Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Liga I 25/26

The best defensive players in Liga I in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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

At a glance

R. Sava of Universitatea Craiova is the standout for raw talent across players in Liga I, with a Field Insider Rating of 66.1, and V. Screciu has been the form player this season, grading 51.3, and J. Lukić leads the scoring with 18 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Dobre has improved his Season rating most, up +41.7 on last season, while A. Al Hamlawi's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +4.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, R. Sava of Universitatea Craiova is the most valuable name in this group at 8.1.

Best talent

R. Sava66.1RTG

Universitatea Craiova

In form

V. Screciu51.3SsN

Universitatea Craiova

Rising potential

A. Al Hamlawi+4.2RTG

Universitatea Craiova · 24/25→25/26

Universitatea Craiova

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	Player	Team
1	O. Romanchuk Full-back	Universitatea Craiova	26	50.2	5076.1%	3317.2%
2	M. Tudose Centre-back	Arges Pitesti	21	49.6	50	37
3	L. Sadriu Full-back	Arges Pitesti	25	48.2	48	33
4	M. Zhelev Full-back	Oţelul	34	45.2	45	14
5	D. Oancea Full-back	Arges Pitesti	29	39.6	40	22
6	D. Mikanović Full-back	Universitatea Cluj	32	39.3	39	17
7	M. Camora Full-back	CFR 1907 Cluj	39	35.9	36	10
8	F. Borţa Full-back	Arges Pitesti	27	35.2	35	26
9	N. Stoioanov Centre-back	Dinamo Bucuresti	21	34.6	35	38
10	A. Rus Centre-back	Universitatea Craiova	30	34	3496.5%	2053.1%
11	A. Miron Centre-back	FC Botosani	32	31.7	32	19
12	F. Poulolo Centre-back	Universitatea Cluj	29	31	31	25
13	C. Petro Defensive midfielder	FC Botosani	25	30.7	31	35
14	S. Sinyan Centre-back	CFR 1907 Cluj	30	30.5	31125.9%	2214.9%
15	N. Loosli Full-back	Universitatea Cluj	29	28.5	29179.4%	411.9%
16	L. Kramer Centre-back	Rapid	27	28.2	286.4%	2737.2%
17	D. Pospelov Centre-back	Uta Arad	34	26.9	27161.2%	1332.1%
18	A. Dorobanțu Full-back	Uta Arad	22	26.7	27	36
19	M. Briceag Full-back	Arges Pitesti	34	26.5	27154.8%	942.7%
20	P. Iacob Centre-back	Oţelul	30	26.4	26	20
21	A. Pașcanu Centre-back	Rapid	27	26.3	2622.4%	2855.5%
22	M. Țuțu Full-back	Petrolul Ploiesti	22	25.9	26	36
23	R. Radunović Full-back	FCSB	34	25.5	26	12
24	L. Pászka Full-back	Csikszereda	30	25.2	25	22
25	Guilherme Garutti Centre-back	Arges Pitesti	32	24.2	24	12
26	J. Cissé Centre-back	Universitatea Cluj	29	22.9	23	21
27	Heriberto Tavares Attacking midfielder	Universitatea Craiova	29	22.7	23114.2%	2452%
28	P. Ouaneh Centre-back	Uta Arad	28	22.7	23138.9%	472.8%
29	S. Alomeroviс Full-back	Uta Arad	29	22.3	22	23
30	V. Crețu Full-back	FCSB	37	22.1	22	7
31	C. Ganea Full-back	Farul Constanta	34	21.6	22208.6%	1228.1%
32	A. Țigănașu Centre-back	FC Botosani	36	20.5	21	9
33	E. Annan Full-back	Rapid	24	20.4	203980%	5811.3%
34	Né Lopes Centre-back	Oţelul	26	20.2	20104%	2842%
35	I. Larie Centre-back	Farul Constanta	39	20.2	20	10
36	C. Manea Full-back	Rapid	29	20.2	20	21
37	R. Onea Full-back	Rapid	28	20.1	20	24
38	J. Hegedűs Centre-back	Csikszereda	29	20	20	22
39	R. Creţ Full-back	FC Botosani	20	19.7	20	34
40	R. Palmeş Centre-back	Csikszereda	30	19.6	20	21
41	M. Coco Full-back	CFR 1907 Cluj	30	19.4	19280.4%	1958%
42	N. Stevanović Centre-back	Universitatea Craiova	28	19.4	19295.9%	2629%
43	D. Diaw Centre-back	FC Botosani	31	19.4	1959.6%	1765.2%
44	D. Şerbănică Full-back	Unirea Slobozia	30	18.9	19	19
45	T. Căpușă Full-back	Petrolul Ploiesti	28	18.4	18	26
46	I. Stoica Centre-back	AFC Hermannstadt	38	18.1	18	7
47	S. Balaure Central midfielder	Arges Pitesti	30	17.8	18	16
48	D. Codrea Defensive midfielder	Universitatea Cluj	29	17.2	17	21
49	D. Ciobotariu Centre-back	Rapid	28	17.1	17	23
50	N. Ilaș Centre-back	FC Botosani	19	16.8	17	34