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.
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 O. Agougil's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +9.7 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.
Best talent
J. Ritmeester van de Kamp71.3RTG
Almere City FC
In form
S. Simons53.2SsN
FC Eindhoven
Rising potential
O. Agougil+9.7RTG
Jong Utrecht · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
F. Van Den Eynden+30.4SsN
Helmond Sport · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
J. Ritmeester van de Kamp7goals
Almere City FC
Most valuable
S. Simons25.9val
FC Eindhoven
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| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F. Van Den EyndenCentre-back |  Helmond Sport | 26 | 36.1 | 36533.3% | 478.7% |
| 2 | Y. LeliendalFull-back |  FC Volendam | 24 | 31.1 | 3144.6% | 5513.3% |
| 3 | T. PollFull-back | Helmond Sport | 24 | 28.3 | 2813.7% | 533.3% |
| 4 | D. VosCentre-back |  Emmen | 24 | 24.5 | 2521.9% | 553.6% |
| 5 | W. CoomansCentre-back |  MVV | 24 | 23.7 | 2430.7% | 519% |
| 6 | N. TwiskCentre-back |  Jong AZ | 23 | 22.8 | 23130.3% | 535.2% |
| 7 | C. ØstergaardCentre-back | Emmen | 21 | 20.5 | 21 | 54 |
| 8 | E. ButeraCentre-back |  Jong Ajax | 20 | 18.8 | 196166.7% | 5114.7% |
| 9 | R. AkmumCentre-back |  Den Bosch | 25 | 16.2 | 162.5% | 491.2% |
| 10 | L. SchoppemaFull-back |  De Graafschap | 22 | 15.4 | 1542.8% | 562.6% |
| 11 | M. BenitaFull-back |  Heracles | 22 | 15 | 1554.8% | 6011% |
| 12 | D. BeukersFull-back | FC Volendam | 22 | 13.9 | 14275.7% | 521.6% |
| 13 | S. BultmanCentre-back | Heracles | 21 | 13.1 | 134% | 586.8% |
| 14 | Djairo TehubyuluwFull-back | MVV | 21 | 11.1 | 11152.3% | 482.8% |
| 15 | M. MarianiFull-back |  FC OSS | 21 | 10.9 | 11 | 517.8% |
| 16 | K. KasanwirjoCentre-back | Jong Ajax | 17 | 10.2 | 10 | 46 |
| 17 | L. SchenkFull-back | MVV | 24 | 9.8 | 1076.5% | 4419.8% |
| 18 | J. EsajasCentre-back | Jong AZ | 21 | 8.9 | 923.9% | 4811.1% |
| 19 | T. VianelloFull-back |  Almere City FC | 21 | 7.5 | 8 | 53 |
| 20 | M. EngelFull-back | Almere City FC | 23 | 6.9 | 777.8% | 4813.6% |
| 21 | M. KuipersFull-back | MVV | 20 | 5.1 | 5 | 48 |