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

R. van Drongelen of Panathinaikos is the standout for raw talent across players in Super League 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 43.5, and S. Meïté has been the form player this season, grading 45.1.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Meïté has improved his Season rating most, up +41.6 on last season, while Z. Smajlović's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +12.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, P. Pantelidis of Kifisia is the most valuable name in this group at 11.7.

Best talent

R. van Drongelen43.5RTG

Olympiakos Piraeus · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. Kenny Full-back	PAOK	29	37.6	38±0%	26±0%
2	D. Calabria Full-back	Panathinaikos	29	35.8	36±0%	28±0%
3	R. van Drongelen Centre-back	Panathinaikos	27	32.4	325.5%	441.9%
4	D. Vida Centre-back	AEK Athens FC	37	27.4	270.7%	735%
5	David Simón Full-back	Kifisia	37	20.9	214.1%	941.4%
6	Z. Smajlović Full-back	Olympiakos Piraeus	22	20.2	2046.6%	3914.4%
7	E. Palmer-Brown Centre-back	Panathinaikos	29	20.2	20512.1%	247.7%
8	S. Ingason Centre-back	Panathinaikos	33	20.1	2012.6%	1243.9%
9	G. Kargas Full-back	Volos NFC	31	20	20±0%	21±0%
10	K. Triantafyllópoulos Centre-back	Asteras Tripolis	33	19.9	2020.1%	1434.4%
11	M. Tsaousis Full-back	Panserraikos	26	19.9	2071.6%	345%
12	N. Šipčić Centre-back	Asteras Tripolis	31	19.5	2025%	1849.1%
13	I. Sylla Full-back	Asteras Tripolis	32	19.2	19163%	1555.4%
14	Alex Méndez Full-back	Asteras Tripolis	25	17.6	184.8%	301.9%
15	P. Deligiannidis Full-back	Asteras Tripolis	30	15.2	1522.6%	2615.6%
16	S. de Vrij Centre-back	Panathinaikos	34	14.5	1521.2%	2030.3%
17	V. De Marco Centre-back	Panserraikos	33	13.2	13	14
18	D. Batubinsika Centre-back	Larisa	30	12.7	1341.2%	1866.1%
19	Núrio Fortuna Full-back	Volos NFC	31	12.2	12229.7%	1840.2%
20	T. Iliadis Centre-back	Panserraikos	30	11.9	1235.2%	2242.2%
21	A. Ouattara Full-back	Larisa	23	11.5	12	34
22	G. Kotsiras Centre-back	Asteras Tripolis	33	9.9	10±0%	1226.3%
23	E. Ferigra Full-back	Larisa	27	9.6	1032.9%	2837.6%
24	C. Lykogiannis Full-back	AEK Athens FC	33	9.1	950.3%	2535.6%
25	T. Papageorgiou Full-back	Larisa	39	8.4	8	5
26	S. Chakla Centre-back	Larisa	33	8	8±0%	1328.8%
27	Botía Centre-back	Kifisia	37	7	71.4%	453.7%
28	K. Pomonis Centre-back	Asteras Tripolis	24	6.8	76700%	323.6%
29	N. Marinakis Full-back	OFI	33	5.7	654.1%	1321.1%
30	E. Pantelakis Centre-back	Larisa	31	5.4	573.3%	1633.2%
31	Pepe Castaño Centre-back	Asteras Tripolis	27	1.6	292.7%	2541.5%