Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Liga MX 26/27

The best defensive players in Liga MX in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

Best defensive goalkeepers in Liga MX Best defensive defenders in Liga MX Best defensive midfielders in Liga MX Best defensive attackers in Liga MX Best players in Liga MX Most in-form players in Liga MX

At a glance

S. Ramos of Club America is the standout for raw talent across players in Liga MX, with a Field Insider Rating of 72.7, and J. Galvão has been the form player this season, grading 71.5.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Galvão has improved his Season rating most, up +47.7 on last season, while S. Ramos's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +15.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Ruiz of Toluca is the most valuable name in this group at 21.9.

Club America · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Galvão+47.7SsN

Atletico San Luis · 24/25→25/26

50 players · ranked by best defendersCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	J. Romaña Full-back	Leon	28	54.7	5510%	423.2%
2	J. Porozo Centre-back	Club Tijuana	26	48.1	48±0%	4115.8%
3	Juan José Guevara Possu Centre-back	Leon	25	42.9	43±0%	4125.6%
4	S. Ramos Centre-back	Club America	24	41.9	422.6%	731.1%
5	Rômulo Centre-back	Tigres UANL	26	40.8	41±0%	3624.8%
6	A. Gómez Centre-back	Club Tijuana	24	39.6	40±0%	468.6%
7	L. Romo Centre-back	Guadalajara Chivas	31	39	39±0%	1927.9%
8	D. Campillo Centre-back	Guadalajara Chivas	24	38.8	39±0%	4220.8%
9	W. Ditta Centre-back	Cruz Azul	29	38.6	39±0%	2536.1%
10	F. Pardo Centre-back	Santos Laguna	29	38.5	39±0%	2527.8%
11	Nathan Silva Centre-back	U.N.A.M. - Pumas	29	35.2	35±0%	2730.3%
12	I. Moreno Full-back	Leon	28	35.2	35±0%	2922.2%
13	J. Márquez Full-back	Cruz Azul	26	34.3	34±0%	4113.4%
14	Joaquim Full-back	Tigres UANL	27	33.9	34±0%	3515.8%
15	A. Franco Centre-back	Tigres UANL	29	32.5	33±0%	2350.1%
16	F. Pereira Centre-back	Toluca	26	32.2	32±0%	3917.1%
17	Eduardo Bauermann Centre-back	CF Pachuca	30	31.6	32±0%	2234.9%
18	N. Díaz Centre-back	Puebla	27	30.2	30379.4%	4512.1%
19	Rubén Duarte Centre-back	U.N.A.M. - Pumas	30	30.2	30±0%	2326%
20	S. Barreto Full-back	CF Pachuca	27	28.9	29±0%	3327.2%
21	B. Amione Centre-back	Santos Laguna	24	28	2895.8%	498.4%
22	B. Méndez Full-back	Toluca	27	26.8	27±0%	385%
23	M. Capasso Centre-back	Atlas	30	26.5	27±0%	2510.5%
24	E. Águila Centre-back	Atletico San Luis	24	25.7	26±0%	4216.8%
25	V. Gauthier Centre-back	Leon	23	25.1	25	51
26	J. Angulo Centre-back	Tigres UANL	28	24.8	2546.7%	3334.1%
27	R. López Full-back	U.N.A.M. - Pumas	24	23.5	24±0%	4612.8%
28	S. Bueno Centre-back	Club America	27	23	235.7%	6512.1%
29	A. Mayorga Full-back	FC Juarez	29	22.3	22±0%	2528.4%
30	D. Reyes Centre-back	Club Queretaro	34	21.8	22±0%	1225%
31	O. Campos Full-back	Cruz Azul	24	21.1	21±0%	4116.4%
32	F. Venegas Centre-back	CF Pachuca	28	20.9	21±0%	2820.7%
33	L. Merolla Full-back	Mazatlán	31	20.2	2011%	2319.7%
34	F. Almada Centre-back	Puebla	28	20.1	20±0%	3219.6%
35	Felipe Sánchez Full-back	Santos Laguna	22	19.7	20±0%	4424.5%
36	B. Duarte Full-back	Club Queretaro	23	18.2	18±0%	4675%
37	F. Monárrez Full-back	Puebla	27	15.6	16±0%	374.7%
38	Nicolas Centre-back	Club America	29	14.1	14213.3%	3728.2%
39	J. Murillo Centre-back	FC Juarez	32	13.9	14±0%	1433.3%
40	D. Parra Full-back	Club Queretaro	27	13.6	14±0%	341.7%
41	J. Díaz Centre-back	Puebla	28	12.1	1253.8%	3719.6%
42	J. Vargas Full-back	Puebla	31	12	1221.2%	195.4%
43	J. Orozco Centre-back	Cruz Azul	24	11.7	12±0%	418%
44	A. Oliveros Centre-back	Necaxa	28	11.5	12±0%	2820.2%
45	T. Ostchega Full-back	Club America	28	10.7	1132.3%	32±0%
46	M. Tapias Full-back	Guadalajara Chivas	29	10.5	1138.6%	2720%
47	R. Martínez Centre-back	Necaxa	23	9.8	10±0%	425%
48	D. Espinoza Full-back	Club America	22	7.7	8±0%	5110.7%
49	G. Sepúlveda Centre-back	FC Juarez	27	7	7±0%	3011.9%
50	D. de Buen Full-back	Necaxa	35	6	673.3%	1140.4%