Best Defensive players by Season Rating in La Liga 26/27

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

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

At a glance

Pau Cubarsí Paredes of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across players in La Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 95.3, and A. Budimir has been the form player this season, grading 61.2.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Ezzalzouli has improved his Season rating most, up +35.5 on last season, while A. Faye's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +53.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Ferran Torres of Barcelona is the most valuable name in this group at 117.

Best talent

Pau Cubarsí Paredes95.3RTG

Celta Vigo · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

A. Ezzalzouli+35.5SsN

Real Betis · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Pau Cubarsí Paredes Centre-back	Barcelona	19	50.9	5134.3%	953.3%
2	Diego Murillo Centre-back	Malaga	25	44.1	44290.3%	6719.6%
3	Manu Sánchez Full-back	Celta Vigo	26	38.7	39±0%	8111.3%
4	Miguel Loureiro Centre-back	Deportivo La Coruna	29	38.1	38±0%	48±0%
5	L. Cabrera Centre-back	Espanyol	35	37.4	3713.7%	332.7%
6	C. Romero Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	28	34.1	34130.4%	599.5%
7	Alejandro Balde Full-back	Barcelona	22	32.3	3221%	848.6%
8	Pau Navarro Centre-back	Villarreal	21	32	32210.7%	848.4%
9	Fernando Calero Centre-back	Malaga	30	31.6	32125.7%	503.5%
10	Diego Rico Centre-back	Osasuna	33	31.5	3256.7%	3132.9%
11	V. Gómez Centre-back	Real Betis	23	31.5	3261.8%	8029.8%
12	Catena Centre-back	Osasuna	31	31	31±0%	44±0%
13	M. Ruggeri Full-back	Atletico Madrid	24	30.7	31±0%	82±0%
14	Sergi Cardona Full-back	Villarreal	27	29.8	3013.9%	6821.9%
15	K. Kita Centre-back	Real Sociedad	20	29.3	29±0%	696.3%
16	Raúl Asencio Centre-back	Real Madrid	23	27.1	273.6%	803.9%
17	J. Báez Centre-back	Barcelona	36	26.6	2719.4%	1249.6%
18	F. Boyomo Full-back	Osasuna	24	26.2	2665.6%	7712.9%
19	Dani Vivian Centre-back	Athletic Club	27	25.7	2649.4%	6622.4%
20	Diego Llorente Centre-back	Real Betis	33	24	2416.4%	2352.9%
21	Copete Centre-back	Valencia	26	23.8	2411.2%	687.8%
22	Éder Militão Full-back	Real Madrid	28	23.8	2422.7%	5515.4%
23	Dani Barcia Centre-back	Deportivo La Coruna	23	23.3	2392.6%	647.2%
24	A. Faye Centre-back	Celta Vigo	21	20.9	2122.9%	84176.5%
25	A. Rüdiger Centre-back	Real Madrid	33	20.8	2143.5%	2541.1%
26	G. Tsitaishvili Full-back	Rayo Vallecano	25	20.6	2137.6%	745.9%
27	Álvaro Núñez Full-back	Celta Vigo	26	20.5	2161%	754.5%
28	Q. Hartman Full-back	Espanyol	24	20.4	20129.2%	8836.7%
29	Matia Barzic Gutiérrez Centre-back	Elche	22	20	2026.6%	669.8%
30	C. Starfelt Centre-back	Celta Vigo	31	19.2	1930.7%	3632.3%
31	Jon Pacheco Centre-back	Real Sociedad	25	18.6	1936.8%	7912.9%
32	Arnau Comas Centre-back	Deportivo La Coruna	26	18	1865.1%	550.5%
33	Jorge Herrando Centre-back	Osasuna	25	17.9	18±0%	69±0%
34	João Cancelo Centre-back	Barcelona	32	16.2	1614.3%	3721.9%
35	Hugo Novoa Full-back	Alaves	23	13.9	14	643.8%
36	Gorosabel Full-back	Athletic Club	30	13.8	1460.5%	3939.3%
37	Junior Firpo Full-back	Real Betis	30	11.2	1181%	4625.9%
38	D. Foulquier Full-back	Valencia	33	10.9	1152%	2245.4%
39	L. Sosa Centre-back	Barcelona	32	9.7	10	20
40	Rubén Sánchez Full-back	Espanyol	25	9.5	1058.9%	7010.3%
41	John Nwankwo Centre-back	Elche	25	9.4	942.3%	666.6%
42	Manu Fernández Centre-back	Celta Vigo	25	8.9	9	68
43	A. Boiro Full-back	Athletic Club	24	8.5	959.7%	6811.7%
44	Marcão Centre-back	Sevilla	30	8	818.4%	3719.4%
45	Iker Córdoba Centre-back	Valencia	20	7.8	8	646.5%
46	Pablo Pérez Full-back	Atletico Madrid	25	7.8	8	61
47	Juan Berrocal Centre-back	Getafe	27	7.1	7±0%	3625.7%
48	F. Garcés Centre-back	Alaves	26	6.8	712.8%	6010.1%
49	R. Yeboah Full-back	Osasuna	22	6.5	7±0%	3721%
50	Dani Sánchez Full-back	Malaga	26	6.5	777.7%	5215.7%