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.
At a glance
A. Touré of Metz is the standout for raw talent across players in Ligue 2, with a Field Insider Rating of 70.9, and Sergio Akieme has been the form player this season, grading 55.9, and Keito Nakamura leads the scoring with 14 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 N. Fatar's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +25.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, Keito Nakamura of Reims is the most valuable name in this group at 38.7.
18 players · ranked by best defendersCustomise →
| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergio AkiemeFull-back |  Reims | 28 | 55.9 | 56134.9% | 5324.8% |
| 2 | M. NadéCentre-back |  Saint Etienne | 27 | 52.9 | 5363.8% | 5620.5% |
| 3 | P. LemonnierFull-back |  RED Star FC 93 | 33 | 44.8 | 4582.1% | 2510.5% |
| 4 | C. JullienCentre-back |  Montpellier | 33 | 29.3 | 2938.2% | 2143.6% |
| 5 | Á. CsongvaiFull-back | Saint Etienne | 25 | 27.7 | 2830.7% | 6065.2% |
| 6 | S. DuflosFull-back |  Boulogne | 31 | 21.2 | 21523.5% | 2837.6% |
| 7 | E. AnnanFull-back | Saint Etienne | 24 | 20.4 | 203980% | 5811.3% |
| 8 | F. CentonzeFull-back |  Nantes | 30 | 19.8 | 20266.7% | 3418.6% |
| 9 | N. Saint-RufCentre-back |  Nancy | 33 | 17.5 | 1854.2% | 226.1% |
| 10 | M. MionCentre-back |  Grenoble | 25 | 17.3 | 1717200% | 5166.6% |
| 11 | L. QuenabioCentre-back |  Rodez | 25 | 16.4 | 167.9% | 5434.1% |
| 12 | O. KantéCentre-back |  PAU | 36 | 14.7 | 158.1% | 141.5% |
| 13 | Chico LambaCentre-back | Saint Etienne | 23 | 14.1 | 1449.8% | 5710.8% |
| 14 | M. CommaretFull-back |  Laval | 24 | 13.6 | 14231.7% | 5253.7% |
| 15 | Ali Yousef MusratiCentre-back | Nantes | 25 | 12.1 | 12 | 61 |
| 16 | C. MakutunguFull-back |  Annecy | 28 | 9 | 995.7% | 3832.4% |
| 17 | J. Evan'sCentre-back | Rodez | 27 | 4.9 | 583.6% | 4325.6% |
| 18 | K. BotoCentre-back |  Clermont Foot | 30 | 4.6 | 5360% | 2615.7% |