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

F. Merién of Jong PSV U21 is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Eerste Divisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 65, and T. Bijleveld has been the form player this season, grading 37.8, and É. Clancy leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Tol has improved his Season rating most, up +32.5 on last season, while N. Martens's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +17.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Jacobs of Almere City FC is the most valuable name in this group at 17.9.

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	Player	Team
1	T. Bijleveld Centre-back	Almere City FC	28	37.8	38223.1%	35±0%
2	J. Jacobs Centre-back	Almere City FC	26	37.8	38281.8%	44±0%
3	J. Lawrence Centre-back	Almere City FC	34	36.1	3678.7%	1815.1%
4	M. Tol Centre-back	Roda	28	35	3530.6%	43±0%
5	L. Everink Full-back	Emmen	25	30.7	3140.2%	50±0%
6	D. Vos Centre-back	Emmen	24	29.7	3047.8%	553.6%
7	L. Beerten Centre-back	Roda	23	29.5	3035.3%	53±0%
8	W. Coomans Centre-back	MVV	24	29	2915.2%	519%
9	É. Clancy Centre-back	VVV Venlo	22	28.7	29	57
10	D. van der Kust Full-back	Heracles	25	27.7	28108.3%	57±0%
11	Y. Dede-Lhomme Full-back	Emmen	24	27.5	28	41
12	E. Butera Centre-back	Jong Ajax	20	27.4	2745.7%	51±0%
13	N. Twisk Centre-back	Jong AZ	23	26.4	26166.7%	535.2%
14	R. Akmum Centre-back	Den Bosch	25	25.9	2663.9%	491.2%
15	O. Renfrum Centre-back	FC Eindhoven	19	24.5	25	33
16	B. Van Hove Full-back	Emmen	26	23.7	240.9%	461.1%
17	P. Ugwu Full-back	FC Volendam	20	23.2	2337.3%	5616.5%
18	G. Blancquart Centre-back	VVV Venlo	22	22.9	2313.4%	55±0%
19	Djairo Tehubyuluw Full-back	MVV	21	22.2	22404.5%	482.8%
20	F. Dicke Full-back	MVV	22	22	22122.2%	483.2%
21	Manny Full-back	Heracles	28	21.8	22	39
22	D. Beukers Full-back	FC Volendam	22	21.1	21470.3%	521.6%
23	K. Kasanwirjo Centre-back	Jong Ajax	17	20.4	20	46
24	D. Mirani Centre-back	Heracles	30	20	205.3%	41±0%
25	M. Mariani Full-back	FC OSS	21	19.7	20	517.8%
26	Lars de Blok Full-back	VVV Venlo	22	19.6	2011.3%	58±0%
27	Predrag Jevtić Centre-back	FC Eindhoven	25	17.8	18	40
28	J. Mukeh Centre-back	Emmen	23	17.7	1814.2%	521.1%
29	L. Postma Full-back	Waalwijk	23	17.7	1829.5%	53±0%
30	J. Zwart Full-back	Jong AZ	19	17.6	1829.6%	53±0%
31	T. Vianello Full-back	Almere City FC	21	17.4	17	53
32	M. Kleijn Full-back	FC Volendam	21	16.9	1739.7%	5019.6%
33	R. Besselink Centre-back	De Graafschap	22	16.8	1735.6%	581.8%
34	Sven Bouland Centre-back	MVV	20	16.4	16	53
35	M. Engel Full-back	Almere City FC	24	16	1648.6%	4813.6%
36	Sinclair de Falco Centre-back	Jong Ajax	18	16	163100%	44124.1%
37	Luca Blondeau Centre-back	FC Volendam	20	15.8	163060%	4516.4%
38	Julian Kuijpers Full-back	FC OSS	22	15.8	1634.7%	52±0%
39	F. Merién Centre-back	Jong PSV U21	18	15.6	1648.9%	659.1%
40	J. Van den Bergh Centre-back	NAC Breda	32	15	15383.9%	14±0%
41	Jeffry Fortes Centre-back	Den Bosch	37	15	1535.3%	13±0%
42	C. Mpanzu Full-back	Dordrecht	22	14.6	1541.7%	430.7%
43	David Vicente Full-back	Heracles	27	14.4	141209.1%	458.2%
44	M. Laros Full-back	Den Bosch	20	13.5	1461.8%	59±0%
45	Yousri Sbai Full-back	Jong Utrecht	22	13.4	1328.7%	5614.2%
46	I. Pata Full-back	FC OSS	25	13.2	1350%	42±0%
47	D. Vianello Centre-back	FC OSS	24	13.1	1365.8%	571.8%
48	J. de Wijs Centre-back	Waalwijk	31	12.9	13975%	185.7%
49	B. Koglin Centre-back	Helmond Sport	29	12.1	1262.5%	34±0%
50	W. Kooy Full-back	Jong Utrecht	21	11.9	1249.1%	57±0%