Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Super League 25/26

The best defensive defenders in Super League in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Chan Shinichi of Shanghai Shenhua is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Super League, with a Field Insider Rating of 37.1, and F. Benković has been the form player this season, grading 48.3, and Lucas Maia leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: F. Benković has improved his Season rating most, up +38.8 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Gabriel Xavier of Sichuan Jiuniu is the most valuable name in this group at 6.1.

Qingdao Jonoon · 23/24→25/26

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Sichuan Jiuniu · 23/24→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	F. Benković Centre-back	Sichuan Jiuniu	29	48.3	48408.4%	2538.5%
2	Xi Yang Alex Full-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	21	44.7	45	32
3	Lü Zhuoyi Full-back	Dalian Zhixing	25	44.2	44	33
4	T. Letschert Centre-back	Chengdu Better City	33	42.2	4220.2%	1451.2%
5	Liu Yang Defensive midfielder	Shandong Luneng	31	41.1	41	18
6	Wilson Manafá Full-back	Shanghai Shenhua	32	30.9	312709.1%	1751.8%
7	Li Yang Centre-back	Chengdu Better City	29	30.7	31	22
8	Ba Dun Full-back	Tianjin Teda	31	29.3	29	19
9	R. Dugalić Centre-back	Sichuan Jiuniu	33	28.9	29	13
10	Tsui Wang Kit Full-back	Yunnan Yukun	29	28.6	29	20
11	Huang Ruifeng Full-back	Henan Jianye	26	28.2	28	28
12	Chan Shinichi Full-back	Shanghai Shenhua	24	28	28	37
13	Lucas Possignolo Centre-back	Hangzhou Greentown	32	27.2	2723.8%	1765.7%
14	Jiang Shenglong Centre-back	Shanghai Shenhua	25	26.9	27	34
15	M. Ngadeu Centre-back	Beijing Guoan	35	26.1	2630.2%	1164.1%
16	Zhang Chenliang Full-back	Yunnan Yukun	28	24.9	25	22
17	Zhu Chenjie Centre-back	Shanghai Shenhua	26	24.6	25	33
18	Wu Shaocong Centre-back	Beijing Guoan	26	24.5	252962.5%	2928.4%
19	Tong Lei Defensive midfielder	Hangzhou Greentown	28	23.8	24	23
20	Wang Gang Full-back	Beijing Guoan	37	23.7	24	8
21	Sun Guowen Full-back	Hangzhou Greentown	33	23	23	17
22	Liu Haofan Centre-back	Hangzhou Greentown	22	22.8	23	34
23	Lucas Maia Centre-back	Henan Jianye	33	22.4	22	14
24	Song Yue Centre-back	Dalian Zhixing	34	22.1	22	9
25	Yang Yiming Centre-back	Sichuan Jiuniu	31	21.5	22	16
26	Aitor Córdoba Centre-back	Tianjin Teda	31	21.4	2151.8%	3233%
27	S. Sunzu Centre-back	Changchun Yatai	37	21.4	21	8
28	Yang Fan Full-back	Tianjin Teda	30	21.2	21	17
29	M. Traoré Centre-back	Dalian Zhixing	32	20.7	211.9%	1565.4%
30	Jin Yangyang Centre-back	Qingdao Jonoon	33	19.8	20	12
31	Wang Shenchao Full-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	37	19.8	20	7
32	Liu Junshuai Centre-back	Qingdao Jonoon	31	19.6	20	15
33	Zhang Chengdong Centre-back	Qingdao Youth Island	37	19.5	20	7
34	Pedro Álvaro Centre-back	Shandong Luneng	26	19.5	2034.6%	3348.7%
35	Wei Zhen Centre-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	29	19.5	20	20
36	Wang Xianjun Full-back	Tianjin Teda	26	19.4	19	28
37	Iago Maidana Centre-back	Henan Jianye	30	19.1	1963.2%	2158.3%
38	Wen Jiabao Full-back	Dalian Zhixing	27	18.7	19	23
39	Sun Ming Him Central midfielder	Tianjin Teda	26	18.5	19	28
40	Deng Hanwen Full-back	Yunnan Yukun	31	18.3	18	18
41	Abduhamit Abdugheni Full-back	Beijing Guoan	28	17.6	18	22
42	Yusup Umidjan Centre-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	22	17	17	33
43	Yi Teng Centre-back	Yunnan Yukun	36	16.8	17	8
44	Bai Yang Centre-back	Beijing Guoan	28	16.8	17	22
45	Li Songyi Centre-back	Shanghai Shenhua	33	16.6	17	13
46	He Yiran Full-back	Chengdu Better City	21	16.4	16	30
47	Zhang Xiaobin Central midfielder	Wuhan Three Towns	32	16.3	16	14
48	Ye Chugui Attacking midfielder	Yunnan Yukun	32	15.9	16	15
49	U. Spajić Full-back	Beijing Guoan	33	15.8	16192.6%	1064.4%
50	Li Shenyuan Central midfielder	Wuhan Three Towns	29	15.2	15	20