Best defensive players from Australia

The best defensive players from Australia, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

J. Pearman of Australia U20 is the standout for raw talent across players from Australia, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and L. Jovanović leads the scoring with 11 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Silvera has improved his Season rating most, up +47.6 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Pearman of Australia U20 is the most valuable name in this group at 170.2.

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#	Player	Team	Age	CS	Season	Rating
1	Harrison Devenish-Meares Goalkeeper	Sydney	29	12	36	15
2	R. Grant Full-back	Sydney	35	12	39	8
3	C. Devlin Central midfielder	Heart Of Midlothian	28	12	3927.1%	379.7%
4	C. Burgess Centre-back	Swansea	30	12	39346.6%	4516.9%
5	S. Silvera Central midfielder	Middlesbrough	25	11	521057.8%	7780.2%
6	A. Circati Full-back	Parma	22	10	521133.3%	8425.4%
7	J. Gauci Goalkeeper	Port Vale	26	10	211790.9%	414.9%
8	B. Garuccio Full-back	Sydney	31	9	39	12
9	D. Hall Centre-back	Auckland	27	9	32	18
10	P. Beach Goalkeeper	Melbourne City	22	9	30	21
11	A. Behich Full-back	Melbourne City	35	9	3364.7%	868.2%
12	C. Peupion Winger	ADO Den Haag	23	9	28659.5%	5812.5%
13	J. Iredale Full-back	Hibernian	30	9	3626.1%	2918.2%
14	M. Ryan Goalkeeper	Levante	34	9	2314.1%	3211.7%
15	A. Robertson Defensive midfielder	Cardiff	23	9	3211.3%	5125.1%
16	J. Girdwood-Reich Centre-back	Auckland	22	8	331852.9%	2140.9%
17	J. King Centre-back	Sydney	25	8	29595.2%	1949.6%
18	A. Grant Centre-back	Sydney	32	8	34101.2%	966.1%
19	P. Izzo Goalkeeper	Randers FC	31	8	27157.7%	2616.9%
20	J. Koutroumbis Centre-back	Motherwell	28	8	29525.5%	325.3%
21	L. Brook Attacking midfielder	Auckland	25	7	32	2140.5%
22	M. Caputo Centre-forward	Melbourne City	20	7	29	21
23	N. Atkinson Full-back	Melbourne City	27	7	4495.1%	1661.4%
24	Samuel Klein Attacking midfielder	Brisbane Roar	22	7	19	21
25	D. Bouzanis Goalkeeper	Brisbane Roar	35	7	183520%	828%
26	F. Karačić Full-back	NK Osijek	30	7	2638.7%	1964.9%
27	J. Nisbet Central midfielder	Roda	27	7	4130.9%	476.6%
28	M. Boyle Centre-forward	Hibernian	33	7	3040.4%	1837.7%
29	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	7	42345.7%	7739.1%
30	O. Priestman Defensive midfielder	Motherwell	23	6	7	43
31	L. Mauragis Full-back	Central Coast Mariners	24	6	29	21
32	B. Tapp Centre-back	Central Coast Mariners	25	6	35	20
33	A. Redmayne Goalkeeper	Central Coast Mariners	37	6	13	6
34	A. Popovic Centre-back	Sydney	23	6	24458.1%	1956.7%
35	A. Segecic Attacking midfielder	Portsmouth	22	6	38103.2%	7128%
36	R. McGree Defensive midfielder	Middlesbrough	27	6	36177.3%	590.9%
37	T. Deng Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	29	6	2627.5%	3123.9%
38	A. O'Neill Defensive midfielder	New York City FC	28	6	1627.8%	3038.5%
39	P. Yazbek Central midfielder	Nashville SC	24	6	24211.7%	426.3%
40	C. Elder Full-back	Derby	31	6	3243.6%	388.2%
41	L. Miller Full-back	Blackburn	25	6	4584.3%	6434.2%
42	A. Stamatelopoulos Centre-forward	Sydney	27	5	1130.4%	1564.7%
43	J. Donachie Centre-back	Central Coast Mariners	33	5	24	7
44	J. Delianov Goalkeeper	Newcastle Jets	26	5	8	20
45	D. Wilmering Full-back	Newcastle Jets	25	5	22	22
46	J. Valadon Defensive midfielder	Melbourne Victory	23	5	29	21
47	S. Esposito Centre-back	Melbourne Victory	21	5	32	21
48	D. Genreau Defensive midfielder	Melbourne Victory	27	5	471513.8%	1870.3%
49	J. Davidson Centre-back	Melbourne Victory	35	5	2227.9%	849.3%
50	Z. Schreiber Defensive midfielder	Melbourne City	21	5	20	19