Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Premier League

The best defensive players in Premier League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

D. Kuzyk of LNZ Cherkasy is the standout for raw talent across players in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 43.4, and O. Palamarchuk has been the form player this season, grading 47.9, and B. Faal leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: O. Gorin has improved his Season rating most, up +38.2 on last season, while V. Salyuk's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +8.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, D. Varakuta of Metalist 1925 Kharkiv is the most valuable name in this group at 10.3.

O. Palamarchuk47.9SsN

LNZ Cherkasy

Rising potential

V. Salyuk+8.3RTG

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

O. Gorin+38.2SsN

LNZ Cherkasy · 24/25→25/26

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

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	Player	Team
1	H. Pasich Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	33	47.4	47125.7%	1430%
2	N. Muravskyi Centre-back	LNZ Cherkasy	26	46.1	46181.1%	365.8%
3	E. Sarapiy Centre-back	Polessya	27	44	44182.1%	3411.7%
4	B. Mykhailichenko Full-back	Polessya	29	42	4282.6%	2621.3%
5	O. Drambaev Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	25	40.8	4161.9%	387.1%
6	R. Didyk Centre-back	LNZ Cherkasy	23	33	336.8%	389.2%
7	S. Chobotenko Centre-back	Polessya	29	32.9	3350.9%	2524.5%
8	A. Shabanov Centre-back	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	34	32.9	3328.9%	1146.4%
9	Y. Pavlyuk Centre-back	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	23	31.6	3298.7%	399.2%
10	I. Krupskyi Full-back	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	21	30.6	3181.1%	413.1%
11	V. Salyuk Centre-back	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	24	29.8	30108.4%	3927.4%
12	A. Ponedelnik Full-back	Kolos Kovalivka	29	28.9	298.2%	2523.9%
13	V. Baboglo Centre-back	Karpaty	27	27.6	2828.9%	3026%
14	I. Krasniqi Centre-back	Kolos Kovalivka	26	26.1	2610.6%	3312.9%
15	M. Matvienko Centre-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	25.3	2514.5%	2036.4%
16	V. Bondar Centre-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	27	25	2528.4%	3028%
17	E. Kozik Centre-back	Kolos Kovalivka	23	23.8	2419%	383.8%
18	Jean Pedroso Centre-back	Karpaty	22	21.3	2121.7%	3710.8%
19	Jordan Centre-back	Zorya Luhansk	27	20.4	2028.3%	3028.1%
20	V. Vilivald Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	21	20	20104.1%	395.4%
21	D. Miroshnichenko Full-back	Karpaty	31	19.3	1946.4%	1640%
22	Y. Shevchenko Full-back	Obolon'-Brovar	30	19	1984.5%	2028.8%
23	Pedrinho Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	24	18.8	1921.7%	386.8%
24	Jan Jurčec Full-back	Kryvbas KR	25	17.8	18456.3%	379.5%
25	Juninho Full-back	Zorya Luhansk	30	17.2	1789%	2221.2%
26	V. Dubko Centre-back	Obolon'-Brovar	25	16.3	1641.8%	3316.4%
27	O. Klymets Full-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	26	16.3	1655.5%	319%
28	O. Martynyuk Full-back	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	24	16.1	1665.3%	3520.9%
29	Y. Konoplya Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	26	15.6	167.7%	356.7%
30	M. Burda Centre-back	Kolos Kovalivka	31	15.5	161.3%	1625.2%
31	O. Sych Full-back	Karpaty	25	15.1	1543%	3414.7%
32	K. Stamoulis Full-back	Veres Rivne	25	14.7	15	34±0%
33	K. Cipot Centre-back	Veres Rivne	25	14.6	15	33
34	V. Moroz Centre-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	24	14.3	1461.4%	342.5%
35	R. Lyakh Full-back	Ruh Lviv	25	13.4	130.7%	343.4%
36	V. Kholod Centre-back	Ruh Lviv	22	13.1	1360.2%	3617.4%
37	A. JanjiÄCentre-back	Zorya Luhansk	24	13	13	35
38	I. Perduta Full-back	Zorya Luhansk	35	12.9	1318.9%	924.4%
39	R. Goncharenko Centre-back	Veres Rivne	32	12.9	1310.4%	1348.2%
40	M. Smiyan Full-back	Veres Rivne	24	11.4	11356%	34±0%
41	J. Jones Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	20	10.9	11	37
42	I. Ukhan Full-back	SK Poltava	23	10.8	115300%	3613.1%
43	S. Grygorashchuk Centre-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	25	10.6	1171%	327.2%
44	I. Kyryukhantsev Full-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	30	10	10244.8%	1921.8%
45	Artem Machelyuk Full-back	Kudrivka	26	9.6	1051%	3311.3%
46	V. Pryymak Full-back	Obolon'-Brovar	29	9.6	1049.5%	2234%
47	Y. Misyura Centre-back	SK Poltava	32	8.6	978.2%	1434.6%
48	B. Veklyak Centre-back	Kudrivka	26	8.5	9	303.5%
49	K. Vivcharenko Full-back	Dynamo Kyiv	24	8.2	820.6%	373.3%
50	M. Melnychuk Full-back	Kudrivka	26	7.7	819.8%	308.6%