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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

R. Jansson of FC St. Pauli is the standout for raw talent across defenders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 81.4, and S. Trémoulet has been the form player this season, grading 38.9.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Trémoulet has improved his Season rating most, up +31.3 on last season, while R. Jansson's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +50.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Murphy of 1. FC Kaiserslautern is the most valuable name in this group at 24.4.

Best talent
R. Jansson81.4RTG
FC St. Pauli
In form
S. Trémoulet38.9SsN
Karlsruher SC
Rising potential
R. Jansson+50.4RTG
FC St. Pauli · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
S. Trémoulet+31.3SsN
Karlsruher SC · 23/24→25/26
Top scorer
R. Jansson3goals
FC St. Pauli
Most valuable
A. Murphy24.4val
1. FC Kaiserslautern
22 players · ranked by best defendersCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1S. TrémouletCentre-backKarlsruher SC2638.939±0%375.1%
2P. StrompfCentre-backVfL Bochum2826.32631.9%4614.6%
3N. CozzaCentre-backVfL Wolfsburg2726.2269.3%6013.6%
4N. MadsenCentre-backHolstein Kiel2424.725±0%46±0%
5A. DźwigałaFull-backFC St. Pauli3020.92121.7%367%
6D. KovacevicDefensive midfielderEintracht Braunschweig2220.52144
7N. Awortwie-GrantCentre-backEnergie Cottbus26202038
8L. RitzkaCentre-backFC St. Pauli2819.119±0%45±0%
9F. NürnbergerFull-backSV Darmstadt 982717.21741.9%5013.4%
10R. JanssonFull-backFC St. Pauli2216.817281.8%81208.3%
11P. NkoaFull-backEintracht Braunschweig271515±0%44±0%
12M. JenzCentre-backVfL Wolfsburg2714.91573.3%5621.8%
13C. JohanssonCentre-backHolstein Kiel3214.515245.2%2034.4%
14L. SchneiderCentre-backArminia Bielefeld2613.91435.3%4918.4%
15T. JanottaCentre-backVfL Osnabrück2213.814±0%40±0%
16F. HollandCentre-backSV Darmstadt 983613.21335.3%1250.4%
17K. SchmidtCentre-backDynamo Dresden2411.512228.6%5866.9%
18F. RonstadtFull-back1. FC Kaiserslautern299.4914.6%2446%
19L. BünningCentre-backDynamo Dresden289.4946%384.1%
20K. VogtCentre-backVfL Bochum348.9944.4%1259.2%
21F. HagmannCentre-backArminia Bielefeld228.3843.1%5429.7%
22A. ZehnterCentre-backVfL Wolfsburg217.8874.3%723.8%