Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Premier League 26/27

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

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At a glance

J. Timber of Arsenal is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 92.8, and M. van de Ven leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Svoboda has improved his Season rating most, up +44.1 on last season, while I. Kaboré's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +20.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Timber of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 167.

Manchester City · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

M. Svoboda+44.1SsN

Brighton · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. Timber Full-back	Arsenal	25	66.7	6762.3%	93±0%
2	W. Saliba Centre-back	Arsenal	25	61.7	6217.3%	885.7%
3	M. Svoboda Full-back	Brighton	27	59.1	59294%	598.1%
4	M. Lacroix Centre-back	Chelsea	26	54.2	54±0%	802.3%
5	N. Mukiele Full-back	Sunderland	28	47.3	47188.4%	666.4%
6	D. Furlong Full-back	Ipswich	30	46.1	4620.4%	4616.2%
7	L. Kitching Centre-back	Coventry	26	45	4573.7%	660.6%
8	Pep Chavarría Full-back	Chelsea	28	42.3	42±0%	654.5%
9	J. O'Brien Centre-back	Everton	25	41.1	4179.5%	856.3%
10	M. Keane Centre-back	Everton	33	39.4	39110.7%	336.1%
11	M. Cissé Full-back	Aston Villa	21	39.3	39	50
12	Pedro Porro Full-back	Tottenham	26	38.4	3812.9%	7511.2%
13	J. Andersen Centre-back	Fulham	30	38.2	38354.8%	5217.6%
14	F. Kadıoğlu Centre-back	Brighton	26	37.9	38474.2%	8112.9%
15	C. Bassey Centre-back	Fulham	26	37.6	38±0%	76±0%
16	Vitor Nunes Centre-back	Manchester City	20	35	3520.3%	8519.8%
17	C. Kipré Full-back	Ipswich	29	34.8	355.8%	4524%
18	M. van de Ven Centre-back	Tottenham	25	33.8	34275.6%	8514.1%
19	S. van den Berg Full-back	Brentford	24	33.1	3345.6%	870.9%
20	K. Tete Centre-back	Fulham	30	32.9	3321.4%	4521.9%
21	G. Gudmundsson Full-back	Leeds	27	32	3210.3%	694.8%
22	E. Cashin Centre-back	Brighton	24	31.9	3217.3%	62±0%
23	P. Struijk Centre-back	Brighton	27	31.8	3242.4%	720.7%
24	M. Gusto Full-back	Chelsea	23	31.5	32±0%	87±0%
25	E. Konsa Centre-back	Aston Villa	28	31.5	321.3%	6914.7%
26	J. Meghoma Full-back	Brentford	20	29.7	30285.7%	5511.3%
27	R. James Full-back	Chelsea	26	29.1	29±0%	75±0%
28	R. Sessegnon Full-back	Fulham	26	28.4	28±0%	73±0%
29	Abdulay Bah Centre-back	Manchester City	20	28.2	28314.7%	7810.8%
30	W. Fofana Centre-back	Chelsea	25	28.2	2863%	762.9%
31	T. Castagne Centre-back	Fulham	30	28	28±0%	45±0%
32	A. Robinson Full-back	Fulham	29	26.8	27±0%	49±0%
33	Harvey Araujo Centre-back	Fulham	21	26.4	26120%	359.5%
34	R. Aït-Nouri Full-back	Manchester City	25	26.2	2631.2%	7817.6%
35	I. Kaboré Full-back	Manchester City	25	26.1	26392.5%	8532%
36	K. Takai Centre-back	Tottenham	21	25.4	2582.7%	5910.7%
37	L. De Fougerolles Centre-back	Fulham	20	24.6	25	44
38	D. Burn Full-back	Newcastle	34	24.4	2451%	2642.5%
39	Joshua Feeney Centre-back	Aston Villa	21	24.2	2427.4%	519.1%
40	Tyler Bindon Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	21	23.7	2423.5%	6837.5%
41	O. Diomande Full-back	Nottingham Forest	22	23.5	2453.3%	692.4%
42	L. Yoro Centre-back	Manchester United	20	23.4	2338.5%	8710.4%
43	Juanlu Sánchez Full-back	Bournemouth	23	22.3	2218.6%	803.7%
44	K. Danso Centre-back	Tottenham	27	21.6	2227.8%	609.2%
45	A. Ouattara Centre-back	Ipswich	20	21.5	22±0%	77±0%
46	Morato Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	25	21	219.9%	716.2%
47	J. Hato Centre-back	Chelsea	20	20	20±0%	80±0%
48	Jannik Schuster Centre-back	Brentford	20	19.5	20	46
49	Kim Ji-Soo Centre-back	Brentford	21	19.2	19	6015.9%
50	Joshua Alan Powell Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	21	18.2	18	34