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

Álex Jiménez of Fiorentina is the standout for raw talent across players in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 93.1, 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 O. Provstgaard's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +31.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, D. Malen of AS Roma is the most valuable name in this group at 81.3.

O. Provstgaard+31.5RTG

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	Player	Team
1	G. Mancini Centre-back	AS Roma	30	72.5	73±0%	54±0%
2	Wesley Full-back	AS Roma	22	70.6	7166.5%	915.1%
3	E. Ndicka Centre-back	AS Roma	27	59.9	60±0%	759.3%
4	F. Tomori Full-back	AC Milan	28	55.2	5580.4%	616.9%
5	M. Kempf Centre-back	Como	31	51.7	52103.5%	4318.8%
6	F. Terracciano Centre-back	AC Milan	23	50.6	51532.5%	8014.7%
7	A. Marušić Full-back	Lazio	33	49	49±0%	32±0%
8	A. Romagnoli Centre-back	Lazio	31	48.8	4950.6%	4221.9%
9	Hermoso Full-back	AS Roma	31	48.1	48±0%	41±0%
10	A. Buongiorno Centre-back	Napoli	27	47.7	4813.3%	6811.6%
11	S. Esposito Centre-back	Lecce	21	47.4	47	21
12	L. Valenti Centre-back	Parma	27	44.7	45241.2%	627.8%
13	C. Favasuli Full-back	Napoli	22	43.5	44109.1%	7316.7%
14	Álex Jiménez Full-back	Fiorentina	21	41.5	425.1%	934.3%
15	Carlos Augusto Centre-back	Inter	27	40.3	4023.6%	6320.8%
16	Juan Miranda Full-back	Bologna	26	40	40±0%	72±0%
17	M. Pongračić Centre-back	Fiorentina	28	38.9	3937.5%	598.2%
18	I. Hien Centre-back	Atalanta	27	37.5	3821.5%	6220.7%
19	J. Lucumí Centre-back	Juventus	28	37.3	378.4%	5819.5%
20	Kaiki Full-back	Como	23	36.8	3749.1%	801.7%
21	M. Mitaj Full-back	Genoa	23	36.5	3790.1%	604.1%
22	Natan Centre-back	Napoli	25	35.3	351.4%	863.6%
23	D. Doekhi Centre-back	Lazio	28	35	351.2%	64±0%
24	S. Walukiewicz Centre-back	Sassuolo	26	34.5	35741.5%	7421.1%
25	R. Kofler Centre-back	Cagliari	21	34.2	3474.5%	644%
26	T. Kristensen Centre-back	Atalanta	24	33.1	3338.5%	8512.6%
27	R. Halhal Full-back	Venezia	23	32.3	3220.1%	56±0%
28	M. Šverko Centre-back	Venezia	28	32	32185.7%	4620.3%
29	M. Frese Centre-back	Hellas Verona	28	31.9	32337%	552.7%
30	J. Idzes Centre-back	Sassuolo	26	31.2	3113.9%	744.6%
31	D. Ghilardi Centre-back	AS Roma	23	31.1	318.7%	735.1%
32	N. Calabrese Centre-back	Hellas Verona	21	31	31	62
33	C. Kabasele Centre-back	Udinese	35	30.9	31123.9%	2619.4%
34	B. Balogh Centre-back	Parma	24	30.2	3023.8%	4539.2%
35	Nuno Tavares Full-back	Lazio	26	30.1	30±0%	65±0%
36	N. Bertola Centre-back	Udinese	23	29.8	3026.2%	7511%
37	S. Britschgi Full-back	Parma	19	29.6	30	82
38	T. Heggem Centre-back	Bologna	27	29.3	29±0%	63±0%
39	D. Rensch Full-back	AS Roma	23	29.2	297.3%	7816.5%
40	F. Missori Full-back	Sassuolo	22	29	29643.6%	6514%
41	L. Ranieri Centre-back	Fiorentina	27	28.9	29±0%	63±0%
42	Viery Centre-back	Fiorentina	21	27.9	284550%	6310.6%
43	M. Moreno Centre-back	Venezia	22	27.9	2828.3%	7950.2%
44	O. Provstgaard Centre-back	Lazio	23	27.8	28±0%	74±0%
45	S. Beukema Centre-back	Napoli	27	27.6	2863.4%	6226.9%
46	H. Ahanor Centre-back	Atalanta	18	27.4	27568.3%	7814.4%
47	L. Pellegrini Full-back	Lazio	27	27.1	2771.5%	5818.3%
48	D. Spence Full-back	Inter	26	26.3	2622.3%	708.1%
49	R. Alhassane Centre-back	Bologna	24	25.8	2614%	719.6%
50	Y. Mina Centre-back	Cagliari	31	25.7	2632.5%	3826.1%