Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Ligat Ha'al 25/26

The best defensive defenders in Ligat Ha'al in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Y. Leliendal of Hapoel Tel Aviv is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Ligat Ha'al, with a Field Insider Rating of 55.3, and J. Bataille has been the form player this season, grading 34.8, and J. Tavernier leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Chico has improved his Season rating most, up +14.6 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Y. Leliendal of Hapoel Tel Aviv is the most valuable name in this group at 12.1.

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	Player	Team
1	J. Bataille Full-back	Maccabi Haifa	27	34.8	3527.9%	3333.6%
2	Chico Centre-back	Hapoel Tel Aviv	28	32.7	3380.7%	3443.1%
3	J. Tavernier Full-back	Maccabi Tel Aviv	34	31.7	3229.6%	1732.6%
4	Y. Leliendal Full-back	Hapoel Tel Aviv	24	31.1	3144.6%	5513.3%
5	A. Azugi Central midfielder	Maccabi Netanya	27	29.9	30	34
6	G. Mizrahi Full-back	Hapoel Beer Sheva	25	29.2	29	41
7	M. Gantus Full-back	Bnei Sakhnin	30	29.1	29	23
8	F. Mayembo Centre-back	Hapoel Tel Aviv	30	28.2	286950%	2337.5%
9	Y. Cohen Full-back	Beitar Jerusalem	29	26.7	27	29
10	B. Carabalí Centre-back	Beitar Jerusalem	27	26	26	36
11	T. Asante Centre-back	Maccabi Tel Aviv	24	25.9	2623.3%	4125%
12	D. Cavaré Centre-back	Bnei Sakhnin	31	25.2	25	18
13	L. Gadrani Centre-back	Beitar Jerusalem	29	24.1	24	26
14	K. Jaber Full-back	Maccabi Netanya	25	22.7	23	40
15	S. Piven Centre-back	Hapoel Tel Aviv	30	22	22	20
16	S. Ben-David Centre-back	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	29	21.3	21	27
17	Saná Gomes Full-back	Bnei Sakhnin	26	19.9	20	35
18	G. Diba Centre-back	Hapoel Haifa	28	19.8	20	29
19	M. Camara Centre-back	Maccabi Tel Aviv	29	19.8	20	28
20	Hélder Lopes Full-back	Hapoel Beer Sheva	37	19.3	1922.2%	764.1%
21	I. Nachmias Centre-back	Hapoel Beer Sheva	29	19	19	19
22	D. Leidner Full-back	Hapoel Tel Aviv	24	18.4	18	37
23	D. Malul Full-back	Hapoel Haifa	37	18.4	18	8
24	N. Ljubisavljević Centre-back	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	29	18.3	18	27
25	Ahmed Ibrahim Salman Winger	Bnei Sakhnin	22	17.8	18	43
26	M. Baltaxa Centre-back	Hapoel Beer Sheva	30	17.4	17	21
27	B. Shaheen Full-back	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	23	17.1	17	38
28	G. Morozov Full-back	Maccabi Netanya	32	17	17277.8%	1733.7%
29	O. Benbenishti Defensive midfielder	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	26	15	15	34
30	O. Davidzada Full-back	Hapoel Beer Sheva	35	14.6	15	9
31	T. Archel Centre-back	Hapoel Tel Aviv	23	14.6	15	37
32	R. Shlomo Centre-back	Maccabi Tel Aviv	27	13.8	14666.7%	3038%
33	S. Yehezkel Full-back	Maccabi Tel Aviv	31	13.7	1495.7%	1941.3%
34	N. Ben Harush Full-back	Maccabi Tel Aviv	21	13	13	39
35	A. Cohen Full-back	Maccabi Netanya	27	12	12	30
36	P. Cornud Full-back	Maccabi Haifa	29	11.7	1260.3%	2351.4%
37	I. Diakite Centre-back	Ashdod	22	11.6	12	43
38	Y. Faingezicht Full-back	Maccabi Haifa	18	11.4	11	39
39	S. Goldberg Centre-back	Maccabi Haifa	31	10.5	11	17
40	Y. Nassar Full-back	Hapoel Petah Tikva	29	10.3	10	21
41	M. Yashilirmak Centre-back	Ashdod	21	10	10	40
42	N. Antwi Full-back	Beitar Jerusalem	26	9.5	10	34
43	T. Arbel Full-back	Hapoel Haifa	24	8.6	9	37
44	I. Kričak Centre-back	Hapoel Haifa	30	8.3	873.7%	2018.7%
45	G. Cohen Centre-back	Beitar Jerusalem	25	8.1	8	37
46	K. Saief Winger	Maccabi Haifa	32	8	8	1455.4%
47	D. Diop Centre-back	Hapoel Beer Sheva	27	7.9	857.1%	3223.9%
48	O. Darwish Centre-back	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	27	7.3	7	32