Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Championship 26/27

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

Best defensive goalkeepers in Championship Best defensive defenders in Championship Best defensive midfielders in Championship Best defensive attackers in Championship Best players in Championship Most in-form players in Championship

At a glance

T. Crama of Millwall is the standout for raw talent across players in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 78.7, and C. Ward has been the form player this season, grading 74.6, and D. Kanu leads the scoring with 15 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Kanu has improved his Season rating most, up +43.6 on last season, while T. Crama's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, F. Bilbija of Derby is the most valuable name in this group at 47.8.

Millwall · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

D. Kanu+43.6SsN

Charlton · 24/25→25/26

49 players · ranked by best defendersCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	T. Crama Full-back	Millwall	24	62.2	62192%	7973.3%
2	M. Clarke Full-back	Derby	29	47.3	4753.6%	513.6%
3	S. Bradley Centre-back	Lincoln	34	45.3	4560.6%	209.8%
4	Xu Bin Defensive midfielder	Wolves	22	44.3	44	33
5	C. Hughes Centre-back	Hull City	22	43.2	43145.5%	7211.9%
6	C. Burgess Centre-back	Swansea	30	39.3	39346.6%	4516.9%
7	L. Herrington Centre-back	Hull City	18	36.4	36211.1%	51184%
8	K. Ramsay Centre-back	Charlton	25	36	3625.3%	6329.2%
9	A. Ahmedhodžić Centre-back	Burnley	27	34	3444.2%	5817.3%
10	S. Sambo Centre-back	Burnley	25	33.9	348375%	617.6%
11	A. Phillips Centre-back	Middlesbrough	21	32.9	33±0%	733.9%
12	J. Ngakia Full-back	Watford	25	31.7	323.3%	642.9%
13	L. Miller Full-back	Blackburn	26	30.1	3024.4%	5924.4%
14	D. Fry Centre-back	Birmingham	28	23.5	2472.8%	506.3%
15	J. Tchamadeu Full-back	Stoke City	22	23.5	2428.4%	649.2%
16	S. Bueno Centre-back	Wolves	27	23	235.7%	6512.1%
17	S. Curtis Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	20	22.2	22204.1%	3321.1%
18	J. Todibo Centre-back	West Ham	26	21.3	2118.1%	6812.4%
19	L. Krejčí Centre-back	Wolves	27	21.3	2121.1%	6612.5%
20	Juan Larios Full-back	Southampton	22	20.6	21836.4%	5814.7%
21	C. Elder Full-back	Lincoln	31	20.4	209.3%	388.2%
22	C. Pring Centre-back	Bristol City	28	20.1	209.5%	4329.1%
23	A. Doughty Full-back	Millwall	26	18.9	1937%	585.7%
24	C. Ogilvie Centre-back	Portsmouth	30	18.4	1841.8%	3731.9%
25	A. Cresswell Full-back	Stoke City	36	18.2	18111.6%	1912.8%
26	N. Zätterström Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	21	15.7	1629%	3311.1%
27	N. Eile Centre-back	Bristol City	24	13.7	1443.9%	5932.1%
28	J. Robinson Full-back	Birmingham	32	13.4	1373.9%	2343.1%
29	A. Ahmed Full-back	Norwich	25	13.1	1318.1%	6460.9%
30	B. Johnson Full-back	Stoke City	26	13.1	13±0%	53±0%
31	D. Murkin Full-back	Derby	27	12.7	1346.2%	5019%
32	H. Ekdal Centre-back	Burnley	27	12	1227.7%	592.4%
33	D. Scarr Full-back	Wrexham	31	11.8	1237.9%	286.1%
34	Kieran Morgan Full-back	QPR	20	11.8	120.9%	653.6%
35	C. Christie Full-back	Bolton	33	11.1	11282.8%	1245.3%
36	J. Medić Full-back	Norwich	27	10.5	1140.7%	4826.9%
37	L. Morrison Centre-back	QPR	23	10.5	113.7%	585.7%
38	R. Burke Centre-back	Charlton	29	10.3	1015.7%	3421.1%
39	J. Quarshie Centre-back	Southampton	22	9.1	91720%	6221%
40	A. Jackson Centre-back	Lincoln	32	9.1	964%	1541.2%
41	K. Casey Centre-back	West Ham	21	8.4	8	43
42	Travis Akomeah Centre-back	Watford	20	7.6	8	29
43	S. Wharton Centre-back	Blackburn	28	7.6	862.7%	3834.8%
44	João Henrique Full-back	QPR	20	7.6	87500%	626.9%
45	A. Tuanzebe Centre-back	Burnley	28	7.4	739.8%	5023.7%
46	D. Batth Centre-back	Millwall	35	7.1	780.5%	1254.4%
47	H. Matthews Centre-back	Portsmouth	22	7	7133.3%	57±0%
48	George Christopher John Pratt Full-back	Blackburn	22	6.7	7	59
49	M. Doherty Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	34	6.3	675.1%	1556.4%