Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Championship 26/27

The best defensive players in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Morgan of West Brom is the standout for raw talent across players in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 83.1, and C. Ward has been the form player this season, grading 74.6, and P. Agyemang leads the scoring with 10 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Crama has improved his Season rating most, up +40.9 on last season, while J. Morgan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +52.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Crama of Millwall is the most valuable name in this group at 47.8.

West Brom · 24/25→25/26

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Millwall · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	T. Crama Full-back	Millwall	24	62.2	62192%	7973.3%
2	J. Cooper Full-back	Millwall	31	52.7	53±0%	42±0%
3	S. Welsh Centre-back	Swansea	26	48.2	4813.4%	43±0%
4	N. Phillips Centre-back	West Brom	29	47.8	489.9%	6033.9%
5	M. Clarke Full-back	Derby	30	47.3	4753.6%	513.6%
6	C. Styles Full-back	West Brom	26	46.6	47±0%	61±0%
7	S. McLoughlin Centre-back	Blackburn	29	45.5	46±0%	47±0%
8	L. Jones Centre-back	Charlton	31	44.8	45±0%	43±0%
9	Xu Bin Defensive midfielder	Wolves	22	44.3	44	33
10	C. Hughes Centre-back	Hull City	22	43.2	43145.5%	7211.9%
11	J. Tanganga Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	27	41.2	41±0%	59±0%
12	G. Konan Full-back	Wolves	30	40.7	41	39
13	C. Taylor Full-back	Millwall	23	39.3	39±0%	69±0%
14	C. Burgess Centre-back	Swansea	30	39.3	39346.6%	4516.9%
15	F. Lissah Full-back	Swansea	21	38.7	3913.5%	49±0%
16	C. Brittain Full-back	Middlesbrough	28	37.4	37±0%	57±0%
17	G. Campbell Centre-back	West Brom	25	37.2	379.4%	662.5%
18	Zak Norton Sturge Full-back	Millwall	22	36.3	36±0%	70±0%
19	K. Ramsay Centre-back	Charlton	25	36	3625.3%	6329.2%
20	L. Herrington Centre-back	Hull City	19	35.6	36204.3%	48163%
21	J. Tymon Full-back	Swansea	27	35	354.8%	630.6%
22	R. Manning Full-back	Southampton	30	34.9	35±0%	46±0%
23	A. Reach Centre-back	Lincoln	33	34.7	35±0%	190.5%
24	K. Mavropanos Centre-back	West Ham	28	34.3	34±0%	60±0%
25	S. Sambo Centre-back	Burnley	25	33.9	348375%	617.6%
26	A. Malanda Centre-back	Middlesbrough	24	33.9	3424.3%	460.9%
27	D. Hyam Centre-back	Wrexham	30	33.8	34±0%	45±0%
28	R. Dickie Centre-back	Bristol City	30	32.5	33±0%	38±0%
29	J. Ngakia Full-back	Watford	26	31.7	323.3%	642.9%
30	C. Doyle Centre-back	Wrexham	23	31.3	31±0%	711.7%
31	R. Alebiosu Full-back	Blackburn	24	31.2	31±0%	68±0%
32	C. Klarer Centre-back	Birmingham	26	31	31±0%	65±0%
33	J. Bree Full-back	Southampton	28	30.8	31±0%	54±0%
34	L. Miller Full-back	Blackburn	26	30.1	3024.4%	5924.4%
35	L. Bombino Full-back	Stoke City	20	29.8	3032.6%	439.6%
36	B. Wilmot Centre-back	Stoke City	26	26.5	27±0%	59±0%
37	P. Neumann Centre-back	Birmingham	29	24.3	24±0%	44±0%
38	E. Bocat Full-back	Stoke City	27	23.4	23±0%	49±0%
39	S. Langås Centre-back	Derby	25	22.7	23±0%	63±0%
40	J. Córdoba Full-back	Norwich	25	20.9	21±0%	63±0%
41	M. Pollock Centre-back	Watford	25	19.4	19±0%	652.7%
42	A. Doughty Full-back	Millwall	26	18.9	1937%	585.7%
43	C. Taylor Centre-back	Derby	33	18.6	19±0%	2428.9%
44	C. Ogilvie Centre-back	Portsmouth	30	18.4	1841.8%	3731.9%
45	A. Cresswell Full-back	Stoke City	36	18.2	18111.6%	1912.8%
46	J. Bolton Centre-back	Bolton	32	16	1650.5%	1246.3%
47	H. Clarke Centre-back	Preston	25	15.5	16±0%	637.9%
48	M. Kilman Centre-back	West Ham	29	14.9	15±0%	47±0%
49	K. Keben Full-back	Watford	22	13.9	14±0%	64±0%
50	J. Robinson Full-back	Birmingham	33	13.4	1373.9%	2343.1%