Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Liga I 25/26

The best defensive defenders in Liga I in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

P. Ouaneh of Uta Arad is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Liga I, with a Field Insider Rating of 47, and O. Romanchuk has been the form player this season, grading 50.2, and D. Pospelov leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: O. Romanchuk has improved his Season rating most, up +21.7 on last season, while P. Ouaneh's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +1.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, O. Romanchuk of Universitatea Craiova is the most valuable name in this group at 6.8.

Universitatea Craiova

Rising potential

P. Ouaneh+1.3RTG

Uta Arad · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

O. Romanchuk+21.7SsN

Universitatea Craiova · 24/25→25/26

Universitatea Craiova

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	Player	Team
1	O. Romanchuk Full-back	Universitatea Craiova	26	50.2	5076.1%	3317.2%
2	M. Tudose Centre-back	Arges Pitesti	21	49.6	50	37
3	L. Sadriu Full-back	Arges Pitesti	25	48.2	48	33
4	M. Zhelev Full-back	Oţelul	34	45.2	45	14
5	D. Oancea Full-back	Arges Pitesti	29	39.6	40	22
6	D. Mikanović Full-back	Universitatea Cluj	32	39.3	39	17
7	M. Camora Full-back	CFR 1907 Cluj	39	35.9	36	10
8	F. Borţa Full-back	Arges Pitesti	27	35.2	35	26
9	N. Stoioanov Centre-back	Dinamo Bucuresti	21	34.6	35	38
10	A. Rus Centre-back	Universitatea Craiova	30	34	3496.5%	2053.1%
11	A. Miron Centre-back	FC Botosani	32	31.7	32	19
12	F. Poulolo Centre-back	Universitatea Cluj	29	31	31	25
13	C. Petro Defensive midfielder	FC Botosani	25	30.7	31	35
14	S. Sinyan Centre-back	CFR 1907 Cluj	30	30.5	31125.9%	2214.9%
15	L. Kramer Centre-back	Rapid	27	28.2	286.4%	2737.2%
16	D. Pospelov Centre-back	Uta Arad	34	26.9	27161.2%	1332.1%
17	A. Dorobanțu Full-back	Uta Arad	21	26.7	27	36
18	P. Iacob Centre-back	Oţelul	30	26.4	26	20
19	A. Pașcanu Centre-back	Rapid	27	26.3	2622.4%	2855.5%
20	M. Țuțu Full-back	Petrolul Ploiesti	22	25.9	26	36
21	R. Radunović Full-back	FCSB	34	25.5	26	12
22	L. Pászka Full-back	Csikszereda	30	25.2	25	22
23	Guilherme Garutti Centre-back	Arges Pitesti	32	24.2	24	12
24	J. Cissé Centre-back	Universitatea Cluj	29	22.9	23	21
25	Heriberto Tavares Attacking midfielder	Universitatea Craiova	29	22.7	23114.2%	2452%
26	P. Ouaneh Centre-back	Uta Arad	28	22.7	23138.9%	472.8%
27	S. Alomeroviс Full-back	Uta Arad	29	22.3	22	23
28	V. Crețu Full-back	FCSB	37	22.1	22	7
29	C. Ganea Full-back	Farul Constanta	34	21.6	22208.6%	1228.1%
30	A. Țigănașu Centre-back	FC Botosani	36	20.5	21	9
31	Né Lopes Centre-back	Oţelul	26	20.2	20104%	2842%
32	C. Manea Full-back	Rapid	29	20.2	20	21
33	I. Larie Centre-back	Farul Constanta	39	20.2	20	10
34	R. Onea Full-back	Rapid	28	20.1	20	24
35	J. Hegedűs Centre-back	Csikszereda	29	20	20	22
36	R. Creţ Full-back	FC Botosani	20	19.7	20	34
37	R. Palmeş Centre-back	Csikszereda	30	19.6	20	21
38	N. Stevanović Centre-back	Universitatea Craiova	27	19.4	19295.9%	2629%
39	D. Diaw Centre-back	FC Botosani	31	19.4	1959.6%	1765.2%
40	D. Şerbănică Full-back	Unirea Slobozia	30	18.9	19	19
41	T. Căpușă Full-back	Petrolul Ploiesti	28	18.4	18	26
42	I. Stoica Centre-back	AFC Hermannstadt	38	18.1	18	7
43	S. Balaure Central midfielder	Arges Pitesti	30	17.8	18	16
44	O. Safronov Full-back	Unirea Slobozia	27	17.8	1827.9%	2636.5%
45	D. Codrea Defensive midfielder	Universitatea Cluj	29	17.2	17	21
46	D. Ciobotariu Centre-back	Rapid	28	17.1	17	23
47	N. Ilaș Centre-back	FC Botosani	19	16.8	17	34
48	A. Abeid Full-back	CFR 1907 Cluj	28	16.7	1740.3%	2354.8%
49	R. Trif Full-back	Csikszereda	28	16.4	16	22
50	A. Mărginean Central midfielder	Dinamo Bucuresti	25	16.3	16676.2%	3138.8%