Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Liga MX 26/27

The best defensive defenders in Liga MX in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

D. Espinoza of Club America is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Liga MX, with a Field Insider Rating of 50.6, and J. Romaña has been the form player this season, grading 54.7, and B. Amione leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Porozo has improved his Season rating most, up +35.6 on last season, while N. Díaz's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +4.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, F. Pereira of Toluca is the most valuable name in this group at 19.5.

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	Player	Team
1	J. Romaña Full-back	Leon	28	54.7	5510%	423.2%
2	R. Fernández Centre-back	Club Tijuana	26	49.2	49±0%	4015.3%
3	J. Porozo Centre-back	Club Tijuana	26	48.1	48±0%	4115.8%
4	Juan José Guevara Possu Centre-back	Leon	25	42.9	43±0%	4125.6%
5	Rômulo Centre-back	Tigres UANL	26	40.8	41±0%	3624.8%
6	A. Gómez Centre-back	Club Tijuana	24	39.6	40±0%	468.6%
7	L. Romo Centre-back	Guadalajara Chivas	31	39	39±0%	1927.9%
8	D. Campillo Centre-back	Guadalajara Chivas	25	38.8	39±0%	4220.8%
9	W. Ditta Centre-back	Cruz Azul	29	38.6	39±0%	2536.1%
10	F. Pardo Centre-back	Santos Laguna	29	38.5	39±0%	2527.8%
11	Nathan Silva Centre-back	U.N.A.M. - Pumas	29	35.2	35±0%	2730.3%
12	I. Moreno Centre-back	Leon	28	35.2	35±0%	2922.2%
13	J. Márquez Full-back	Cruz Azul	26	34.3	34±0%	4113.4%
14	Joaquim Full-back	Tigres UANL	27	33.9	34±0%	3515.8%
15	A. Franco Centre-back	Tigres UANL	30	32.5	33±0%	2343.4%
16	F. Pereira Centre-back	Toluca	26	32.2	32±0%	3917.1%
17	Eduardo Bauermann Centre-back	CF Pachuca	30	31.6	32±0%	2234.9%
18	J. Gallardo Full-back	Toluca	32	31	31±0%	1635.7%
19	R. Chávez Full-back	Monterrey	31	31	31±0%	2021.7%
20	N. Díaz Centre-back	Puebla	27	30.2	30379.4%	4512.1%
21	Rubén Duarte Centre-back	U.N.A.M. - Pumas	31	30.2	30±0%	2316%
22	D. Aguirre Centre-back	Guadalajara Chivas	27	29	29±0%	3424.5%
23	S. Barreto Full-back	CF Pachuca	27	28.9	29±0%	3327.2%
24	B. Amione Centre-back	Santos Laguna	24	28	2895.8%	498.4%
25	B. Méndez Full-back	Toluca	27	26.8	27±0%	385%
26	E. López Full-back	Toluca	21	26.6	27±0%	496%
27	M. Capasso Centre-back	Atlas	30	26.5	27±0%	2510.5%
28	E. Águila Centre-back	Atletico San Luis	24	25.7	26±0%	4216.8%
29	V. Gauthier Centre-back	Leon	23	25.1	25	51
30	G. Arteaga Full-back	Monterrey	28	24.9	25±0%	356.7%
31	J. Angulo Centre-back	Tigres UANL	28	24.8	2546.7%	3334.1%
32	R. López Full-back	U.N.A.M. - Pumas	24	23.5	24±0%	4612.8%
33	V. Guzmán Centre-back	Monterrey	24	22.4	22±0%	446.5%
34	A. Mayorga Full-back	FC Juarez	29	22.3	22±0%	2528.4%
35	D. Reyes Centre-back	Club Queretaro	34	21.8	22±0%	1225%
36	O. Campos Full-back	Cruz Azul	24	21.1	21±0%	4116.4%
37	F. Venegas Centre-back	CF Pachuca	28	20.9	21±0%	2820.7%
38	F. Nevárez Full-back	FC Juarez	25	20.7	21±0%	3715.3%
39	L. Merolla Full-back	Mazatlán	31	20.2	2011%	2319.7%
40	F. Almada Centre-back	Puebla	28	20.1	20±0%	3219.6%
41	Felipe Sánchez Full-back	Santos Laguna	22	19.7	20±0%	4424.5%
42	I. Moreno Full-back	Puebla	23	18.7	19±0%	450.9%
43	B. Duarte Full-back	Club Queretaro	23	18.2	18±0%	4675%
44	F. Monárrez Full-back	Puebla	27	15.6	16±0%	374.7%
45	Nicolas Centre-back	Club America	29	14.1	14213.3%	3728.2%
46	J. Murillo Centre-back	FC Juarez	32	13.9	14±0%	1433.3%
47	D. Parra Full-back	Club Queretaro	27	13.6	14±0%	341.7%
48	J. Díaz Centre-back	Puebla	28	12.1	1253.8%	3719.6%
49	J. Vargas Full-back	Puebla	31	12	1221.2%	195.4%
50	J. Orozco Centre-back	Cruz Azul	24	11.7	12±0%	418%