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

T. Crama of Millwall is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 78.7, and A. Ahmed leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Crama has improved his Season rating most, up +40.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Crama of Millwall is the most valuable name in this group at 47.8.

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	Player	Team
1	T. Crama Full-back	Millwall	24	62.2	62192%	7973.3%
2	J. Cooper Full-back	Millwall	31	52.7	53±0%	42±0%
3	S. Welsh Centre-back	Swansea	26	48.2	4813.4%	43±0%
4	M. Clarke Full-back	Derby	29	47.3	4753.6%	513.6%
5	C. Styles Full-back	West Brom	26	46.6	47±0%	61±0%
6	S. McLoughlin Centre-back	Blackburn	29	45.5	46±0%	47±0%
7	L. Jones Centre-back	Charlton	30	44.8	45±0%	43±0%
8	Xu Bin Defensive midfielder	Wolves	22	44.3	44	33
9	C. Hughes Centre-back	Hull City	22	43.2	43145.5%	7211.9%
10	J. Tanganga Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	27	41.2	41±0%	59±0%
11	G. Konan Full-back	Wolves	30	40.7	41	39
12	C. Taylor Full-back	Millwall	23	39.3	39±0%	69±0%
13	C. Burgess Centre-back	Swansea	30	39.3	39346.6%	4516.9%
14	C. Brittain Full-back	Middlesbrough	28	37.4	37±0%	57±0%
15	K. Ramsay Centre-back	Charlton	25	36	3625.3%	6329.2%
16	L. Herrington Centre-back	Hull City	19	35.6	36204.3%	48163%
17	J. Tymon Full-back	Swansea	27	35	354.8%	630.6%
18	A. Reach Centre-back	Lincoln	33	34.7	35±0%	190.5%
19	S. Sambo Centre-back	Burnley	25	33.9	348375%	617.6%
20	R. Dickie Centre-back	Bristol City	30	32.5	33±0%	38±0%
21	J. Ngakia Full-back	Watford	26	31.7	323.3%	642.9%
22	C. Doyle Centre-back	Wrexham	22	31.3	31±0%	71±0%
23	C. Klarer Centre-back	Birmingham	26	31	31±0%	65±0%
24	J. Bree Full-back	Southampton	28	30.8	31±0%	54±0%
25	L. Miller Full-back	Blackburn	26	30.1	3024.4%	5924.4%
26	L. Bombino Full-back	Stoke City	20	29.8	3032.6%	439.6%
27	P. Neumann Centre-back	Birmingham	29	24.3	24±0%	44±0%
28	J. Tchamadeu Full-back	Stoke City	22	23.5	2428.4%	649.2%
29	S. Bueno Centre-back	Wolves	27	23	235.7%	6512.1%
30	S. Langås Centre-back	Derby	25	22.7	23±0%	63±0%
31	J. Córdoba Full-back	Norwich	25	20.9	21±0%	63±0%
32	M. Pollock Centre-back	Watford	24	19.4	19±0%	65±0%
33	A. Doughty Full-back	Millwall	26	18.9	1937%	585.7%
34	C. Taylor Centre-back	Derby	33	18.6	19±0%	2428.9%
35	C. Ogilvie Centre-back	Portsmouth	30	18.4	1841.8%	3731.9%
36	A. Cresswell Full-back	Stoke City	36	18.2	18111.6%	1912.8%
37	M. Kilman Centre-back	West Ham	29	14.9	15±0%	47±0%
38	K. Keben Full-back	Watford	22	13.9	14±0%	64±0%
39	J. Robinson Full-back	Birmingham	33	13.4	1373.9%	2343.1%
40	A. Ahmed Full-back	Norwich	25	13.1	1318.1%	6460.9%
41	D. Murkin Full-back	Derby	27	12.7	1346.2%	5019%
42	L. Morrison Centre-back	QPR	23	10.5	113.7%	585.7%
43	R. Burke Centre-back	Charlton	30	10.3	1015.7%	3421.1%
44	A. Jackson Centre-back	Lincoln	32	9.1	964%	1541.2%
45	Travis Akomeah Centre-back	Watford	20	7.6	8	29
46	S. Wharton Centre-back	Blackburn	28	7.6	862.7%	3834.8%
47	João Henrique Full-back	QPR	20	7.6	87500%	626.9%
48	D. Batth Centre-back	Millwall	35	7.1	780.5%	1254.4%
49	D. Elerewe Centre-back	Lincoln	23	3.3	378%	4223.4%