Full-back	Union St. Gilloise	22	23.9	24±0%	434.9%
24	S. Kimura Centre-back	KVC Westerlo	25	23.7	24±0%	486.3%
25	K. Van Den Kerkhof Full-back	Charleroi	30	23.3	23±0%	343.3%
26	Y. Cappelle Full-back	Zulte Waregem	23	23.2	23±0%	572.9%
27	K. Sardella Centre-back	Anderlecht	24	22.7	2318.6%	531.3%
28	N. Dussenne Centre-back	OH Leuven	34	21.8	22±0%	155.1%
29	L. Lemoine Centre-back	Zulte Waregem	28	20.6	21±0%	392.9%
30	L. Pétrot Centre-back	Anderlecht	29	18.9	1914.1%	3330.3%
31	J. Banguera Centre-back	Lommel United	22	18.7	19325%	4618.3%
32	M. Dams Full-back	Club Brugge KV	22	18.3	181.1%	5221.1%
33	A. Maamar Full-back	Anderlecht	21	17	17±0%	550.7%
34	J. van Duiven Full-back	Lommel United	21	16.6	17±0%	45±0%
35	K. Sy Full-back	St. Truiden	21	16.5	17	477.5%
36	I. Camara Full-back	Anderlecht	23	16.2	1651.6%	5211%
37	M. Samoise Full-back	Gent	24	15.7	16±0%	556.2%
38	J. Kongolo Centre-back	Genk	20	13.7	14±0%	520.8%
39	M. Diarra Centre-back	Anderlecht	25	12.5	1346.6%	4638.7%
40	J. Tolinsson Full-back	Lommel United	23	11	1140.5%	4111.2%
41	T. Eyoma Centre-back	Lommel United	26	9.4	9±0%	36±0%
42	G. Kondo Centre-back	Cercle Brugge	24	9.2	936.1%	572.7%
43	E. Mbavu Full-back	Genk	16	8.8	9±0%	41±0%