Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Premiership 26/27

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

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At a glance

E. Fernandez of Rangers is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 50.3, and P. McGinn has been the form player this season, grading 52.1, and C. Halkett leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: P. McGinn has improved his Season rating most, up +47.6 on last season, while O. Bevan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +8.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Fernandez of Rangers is the most valuable name in this group at 17.9.

Motherwell · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	P. McGinn Centre-back	Motherwell	35	52.1	521057.8%	1868.2%
2	C. Halkett Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	31	47.2	47191.4%	273.1%
3	E. Fernandez Centre-back	Rangers	24	31.5	32±0%	50±0%
4	A. Gogić Full-back	ST Mirren	32	29.5	30±0%	22±0%
5	J. Kerr Centre-back	Hibernian	29	29.3	29±0%	313.3%
6	O. Bevan Centre-back	Dundee	22	29.3	29171.3%	5020.3%
7	R. Astley Full-back	Dundee	25	28.7	29±0%	482.6%
8	N. Guinness-Walker Full-back	Aberdeen	26	26.7	27±0%	434.1%
9	K. Adams Full-back	Falkirk	24	25.5	26	45
10	R. Bushiri Centre-back	Hibernian	26	23.6	2416.3%	4313%
11	M. Moormann Centre-back	Motherwell	25	23.4	232.2%	4416.2%
12	J. Souttar Centre-back	Rangers	30	21.9	2225.5%	3121.2%
13	N. Devlin Centre-back	Aberdeen	32	21.4	216.1%	2029.7%
14	R. King Centre-back	ST Mirren	24	20.6	21	43
15	A. Ralston Centre-back	Celtic	27	19	191.6%	3521.8%
16	O. Makhanya Centre-back	Rangers	22	18.1	1858.8%	425.8%
17	B. Esselink Centre-back	Dundee Utd	27	16.2	16±0%	35±0%
18	R. Graham Centre-back	Dundee Utd	25	15.6	1610.6%	436.4%
19	C. Cadden Centre-back	Aberdeen	30	14.8	15±0%	2713.2%
20	G. Stanger Centre-back	Kilmarnock	26	13.5	14±0%	38±0%
21	C. Montaño Full-back	Livingston	34	12.2	1235.6%	1331.9%
22	A. Forrester Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	21	12.1	12	49
23	D. Wilson Centre-back	Livingston	34	11.9	1255.6%	1631%
24	R. McGowan Centre-back	Livingston	37	11.2	1164%	950.8%
25	M. Forbes Centre-back	Dundee Utd	22	10.8	11±0%	455.1%
26	R. Strain Full-back	Falkirk	29	10.6	11±0%	271.1%
27	M. Schjønning-Larsen Full-back	Kilmarnock	25	10	10±0%	40±0%
28	M. Frame Full-back	Aberdeen	20	8.9	9	46
29	Brooklyn Kabongolo Centre-back	Livingston	23	7.4	7	41
30	A. Montgomery Full-back	Livingston	24	6.3	6530%	419.9%
31	C. Kerr Centre-back	Livingston	31	4.6	586.4%	1960%
32	S. Harding Centre-back	Dunfermline	20	4.5	5	42