Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Serie A 26/27

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

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At a glance

Natan of Napoli is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 85.7, and F. Tomori has been the form player this season, grading 55.2, and S. Beukema leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Walukiewicz has improved his Season rating most, up +30.4 on last season, while E. Ebosse's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +28.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Buongiorno of Napoli is the most valuable name in this group at 56.8.

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	Player	Team
1	F. Tomori Full-back	AC Milan	28	55.2	5580.4%	616.9%
2	A. Buongiorno Centre-back	Napoli	27	47.7	4813.3%	6811.6%
3	S. Esposito Centre-back	Lecce	21	47.4	47	21
4	I. Hien Centre-back	Atalanta	27	37.5	3821.5%	6220.7%
5	M. Mitaj Full-back	Genoa	23	36.5	3790.1%	604.1%
6	Natan Centre-back	Napoli	25	35.3	351.4%	863.6%
7	S. Walukiewicz Centre-back	Sassuolo	26	34.5	35741.5%	7421.1%
8	M. Šverko Centre-back	Venezia	28	32	32185.7%	4620.3%
9	S. Beukema Centre-back	Napoli	27	27.6	2863.4%	6226.9%
10	L. Pellegrini Full-back	Lazio	27	27.1	2771.5%	5818.3%
11	D. Spence Full-back	Inter	26	26.3	2622.3%	708.1%
12	M. Vitík Centre-back	Bologna	23	23.8	24	72
13	I. Van der Brempt Full-back	Sassuolo	24	23.3	2322.6%	713.2%
14	S. Bocoum Full-back	AC Milan	20	20.2	20	60
15	R. Mohammed Full-back	Venezia	20	20.2	2021%	369.3%
16	J. Gelli Centre-back	Frosinone	25	19.6	20±0%	55±0%
17	F. Parisi Full-back	Fiorentina	25	17.4	179.8%	688.7%
18	E. Ebosse Full-back	Torino	27	15.9	16±0%	629.7%
19	Luca Marianucci Full-back	Napoli	22	14.4	1453.7%	753.6%
20	R. Ivanov Centre-back	Inter	32	12.8	1342.1%	1652.5%
21	Riyad Idrissi Full-back	Cagliari	23	10.8	116.9%	6920.1%
22	A. Dossena Full-back	Como	27	10.7	1146.8%	6214.3%
23	J. Rouhi Full-back	Juventus	22	8.7	910.1%	58±0%
24	N. Casale Centre-back	Bologna	28	8.1	864.6%	4726.6%
25	A. Gomes Centre-back	Venezia	17	6.7	7	56
26	F. Bejan Centre-back	Inter	35	5.2	5	6