Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Premier League 25/26

The best defensive players in Premier League in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Roger Fernandes of Al Ittihad is the standout for raw talent across players in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 61.3, and Amer Amer has been the form player this season, grading 72.1, and Ahmed Yasser Rayan leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Bentayg has improved his Season rating most, up +44 on last season, while M. Doumbia's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +2.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Bakrar of Al Ahly is the most valuable name in this group at 8.6.

Best talent

Roger Fernandes61.3RTG

Al Ittihad · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

M. Bentayg+44SsN

Zamalek SC · 23/24→25/26

Top scorer

Ahmed Yasser Rayan13goals

National Bank of Egypt

Most valuable

M. Bakrar8.6val

Al Ahly

50 players · ranked by best defendersCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Yehia Zakaria Full-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	24	61.4	61	37
2	Ahmed Shousha Centre-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	32	58.6	59	20
3	Ahmed El Aash Centre-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	28	58.3	58	29
4	M. Bentayg Full-back	Zamalek SC	26	57.3	57330.8%	3733.4%
5	Ahmed Sabeha Centre-back	Enppi	26	45.9	46	34
6	Saber El Shimi Centre-back	El Gouna FC	33	45.4	45	15
7	Marwan Dawoud Full-back	Enppi	28	41	41	28
8	Khaled Mohamed Awad Full-back	Pyramids FC	23	40.4	40	39
9	Abdel Gawad Taalab Full-back	El Gouna FC	24	39.3	39	36
10	Mohamed Fathallah Centre-back	El Geish	33	38	38	15
11	Ahmed Alaa Eldin Centre-back	El Geish	32	38	38	17
12	Ali Fawzi Full-back	Future FC	34	37.9	38	14
13	Ragab Nabil Centre-back	Ceramica Cleopatra	33	37.7	38	16
14	Ahmed Khalil Kalousha Centre-back	Enppi	28	36.7	37	29
15	Mohamed Hany Full-back	Al Ahly	30	36.7	37	25
16	Ahmed Samy Centre-back	Pyramids FC	34	35	35	14
17	M. Chibi Full-back	Pyramids FC	33	34.9	35	16
18	Omar Gaber Centre-back	Zamalek SC	34	33.4	33	11
19	Khaled Ahmed Full-back	El Gouna FC	23	33	33	37
20	Karim El Deeb Full-back	Petrojet	31	32.4	32	17
21	Ahmed Abdel Rasoul Centre-back	Smouha SC	30	31.4	31	23
22	Mahmoud Hamdi El Wensh Centre-back	Zamalek SC	31	31.4	31	18
23	Mohamed Rabia Centre-back	Masr	30	30.1	30	22
24	Ahmed Hany Full-back	Ceramica Cleopatra	29	30	30	24
25	M. Ismail Centre-back	Zamalek SC	26	29.7	30	31
26	Mahmoud Shedid Kenawi Full-back	Petrojet	35	29.6	30	14
27	Karim El Eraki Full-back	AL Masry	28	28.7	29	25
28	Ibrahim Abdel Hakeem Centre-back	Haras El Hodood	23	28.6	29	38
29	B. Ndiaye Centre-back	Pharco	21	28.6	29	38
30	Khaled Sobhy Centre-back	AL Masry	31	28.4	28	19
31	Yasser Ibrahim Centre-back	Al Ahly	33	27.9	28	14
32	Mohamed Hamed Centre-back	El Mokawloon	32	27.5	28	17
33	Amro Tarek Full-back	El Geish	34	26.6	2735.7%	1153.9%
34	Ahmed Tarek Centre-back	Masr	25	26.4	26	36
35	A. Maxsø Centre-back	Al Ittihad	32	26	2614.5%	2317.9%
36	Mahmoud Marei Centre-back	Pyramids FC	28	25.6	26	27
37	Amr El Saadawy Full-back	AL Masry	29	25.2	25	24
38	Mostafa Ibrahim Centre-back	Al Ittihad	26	24.6	25	32
39	Yassin Marei Centre-back	Al Ahly	24	24.2	24	38
40	Moaz Mosaad Centre-back	Pharco	23	24	24	36
41	Ahmed Meteb Full-back	National Bank of Egypt	29	23.6	24	23
42	Mohamed Nasr Centre-back	National Bank of Egypt	26	23.4	23	31
43	Ahmed Abou El Fotouh Full-back	Zamalek SC	28	23.4	23	26
44	J. Ochaya Full-back	El Mokawloon	32	23	23	15
45	Barakat Haggag Centre-back	Petrojet	28	22.8	23	26
46	Shady Maher Full-back	Wadi Degla	29	22.8	23	23
47	Tawfik Mohamed Full-back	Petrojet	2025	22.7	23	20
48	Ali Elfeel Centre-back	Future FC	35	22.6	23	11
49	Mostafa Adel Full-back	National Bank of Egypt	27	22.5	23	28
50	A. Gouda Centre-back	Al Ittihad	22	22.2	22	52