Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Ligue 1 26/27
The best defensive defenders in Ligue 1 in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
I. Zabarnyi of Paris Saint Germain is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Ligue 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 82.9, and Sekou Fofana leads the scoring with 3 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Senaya has improved his Season rating most, up +30.1 on last season, while B. Meité's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +17.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, I. Zabarnyi of Paris Saint Germain is the most valuable name in this group at 71.8.
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| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I. ZabarnyiCentre-back |  Paris Saint Germain | 24 | 64 | 6461.2% | 8311% |
| 2 | I. BouraFull-back |  Estac Troyes | 26 | 41.1 | 4113.7% | 5812.3% |
| 3 | B. ChardonnetFull-back |  Stade Brestois 29 | 31 | 41 | 417.4% | 4120.8% |
| 4 | S. BaidooCentre-back |  Lens | 22 | 39 | 39 | 79 |
| 5 | M. SenayaCentre-back |  Auxerre | 25 | 37.7 | 38396.1% | 686.4% |
| 6 | N. ObaretinCentre-back |  Lorient | 23 | 24.4 | 2434.8% | 611.3% |
| 7 | Y. GomisFull-back |  Strasbourg | 20 | 23.7 | 2420.9% | 44±0% |
| 8 | A. SeiduFull-back |  Rennes | 26 | 23.2 | 2325.4% | 623.4% |
| 9 | B. MeitéFull-back |  Marseille | 24 | 22.5 | 23 | 7829% |
| 10 | N. SanguiFull-back |  Paris FC | 20 | 22.2 | 2286.6% | 763.7% |
| 11 | B. OkohCentre-back | Auxerre | 23 | 20.1 | 20 | 69 |
| 12 | P. GozziCentre-back | Estac Troyes | 25 | 19.5 | 200.5% | 562% |
| 13 | H. HateboerCentre-back | Rennes | 32 | 19 | 1911.1% | 2634.5% |
| 14 | M. SalisuCentre-back |  Monaco | 27 | 18.9 | 1920.9% | 5519.1% |
| 15 | T. De SmetFull-back | Paris FC | 28 | 13.9 | 1452.7% | 4811.2% |
| 16 | N. ÄelikCentre-back | Lens | 20 | 13.4 | 13 | 72 |
| 17 | Sekou FofanaFull-back | Auxerre | 23 | 11.8 | 1213.9% | 4515.5% |
| 18 | Gonçalo OliveiraCentre-back | Rennes | 20 | 10.6 | 11 | 7063.5% |
| 19 | Y. KoréCentre-back | Paris FC | 21 | 5.3 | 579.8% | 549.7% |
| 20 | T. NianzouCentre-back |  Lille | 24 | 4.9 | 539.5% | 661.2% |