Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in La Liga 26/27

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

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At a glance

Q. Hartman of Espanyol is the standout for raw talent across defenders in La Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.9, and Diego Murillo has been the form player this season, grading 44.1, and C. Romero leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Diego Murillo has improved his Season rating most, up +32.8 on last season, while Q. Hartman's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +23.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Raúl Asencio of Real Madrid is the most valuable name in this group at 96.9.

Espanyol · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Diego Murillo+32.8SsN

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	Player	Team
1	Diego Murillo Centre-back	Malaga	25	44.1	44290.3%	6719.6%
2	Manu Sánchez Full-back	Celta Vigo	26	38.7	39±0%	8111.3%
3	L. Cabrera Centre-back	Espanyol	35	37.4	37±0%	33±0%
4	C. Romero Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	28	34.1	34±0%	59±0%
5	Alejandro Balde Full-back	Barcelona	22	32.3	3221%	848.6%
6	Pau Navarro Centre-back	Villarreal	21	32	32210.7%	848.4%
7	Fernando Calero Centre-back	Malaga	31	31.6	32125.7%	503.5%
8	Diego Rico Centre-back	Osasuna	33	31.5	32±0%	3116.7%
9	Sergi Cardona Full-back	Villarreal	27	29.8	30±0%	68±0%
10	K. Kita Centre-back	Real Sociedad	20	29.3	29±0%	696.3%
11	Raúl Asencio Centre-back	Real Madrid	23	27.1	273.6%	803.9%
12	J. Báez Centre-back	Barcelona	36	26.6	2719.4%	1249.6%
13	F. Boyomo Full-back	Osasuna	24	26.2	26±0%	77±0%
14	Dani Vivian Centre-back	Athletic Club	27	25.7	2649.4%	6622.4%
15	Copete Centre-back	Valencia	26	23.8	2411.2%	687.8%
16	Éder Militão Full-back	Real Madrid	28	23.8	2422.7%	5515.4%
17	Dani Barcia Centre-back	Deportivo La Coruna	23	23.3	2392.6%	647.2%
18	G. Tsitaishvili Full-back	Rayo Vallecano	25	20.6	21±0%	740.7%
19	Q. Hartman Full-back	Espanyol	24	20.4	20±0%	8813.3%
20	Matia Barzic Gutiérrez Centre-back	Elche	22	20	2026.6%	669.8%
21	R. Rodríguez Centre-back	Real Betis	34	18.7	1940.6%	2527.1%
22	Jon Pacheco Centre-back	Real Sociedad	25	18.6	19±0%	7911.7%
23	Arnau Comas Centre-back	Deportivo La Coruna	26	18	1865.1%	550.5%
24	Hugo Novoa Full-back	Alaves	23	13.9	14	643.8%
25	Gorosabel Full-back	Athletic Club	30	13.8	1460.5%	3939.3%
26	D. Foulquier Full-back	Valencia	33	10.9	1152%	2245.4%
27	L. Sosa Centre-back	Barcelona	32	9.7	10	20
28	Rubén Sánchez Full-back	Espanyol	25	9.5	10±0%	70±0%
29	John Nwankwo Centre-back	Elche	25	9.4	942.3%	666.6%
30	Marcão Centre-back	Sevilla	30	8	818.4%	3719.4%
31	Pablo Pérez Full-back	Atletico Madrid	25	7.8	8	61
32	Iker Córdoba Centre-back	Valencia	20	7.8	8±0%	649.3%
33	Juan Berrocal Centre-back	Getafe	27	7.1	7±0%	3625.7%
34	F. Garcés Centre-back	Alaves	27	6.8	712.8%	6010.1%
35	Dani Sánchez Full-back	Malaga	26	6.5	777.7%	5215.7%
36	R. Yeboah Full-back	Osasuna	22	6.5	7±0%	3721%
37	J. Perlaza Full-back	Barcelona	29	6.4	628%	360.8%