Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Premiership 26/27

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

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At a glance

H. Hassan of Celtic is the standout for raw talent across players in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 75.2, and M. Baur has been the form player this season, grading 52.7, and B. Miovski leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: P. McGinn has improved his Season rating most, up +47.6 on last season, while M. Baur's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +30.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Baur of Celtic is the most valuable name in this group at 19.2.

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	Player	Team
1	P. McGinn Centre-back	Motherwell	35	52.1	521057.8%	1868.2%
2	C. Halkett Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	31	47.2	47191.4%	273.1%
3	L. Scales Full-back	Celtic	28	39.6	405.9%	3919.8%
4	S. O'Donnell Full-back	Motherwell	34	39	39113.1%	1622.2%
5	J. Penrice Centre-back	Rangers	27	36.4	362.4%	3235.6%
6	J. Iredale Centre-back	Hibernian	30	35.7	3626.1%	2918.5%
7	R. Deas Centre-back	Kilmarnock	26	32.1	326.3%	434.5%
8	M. Knoester Centre-back	Aberdeen	27	27	27103%	379.5%
9	K. Adams Full-back	Falkirk	24	25.5	26	45
10	G. Hanley Centre-back	Hibernian	34	24.4	24287.3%	142.2%
11	S. Kingsley Full-back	Heart Of Midlothian	32	23.8	24235.2%	199.6%
12	R. Bushiri Centre-back	Hibernian	26	23.6	2416.3%	4313%
13	K. Ciubotaru Full-back	Dundee Utd	22	22.8	23	36
14	O. Makhanya Centre-back	Rangers	22	22.6	2348.5%	5011.5%
15	J. Souttar Centre-back	Rangers	29	21.9	2225.5%	3121.2%
16	N. Devlin Centre-back	Aberdeen	32	21.4	216.1%	2029.7%
17	R. King Centre-back	ST Mirren	24	20.6	21	43
18	A. Ralston Centre-back	Celtic	27	19	191.6%	3521.8%
19	I. Samuels Full-back	Dundee	23	17.8	184350%	4519.5%
20	R. Graham Centre-back	Dundee Utd	25	15.6	1610.6%	436.4%
21	C. Montaño Full-back	Livingston	34	12.2	1235.6%	1331.9%
22	A. Forrester Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	21	12.1	12	49
23	R. McGowan Centre-back	Livingston	37	11.2	1164%	950.8%
24	M. Frame Full-back	Aberdeen	20	8.9	9	46
25	D. Naamo Full-back	Dundee Utd	21	8.4	8	43
26	Brooklyn Kabongolo Centre-back	Livingston	23	7.4	7	41
27	A. Montgomery Full-back	Celtic	24	6.3	6530%	419.9%
28	J. Meier Full-back	Kilmarnock	26	6.2	631.1%	3627.4%
29	C. Kerr Centre-back	Livingston	30	4.6	586.4%	1960%
30	S. Harding Centre-back	Dunfermline	20	4.5	5	42