Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Süper Lig 26/27

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

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At a glance

G. Guarino of Samsunspor is the standout for raw talent across players in Süper Lig, with a Field Insider Rating of 65.6, and G. Giorbelidze has been the form player this season, grading 58.9, and B. Çelik leads the scoring with 11 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: G. Giorbelidze has improved his Season rating most, up +43.9 on last season, while T. Diarra's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +27.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Özçimen of Göztepe is the most valuable name in this group at 16.2.

G. Giorbelidze58.9SsN

Erzurumspor FK

Rising potential

T. Diarra+27.6RTG

Kasımpaşa · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

G. Giorbelidze+43.9SsN

Erzurumspor FK · 22/23→25/26

38 players · ranked by best defendersCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	G. Giorbelidze Full-back	Erzurumspor FK	30	58.9	59292.7%	2613.9%
2	M. Yumlu Centre-back	Erzurumspor FK	38	44.8	45116.4%	1048.9%
3	S. Akaydin Centre-back	Trabzonspor	32	42.5	43372.2%	2511.2%
4	J. Oosterwolde Centre-back	Fenerbahçe	25	35.3	35218%	5015.3%
5	U. Erdem Full-back	Rizespor	22	33.5	34	41
6	F. Nzaba Centre-back	Başakşehir	24	29.3	296.9%	422.2%
7	Kévin Rodrigues Full-back	Gençlerbirliği S.K.	32	29.1	2912.3%	2413.9%
8	A. Batagov Full-back	Trabzonspor	24	29	291%	494%
9	Thalisson Kelven Centre-back	Gençlerbirliği S.K.	28	28.7	2913.3%	3616.1%
10	G. Guarino Full-back	Samsunspor	22	26.3	26110.4%	668.8%
11	G. Sazdağı Full-back	Beşiktaş	31	23.8	24±0%	23±0%
12	S. Bakayoko Centre-back	Rizespor	21	23.6	2437.2%	633.3%
13	I. Drapiński Full-back	Samsunspor	22	22.7	23±0%	425.8%
14	O. Ba Centre-back	Başakşehir	30	21.1	2114.2%	2428.9%
15	T. Şahin Full-back	Rizespor	25	21	2117.3%	4516.2%
16	G. Frimpong Centre-back	Kasımpaşa	27	20.6	2125.6%	3837.3%
17	F. Uduokhai Centre-back	Beşiktaş	28	20.2	2022.9%	3227.6%
18	E. Gökçe Full-back	Eyüpspor	23	20.2	20	39
19	A. Bülbül Full-back	Amed	21	18.6	19615.4%	3912.8%
20	C. Hanalp Full-back	Amed	30	18.6	19±0%	20±0%
21	P. Frankowski Full-back	Galatasaray	31	18.2	1815.7%	4221%
22	H. Kaldırım Full-back	Amed	36	16.8	170.6%	1115.9%
23	O. Bulut Full-back	Başakşehir	32	16	16290.2%	1722.5%
24	S. Osmanoğlu Centre-back	Çorum FK	36	15.9	16±0%	10±0%
25	Y. Çift Centre-back	Samsunspor	22	14.4	1431.4%	436.9%
26	N. Sonko-Sundberg Centre-back	Göztepe	30	14.3	1420.6%	2428.5%
27	Ç. Söyüncü Full-back	Fenerbahçe	30	13.5	1452.5%	2430.1%
28	F. Aksoy Centre-back	Alanyaspor	28	12.9	1325.9%	2925.9%
29	Y. Demir Centre-back	Fenerbahçe	22	12.3	12	44
30	K. Demirtaş Centre-back	Amed	32	12	12215.8%	1343.2%
31	C. Sertel Full-back	Çorum FK	26	11.6	1276.7%	3033%
32	Rodrigo Becão Full-back	Fenerbahçe	30	11.4	1183.9%	288.6%
33	K. Çalhanoğlu Full-back	Gaziantep FK	24	11	1166.7%	3537.9%
34	T. Serbest Centre-back	Amed	32	10.9	1153.5%	1353.9%
35	O. Yılmaz Full-back	Trabzonspor	20	10.3	10	3613.7%
36	K. Çörekçi Centre-back	Kasımpaşa	34	9.9	1027.7%	948.1%
37	B. Özyurt Full-back	Eyüpspor	23	9.3	9±0%	41±0%
38	C. Cuesta Full-back	Galatasaray	27	7.8	812.4%	3818.4%