Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Eredivisie 26/27

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

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At a glance

J. Bos of Feyenoord is the standout for raw talent across players in Eredivisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 76, and A. Kostić has been the form player this season, grading 40.5.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Bos has improved his Season rating most, up +30 on last season, while N. Kasanwirjo's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +28.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Lien of Groningen is the most valuable name in this group at 57.8.

N. Kasanwirjo+28.6RTG

Feyenoord · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Bos+30SsN

Feyenoord · 24/25→25/26

23 players · ranked by best defendersCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	39.4	39319.1%	7637.4%
2	M. Deijl Full-back	Feyenoord	29	37.7	38±0%	501.2%
3	D. Blind Centre-back	Ajax	36	32.1	320.6%	306.7%
4	Tomas Galvez Full-back	GO Ahead Eagles	21	31.7	3282.2%	6517.1%
5	M. Pedersen Full-back	Feyenoord	26	27.8	28±0%	726.4%
6	N. Nwankwo Centre-back	Telstar	28	23.8	24	48
7	A. Kaplan Centre-back	NEC Nijmegen	23	23.3	2364.1%	7417.3%
8	M. Muzungu Centre-back	Ajax	18	23	23±0%	5913%
9	B. Reith Full-back	Sparta Rotterdam	27	22	2280.3%	4617.2%
10	S. Lemkin Centre-back	Twente	23	21.7	22538.2%	6989.8%
11	S. de Grand Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	21	21.3	21±0%	511.8%
12	O. Wijndal Centre-back	Ajax	26	21.1	21145.3%	563.6%
13	N. Kasanwirjo Full-back	Feyenoord	24	19.8	20±0%	7013.6%
14	T. Gooijer Full-back	Ajax	22	19.3	19±0%	698.2%
15	Iván Márquez Centre-back	Fortuna Sittard	32	19.3	1939.5%	3220.9%
16	D. Kasius Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	23	16.1	1638.8%	676.7%
17	Gabriel Brás Full-back	NEC Nijmegen	22	15.9	16±0%	48±0%
18	G. Smal Full-back	Feyenoord	29	15.7	161.9%	4623.5%
19	M. van de Wetering Full-back	Excelsior	17	11.4	11	54
20	G. Nauber Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	34	8.6	976.4%	1458.6%
21	A. Natali Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	18	8.4	8±0%	538.2%
22	J. Mesbahi Full-back	Twente	20	7.6	8	5210.3%
23	A. Nagalo Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	23	4.5	5246.2%	4426.3%