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

J. Gómez of PAOK is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Super League 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 64.4, and B. Šutalo has been the form player this season, grading 43.1, and G. Granath leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Calabria has improved his Season rating most, up +22.9 on last season, while Z. Smajlović's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Gómez of PAOK is the most valuable name in this group at 10.8.

Olympiakos Piraeus · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

D. Calabria+22.9SsN

Panathinaikos · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	B. Šutalo Full-back	Aris Thessalonikis	26	43.1	4312.5%	356%
2	D. Calabria Full-back	Panathinaikos	29	35.8	36±0%	28±0%
3	T. Tsapras Full-back	Panathinaikos	24	34.4	34±0%	45±0%
4	R. van Drongelen Centre-back	Panathinaikos	27	32.4	325.5%	441.9%
5	J. Gómez Centre-back	PAOK	23	30.6	3115%	641.7%
6	D. Vida Centre-back	AEK Athens FC	37	27.4	270.7%	735%
7	Z. Smajlović Full-back	Olympiakos Piraeus	22	24.8	2534.4%	3719%
8	David Simón Full-back	Kifisia	37	20.9	214.1%	941.4%
9	E. Palmer-Brown Centre-back	Panathinaikos	29	20.2	20512.1%	247.7%
10	S. Ingason Centre-back	Panathinaikos	33	20.1	2012.6%	1243.9%
11	M. Tsaousis Full-back	Panserraikos	26	19.9	2071.6%	345%
12	N. Šipčić Centre-back	Asteras Tripolis	31	19.5	2025%	1849.1%
13	Tiago Manso Full-back	Kifisia	26	19.5	2013.3%	49±0%
14	I. Sylla Full-back	Asteras Tripolis	32	19.2	19163%	1555.4%
15	A. Petkov Centre-back	Kifisia	27	16.5	17±0%	30±0%
16	P. Deligiannidis Full-back	Asteras Tripolis	30	15.2	1522.6%	2615.6%
17	S. de Vrij Centre-back	Panathinaikos	34	14.5	1521.2%	2030.3%
18	I. Gelashvili Centre-back	Panserraikos	25	14.5	15137.7%	3635.1%
19	Q. Lecoeuche Centre-back	Volos NFC	32	13	1318.2%	1645.1%
20	D. Batubinsika Centre-back	Larisa	30	12.7	1341.2%	1866.1%
21	Núrio Fortuna Full-back	Volos NFC	31	12.2	12229.7%	1840.2%
22	T. Iliadis Centre-back	Larisa	30	11.9	1235.2%	2242.2%
23	A. Ouattara Full-back	Larisa	23	11.5	12	34
24	E. Ferigra Full-back	Larisa	27	9.6	1032.9%	2837.6%
25	C. Lykogiannis Full-back	AEK Athens FC	32	9.1	950.3%	2535.6%
26	T. Papageorgiou Full-back	Larisa	39	8.4	8	5
27	S. Chakla Centre-back	Larisa	33	8	8±0%	1328.8%
28	O. Adefunyibomi Centre-back	Asteras Tripolis	26	7.9	858.9%	3120.6%
29	Botía Centre-back	Kifisia	37	7	71.4%	453.7%
30	K. Pomonis Centre-back	Asteras Tripolis	24	6.8	76700%	323.6%
31	N. Marinakis Full-back	OFI	33	5.7	654.1%	1321.1%
32	E. Pantelakis Centre-back	Larisa	31	5.4	573.3%	1633.2%
33	Pepe Castaño Centre-back	Asteras Tripolis	27	1.6	292.7%	2541.5%
34	D. Houhoumis Centre-back	Kifisia	32	1.5	291.4%	1251.6%