Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Eerste Divisie 26/27
The best defensive players in Eerste Divisie in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
J. Ritmeester van de Kamp of Almere City FC is the standout for raw talent across players in Eerste Divisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 71.3, and S. Simons has been the form player this season, grading 53.2, and J. N'djoli leads the scoring with 10 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: F. Van Den Eynden has improved his Season rating most, up +30.4 on last season, while W. Ould-Chikh's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +6.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, S. Simons of FC Eindhoven is the most valuable name in this group at 25.9.
18 players · ranked by best defendersCustomise →
| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F. Van Den EyndenCentre-back |  Helmond Sport | 26 | 36.1 | 36533.3% | 478.7% |
| 2 | J. ZwartFull-back |  Jong AZ | 19 | 25 | 25±0% | 53±0% |
| 3 | D. VosCentre-back |  Emmen | 24 | 24.5 | 2521.9% | 553.6% |
| 4 | W. CoomansCentre-back |  MVV | 24 | 23.7 | 2430.7% | 519% |
| 5 | N. TwiskCentre-back | Jong AZ | 23 | 22.8 | 23130.3% | 535.2% |
| 6 | L. WoutersCentre-back | Vitesse | 27 | 22.7 | 23118.3% | 4515.6% |
| 7 | C. ØstergaardCentre-back | Emmen | 21 | 20.5 | 21 | 54 |
| 8 | Viggo PlantingaCentre-back |  Jong Utrecht | 17 | 18.9 | 19±0% | 56±0% |
| 9 | E. ButeraCentre-back |  Jong Ajax | 20 | 18.8 | 19±0% | 51±0% |
| 10 | R. AkmumCentre-back |  Den Bosch | 25 | 16.2 | 162.5% | 491.2% |
| 11 | L. SchoppemaFull-back |  De Graafschap | 22 | 15.4 | 1542.8% | 562.6% |
| 12 | D. BeukersFull-back |  FC Volendam | 22 | 13.9 | 14275.7% | 521.6% |
| 13 | Djairo TehubyuluwFull-back | MVV | 21 | 11.1 | 11152.3% | 482.8% |
| 14 | M. MarianiFull-back |  FC OSS | 21 | 10.9 | 11 | 517.8% |
| 15 | K. KasanwirjoCentre-back | Jong Ajax | 17 | 10.2 | 10 | 46 |
| 16 | T. VianelloFull-back |  Almere City FC | 21 | 7.5 | 8 | 53 |
| 17 | M. EngelFull-back | Almere City FC | 23 | 6.9 | 777.8% | 4813.6% |
| 18 | M. KuipersFull-back | MVV | 20 | 5.1 | 5 | 48 |