Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Bundesliga 26/27

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

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At a glance

Abdulay Bah of FC Augsburg is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 77.9, and A. Koné has been the form player this season, grading 53.7, and A. Prass leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Maximilian Hennig has improved his Season rating most, up +26.4 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Koné of RB Leipzig is the most valuable name in this group at 53.2.

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Bayern München · 24/25→25/26

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Bayern München · 24/25→25/26

25 players · ranked by best defendersCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	A. Koné Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	53.7	543735.7%	655.7%
2	Maximilian Hennig Full-back	Bayern München	19	31.3	31538.8%	5026.9%
3	Abdulay Bah Centre-back	FC Augsburg	20	28.2	28314.7%	7810.8%
4	N. Cozza Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	27	26.2	269.3%	6013.6%
5	F. Krätzig Full-back	Bayern München	23	22.9	2332.6%	5031.7%
6	A. Gantenbein Full-back	FC Schalke 04	25	20.9	2190%	551.1%
7	Y. Konoplya Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	27	19.7	2016.6%	356.7%
8	L. Assignon Full-back	VfB Stuttgart	26	19.3	1949.5%	6124.2%
9	N. Hoffmann Full-back	1. FC Köln	29	17.7	18168.2%	265.9%
10	F. Chiarodia Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	21	17.1	17122.1%	684.1%
11	H. Ito Full-back	Bayern München	27	16.8	17257.4%	6010%
12	A. Prass Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	25	15.3	154.1%	757%
13	I. Ogbus Centre-back	SC Freiburg	20	15.1	152416.7%	7410.5%
14	M. Jenz Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	27	14.9	1573.3%	5621.8%
15	L. Jaquez Full-back	VfB Stuttgart	23	13.4	13219%	683.3%
16	Sean Dulic Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	21	13.1	1332.3%	402.2%
17	C. Günter Full-back	SC Freiburg	33	12.5	1359.2%	2638.4%
18	S. Nsoki Full-back	Union Berlin	27	12	1224.1%	5712.5%
19	F. Agu Centre-back	Werder Bremen	26	10.2	1064.9%	5626.4%
20	S. Bell Full-back	FSV Mainz 05	35	9.4	960.3%	1841.7%
21	R. van den Berg Full-back	1. FC Köln	22	9.1	962.4%	68±0%
22	N. Stark Centre-back	Werder Bremen	31	9.1	977.9%	2845.1%
23	T. Hübers Centre-back	1. FC Köln	30	8.3	880%	3334.3%
24	A. Zehnter Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	21	7.8	874.3%	723.8%
25	F. Meyer Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	24	2.9	3	36