Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Championship 26/27

The best defensive defenders in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Hugo Bueno of Wolves is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 79.2, and L. Miller has been the form player this season, grading 47.7, and K. Mavropanos leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Egan has improved his Season rating most, up +37.6 on last season, while R. Alebiosu's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +25.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Hughes of Hull City is the most valuable name in this group at 36.9.

Blackburn · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Egan+37.6SsN

Hull City · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	L. Miller Full-back	Blackburn	26	47.7	4897.1%	5924.4%
2	M. Clarke Full-back	Derby	30	47.3	4753.6%	513.6%
3	J. Ngakia Full-back	Watford	26	44.2	4444%	642.9%
4	C. Hughes Centre-back	Hull City	23	43.2	43145.5%	7211.9%
5	S. Sambo Centre-back	Burnley	25	41.9	4210375%	617.6%
6	J. Egan Centre-back	Hull City	34	41.4	41±0%	29±0%
7	C. Burgess Centre-back	Swansea	31	39.3	39346.6%	4516.9%
8	L. Herrington Centre-back	Hull City	19	35.6	36204.3%	48163%
9	Xu Bin Defensive midfielder	Wolves	22	35.3	35	33
10	A. Cresswell Full-back	Stoke City	36	33.6	34290.7%	1912.8%
11	F. Lissah Full-back	Swansea	21	33.6	341.5%	49±0%
12	C. Taylor Full-back	Millwall	23	31.8	3219.1%	69±0%
13	J. Tymon Full-back	Swansea	27	30.9	317.5%	630.6%
14	Zak Norton Sturge Full-back	Millwall	22	30.6	3115.7%	70±0%
15	L. Bombino Full-back	Stoke City	20	29.8	3032.6%	439.6%
16	D. Elerewe Centre-back	Lincoln	23	29	2993.3%	4223.4%
17	J. Bolton Centre-back	Bolton	32	29	2910.2%	1246.3%
18	J. Cooper Full-back	Millwall	31	27.6	2847.6%	42±0%
19	J. Robinson Full-back	Birmingham	33	26.8	2747.9%	2343.1%
20	C. Ogilvie Centre-back	Portsmouth	30	26.3	2616.8%	3731.9%
21	B. Cabango Centre-back	Swansea	26	26.3	2637.1%	66±0%
22	P. Neumann Centre-back	Birmingham	29	24.2	24±0%	44±0%
23	R. Towler Centre-back	Lincoln	24	23.9	2419.8%	49±0%
24	D. Murkin Full-back	Derby	27	23.7	24±0%	5019%
25	S. Welsh Centre-back	Swansea	26	23.2	2345.4%	43±0%
26	C. Styles Full-back	West Brom	26	22.7	2351.3%	61±0%
27	A. Ahmed Full-back	Norwich	26	22.2	2238.7%	6460.9%
28	J. Tanganga Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	27	21.5	2247.8%	59±0%
29	S. Ajayi Centre-back	Hull City	32	21.2	21±0%	26±0%
30	L. Morrison Centre-back	QPR	23	21	2192.7%	585.7%
31	C. Klarer Centre-back	Birmingham	26	20.8	2132.9%	65±0%
32	R. Burke Centre-back	Charlton	30	20.7	21132.6%	3421.1%
33	S. McLoughlin Full-back	Blackburn	29	20.6	2154.7%	47±0%
34	A. Reach Full-back	Lincoln	33	20.5	2140.8%	190.5%
35	K. Mavropanos Centre-back	West Ham	28	20.4	2040.5%	60±0%
36	L. Jones Full-back	Charlton	31	20.1	2055.1%	4311.8%
37	B. Osayi-Samuel Centre-back	Birmingham	28	19.7	2051.5%	44±0%
38	C. Doyle Centre-back	Wrexham	23	19	1939.3%	711.7%
39	A. Cochrane Full-back	Birmingham	26	18.9	1951.2%	57±0%
40	B. Wilmot Centre-back	Stoke City	26	17.8	1832.8%	59±0%
41	A. Bell Centre-back	Charlton	32	17.6	1835.3%	29±0%
42	L. Kitching Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	27	17.4	1761.3%	669.1%
43	N. Phillips Centre-back	West Brom	29	17.2	1760.5%	6033.9%
44	M. Kilman Centre-back	West Ham	29	16.9	1713.4%	47±0%
45	S. McCallum Full-back	Sheffield Utd	26	16.9	1711.9%	579%
46	C. Brittain Full-back	Middlesbrough	28	16.7	1755.3%	57±0%
47	L. Graham Centre-back	Stoke City	22	16.6	1746.5%	49±0%
48	K. Schlotterbeck Centre-back	Southampton	29	16.3	1638.3%	49±0%
49	B. Johnson Full-back	Stoke City	26	15.5	1618.3%	53±0%
50	E. Bocat Full-back	Stoke City	27	15.5	1633.8%	49±0%