Best Defensive players by Season Rating in League Two 26/27

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

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At a glance

William Dickson of Chesterfield is the standout for raw talent across players in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 81.6, and E. Monthe has been the form player this season, grading 43.8, and R. Graydon leads the scoring with 11 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: E. Monthe has improved his Season rating most, up +35.5 on last season, while J. Moon's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. Sutton of Oldham is the most valuable name in this group at 6.3.

Best talent

William Dickson81.6RTG

Port Vale · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	E. Monthe Centre-back	Oldham	31	43.8	44427.7%	2032.1%
2	J. Wilson Centre-back	Cheltenham	37	29.2	2914.4%	1048.9%
3	R. Staunton Full-back	Grimsby	24	27.1	27421.2%	3411.1%
4	B. Cooper Centre-back	Salford City	26	26	2640.5%	3031.1%
5	W. Sutton Centre-back	Oldham	23	25.6	268433.3%	3114.7%
6	A. Kilgour Full-back	Bristol Rovers	28	25.4	25440.4%	2624.1%
7	A. Flint Centre-back	Walsall	37	24.3	24125%	101%
8	K. John Centre-back	Port Vale	25	21.6	2220.9%	4022.3%
9	Joel McGregor Full-back	Swindon Town	20	21.5	2276.2%	334.5%
10	J. Caprice Full-back	Oldham	33	20.6	21164.1%	1054.1%
11	T. Anderson Centre-back	Shrewsbury	32	19.1	193.2%	1329.9%
12	M. Dyche Centre-back	Northampton	23	19	1982.7%	430.9%
13	E. Turns Centre-back	Exeter City	23	18.4	1824.3%	412.4%
14	C. Dunkley Centre-back	Chesterfield	34	18.1	18115.5%	106.6%
15	G. Bajrami Centre-back	Crawley Town	26	17.8	18	2625.9%
16	R. Longelo-Mbule Full-back	Salford City	26	17.8	1840.2%	292.7%
17	J. Burroughs Full-back	Northampton	25	17.1	17327.5%	392.6%
18	C. McCarthy Full-back	Northampton	28	16.9	1794.3%	3117.5%
19	W. Burrell Centre-back	Harrogate Town	36	16.5	171.2%	81.2%
20	C. Raglan Centre-back	Barrow	33	16.4	160.6%	1255.3%
21	T. Lees Full-back	Harrogate Town	35	16.3	1623.5%	1038.3%
22	J. Snowdon Full-back	Swindon Town	22	15.5	16	35
23	A. McGowan Full-back	Port Vale	30	14.6	1518%	1940.8%
24	B. Heneghan Full-back	Port Vale	32	14.3	1436.2%	1610.9%
25	L. Cass Centre-back	Harrogate Town	26	13.7	142.2%	2512.8%
26	Filozofe Mabete Centre-back	Swindon Town	21	13.5	14	31
27	Joe Thomas Centre-back	Newport County	24	12.8	1325.1%	285%
28	T. Wilson-Brown Centre-back	Swindon Town	21	12.4	12	31
29	R. Crichlow-Noble Full-back	Barnet	27	12.2	12171.1%	2511.6%
30	Jake Thomas Batty Full-back	Fleetwood Town	21	11.5	1239.2%	324.2%
31	J. Moon Full-back	Port Vale	25	11.3	1166%	4532%
32	Lewis Shipley Centre-back	Barrow	22	10.7	11127.7%	317%
33	Conor Haughey Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	18	10.3	10	32
34	Cathal Heffernan Centre-back	Harrogate Town	21	10.1	10	30
35	Liam Oakes Full-back	Exeter City	19	10	10	425.6%
36	C. Kelly Centre-back	Bristol Rovers	28	9.6	1042.9%	3321.7%
37	J. Debrah Centre-back	Port Vale	25	9.6	1071.5%	388.8%
38	A. Pond Centre-back	Chesterfield	22	9.6	10	3548.4%
39	T. Mullarkey Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	30	9.4	938.2%	1651.7%
40	D. Tharme Centre-back	Grimsby	27	8.9	938.2%	2325.6%
41	Kayden Hughes Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	20	7.5	838.9%	311.6%
42	F. Terry Full-back	Colchester	22	7.4	7	31
43	J. Willis Centre-back	Northampton	32	7.4	721.3%	1729.4%
44	T. Moore Centre-back	Bristol Rovers	29	7.2	766.8%	1751.1%
45	J. Anderson Full-back	Barrow	25	7.1	7±0%	26±0%
46	T. Pearce Full-back	Chesterfield	28	6.8	783.8%	2235.4%
47	Marvin Marvellous Kaleta Full-back	Rotherham	21	6.2	635.4%	427.9%
48	M. Benning Full-back	Shrewsbury	32	6.1	666.5%	1065.3%
49	Zachariah Olumide Awe Full-back	Salford City	22	5.7	672.5%	322.9%
50	L. O'Connor Centre-back	Tranmere	26	5.6	682.7%	2427.3%