Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Liga MX

The best defensive defenders in Liga MX, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Castillo of Guadalajara Chivas is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Liga MX, with a Field Insider Rating of 53.5, and R. Fernández has been the form player this season, grading 49.2, and F. Almada leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Gómez has improved his Season rating most, up +39.2 on last season, while A. Aceves'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, R. Fernández of Club Tijuana is the most valuable name in this group at 20.6.

CF Pachuca · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

A. Gómez+39.2SsN

Club Tijuana · 20/21→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	R. Fernández Full-back	Club Tijuana	26	49.2	49	48
2	J. Porozo Centre-back	Club Tijuana	26	46.2	46192.4%	497%
3	A. Gómez Centre-back	Club Tijuana	24	43.6	44890.9%	506%
4	G. Piovi Centre-back	Cruz Azul	31	41.1	4122.7%	2932.2%
5	Rômulo Centre-back	Tigres UANL	26	40.8	41100%	4827.4%
6	L. Romo Centre-back	Guadalajara Chivas	31	39	39	27
7	D. Campillo Centre-back	Guadalajara Chivas	24	38.8	39	53
8	W. Ditta Centre-back	Cruz Azul	29	38.6	3938.2%	3926.7%
9	Unai Bilbao Full-back	Club Tijuana	32	38.4	38	23
10	G. Aguirre Full-back	Atlas	30	37.7	38	32
11	J. Castillo Full-back	Guadalajara Chivas	24	36.9	37	54
12	Nathan Silva Centre-back	U.N.A.M. - Pumas	29	35.2	35402.9%	3924.9%
13	Joaquim Centre-back	Tigres UANL	27	33.9	344.2%	4140.9%
14	D. Barbosa Full-back	Toluca	29	33.7	34	33
15	Gustavo Ferrareis Full-back	Atlas	30	33.6	3478.7%	3348.7%
16	I. Reyes Full-back	Club America	26	32.3	32	48
17	F. Pereira Centre-back	Toluca	26	32.2	32	47
18	Eduardo Bauermann Centre-back	CF Pachuca	30	31.6	32602.2%	3422.8%
19	R. Chávez Full-back	Monterrey	31	31	31	26
20	J. Gallardo Full-back	Toluca	31	31	31	29
21	J. Vega Full-back	Club Tijuana	26	30.5	31	47
22	C. Borja Central midfielder	Club America	33	30.3	3013.9%	2147.5%
23	Rubén Duarte Centre-back	U.N.A.M. - Pumas	30	30.2	309.8%	3150%
24	P. Bennevendo Full-back	U.N.A.M. - Pumas	26	29.9	30	46
25	S. Cáceres Centre-back	Club America	26	29.1	29	45
26	D. Aguirre Full-back	Guadalajara Chivas	27	29	292800%	4437.5%
27	S. Barreiro Centre-back	Leon	32	29	29	25
28	S. Barreto Centre-back	CF Pachuca	27	28.9	2911.6%	4617.7%
29	B. Amione Centre-back	Santos Laguna	24	28	28374.6%	4928.2%
30	J. Aquino Full-back	Tigres UANL	36	27.3	27	15
31	B. Méndez Centre-back	Toluca	26	26.8	2710.3%	4430.5%
32	D. Reyes Centre-back	Club Queretaro	33	26.6	27	19
33	E. López Centre-back	Toluca	21	26.6	27	52
34	M. Capasso Centre-back	Atlas	30	26.5	27452.1%	2836.6%
35	B. García Full-back	CF Pachuca	28	26.3	26	41
36	E. Águila Centre-back	Atletico San Luis	24	25.7	26	50
37	A. Aceves Full-back	CF Pachuca	25	25.6	2682.9%	4932.5%
38	F. Rossano Central midfielder	Necaxa	21	25.4	25	50
39	R. Torres Full-back	Atletico San Luis	21	25	25	53
40	G. Arteaga Full-back	Monterrey	27	24.9	25179.8%	4116.9%
41	J. Angulo Centre-back	Tigres UANL	28	24.8	25	35
42	V. Guzmán Centre-back	Monterrey	24	22.4	22	47
43	A. Mayorga Full-back	FC Juarez	29	22.3	22	34
44	R. Juárez Centre-back	Club America	25	21.8	22	46
45	S. Medina Centre-back	Monterrey	34	21.5	22	15
46	H. Ortega Centre-back	Santos Laguna	26	21.5	22	42
47	C. Sánchez Full-back	CF Pachuca	24	21.3	21	48
48	O. Campos Full-back	Cruz Azul	24	21.1	210.5%	4915.5%
49	S. Reyes Full-back	Leon	28	20.6	21	39
50	L. Merolla Centre-back	Mazatlán	31	20.2	2055.4%	2346.2%