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

At a glance

A. Truffert of Bournemouth is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 96.1, and Gabriel Magalhães has been the form player this season, grading 68.3, and Sergei Kozlovskiy leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Hill has improved his Season rating most, up +30 on last season, while L. Vušković's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +25.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. Saliba of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 145.4.

Best talent

A. Truffert96.1RTG

Bournemouth

In form

Gabriel Magalhães68.3SsN

Arsenal

Rising potential

L. Vušković+25.2RTG

Brighton · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Hill+30SsN

Bournemouth · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

Sergei Kozlovskiy3goals

Free Agents

Most valuable

W. Saliba145.4val

Arsenal