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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.

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At a glance

J. Lonwijk of Dynamo Kyiv is the standout for raw talent across players in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 60.3, and O. Palamarchuk has been the form player this season, grading 47.9, and G. Mendoza leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Muravskyi has improved his Season rating most, up +29.7 on last season, while J. Lonwijk's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +22.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, O. Drambaev of LNZ Cherkasy is the most valuable name in this group at 10.4.

Best talent
J. Lonwijk60.3RTG
Dynamo Kyiv
In form
O. Palamarchuk47.9SsN
LNZ Cherkasy
Rising potential
J. Lonwijk+22.2RTG
Dynamo Kyiv · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
N. Muravskyi+29.7SsN
LNZ Cherkasy · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
G. Mendoza8goals
Shakhtar Donetsk
Most valuable
O. Drambaev10.4val
LNZ Cherkasy
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PlayerTeam
1H. PasichFull-backLNZ Cherkasy3347.447125.7%1430%
2N. MuravskyiCentre-backLNZ Cherkasy2646.146181.1%365.8%
3T. KędzioraCentre-backDynamo Kyiv3244.54561.2%226%
4E. SarapiyCentre-backPolessya274444182.1%3411.7%
5B. MykhailichenkoFull-backPolessya29424282.6%2621.3%
6O. DrambaevFull-backLNZ Cherkasy2540.84161.9%387.1%
7R. DidykCentre-backLNZ Cherkasy2333336.8%389.2%
8A. ShabanovCentre-backFC Kharkiv3432.93328.9%1146.4%
9S. ChobotenkoFull-backPolessya2932.93350.9%2524.5%
10Y. PavlyukCentre-backFC Kharkiv2431.63298.7%397.2%
11I. KrupskyiFull-backFC Kharkiv2130.63181.1%413.1%
12A. PonedelnikCentre-backKolos Kovalivka2928.9298.2%2523.9%
13V. BabogloFull-backKarpaty2727.62828.9%3124.6%
14I. KrasniqiCentre-backPolessya2626.12610.6%3410.8%
15M. MatvienkoCentre-backShakhtar Donetsk3025.32514.5%2036.4%
16V. BondarCentre-backShakhtar Donetsk27252528.4%3028%
17E. KozikFull-backShakhtar Donetsk2323.82419%391.8%
18V. SalyukFull-backFC Kharkiv2421.92253.1%3721.8%
19Jean PedrosoFull-backKarpaty2221.32121.7%3710.8%
20JordanFull-backZorya Luhansk2720.42028.3%3027.9%
21V. VilivaldCentre-backKryvbas KR212020104.1%395.4%
22D. MiroshnichenkoFull-backKarpaty3119.31946.4%1640%
23Y. ShevchenkoFull-backObolon'-Brovar30191984.5%2028.8%
24PedrinhoFull-backShakhtar Donetsk2418.81921.7%386.8%
25Jan JurčecCentre-backKryvbas KR2517.818456.3%379.2%
26JuninhoFull-backZorya Luhansk3017.21789%2221.2%
27O. KlymetsFull-backEpitsentr Dunayivtsi2616.31655.5%319%
28V. DubkoCentre-backFC Kharkiv2516.31641.8%3316.4%
29O. MartynyukCentre-backFC Kharkiv2416.11665.3%3520.9%
30M. BurdaCentre-backKolos Kovalivka3115.5161.3%1625.2%
31O. SychFull-backDynamo Kyiv2515.11543%368.6%
32K. StamoulisFull-backVeres Rivne2514.71534±0%
33K. CipotCentre-backVeres Rivne2514.61533
34V. MorozCentre-backEpitsentr Dunayivtsi2414.31461.4%342.5%
35O. SyrotaCentre-backDynamo Kyiv2613.814228.6%378.2%
36R. LyakhFull-backKarpaty2513.4130.7%352.8%
37V. KholodCentre-backKarpaty2213.11360.2%3616%
38A. JanjićCentre-backZorya Luhansk24131335
39Iván CaleroFull-backKarpaty3112.91364.4%3516.8%
40I. PerdutaCentre-backZorya Luhansk3512.91318.9%922.7%
41R. GoncharenkoCentre-backKolos Kovalivka3212.91310.4%1540.9%
42M. SmiyanFull-backVeres Rivne2411.411356%34±0%
43J. JonesCentre-backKryvbas KR2010.91137
44S. GrygorashchukCentre-backEpitsentr Dunayivtsi2510.61171%327.2%
45I. KyryukhantsevFull-backEpitsentr Dunayivtsi301010244.8%1921.8%
46Artem MachelyukFull-backZorya Luhansk269.61051%3313.7%
47B. VeklyakCentre-backKudrivka268.59303.5%
48K. VivcharenkoFull-backDynamo Kyiv248.2820.6%373.3%
49M. MelnychukFull-backKudrivka267.7819.8%308.6%
50V. RomanFull-backLNZ Cherkasy237.4774.8%3711.9%