Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in 2. Bundesliga 26/27

The best defensive defenders in 2. Bundesliga in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

L. Gechter of Hertha BSC is the standout for raw talent across defenders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 65.9, and J. Müller has been the form player this season, grading 46, and R. Jansson leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Müller has improved his Season rating most, up +39.1 on last season, while K. Schmidt's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +23.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Gyamfi of 1. FC Kaiserslautern is the most valuable name in this group at 27.9.

Dynamo Dresden · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Müller+39.1SsN

VfL Osnabrück · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. Müller Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	32	46	46±0%	21±0%
2	L. Gechter Centre-back	Hertha BSC	22	45.3	45±0%	66±0%
3	M. Wittek Full-back	VfL Bochum	31	45.2	45±0%	3912.5%
4	N. Wiemann Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	27	44.4	44±0%	38±0%
5	M. Steinwender Centre-back	VfL Bochum	26	43.6	449.5%	5323.7%
6	P. Pfeiffer Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	40.4	40±0%	599.1%
7	M. Gyamfi Centre-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	26	38.3	38±0%	57±0%
8	M. Aydın Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	24	33.7	34±0%	64±0%
9	H. Sekine Full-back	Holstein Kiel	24	33.1	33±0%	562.6%
10	K. Ehlers Centre-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	25	33	33±0%	59±0%
11	A. MacNulty Centre-back	1. FC Magdeburg	23	29.3	293.6%	648.5%
12	B. Tomiak Centre-back	Hannover 96	28	29.3	29±0%	5310.7%
13	R. Fabinski Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	23	27.6	28±0%	441.9%
14	P. Strompf Centre-back	VfL Bochum	28	26.3	2631.9%	4614.6%
15	E. Bakatukanda Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	22	26.1	263628.6%	3927%
16	C. Kobald Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	29	25.5	26±0%	40±0%
17	J. Eitschberger Full-back	Hertha BSC	22	25.5	26±0%	59±0%
18	F. Otto Full-back	1. FC Nürnberg	24	25.3	2512.4%	5940.7%
19	J. Elvedi Centre-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	30	23.4	23±0%	3921.4%
20	J. Heuer Centre-back	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	27	23.3	23±0%	501.4%
21	M. Großer Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	25	22.8	23±0%	57±0%
22	M. Franke Full-back	Karlsruher SC	33	22.7	23±0%	25±0%
23	G. Itter Centre-back	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	27	22.7	23±0%	44±0%
24	D. Kovacevic Defensive midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	22	20.5	21	44
25	N. Awortwie-Grant Centre-back	Energie Cottbus	26	20	20	38
26	M. Bauer Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	26	17.9	18±0%	49±0%
27	B. Allgeier Centre-back	Hannover 96	24	17.8	18±0%	56±0%
28	F. Nürnberger Full-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	17.2	1741.9%	5013.4%
29	N. Kolbe Centre-back	Hertha BSC	29	16.7	17±0%	34±0%
30	K. Manu Full-back	Energie Cottbus	22	15.3	15±0%	42±0%
31	P. Nkoa Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	27	15	15±0%	44±0%
32	C. Johansson Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	32	14.5	15245.2%	2034.4%
33	K. Mets Centre-back	VfL Bochum	33	14	148.5%	2215.3%
34	F. Holland Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	36	13.2	1335.3%	1250.4%
35	H. Rorig Centre-back	Energie Cottbus	26	12.4	12±0%	39±0%
36	K. Schmidt Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	24	11.5	12228.6%	5866.9%
37	R. Jansson Full-back	FC St. Pauli	22	11	11150%	3740.5%
38	T. Janisch Full-back	1. FC Nürnberg	21	10.6	11±0%	58±0%
39	F. Ronstadt Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	29	9.4	914.6%	2446%
40	L. Bünning Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	28	9.4	946%	384.1%
41	A. Kalogeropoulos Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	22	9.3	914.8%	5449.9%
42	K. Vogt Centre-back	VfL Bochum	35	8.9	944.4%	1259.2%
43	Luca Erlein Full-back	Energie Cottbus	19	8.1	8±0%	458.1%
44	D. Nemeth Full-back	FC St. Pauli	25	0.2	099.3%	5625.3%
45	E. Porstner Full-back	1. FC Nürnberg	19	0.1	0±0%	53±0%
46	D. Ofli Full-back	Karlsruher SC	18	0	0	5224.2%