Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Ligue 2 26/27
The best defensive defenders in Ligue 2 in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
Ali Yousef Musrati of Nantes is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Ligue 2, with a Field Insider Rating of 61.1, and P. Lemonnier has been the form player this season, grading 44.8, and N. Saint-Ruf leads the scoring with 6 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: P. Lemonnier has improved his Season rating most, up +20.2 on last season, while M. Commaret's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +18.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, Chico Lamba of Saint Etienne is the most valuable name in this group at 23.8.
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| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P. LemonnierFull-back |  RED Star FC 93 | 33 | 44.8 | 4582.1% | 2510.5% |
| 2 | T. MeynadierFull-back |  Dijon | 26 | 32.1 | 326.1% | 5013.8% |
| 3 | A. SissokoCentre-back |  Montpellier | 29 | 27.2 | 2724.4% | 4126% |
| 4 | S. DuflosFull-back |  Boulogne | 31 | 21.2 | 21523.5% | 2837.6% |
| 5 | Á. CsongvaiFull-back |  Saint Etienne | 25 | 21 | 2147.5% | 347.2% |
| 6 | F. CentonzeFull-back |  Nantes | 30 | 19.8 | 20266.7% | 3418.6% |
| 7 | N. Saint-RufCentre-back |  Nancy | 33 | 17.5 | 1854.2% | 226.1% |
| 8 | O. KantéCentre-back |  PAU | 36 | 14.7 | 158.1% | 141.5% |
| 9 | Chico LambaCentre-back | Saint Etienne | 23 | 14.1 | 1449.8% | 5710.8% |
| 10 | M. CommaretFull-back |  Laval | 24 | 13.6 | 14231.7% | 5253.7% |
| 11 | Ali Yousef MusratiCentre-back | Nantes | 25 | 12.1 | 12 | 61 |
| 12 | C. MakutunguFull-back |  Annecy | 28 | 9 | 995.7% | 3832.4% |
| 13 | J. Evan'sCentre-back |  Rodez | 27 | 4.9 | 583.6% | 4325.6% |
| 14 | K. BotoCentre-back |  Clermont Foot | 30 | 4.6 | 5360% | 2615.7% |