Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in 1. Lig

The best defensive defenders in 1. Lig, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Yiğit Fidan of Pendikspor is the standout for raw talent across defenders in 1. Lig, with a Field Insider Rating of 42, and O. Ovacıklı has been the form player this season, grading 60.7, and I. Tarim leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: G. Giorbelidze has improved his Season rating most, up +43.9 on last season, while L. Skvortsov's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +6.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Y. Kırtay of Erzurumspor FK is the most valuable name in this group at 10.5.

Serik Spor · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

G. Giorbelidze+43.9SsN

Erzurumspor FK · 22/23→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	O. Ovacıklı Full-back	Erzurumspor FK	37	60.7	61	13
2	G. Giorbelidze Full-back	Erzurumspor FK	30	58.9	59292.7%	2613.9%
3	Yiğit Fidan Centre-back	Pendikspor	21	49.3	49	42
4	A. Nukan Centre-back	Bandırmaspor	33	49.2	49368.6%	1743.1%
5	Y. Kırtay Centre-back	Erzurumspor FK	23	48.4	48	42
6	V. Soldo Centre-back	Pendikspor	28	46.3	46	32
7	M. Yumlu Centre-back	Erzurumspor FK	38	44.8	45116.4%	1048.9%
8	M. Mert Centre-back	Sarıyer	27	42.2	421355.2%	3312.4%
9	Enes Aydın Full-back	Bandırmaspor	22	42	42	39
10	M. Yeşil Centre-back	Amed	28	41.8	42104.9%	3326.6%
11	A. Karapo Full-back	Manisa F.K.	22	41.7	426850%	411%
12	A. Aytemur Centre-back	Bodrum FK	30	39.5	409%	2433.2%
13	M. Uçar Full-back	Amed	35	39.4	39115.3%	1742.9%
14	C. Şen Full-back	Bodrum FK	25	38.4	3820.2%	3918%
15	B. İşçiler Full-back	Serik Spor	31	37.9	38	20
16	M. Albayrak Full-back	Bandırmaspor	35	37.6	381780%	1340.6%
17	E. Kaş Full-back	Çorum FK	34	37	376066.7%	1539.3%
18	A. Ajeti Centre-back	Bodrum FK	32	35.4	3521.7%	2030.6%
19	A. Gerxhaliu Centre-back	Erzurumspor FK	24	34.8	35510.5%	394%
20	O. Imeri Full-back	Bodrum FK	26	34.6	35540.7%	3515.3%
21	F. Doğan Full-back	Pendikspor	24	34.4	34	39
22	U. Erdem Full-back	Manisa F.K.	22	33.5	34	39
23	Y. Talum Full-back	Manisa F.K.	24	33.2	33	416.8%
24	Sabahattin Destici Full-back	Vanspor FK	26	31.6	32	34
25	U. Çiftçi Full-back	Sivasspor	34	31.5	3212%	1342.9%
26	H. Bilazer Full-back	Esenler Erokspor	31	31.2	31352.2%	2122.7%
27	Ö. Bayram Full-back	Sarıyer	35	31.1	31288.8%	1246.1%
28	O. Erdoğan Centre-back	Sivasspor	27	31	3161.5%	3129.5%
29	A. Dere Full-back	Keçiörengücü	33	30.9	31	17
30	Ü. Ergün Full-back	Çorum FK	33	30.5	317.4%	1530.8%
31	B. Sülüngöz Centre-back	Pendikspor	30	30	30229.7%	2136%
32	M. Paluli Full-back	Sivasspor	31	29.9	3039.7%	2135.1%
33	T. Glumac Centre-back	Ümraniyespor	35	29.5	3070.5%	1343.4%
34	A. Şengül Centre-back	Çorum FK	27	29.3	29	33
35	K. Alıcı Full-back	Bandırmaspor	29	28.7	2999.3%	2811.5%
36	R. Berişbek Centre-back	Bandırmaspor	27	28.6	29333.3%	2927.2%
37	J. Attamah Centre-back	Çorum FK	32	28.2	285.6%	1838.1%
38	F. Nzaba Centre-back	Esenler Erokspor	24	27.4	2713600%	402.4%
39	M. Yılmaz Full-back	Bodrum FK	27	27.4	27188.4%	3026.4%
40	A. Martynov Centre-back	Serik Spor	22	27.2	27	39
41	A. Appindangoyé Centre-back	Sivasspor	34	26.9	274.3%	1448.1%
42	O. Çalışkan Centre-back	Keçiörengücü	23	26.7	27	42
43	C. Hérelle Centre-back	Manisa F.K.	33	26.4	26127.6%	1517.6%
44	S. Yavuz Full-back	Sakaryaspor	29	26.1	26	27
45	S. Kitsiou Full-back	Pendikspor	32	25.3	259.1%	1549%
46	C. Karayel Full-back	Sarıyer	31	24.9	25388.2%	1736%
47	D. Cavaré Centre-back	Esenler Erokspor	31	24.5	25	18
48	C. Osmanpaşa Centre-back	Sarıyer	38	24.2	2423.7%	853%
49	P. Djilobodji Centre-back	Sarıyer	37	23.5	2435.6%	760.7%
50	G. Kaya Attacking midfielder	Iğdır FK	30	23.3	2319.7%	2532.9%