Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating from Chile

The best defensive defenders from Chile, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

G. Suazo of Sevilla is the standout for raw talent across defenders from Chile, with a Field Insider Rating of 50, and J. Cornejo has been the form player this season, grading 61.3, and F. Salinas leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Díaz has improved his Season rating most, up +23.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Pino of Alaves is the most valuable name in this group at 42.9.

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	Player	Team
1	J. Cornejo Full-back	Coquimbo Unido	36	61.3	61	10
2	F. Salinas Full-back	Coquimbo Unido	26	58	58	27
3	G. Maripán Centre-back	Internacional	32	42.9	43±0%	2138.3%
4	R. Caroca Centre-back	Huachipato	37	42.6	43	8
5	L. Pavez Full-back	O'Higgins	31	39.9	40	17
6	B. Ampuero Centre-back	U. Catolica	33	37.4	37	11
7	G. Suazo Centre-back	Sevilla	29	33.7	34±0%	50±0%
8	M. Zaldivia Full-back	Universidad de Chile	35	33.5	34	10
9	A. Parot Centre-back	Deportes Limache	37	33.5	34	9
10	V. Fernández Central midfielder	Everton de Vina	27	33.2	33	22
11	J. Campusano Full-back	Nublense	33	30.6	31	10
12	N. Díaz Centre-back	Puebla	27	30.2	30379.4%	4512.1%
13	F. Campos Centre-back	Nublense	32	29.8	303211.1%	1256.6%
14	C. Suárez Centre-back	Palestino	39	29.7	30	7
15	C. Toro Full-back	Huachipato	25	29.6	30	24
16	B. Gazzolo Centre-back	Coquimbo Unido	29	28.2	28	18
17	M. Catalán Full-back	Talleres Cordoba	34	28.1	2844.1%	1955%
18	Felipe Andrés Faúndez González Full-back	O'Higgins	20	28.1	28	26
19	F. Sierralta Centre-back	Piast Gliwice	29	28	2812.4%	3921.1%
20	B. Cerezo Full-back	U. Catolica	31	26.6	27	15
21	E. Mena Full-back	U. Catolica	38	26.6	2734.2%	660.1%
22	D. Ulloa Full-back	Colo Colo	23	24.7	25	26
23	F. Hormazábal Full-back	Universidad de Chile	30	24.7	25	15
24	É. Wiemberg Centre-back	Colo Colo	32	24.1	24	11
25	D. Zúñiga Central midfielder	Palestino	30	23.4	23	15
26	J. Espejo Full-back	A. Italiano	26	22.9	23	24
27	O. Bosso Centre-back	Nublense	33	22.8	23	11
28	M. Isla Centre-back	Colo Colo	38	22.7	2350.1%	662.3%
29	J. León Full-back	Palestino	26	22.7	23	22
30	C. Labrín Centre-back	Rangers de Talca	35	21.7	22	10
31	N. Baeza Central midfielder	Everton de Vina	29	21.1	21	15
32	N. Ramírez Full-back	Universidad de Chile	29	20	20	16
33	J. Castro Centre-back	Huachipato	25	19.5	20	23
34	Y. Andía Full-back	Union La Calera	34	19.3	19	9
35	E. Ferrario Centre-back	A. Italiano	26	19.1	19	22
36	T. Asta-Buruaga Full-back	U. Catolica	30	18.9	19	16
37	F. Dinamarca Full-back	D. La Serena	22	18.3	18	24
38	N. Peñailillo Centre-back	Deportes Limache	35	18.2	18	658.4%
39	C. Barrera Full-back	Everton de Vina	28	16	16	19
40	L. Díaz Full-back	O'Higgins	27	15.9	16	22
41	A. Ceza Centre-back	Palestino	23	15.5	16	24
42	S. Cabrera Full-back	Coquimbo Unido	28	14.5	15	16
43	G. Pacheco Full-back	Cobresal	37	13.9	14	8
44	S. Cordero Defensive midfielder	Coquimbo Unido	30	13.4	13	13
45	J. Gutiérrez Full-back	D. La Serena	24	12.8	13	25
46	M. Blázquez Centre-back	Deportes Iquique	35	12.7	13	6
47	J. Saldías Centre-back	Union La Calera	25	12.4	12	22
48	C. Muñoz Centre-back	A. Italiano	27	12.2	12	20
49	I. Lichnovsky Full-back	Universidad de Chile	32	12	122300%	1714.5%
50	G. Medel Defensive midfielder	U. Catolica	39	11.7	121.7%	644.4%