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.

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At a glance

Pau Navarro of Villarreal is the standout for raw talent across players in La Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 83.9, and R. Ure has been the form player this season, grading 67.4.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Ure has improved his Season rating most, up +45.2 on last season, while R. Bardghji's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +43.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Raúl Asencio of Real Madrid is the most valuable name in this group at 96.9.

Barcelona · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

R. Ure+45.2SsN

Sevilla · 24/25→25/26

26 players · ranked by best defendersCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Diego Murillo Centre-back	Malaga	25	44.1	44290.3%	6719.6%
2	Manu Sánchez Full-back	Celta Vigo	26	38.7	39±0%	8111.3%
3	K. Lomónaco Centre-back	Elche	24	33.9	3445.2%	540.6%
4	Alejandro Balde Full-back	Barcelona	22	32.3	3221%	848.6%
5	Pau Navarro Centre-back	Villarreal	21	32	32210.7%	848.4%
6	Fernando Calero Centre-back	Malaga	31	31.6	32125.7%	503.5%
7	K. Kita Centre-back	Real Sociedad	20	29.3	29±0%	696.3%
8	Raúl Asencio Centre-back	Real Madrid	23	27.1	273.6%	803.9%
9	J. Báez Centre-back	Barcelona	36	26.6	2719.4%	1249.6%
10	Dani Vivian Centre-back	Athletic Club	27	25.7	2649.4%	6622.4%
11	Éder Militão Full-back	Real Madrid	28	23.8	2422.7%	5515.4%
12	Copete Centre-back	Valencia	26	23.8	2411.2%	687.8%
13	Dani Barcia Centre-back	Deportivo La Coruna	23	23.3	2392.6%	647.2%
14	Matia Barzic Gutiérrez Centre-back	Elche	22	20	2026.6%	669.8%
15	Arnau Comas Centre-back	Deportivo La Coruna	26	18	1865.1%	550.5%
16	R. Yeboah Full-back	Osasuna	22	14.8	15127.7%	3614.9%
17	Hugo Novoa Full-back	Alaves	23	13.9	14	643.8%
18	Gorosabel Full-back	Espanyol	30	13.8	1460.5%	3939.3%
19	D. Foulquier Full-back	Valencia	33	10.9	1152%	2245.4%
20	L. Sosa Centre-back	Barcelona	32	9.7	10	20
21	Marcão Centre-back	Sevilla	30	8	818.4%	3719.4%
22	Pablo Pérez Full-back	Atletico Madrid	25	7.8	8	61
23	Juan Berrocal Centre-back	Malaga	27	7.1	7±0%	3625.7%
24	F. Garcés Centre-back	Alaves	27	6.8	712.8%	6010.1%
25	Dani Sánchez Full-back	Malaga	26	6.5	777.7%	5215.7%
26	J. Perlaza Full-back	Barcelona	29	6.4	628%	360.8%