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Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in First League 26/27

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

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At a glance

Y. Koledin of Nizhny Novgorod is the standout for raw talent across defenders in First League, with a Field Insider Rating of 29, and S. Karič has been the form player this season, grading 28.6, and Marcelo Alves leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Y. Koledin has improved his Season rating most, up +21 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Fariña of Nizhny Novgorod is the most valuable name in this group at 2.9.

Best talent
Y. Koledin29RTG
Nizhny Novgorod
In form
S. Karič28.6SsN
Nizhny Novgorod
Rising potential
Y. Koledin+2.9RTG
Nizhny Novgorod · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
Y. Koledin+21SsN
Nizhny Novgorod · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
Marcelo Alves2goals
FC Sochi
Most valuable
E. Fariña2.9val
Nizhny Novgorod
17 players · ranked by best defendersCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1S. KaričCentre-backNizhny Novgorod2828.62910.4%2219.7%
2Y. KoledinFull-backNizhny Novgorod2125.826437.5%2911.1%
3K. GotsukCentre-backArsenal Tula3425.22570.3%145.3%
4E. FariñaCentre-backNizhny Novgorod2524.22419.9%2614.6%
5N. KakkoevFull-backNizhny Novgorod2723.82417.1%2327.1%
6I. KalininCentre-backFC Sochi3022.8239.1%235.9%
7A. SoldatenkovCentre-backFC Sochi2921.62218.7%1928%
8V. LitvinovCentre-backFC Sochi2521.1219.3%27±0%
9R. EvgenjevCentre-backNizhny Novgorod2719.31969.3%2515.7%
10V. AleksandrovCentre-backNizhny Novgorod2418.5196.6%2810.1%
11Marcelo AlvesCentre-backFC Sochi2816.617130.6%223.3%
12V. PigasFull-backNizhny Novgorod25131324
13R. MagalFull-backFC Sochi3511.51220.1%1013.6%
14K. ZaikaCentre-backFC Sochi3410.71149.3%1031.5%
15N. StojićCentre-backFC Sochi289.51019
16K. SavichevCentre-backSka-khabarovsk329.1972.9%1239.2%
17A. MakarchukFull-backFC Sochi307.4760.4%1524.9%