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

I. Kaboré of Wrexham is the standout for raw talent across players in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 85, 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, T. Crama of Millwall 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

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	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	35	45.3	45±0%	20±0%
4	Xu Bin Defensive midfielder	Wolves	22	44.3	44	33
5	C. Burgess Centre-back	Swansea	30	39.3	39346.6%	4516.9%
6	K. Ramsay Centre-back	Charlton	25	36	3625.3%	6329.2%
7	S. Sambo Centre-back	Burnley	25	33.9	348375%	617.6%
8	A. Phillips Centre-back	Middlesbrough	21	32.9	33±0%	733.3%
9	J. Ngakia Full-back	Watford	26	31.7	323.3%	642.9%
10	W. Fish Centre-back	Cardiff	23	31.3	31179.5%	4918.2%
11	L. Miller Full-back	Blackburn	26	30.1	3024.4%	5924.4%
12	D. Lawlor Full-back	Cardiff	20	28.8	292300%	507.6%
13	I. Kaboré Full-back	Wrexham	25	26.1	2623.7%	8528.6%
14	Tyler Bindon Centre-back	Charlton	21	23.7	249.7%	684%
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	2225.4%	330.6%
18	C. Chambers Centre-back	Cardiff	31	21.6	2236.1%	2151.8%
19	J. Todibo Centre-back	West Ham	26	21.3	21±0%	68±0%
20	L. Krejčí Centre-back	Wolves	27	21.3	2112.1%	663%
21	Juan Larios Full-back	Southampton	22	20.6	211.5%	58±0%
22	S. Schön Attacking midfielder	Bolton	25	20.3	2044%	3528.2%
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	J. Robinson Full-back	Birmingham	33	13.4	1373.9%	2343.1%
28	A. Ahmed Full-back	Norwich	25	13.1	1318.1%	6460.9%
29	D. Murkin Full-back	Derby	27	12.7	1346.2%	5019%
30	H. Ekdal Centre-back	Burnley	27	12	12±0%	59±0%
31	D. Scarr Full-back	Wrexham	31	11.8	12±0%	28±0%
32	Kieran Morgan Full-back	QPR	20	11.8	120.9%	653.6%
33	C. Christie Full-back	Bolton	33	11.1	11282.8%	1245.3%
34	J. Medić Full-back	Norwich	28	10.5	11±0%	4812.7%
35	L. Morrison Centre-back	QPR	23	10.5	113.7%	585.7%
36	R. Burke Centre-back	Charlton	30	10.3	1015.7%	3421.1%
37	J. Quarshie Centre-back	Southampton	22	9.1	91720%	6221%
38	A. Jackson Centre-back	Lincoln	32	9.1	964%	1541.2%
39	K. Casey Centre-back	West Ham	21	8.4	8	43
40	Travis Akomeah Centre-back	Watford	20	7.6	8	29
41	S. Wharton Centre-back	Blackburn	28	7.6	862.7%	3834.8%
42	João Henrique Full-back	QPR	20	7.6	87500%	626.9%
43	A. Tuanzebe Centre-back	Burnley	28	7.4	7±0%	50±0%
44	D. Batth Centre-back	Millwall	35	7.1	780.5%	1254.4%
45	H. Matthews Centre-back	Portsmouth	22	7	7133.3%	57±0%
46	George Christopher John Pratt Full-back	Blackburn	23	6.7	7±0%	591.9%
47	M. Doherty Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	34	6.3	610%	151.9%
48	J. Clarke Centre-back	Cardiff	36	2.2	283.1%	631.4%