Best Defensive defenders by Season Rating in Premier League 26/27
The best defensive defenders in Premier League in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
E. Kozik of Shakhtar Donetsk is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 38.5, and V. Kulbachuk leads the scoring with 1 goal.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: O. Syrota has improved his Season rating most, up +9.6 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, E. Kozik of Shakhtar Donetsk is the most valuable name in this group at 7.3.
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| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | E. KozikFull-back |  Shakhtar Donetsk | 23 | 23.8 | 24±0% | 392.1% |
| 2 | S. RepajCentre-back |  Epitsentr Dunayivtsi | 26 | 19.2 | 19 | 32 |
| 3 | Nil CochCentre-back | Epitsentr Dunayivtsi | 28 | 17.1 | 17±0% | 25±0% |
| 4 | O. KlymetsCentre-back | Epitsentr Dunayivtsi | 26 | 16.3 | 16±0% | 31±0% |
| 5 | V. MorozCentre-back | Epitsentr Dunayivtsi | 25 | 14.3 | 14±0% | 343% |
| 6 | O. SyrotaCentre-back |  Dynamo Kyiv | 26 | 13.8 | 14228.6% | 378.2% |
| 7 | J. JonesCentre-back |  Kryvbas KR | 20 | 10.9 | 11 | 37 |
| 8 | K. VivcharenkoFull-back | Dynamo Kyiv | 24 | 8.2 | 820.6% | 373.3% |
| 9 | M. SerdyukCentre-back |  Kudrivka | 26 | 5 | 5 | 29 |
| 10 | P. PolehenkoCentre-back |  Obolon'-Brovar | 31 | 2.5 | 389.3% | 1734.8% |