Best Defensive players by Season Rating in Premier League 26/27
The best defensive players in Premier League in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
Eguinaldo of Shakhtar Donetsk is the standout for raw talent across players in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 40, and D. Varakuta has been the form player this season, grading 46.2.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Varakuta has improved his Season rating most, up +14.1 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, Eguinaldo of Shakhtar Donetsk is the most valuable name in this group at 9.2.
9 players · ranked by best defendersCustomise →
| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. RepajCentre-back |  Epitsentr Dunayivtsi | 26 | 27.8 | 28 | 34 |
| 2 | E. KozikFull-back |  Shakhtar Donetsk | 23 | 23.8 | 24±0% | 392.1% |
| 3 | Nil CochCentre-back | Epitsentr Dunayivtsi | 28 | 17.1 | 17±0% | 25±0% |
| 4 | O. KlymetsCentre-back | Epitsentr Dunayivtsi | 26 | 16.3 | 16±0% | 31±0% |
| 5 | O. SyrotaCentre-back |  Dynamo Kyiv | 26 | 13.8 | 14228.6% | 378.2% |
| 6 | J. JonesCentre-back |  Kryvbas KR | 20 | 10.9 | 11 | 37 |
| 7 | K. VivcharenkoFull-back | Dynamo Kyiv | 24 | 8.2 | 820.6% | 373.3% |
| 8 | M. SerdyukCentre-back |  Kudrivka | 26 | 5 | 5 | 29 |
| 9 | P. PolehenkoCentre-back |  Obolon'-Brovar | 31 | 2.5 | 389.3% | 1734.8% |