Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Super League

The best defensive defenders in Super League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Zanotti of FC Lugano is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Super League, with a Field Insider Rating of 47.7, and K. Hajrizi has been the form player this season, grading 67.1, and Genís Montolio leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Papadopoulos has improved his Season rating most, up +33.3 on last season, while T. Bergvall's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +5.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. Hefti of FC Sion is the most valuable name in this group at 14.6.

Lausanne · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

A. Papadopoulos+33.3SsN

FC Lugano · 23/24→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	K. Hajrizi Centre-back	FC Sion	27	67.1	675491.7%	3937.5%
2	N. Lavanchy Full-back	FC Sion	32	58.3	58	24
3	N. Hefti Full-back	FC Sion	26	50.9	51	45
4	J. Kronig Centre-back	FC Sion	26	44.5	45	43
5	M. Zanotti Defensive midfielder	FC Lugano	23	41.4	41	4830.4%
6	L. Mai Centre-back	FC Lugano	26	41.4	41157.1%	4129.5%
7	A. Papadopoulos Full-back	FC Lugano	26	40.6	41456.2%	448.1%
8	K. Mouanga Centre-back	Lausanne	26	38.9	39121%	4027%
9	J. Stanić Centre-back	FC ST. Gallen	27	37.7	38173.2%	397.2%
10	B. Freimann Centre-back	FC Luzern	20	37.2	37	47
11	D. Schmid Full-back	FC Basel 1893	28	35.7	36	37
12	J. Bamert Centre-back	FC Thun	28	35	35	34
13	G. Wüthrich Centre-back	BSC Young Boys	31	32.5	33	22
14	L. Benito Centre-back	BSC Young Boys	34	32.5	3332400%	1649.7%
15	M. Heule Full-back	FC Thun	25	32.3	32	47
16	A. Bajrami Centre-back	FC Luzern	24	28.8	29238.8%	440.9%
17	B. Mazikou Full-back	Servette FC	30	28.5	2939.7%	2616%
18	B. Soppy Full-back	Lausanne	24	26	26390.6%	4417.9%
19	S. Rouiller Centre-back	Servette FC	36	25.8	26	16
20	T. Gaal Full-back	FC ST. Gallen	25	25.5	266.3%	4523.4%
21	N. Vouilloz Centre-back	FC Basel 1893	25	25.4	25	43
22	F. Daniliuc Centre-back	FC Basel 1893	25	25	25138.1%	4336.7%
23	D. Abels Full-back	Grasshoppers	29	24.7	256.4%	2855.9%
24	K. Sow Centre-back	Lausanne	23	23.2	23	43
25	Martim Marques Full-back	FC Lugano	22	22.2	22	45
26	Genís Montolio Centre-back	FC Thun	30	21.3	21	26
27	M. Poaty Full-back	Lausanne	29	19.3	1911.9%	2635.8%
28	K. Tsunemoto Full-back	FC Basel 1893	27	19.1	1926.3%	3331.1%
29	M. Bürki Centre-back	FC Thun	33	18.9	19	19
30	K. Rüegg Full-back	FC Basel 1893	28	18.5	193600%	2956%
31	S. Knežević Centre-back	FC Luzern	29	18.4	18132.9%	2739.9%
32	F. Fehr Full-back	FC Thun	26	17.7	18	42
33	R. Arnold Centre-back	FC Winterthur	29	17.3	17	26
34	L. Kamberi Centre-back	FC Zurich	26	16.8	17	38
35	M. Ngom Centre-back	Grasshoppers	26	16.5	17	33
36	H. Delcroix Full-back	FC Lugano	27	16.4	16152.3%	3242.1%
37	R. Fernandes Full-back	FC Luzern	23	16.3	16	42
38	M. Burch Centre-back	Servette FC	25	16.2	16315.4%	388.6%
39	J. Adjetey Centre-back	FC Basel 1893	22	15.6	16	41
40	S. Ottiger Full-back	FC Luzern	23	15.1	15	39
41	S. Janko Full-back	BSC Young Boys	30	15.1	1515.3%	2360.9%
42	L. Comenencia Defensive midfielder	FC Zurich	22	14.8	157300%	3911.1%
43	J. Hadjam Full-back	BSC Young Boys	23	14.4	14526.1%	4330.1%
44	L. Mikulic Full-back	Grasshoppers	20	14.1	14	39
45	A. Durrer Full-back	FC Winterthur	25	13.9	14	36
46	David Vujević Centre-back	FC Zurich	19	13.8	14	41
47	D. Bronn Full-back	Servette FC	31	12.9	1332.1%	1851.9%
48	E. Alioski Defensive midfielder	FC Lugano	34	12.4	1231.9%	1053.7%
49	B. Okoh Centre-back	Lausanne	23	11.9	12	38
50	Houboulang Mendes Full-back	Servette FC	28	11.8	1276.6%	2850.2%