Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Super League 1 26/27

The best defensive defenders in Super League 1 in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Z. Smajlović of Olympiakos Piraeus is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Super League 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 39.3, and D. Vida has been the form player this season, grading 27.4, and Fabiano leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: E. Palmer-Brown has improved his Season rating most, up +16.9 on last season, while Z. Smajlović's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +12.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Z. Smajlović of Olympiakos Piraeus is the most valuable name in this group at 10.7.

Olympiakos Piraeus · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

E. Palmer-Brown+16.9SsN

Panathinaikos · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	D. Vida Centre-back	AEK Athens FC	37	27.4	270.7%	735%
2	David Simón Full-back	Kifisia	37	20.9	214.1%	941.4%
3	Z. Smajlović Full-back	Olympiakos Piraeus	22	20.2	2046.6%	3914.4%
4	E. Palmer-Brown Centre-back	Panathinaikos	29	20.2	20512.1%	247.7%
5	S. Ingason Centre-back	Panathinaikos	33	20.1	2012.6%	1243.9%
6	G. Kargas Full-back	Volos NFC	31	20	20±0%	21±0%
7	K. Triantafyllópoulos Centre-back	Asteras Tripolis	33	19.9	2020.1%	1434.4%
8	M. Tsaousis Full-back	Panserraikos	26	19.9	2071.6%	345%
9	N. Šipčić Centre-back	Asteras Tripolis	31	19.5	2025%	1849.1%
10	I. Sylla Full-back	Asteras Tripolis	32	19.2	19163%	1555.4%
11	P. Deligiannidis Full-back	Asteras Tripolis	30	15.2	1522.6%	2615.6%
12	V. De Marco Centre-back	Panserraikos	33	13.2	13	14
13	D. Batubinsika Centre-back	Larisa	30	12.7	1341.2%	1866.1%
14	Núrio Fortuna Full-back	Volos NFC	31	12.2	12229.7%	1840.2%
15	T. Iliadis Centre-back	Panserraikos	30	11.9	1235.2%	2242.2%
16	A. Ouattara Full-back	Larisa	23	11.5	12	34
17	E. Ferigra Full-back	Larisa	27	9.6	1032.9%	2837.6%
18	C. Lykogiannis Full-back	AEK Athens FC	33	9.1	950.3%	2535.6%
19	T. Papageorgiou Full-back	Larisa	39	8.4	8	5
20	S. Chakla Centre-back	Larisa	33	8	8±0%	1328.8%
21	Botía Centre-back	Kifisia	37	7	71.4%	453.7%
22	K. Pomonis Centre-back	Asteras Tripolis	24	6.8	76700%	323.6%
23	N. Marinakis Full-back	OFI	33	5.7	654.1%	1321.1%
24	E. Pantelakis Centre-back	Larisa	31	5.4	573.3%	1633.2%
25	Pepe Castaño Centre-back	Asteras Tripolis	27	1.6	292.7%	2541.5%