Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Super League 1 26/27

The best defensive players in Super League 1 in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Gómez of PAOK is the standout for raw talent across players in Super League 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 64.4, and P. Retsos has been the form player this season, grading 62.9, and Jorge Pombo leads the scoring with 10 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. Kangwa has improved his Season rating most, up +48.6 on last season, while Z. Smajlović's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Camara of Panathinaikos is the most valuable name in this group at 12.6.

Olympiakos Piraeus · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

K. Kangwa+48.6SsN

Panathinaikos · 23/24→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	P. Retsos Centre-back	Olympiakos Piraeus	28	62.9	63159.9%	3214.3%
2	D. Calabria Full-back	Panathinaikos	29	35.8	36177.5%	2850.8%
3	T. Tsapras Full-back	Panathinaikos	24	34.4	3437.6%	4512.2%
4	R. van Drongelen Centre-back	Panathinaikos	27	32.4	3231.9%	4414.4%
5	J. Gómez Centre-back	PAOK	22	30.6	3110100%	6497.5%
6	K. Krizmanić Centre-back	OFI	26	30.5	31	38
7	A. Touba Centre-back	Panathinaikos	28	29	2928.3%	3037.6%
8	D. Vida Centre-back	AEK Athens FC	37	27.4	270.7%	735%
9	Pablo Maffeo Full-back	Olympiakos Piraeus	29	26.4	2622.6%	52±0%
10	P. Hatzidiakos Centre-back	PAOK	29	24.9	2522.7%	2922.7%
11	Z. Smajlović Full-back	Olympiakos Piraeus	22	24.8	2534.4%	3719%
12	David Simón Full-back	Kifisia	37	20.9	214.1%	941.4%
13	J. Pokorný Centre-back	Kifisia	29	20.9	21	26
14	Hugo Sousa Centre-back	Kifisia	34	20.8	2167.7%	1236.8%
15	E. Palmer-Brown Centre-back	Panathinaikos	29	20.2	20512.1%	247.7%
16	S. Ingason Centre-back	Panathinaikos	33	20.1	2012.6%	1243.9%
17	M. Tsaousis Full-back	Panserraikos	26	19.9	2071.6%	345%
18	N. Šipčić Centre-back	Asteras Tripolis	31	19.5	2025%	1849.1%
19	Tiago Manso Full-back	Kifisia	26	19.5	20103.1%	4913.4%
20	I. Sylla Full-back	Asteras Tripolis	32	19.2	19163%	1555.4%
21	Volnei Feltes Centre-back	Panserraikos	26	16.8	17366.7%	34±0%
22	A. Petkov Centre-back	Kifisia	27	16.5	1720.4%	3010.1%
23	P. Deligiannidis Full-back	Asteras Tripolis	29	15.2	1522.6%	2615.6%
24	S. de Vrij Centre-back	Panathinaikos	34	14.5	1556.6%	2039.7%
25	I. Gelashvili Centre-back	Panserraikos	25	14.5	15137.7%	3635.1%
26	H. Magnússon Centre-back	Atromitos	33	14.2	14	134.1%
27	Borja González Full-back	OFI	30	13.7	143.5%	2129.8%
28	D. Tsakmakis Centre-back	Atromitos	27	13.3	13209.3%	2714.4%
29	Q. Lecoeuche Centre-back	Volos NFC	32	13	1318.2%	1645.1%
30	R. Ivanov Centre-back	Asteras Tripolis	31	12.8	1342.1%	1652.5%
31	Núrio Fortuna Full-back	Volos NFC	31	12.2	12229.7%	1840.2%
32	T. Iliadis Centre-back	Larisa	29	11.9	1235.2%	2242.2%
33	A. Ouattara Full-back	Larisa	23	11.5	12	34
34	M. Saliakas Full-back	Olympiakos Piraeus	29	10.3	1069.2%	4527.5%
35	E. Ferigra Full-back	Larisa	27	9.6	1032.9%	2837.6%
36	T. Papageorgiou Full-back	Larisa	39	8.4	8	5
37	S. Chakla Centre-back	Larisa	32	8	8±0%	13±0%
38	O. Adefunyibomi Centre-back	Asteras Tripolis	26	7.9	858.9%	3120.6%
39	Botía Centre-back	Kifisia	37	7	71.4%	453.7%
40	K. Pomonis Centre-back	Asteras Tripolis	24	6.8	76700%	323.6%
41	N. Marinakis Full-back	OFI	32	5.7	654.1%	1321.1%
42	E. Pantelakis Centre-back	Larisa	31	5.4	573.3%	1633.2%
43	Pepe Castaño Centre-back	Asteras Tripolis	27	1.6	292.7%	2541.5%
44	D. Houhoumis Centre-back	Kifisia	32	1.5	291.4%	1251.6%