Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Ekstraklasa 26/27

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

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At a glance

M. Gurgul of Lech Poznan is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Ekstraklasa, with a Field Insider Rating of 44.7, and B. Smolarczyk has been the form player this season, grading 34.8, and R. Augustyniak leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Keramitsis has improved his Season rating most, up +27.2 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, D. Keramitsis of Pogon Szczecin is the most valuable name in this group at 8.8.

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	Player	Team
1	B. Smolarczyk Centre-back	Korona Kielce	23	34.8	35314.3%	364.4%
2	D. Keramitsis Centre-back	Pogon Szczecin	22	32	3262.4%	38±0%
3	F. Sierralta Centre-back	Piast Gliwice	29	28	2812.4%	3921.1%
4	Josema Sánchez Full-back	Gornik Zabrze	30	27.3	2729.6%	25±0%
5	M. Marcjanik Centre-back	Arka Gdynia	31	27.2	27	21
6	R. Augustyniak Full-back	Legia Warszawa	33	26.8	2719.6%	1622.7%
7	Juande Rivas Full-back	Piast Gliwice	27	25.5	264.1%	32±0%
8	R. Janicki Full-back	Gornik Zabrze	34	22.9	2333.4%	16±0%
9	Joel Pereira Full-back	Lech Poznan	30	21.9	2216.5%	2827.4%
10	B. Traoré Centre-back	Cracovia Krakow	22	21.7	2258.4%	34±0%
11	A. Ławniczak Centre-back	Zaglebie Lubin	27	21.4	214.9%	29±0%
12	M. Sáček Centre-back	Gornik Zabrze	30	21.3	2197.2%	2116.9%
13	Marc Navarro Full-back	Arka Gdynia	31	21.2	21473%	1967.9%
14	F. Luberecki Full-back	Motor Lublin	21	20.8	2142.4%	40±0%
15	M. Perković Full-back	Cracovia Krakow	23	20.5	2149.8%	39±0%
16	D. Stojinović Full-back	Jagiellonia	26	20.2	20100%	348.7%
17	A. Kasperkiewicz Centre-back	Nieciecza	32	20.2	2029.4%	1937.5%
18	M. Gurgul Full-back	Lech Poznan	20	19.8	2026.4%	45±0%
19	W. Mońka Centre-back	Lech Poznan	19	19	1910.4%	40±0%
20	Kike Hermoso Full-back	Arka Gdynia	27	18.7	19679.2%	2834.1%
21	K. Piątkowski Full-back	Legia Warszawa	26	18.1	1848.3%	36±0%
22	J. Lewicki Full-back	Piast Gliwice	21	17.8	1827.3%	380.8%
23	M. Komenda Centre-back	Arka Gdynia	29	17.6	1883.3%	3533.3%
24	D. Gojny Centre-back	Arka Gdynia	32	17.5	18	17
25	E. Janža Full-back	Gornik Zabrze	33	16.8	1748.3%	18±0%
26	Pau Resta Centre-back	GKS Katowice	25	16.8	1731.1%	373.6%
27	M. Haglind-Sangré Centre-back	Wisla Plock	31	16.5	1730.7%	23±0%
28	O. Kakabadze Full-back	Cracovia Krakow	31	16.3	1616.4%	16±0%
29	Carlos Isaac Centre-back	Widzew Łódź	28	16.2	1655.1%	2360.3%
30	P. Wiśniewski Centre-back	Widzew Łódź	28	15.8	163.3%	2439.3%
31	Z. Ouattara Full-back	Radomiak Radom	26	15.8	1618.1%	352.6%
32	G. Henriksson Full-back	Cracovia Krakow	28	15.8	1663.8%	29±0%
33	Mario García Full-back	Widzew Łódź	23	15.6	1616.4%	3444.8%
34	M. Krajewski Full-back	Widzew Łódź	22	15.3	1533.8%	38±0%
35	B. Kłudka Centre-back	Lechia Gdansk	24	14.7	1514.8%	332.4%
36	B. Kopacz Centre-back	Nieciecza	34	14.4	14148.3%	101.9%
37	M. Kamiński Centre-back	Wisla Plock	34	14.2	1427.2%	16±0%
38	J. Czerwiński Centre-back	Piast Gliwice	35	14	142.2%	10±0%
39	B. Bereszyński Centre-back	Motor Lublin	34	13.9	1430.2%	842.9%
40	M. Rodin Full-back	Lechia Gdansk	30	13.6	1446.9%	2215.3%
41	K. Szcześniak Centre-back	Radomiak Radom	25	13.5	1417.4%	324.8%
42	Robert Deziel Centre-back	Legia Warszawa	20	13.5	14	39
43	M. Nalepa Full-back	Zaglebie Lubin	33	13.4	1370%	16±0%
44	M. Bartoš Centre-back	Motor Lublin	30	13.4	1329.1%	2413.6%
45	E. Twumasi Full-back	Piast Gliwice	29	13.2	1329%	24±0%
46	P. Stojanović Full-back	Legia Warszawa	31	12.4	1232.6%	1855%
47	A. Mosór Centre-back	Korona Kielce	23	11.9	1221.4%	334.1%
48	D. Zator Centre-back	Arka Gdynia	32	11.7	12185.4%	1615.8%
49	S. Kapuadi Full-back	Widzew Łódź	28	10.7	1160.1%	284.8%
50	N. Wojtuszek Centre-back	Jagiellonia	25	10	1076.5%	402.6%