Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Eerste Divisie 26/27

The best defensive defenders in Eerste Divisie in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

R. Hillen of NAC Breda is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Eerste Divisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 63.1, and M. Schikora has been the form player this season, grading 51.2, and M. Mariani leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Schikora has improved his Season rating most, up +33.4 on last season, while D. Vianello's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +9.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. Coomans of MVV is the most valuable name in this group at 16.9.

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	Player	Team
1	M. Schikora Full-back	Vitesse	32	51.2	51±0%	3012.2%
2	D. Vianello Centre-back	FC OSS	24	38.3	38±0%	571.8%
3	M. Laros Full-back	Den Bosch	20	35.3	35±0%	59±0%
4	B. Koglin Centre-back	Helmond Sport	29	32.3	32±0%	34±0%
5	V. Zumberi Centre-back	Vitesse	23	29.1	29±0%	55±0%
6	R. Hillen Full-back	NAC Breda	23	27.2	27±0%	63±0%
7	M. Tol Centre-back	Roda	28	26.8	27±0%	43±0%
8	R. Besselink Centre-back	De Graafschap	21	26.1	26±0%	58±0%
9	J. Zwart Full-back	Jong AZ	19	25	25±0%	53±0%
10	D. Vos Centre-back	Emmen	24	24.5	2521.9%	553.6%
11	Julian Kuijpers Full-back	FC OSS	22	24.2	24±0%	52±0%
12	W. Coomans Centre-back	MVV	24	23.7	2430.7%	519%
13	B. Van Hove Full-back	Emmen	26	23.5	24±0%	461.1%
14	Jeffry Fortes Centre-back	Den Bosch	37	23.2	23±0%	13±0%
15	N. Twisk Centre-back	Jong AZ	23	22.8	23130.3%	535.2%
16	L. Wouters Centre-back	Vitesse	27	22.7	23118.3%	4515.6%
17	Lars de Blok Full-back	VVV Venlo	22	22.1	22±0%	58±0%
18	L. Everink Full-back	Emmen	25	21.9	22±0%	50±0%
19	L. Beerten Centre-back	Roda	23	21.8	22±0%	53±0%
20	É. Clancy Centre-back	VVV Venlo	22	21.6	22	56
21	G. Blancquart Centre-back	VVV Venlo	22	20.2	20±0%	55±0%
22	Manny Full-back	Heracles	28	20.1	20	38
23	L. Miguel Centre-back	FC OSS	25	19.2	19±0%	52±0%
24	D. Mirani Centre-back	Heracles	30	19	19±0%	41±0%
25	K. Symons Centre-back	De Graafschap	21	19	19±0%	54±0%
26	Viggo Plantinga Full-back	Jong Utrecht	17	18.9	19±0%	56±0%
27	E. Butera Centre-back	Jong Ajax	20	18.8	19±0%	51±0%
28	S. Dekkers Full-back	Helmond Sport	22	17.4	17±0%	48±0%
29	R. Akmum Centre-back	Den Bosch	25	16.2	162.5%	491.2%
30	L. Greiml Centre-back	NAC Breda	25	16.2	16±0%	55±0%
31	Gijs Bolk Centre-back	De Graafschap	21	15.6	16±0%	545.7%
32	J. Mukeh Centre-back	Emmen	23	15.5	16±0%	521.1%
33	P. Ugwu Full-back	FC Volendam	20	15.5	168.3%	5616.5%
34	L. Schoppema Full-back	De Graafschap	22	15.4	1542.8%	562.6%
35	Sven Bouland Centre-back	MVV	20	15.3	15	53
36	L. van Gelderen Centre-back	Waalwijk	25	15.1	15±0%	48±0%
37	David Vicente Full-back	Heracles	27	14.1	141181.8%	458.4%
38	D. Beukers Full-back	FC Volendam	22	13.9	14275.7%	521.6%
39	D. van der Kust Full-back	Heracles	25	13.3	13±0%	57±0%
40	T. Bijleveld Centre-back	Almere City FC	28	11.7	12±0%	35±0%
41	F. Dicke Full-back	MVV	22	11.1	1112.1%	483.2%
42	Djairo Tehubyuluw Full-back	MVV	21	11.1	11152.3%	482.8%
43	M. Mariani Full-back	FC OSS	21	10.9	11	517.8%
44	O. Renfrum Centre-back	FC Eindhoven	19	10.4	10	33
45	K. Kasanwirjo Centre-back	Jong Ajax	17	10.2	10	46
46	J. Jacobs Centre-back	Almere City FC	26	9.9	10±0%	44±0%
47	I. Pata Full-back	FC OSS	25	8.8	9±0%	42±0%
48	T. Vianello Full-back	Almere City FC	21	7.5	8	53
49	M. Engel Full-back	Almere City FC	24	6.9	777.8%	4813.6%
50	M. Kuipers Full-back	MVV	20	5.1	5	48