Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Bundesliga 25/26

The best defensive players in Bundesliga in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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

At a glance

K. Karetsas of Borussia Dortmund is the standout for raw talent across players in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 94.3, and H. Kane has been the form player this season, grading 100.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Schwolow has improved his Season rating most, up +58.9 on last season, while Nathan De Cat's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +45.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Olise of Bayern München is the most valuable name in this group at 89.6.

Nathan De Cat+45.6RTG

1899 Hoffenheim · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

A. Schwolow+58.9SsN

FSV Mainz 05 · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	O. Wójcik Centre-back	Werder Bremen	23	70.3	70	4024.2%
2	W. Anton Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	30	70.2	70173.2%	527.1%
3	N. Elvedi Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	29	61.1	6190.3%	5610%
4	N. Schlotterbeck Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	26	58.8	59121.9%	774.1%
5	W. Orbán Centre-back	RB Leipzig	33	55.9	566.9%	3616.2%
6	K. Kosugi Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	54.2	54284.4%	4217.5%
7	A. Koné Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	53.7	543735.7%	655.7%
8	M. Mittelstädt Full-back	VfB Stuttgart	29	49.5	507.1%	5519.9%
9	K. Diks Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	29	48.3	4894.8%	5343.2%
10	J. Scally Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	23	48.3	4873.1%	793.9%
11	R. Baku Full-back	RB Leipzig	28	47.4	4719.1%	6418.4%
12	J. Ryerson Full-back	Borussia Dortmund	28	47.2	4788%	6513.5%
13	Z. Van Den Bosch Centre-back	Union Berlin	23	46.4	4626.1%	7934.8%
14	M. Rots Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	20	44	44486.7%	8430.1%
15	D. Raum Full-back	RB Leipzig	28	43.9	4418.3%	657.8%
16	A. Hajdari Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	23	42.3	42	81
17	C. Lukeba Centre-back	RB Leipzig	23	40.9	4114.6%	804%
18	J. Chabot Centre-back	VfB Stuttgart	28	40.6	4129.7%	5819.4%
19	J. Tah Centre-back	Bayern München	30	39.2	3912%	4629.5%
20	K. Laimer Full-back	Bayern München	29	38.9	3921.9%	578.5%
21	Bernardo Centre-back	1899 Hoffenheim	31	38.8	3973.2%	428.4%
22	N. Brown Full-back	Bayern München	23	38.3	3810.4%	88±0%
23	L. Querfeld Centre-back	Union Berlin	22	37.8	3860.9%	817.3%
24	C. Brackelmann Full-back	FC Augsburg	27	37.2	3745.3%	5117.3%
25	R. Koch Centre-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	30	36.8	371.4%	5019.4%
26	V. Coufal Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	34	36.3	36207.6%	3815.6%
27	L. Lochoshvili Centre-back	1. FC Köln	28	36	36542.9%	517.5%
28	G. Mensah Full-back	1. FC Köln	28	35.8	3623.7%	5617.2%
29	D. Upamecano Centre-back	Bayern München	27	35.7	3625.8%	6316%
30	Kim Min-Jae Centre-back	Bayern München	29	35.6	3639.7%	4926.8%
31	R. Bensebaïni Full-back	Borussia Dortmund	31	34.3	3410.3%	3927.4%
32	R. Hendriks Full-back	VfB Stuttgart	25	33.7	34103%	768.3%
33	M. Friedl Centre-back	Werder Bremen	28	32.3	3232.4%	5717.7%
34	F. Gruber Centre-back	FSV Mainz 05	23	32	32201.9%	6558.5%
35	J. Stanišić Full-back	Bayern München	26	31.7	3236.1%	732.3%
36	L. Ullrich Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	22	31.4	3163.5%	728.9%
37	Maximilian Hennig Full-back	Bayern München	19	31.3	31538.8%	5026.9%
38	E. Tapsoba Full-back	Bayer Leverkusen	27	31.3	315.4%	6913.3%
39	Miguel Gutiérrez Full-back	Bayer Leverkusen	25	28.8	2921.5%	777%
40	D. Kohr Centre-back	FSV Mainz 05	32	28.8	2933%	3623.6%
41	T. Krauß Full-back	1. FC Köln	25	28.7	2919.1%	686.9%
42	J. Quansah Centre-back	Bayer Leverkusen	23	28.5	29147.8%	825.7%
43	A. Theate Centre-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	26	28.5	2929.1%	6916.8%
44	D. Herold Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	23	28.1	286.4%	686.9%
45	L. Geertruida Centre-back	RB Leipzig	26	28	284.1%	732%
46	J. Torunarigha Centre-back	Hamburger SV	29	27	2728.2%	482.6%
47	L. Kübler Full-back	SC Freiburg	33	26.6	2741.9%	2733.5%
48	K. Schlotterbeck Centre-back	FC Augsburg	29	26.4	2613.8%	4913.6%
49	N. Cozza Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	27	26.2	269.3%	6013.6%
50	Julian Andreas Pauli Centre-back	1. FC Köln	21	26.2	2632.3%	611.6%