Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Premier League

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

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At a glance

Juan Alvina of Zamalek SC is the standout for raw talent across players in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 41.8, 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. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Hossam Abdelmaguid of Zamalek SC is the most valuable name in this group at 8.9.

Wadi Degla · 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

Hossam Abdelmaguid8.9val

Zamalek SC

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	Hossam Abdelmaguid Centre-back	Zamalek SC	25	56	56	41
6	Abdelrahim Amoory Full-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	27	54	54	29
7	Ahmed Sabeha Centre-back	Enppi	26	45.9	46	34
8	Saber El Shimi Centre-back	El Gouna FC	33	45.4	45	15
9	Marwan Dawoud Full-back	Enppi	28	41	41	28
10	Khaled Mohamed Awad Full-back	El Geish	23	40.4	40	38
11	Abdel Gawad Taalab Full-back	El Gouna FC	24	39.3	39	36
12	Ahmed Alaa Eldin Centre-back	El Geish	32	38	38	17
13	Mohamed Fathallah Centre-back	El Geish	33	38	38	15
14	Ali Fawzi Full-back	Future FC	34	37.9	38	14
15	Ragab Nabil Centre-back	Ceramica Cleopatra	33	37.7	38	16
16	Ahmed Khalil Kalousha Centre-back	Enppi	28	36.7	37	29
17	Mohamed Hany Full-back	Al Ahly	30	36.7	37	25
18	Ahmed Samy Centre-back	Pyramids FC	34	35	35	14
19	M. Chibi Full-back	Pyramids FC	33	34.9	35	16
20	Omar Gaber Centre-back	Zamalek SC	34	33.4	33	11
21	Khaled Ahmed Full-back	El Gouna FC	23	33	33	37
22	Karim El Deeb Full-back	Al Ittihad	31	32.4	32	17
23	Mahmoud Rezk Centre-back	Future FC	32	32.4	32	17
24	Ahmed Abdel Rasoul Centre-back	El Gouna FC	30	31.4	31	21
25	Mahmoud Hamdi El Wensh Centre-back	Zamalek SC	31	31.4	31	18
26	Mohamed Rabia Centre-back	Masr	30	30.1	30	22
27	Ahmed Hany Full-back	Ceramica Cleopatra	29	30	30	24
28	M. Ismail Centre-back	Zamalek SC	26	29.7	30	31
29	Mahmoud Shedid Kenawi Full-back	Petrojet	35	29.6	30	14
30	Saad Samir Centre-back	Ceramica Cleopatra	37	28.8	29	8
31	Karim El Eraki Full-back	AL Masry	28	28.7	29	25
32	Ibrahim Abdel Hakeem Centre-back	Haras El Hodood	23	28.6	29	38
33	B. Ndiaye Centre-back	Pharco	21	28.6	29	38
34	Khaled Sobhy Centre-back	AL Masry	31	28.4	28	19
35	Yasser Ibrahim Centre-back	Al Ahly	33	27.9	28	14
36	Mohamed Hamed Centre-back	El Mokawloon	32	27.5	28	17
37	S. Touka Centre-back	Wadi Degla	35	26.7	27	12
38	Amro Tarek Full-back	El Geish	34	26.6	2735.7%	1153.9%
39	Ahmed Tarek Centre-back	Masr	25	26.4	26	36
40	Mahmoud Marei Centre-back	Pyramids FC	28	25.6	26	27
41	Amr El Saadawy Full-back	AL Masry	29	25.2	25	24
42	Mostafa Ibrahim Centre-back	Al Ittihad	26	24.6	25	32
43	Yassin Marei Centre-back	Al Ahly	24	24.2	24	38
44	Moaz Mosaad Centre-back	Pharco	23	24	24	36
45	Ahmed Meteb Full-back	National Bank of Egypt	29	23.6	24	23
46	Ahmed Abou El Fotouh Full-back	Zamalek SC	28	23.4	23	26
47	Mohamed Nasr Centre-back	Ismaily SC	26	23.4	23	31
48	J. Ochaya Full-back	El Mokawloon	32	23	23	15
49	Barakat Haggag Centre-back	Petrojet	28	22.8	23	26
50	Shady Maher Full-back	Wadi Degla	29	22.8	23	23