Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Ligue 2 26/27

The best defensive players in Ligue 2 in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Lepenant of Nantes is the standout for raw talent across players in Ligue 2, with a Field Insider Rating of 73.2, and F. Miguel has been the form player this season, grading 69.2, and P. Fall leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: É. Soumah-Abbad has improved his Season rating most, up +36.8 on last season, while J. Mendes's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +30.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Ngapandouetnbu of Montpellier is the most valuable name in this group at 28.5.

É. Soumah-Abbad+36.8SsN

S. Ngapandouetnbu28.5val

Montpellier

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	Player	Team
1	F. Miguel Full-back	Metz	30	69.2	696.6%	5221.4%
2	D. Durivaux Centre-back	RED Star FC 93	25	55	55±0%	66±0%
3	J. Kouadio Full-back	Annecy	27	45.9	46±0%	589.1%
4	P. Lemonnier Full-back	RED Star FC 93	33	44.8	4582.1%	2510.5%
5	J. Laporte Centre-back	Montpellier	32	43	43±0%	30±0%
6	M. Xantippe Full-back	Grenoble	24	41.8	42±0%	60±0%
7	G. Paquiez Centre-back	PAU	32	41.4	41±0%	301.7%
8	J. Boyer Centre-back	Boulogne	28	40.4	40±0%	46±0%
9	T. Sainte-Luce Full-back	Montpellier	28	38.1	38±0%	48±0%
10	R. Lipinski Full-back	Rodez	24	35.9	367.9%	671.5%
11	A. Kerriou Centre-back	Boulogne	23	33.6	34	57
12	D. Thiam Centre-back	Boulogne	36	33.5	34±0%	22±0%
13	T. Meynadier Full-back	Dijon	26	32.1	326.1%	5013.8%
14	E. N'Gatta Centre-back	Sochaux	19	31.9	32	63
15	T. Pouilly Centre-back	PAU	23	31.6	32±0%	64±0%
16	W. Bianda Centre-back	Laval	26	31.4	31±0%	53±0%
17	C. Vidal Centre-back	Grenoble	26	31.3	31±0%	52±0%
18	M. Magnin Full-back	Rodez	25	31	31±0%	664.1%
19	M. Huard Centre-back	RED Star FC 93	28	29.9	303.1%	430.5%
20	E. Zidane Full-back	RED Star FC 93	20	29.3	29	64
21	N. Fernandez-Veliz Centre-back	Nancy	21	28.5	29±0%	62±0%
22	K. Pedro Full-back	Saint Etienne	20	28.2	2810.8%	64±0%
23	S. Kotto Centre-back	Reims	23	27.9	28±0%	591.9%
24	D. Guindo Full-back	Reims	24	27	278.5%	6015.5%
25	E. Kabeya Centre-back	Clermont Foot	20	27	27	57
26	L. Perrin Full-back	Nantes	27	26.5	276.9%	5510.5%
27	N. Ahouonon Centre-back	Reims	22	25.5	26±0%	58±0%
28	T. Delphis Centre-back	Annecy	24	23.4	23±0%	591.7%
29	N. Zahui Full-back	Grenoble	23	23.3	23±0%	57±0%
30	Y. Salmier Centre-back	Clermont Foot	33	22.7	23±0%	25±0%
31	C. Devenish Centre-back	Metz	25	22.5	238.7%	6923.2%
32	A. Demouchy Centre-back	Guingamp	24	21.9	22±0%	57±0%
33	K. Amian Centre-back	Nantes	28	21.2	21±0%	52±0%
34	Á. Csongvai Full-back	Saint Etienne	25	21	2147.5%	347.2%
35	E. Tacafred Full-back	Nancy	21	20.4	20±0%	57±0%
36	E. Mendy Centre-back	Nancy	26	20.2	20±0%	50±0%
37	S. Nair Centre-back	Saint Etienne	24	19.5	20±0%	585%
38	A. Lô Centre-back	Laval	26	18.4	18±0%	501.4%
39	N. Saint-Ruf Centre-back	Nancy	34	17.5	1854.2%	226.1%
40	J. Le Cardinal Centre-back	Saint Etienne	29	16.6	173.1%	350.6%
41	L. Quenabio Centre-back	Rodez	25	16.4	1621.5%	544.8%
42	Opa Sanganté Centre-back	Dunkerque	35	16.2	16±0%	19±0%
43	O. Kanté Centre-back	PAU	37	14.7	158.1%	141.5%
44	L. Lacroix Centre-back	Dijon	23	14.7	15286.8%	5721.8%
45	E. Koffi Full-back	Guingamp	31	14.4	14±0%	26±0%
46	M. Commaret Full-back	Laval	24	13.6	14231.7%	5253.7%
47	A. Linguet Centre-back	Dunkerque	27	13.6	14±0%	45±0%
48	Y. Nahounou Centre-back	Nancy	22	13.1	13±0%	54±0%
49	Ali Yousef Musrati Centre-back	Nantes	25	12.1	12	61
50	Q. Bernard Centre-back	Dijon	37	11.5	1256.1%	1113.7%