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

B. Broggio of Falkirk is the standout for raw talent across players in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 54.5, and C. Halkett has been the form player this season, grading 57.3, and K. Kelsy leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: P. McGinn has improved his Season rating most, up +51.2 on last season, while J. Hugill's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +18.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Durán of Celtic is the most valuable name in this group at 20.3.

Kilmarnock · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

P. McGinn+51.2SsN

Motherwell · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	C. Halkett Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	31	57.3	57253.7%	2912.3%
2	P. McGinn Centre-back	Motherwell	36	55.7	561137.8%	1976.6%
3	E. Fernandez Full-back	Rangers	24	48.1	4852.7%	501.6%
4	Henry Fieldson Full-back	ST Mirren	21	45.7	46	50
5	Colby Donovan Centre-back	Celtic	20	45.3	45432.9%	508.3%
6	B. Esselink Centre-back	Dundee Utd	27	43.3	43167.3%	3910.9%
7	A. Gogić Full-back	ST Mirren	32	40.5	4137.3%	231.8%
8	M. Forbes Centre-back	Dundee Utd	22	40.5	41275%	5017.5%
9	K. Adams Full-back	Falkirk	24	40.1	40	48
10	N. Guinness-Walker Full-back	Aberdeen	26	35.1	3531.5%	403.1%
11	J. Rawlins Centre-back	Dundee Utd	22	35.1	3588.7%	48131.7%
12	R. Astley Full-back	Dundee	25	33.5	3416.7%	494.7%
13	J. Souttar Centre-back	Rangers	30	33.4	3313.6%	3218.7%
14	R. Bushiri Centre-back	Hibernian	26	33.4	3364.5%	458.9%
15	G. Stanger Centre-back	Kilmarnock	26	33.2	33145.9%	419.3%
16	D. John Full-back	ST Mirren	31	32.9	3375%	24±0%
17	C. McCarthy Centre-back	Kilmarnock	20	32.8	33645.5%	4525.5%
18	J. McCart Full-back	Heart Of Midlothian	29	32.5	33218.6%	3122.7%
19	M. Frame Full-back	Aberdeen	20	30.6	31	54
20	A. Ralston Centre-back	Celtic	27	30.1	3056%	3913.4%
21	O. Bevan Centre-back	Dundee	23	28.4	28163%	5225.8%
22	N. Devlin Centre-back	Aberdeen	33	28	2822.8%	2320.3%
23	C. Cadden Centre-back	Aberdeen	30	26.9	2781.8%	2610.2%
24	R. Graham Centre-back	Dundee Utd	25	26.3	2686.5%	497.5%
25	J. Altena Full-back	Heart Of Midlothian	22	24.7	2524.9%	4811.2%
26	M. Moormann Centre-back	Motherwell	25	24.4	246.6%	4312.3%
27	R. King Centre-back	ST Mirren	24	24.2	24	46
28	L. Scales Full-back	Celtic	28	23.5	2440.7%	3510.3%
29	D. Wright Full-back	Dundee	31	22.7	2329.5%	26±0%
30	R. Strain Full-back	Falkirk	29	21.5	22102.8%	3119%
31	M. Schjønning-Larsen Full-back	Kilmarnock	25	20.1	20101%	4410.2%
32	L. Henderson Centre-back	Falkirk	30	19	1934.5%	2613.4%
33	O. Makhanya Centre-back	Rangers	22	18.1	1858.8%	425.8%
34	T. Sparrow Full-back	Motherwell	23	17.3	1713.9%	461.7%
35	J. Kerr Centre-back	Hibernian	29	16.6	1743.3%	302%
36	L. Neilson Centre-back	Falkirk	23	13.3	1340%	43±0%
37	A. Montgomery Full-back	Livingston	24	12.5	131150%	419.9%
38	D. Wilson Centre-back	Livingston	34	12.3	1254.1%	1630.1%
39	E. Ring Full-back	Kilmarnock	24	12.2	121009.1%	425.1%
40	C. Montaño Full-back	Livingston	34	12.2	1235.6%	1331.9%
41	A. Forrester Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	21	12.1	12	49
42	L. McCann Full-back	Falkirk	26	12	1249.6%	399.5%
43	R. McGowan Centre-back	Livingston	37	11.2	1164%	950.8%
44	Brooklyn Kabongolo Centre-back	Livingston	24	7.4	7	41
45	C. Kerr Centre-back	Livingston	31	5	585.3%	1765.8%
46	S. Harding Centre-back	Dunfermline	20	4.5	5	42