Best Defensive players by Season Rating in 2. Bundesliga 26/27

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

Best defensive goalkeepers in 2. Bundesliga Best defensive defenders in 2. Bundesliga Best defensive midfielders in 2. Bundesliga Best defensive attackers in 2. Bundesliga Best players in 2. Bundesliga Most in-form players in 2. Bundesliga

At a glance

R. Jansson of FC St. Pauli is the standout for raw talent across players in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 81.4, and N. Futkeu has been the form player this season, grading 78.7.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: L. Karius has improved his Season rating most, up +48.6 on last season, while R. Jansson's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +50.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. Futkeu of SV Elversberg is the most valuable name in this group at 43.4.

FC St. Pauli · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

L. Karius+48.6SsN

FC Schalke 04 · 24/25→25/26

42 players · ranked by best defendersCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	H. Kuruçay Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	28	52.4	52206.4%	5110.6%
2	N. Katić Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	29	47.9	48432.2%	440.9%
3	T. Becker Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	29	47.8	48149%	4230.8%
4	M. Rohr Full-back	SV Elversberg	31	41.7	4234.6%	3514.7%
5	M. Ayhan Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	19	41.2	41	69
6	S. Trémoulet Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	26	38.9	39411.8%	372.8%
7	L. Sirch Full-back	SV Elversberg	27	37.1	3733%	5515.6%
8	M. Maglica Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	36.8	37±0%	54±0%
9	Vitalie Becker Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	21	36	36	66
10	J. Gyamerah Full-back	SV Elversberg	31	34.7	3550.9%	338.5%
11	T. Scheller Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	24	34.5	3521.1%	66±0%
12	F. Götze Full-back	SC Paderborn 07	28	34	344.8%	4919.1%
13	L. Pinckert Centre-back	SV Elversberg	26	33.2	3341.1%	5912%
14	V. Ghiță Centre-back	Hannover 96	28	32.9	3329.5%	4731.9%
15	J. ter Horst Full-back	SC Paderborn 07	24	32.4	3217.4%	61±0%
16	P. Strompf Centre-back	VfL Bochum	28	26.3	2631.9%	4614.6%
17	N. Madsen Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	24	24.7	25180.7%	460.6%
18	L. Günther Full-back	SV Elversberg	23	22	2258.3%	658.7%
19	A. Gantenbein Full-back	FC Schalke 04	25	20.9	2190%	551.1%
20	A. Dźwigała Full-back	FC St. Pauli	30	20.9	21148.8%	3614.9%
21	D. Kovacevic Defensive midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	21	20.5	21	44
22	N. Awortwie-Grant Centre-back	Energie Cottbus	26	20	20	38
23	Y. Lührs Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	22	19.7	2013.2%	412.4%
24	L. Ritzka Centre-back	FC St. Pauli	28	19.1	1918.4%	4522.1%
25	F. Keidel Full-back	SV Elversberg	23	19.1	196.1%	6245.3%
26	F. Le Joncour Centre-back	SV Elversberg	31	18.7	1916.9%	2727.2%
27	F. Nürnberger Full-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	17.2	1741.9%	5013.4%
28	R. Jansson Full-back	FC St. Pauli	22	16.8	17281.8%	81208.3%
29	P. Nkoa Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	27	15	15±0%	44±0%
30	C. Johansson Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	32	14.5	15245.2%	2034.4%
31	L. Schneider Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	26	13.9	1435.3%	4918.4%
32	T. Janotta Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	22	13.8	14	40
33	Jonah Benedict Sticker Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	22	13.6	1427.3%	5729.7%
34	Niko Takahashi Cendagorta Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	21	13	1319.3%	537.8%
35	C. Lippmann Full-back	SC Paderborn 07	20	11.7	12	42
36	K. Schmidt Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	24	11.5	12228.6%	5866.9%
37	N. Mickelson Full-back	SV Elversberg	27	11.4	113.4%	479.6%
38	F. Ronstadt Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	29	9.4	914.6%	2446%
39	L. Bünning Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	28	9.4	946%	384.1%
40	K. Vogt Centre-back	VfL Bochum	34	8.9	944.4%	1259.2%
41	F. Hagmann Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	22	8.3	843.1%	5429.7%
42	J. Abu Hanna Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	28	7.7	842.1%	298%