Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Serie A 26/27

The best defensive players in Serie A in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

Best defensive goalkeepers in Serie A Best defensive defenders in Serie A Best defensive midfielders in Serie A Best defensive attackers in Serie A Best players in Serie A Most in-form players in Serie A

At a glance

Natan of Napoli is the standout for raw talent across players in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 85.7, and N. Törnqvist has been the form player this season, grading 78.3, and A. Adorante leads the scoring with 17 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Törnqvist has improved his Season rating most, up +68.5 on last season, while E. Ebosse's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +28.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Adorante of Venezia is the most valuable name in this group at 73.9.

31 players · ranked by best defendersCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	F. Tomori Full-back	AC Milan	28	55.2	5580.4%	616.9%
2	A. Buongiorno Centre-back	Napoli	27	47.7	4813.3%	6811.6%
3	S. Esposito Centre-back	Lecce	21	47.4	47	21
4	I. Hien Centre-back	Atalanta	27	37.5	3821.5%	6220.7%
5	M. Mitaj Full-back	Genoa	23	36.5	3790.1%	604.1%
6	Natan Centre-back	Napoli	25	35.3	351.4%	863.6%
7	S. Walukiewicz Centre-back	Sassuolo	26	34.5	35741.5%	7421.1%
8	T. Kristensen Centre-back	Atalanta	24	33.1	3338.5%	8512.6%
9	M. Šverko Centre-back	Venezia	28	32	32185.7%	4620.3%
10	M. Frese Centre-back	Hellas Verona	28	31.9	32337%	552.7%
11	S. Beukema Centre-back	Napoli	27	27.6	2863.4%	6226.9%
12	L. Pellegrini Full-back	Lazio	27	27.1	2771.5%	5818.3%
13	D. Spence Full-back	Inter	26	26.3	2622.3%	708.1%
14	Y. Mina Centre-back	Cagliari	31	25.7	2632.5%	3826.1%
15	M. Vitík Centre-back	Bologna	23	23.8	24	72
16	I. Van der Brempt Full-back	Sassuolo	24	23.3	2322.6%	713.2%
17	S. Bocoum Full-back	AC Milan	20	20.2	20	60
18	R. Mohammed Full-back	Venezia	20	20.2	2021%	369.3%
19	J. Gelli Centre-back	Frosinone	25	19.6	20±0%	55±0%
20	F. Parisi Full-back	Fiorentina	25	17.4	179.8%	688.7%
21	A. Zanoli Full-back	Udinese	25	16.4	1629.9%	797.8%
22	E. Ebosse Full-back	Torino	27	15.9	16±0%	629.7%
23	Luca Marianucci Full-back	Napoli	22	14.4	1453.7%	753.6%
24	R. Ivanov Centre-back	Inter	31	12.8	1342.1%	1652.5%
25	A. Salah-Eddine Full-back	AS Roma	24	12.6	1335.4%	701%
26	Riyad Idrissi Full-back	Cagliari	23	10.8	116.9%	6920.1%
27	Patric Centre-back	Lazio	33	10.8	1144%	1838.7%
28	A. Dossena Full-back	Como	27	10.7	1146.8%	6214.3%
29	J. Rouhi Full-back	Juventus	22	8.7	910.1%	58±0%
30	N. Casale Centre-back	Bologna	28	8.1	864.6%	4726.6%
31	A. Gomes Centre-back	Venezia	17	6.7	7	56