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

A. Pyrka of FC St. Pauli is the standout for raw talent across players in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 74.9, and M. Wanitzek has been the form player this season, grading 62.1, and I. Prtajin leads the scoring with 11 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Żukowski has improved his Season rating most, up +39.8 on last season, while A. Pyrka's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +37.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Krahl of 1. FC Kaiserslautern is the most valuable name in this group at 29.4.

FC St. Pauli · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

M. Żukowski+39.8SsN

1. FC Magdeburg · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. Müller Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	32	46	46±0%	21±0%
2	L. Gechter Centre-back	Hertha BSC	22	45.3	45±0%	66±0%
3	M. Wittek Full-back	VfL Bochum	31	45.2	45±0%	3912.5%
4	N. Wiemann Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	27	44.4	44±0%	38±0%
5	M. Steinwender Centre-back	VfL Bochum	26	43.6	449.5%	5323.7%
6	P. Pfeiffer Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	40.4	40±0%	599.1%
7	M. Gyamfi Centre-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	26	38.3	38±0%	57±0%
8	J. Föhrenbach Full-back	1. FC Heidenheim	30	34.1	34±0%	43±0%
9	M. Aydın Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	24	33.7	34±0%	64±0%
10	H. Sekine Full-back	Holstein Kiel	24	33.1	33±0%	562.6%
11	K. Ehlers Centre-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	25	33	33±0%	59±0%
12	A. MacNulty Centre-back	1. FC Magdeburg	23	29.3	293.6%	648.5%
13	B. Tomiak Centre-back	Hannover 96	28	29.3	29±0%	5310.7%
14	R. Fabinski Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	23	27.6	28±0%	441.9%
15	P. Strompf Centre-back	VfL Bochum	28	26.3	2631.9%	4614.6%
16	N. Cozza Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	27	26.2	269.3%	6013.6%
17	E. Bakatukanda Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	22	26.1	263628.6%	3927%
18	H. Wahl Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	32	25.9	26±0%	361.4%
19	C. Kobald Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	29	25.5	26±0%	40±0%
20	J. Eitschberger Full-back	Hertha BSC	22	25.5	26±0%	59±0%
21	F. Otto Full-back	1. FC Nürnberg	24	25.3	2512.4%	5940.7%
22	J. Elvedi Centre-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	30	23.4	23±0%	3921.4%
23	J. Heuer Centre-back	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	27	23.3	23±0%	501.4%
24	M. Großer Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	25	22.8	23±0%	57±0%
25	G. Itter Centre-back	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	27	22.7	23±0%	44±0%
26	P. Mainka Centre-back	1. FC Heidenheim	31	22	22±0%	43±0%
27	D. Kovacevic Defensive midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	22	20.5	21	44
28	N. Awortwie-Grant Centre-back	Energie Cottbus	26	20	20	38
29	M. Bauer Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	26	17.9	18±0%	49±0%
30	B. Allgeier Centre-back	Hannover 96	24	17.8	18±0%	56±0%
31	F. Nürnberger Full-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	17.2	1741.9%	5013.4%
32	N. Kolbe Centre-back	Hertha BSC	29	16.7	17±0%	34±0%
33	K. Manu Full-back	Energie Cottbus	22	15.3	15±0%	42±0%
34	P. Nkoa Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	27	15	15±0%	44±0%
35	M. Jenz Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	27	14.9	1573.3%	5621.8%
36	C. Johansson Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	32	14.5	15245.2%	2034.4%
37	K. Mets Centre-back	VfL Bochum	33	14	148.5%	2215.3%
38	F. Holland Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	36	13.2	1335.3%	1250.4%
39	J. Mæhle Full-back	VfL Wolfsburg	29	12.5	13±0%	43±0%
40	H. Rorig Centre-back	Energie Cottbus	26	12.4	12±0%	39±0%
41	K. Schmidt Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	24	11.5	12228.6%	5866.9%
42	R. Jansson Full-back	FC St. Pauli	22	11	11150%	3740.5%
43	T. Janisch Full-back	1. FC Nürnberg	21	10.6	11±0%	58±0%
44	F. Ronstadt Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	29	9.4	914.6%	2446%
45	L. Bünning Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	28	9.4	946%	384.1%
46	A. Kalogeropoulos Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	22	9.3	914.8%	5449.9%
47	K. Vogt Centre-back	VfL Bochum	35	8.9	944.4%	1259.2%
48	Luca Erlein Full-back	Energie Cottbus	19	8.1	8±0%	458.1%
49	A. Zehnter Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	21	7.8	874.3%	723.8%
50	D. Nemeth Full-back	FC St. Pauli	25	0.2	099.3%	5625.3%