Best defensive players in First League

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

At a glance

P. Stanić of Ludogorets is the standout for raw talent across players in First League, with a Field Insider Rating of 36.3, and I. Chochev has been the form player this season, grading 36.7, and Everton Bala leads the scoring with 12 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: H. Bonmann has improved his Season rating most, up +28.5 on last season, while J. Lamy's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +1.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, P. Stanić of Ludogorets is the most valuable name in this group at 11.6.

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#	Player	Team	Age	CS	Season	Rating
1	P. Stanić Attacking midfielder	Ludogorets	24	10	29	36
2	I. Chochev Defensive midfielder	Ludogorets	33	10	37	12
3	Deroy Duarte Defensive midfielder	Ludogorets	27	10	1560.2%	2760.8%
4	A. Gospodinov Goalkeeper	Arda Kardzhali	32	10	34	15
5	A. Nedyalkov Centre-back	Ludogorets	33	9	28	11
6	M. Stoev Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	26	9	30	28
7	H. Bonmann Goalkeeper	Ludogorets	32	9	35431.8%	1362.8%
8	O. Verdon Centre-back	Ludogorets	30	9	28	19
9	Z. Atanasov Centre-back	Cherno More Varna	35	9	32	9
10	S. Vutsov Goalkeeper	Levski Sofia	24	9	31	34
11	L. Kotev Defensive midfielder	Arda Kardzhali	28	9	211507.7%	250.8%
12	Dinis Almeida Full-back	Ludogorets	31	8	27265.3%	1559.9%
13	J. Salomoni Centre-back	Beroe	28	8	31	23
14	Celso Sidney Centre-forward	Cherno More Varna	25	8	8	31
15	V. Drobarov Centre-back	Cherno More Varna	33	8	30	11
16	Pedro Naressi Defensive midfielder	Ludogorets	28	8	15417.9%	2359.7%
17	V. Panayotov Attacking midfielder	Cherno More Varna	36	8	10	9
18	Adrián Cova Full-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	25	8	25	32
19	K. Dimitrov Centre-back	Levski Sofia	29	8	26	22
20	F. Eboa Eboa Centre-back	Arda Kardzhali	29	8	27253.3%	2158.8%
21	Facundo Costantini Full-back	Beroe	26	7	26	27
22	Lucas Ryan Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	24	7	28	33
23	Everton Bala Attacking midfielder	Levski Sofia	27	7	31	28
24	Ismael Ferrer Defensive midfielder	Beroe	23	7	16	31
25	J. Pineda Centre-forward	Beroe	26	7	4	27
26	Cascardo Full-back	Arda Kardzhali	29	7	222300%	2158.3%
27	Erick Marcus Attacking midfielder	Ludogorets	22	7	17	3539.2%
28	G. Lazarov Centre-forward	Cherno More Varna	20	7	15	34
29	Son Full-back	Ludogorets	32	7	2150.4%	1373.3%
30	A. Chandarov Central midfielder	Cherno More Varna	27	7	16	26
31	A. Donchev Attacking midfielder	Cherno More Varna	24	7	6	32
32	B. Milosavljevic Goalkeeper	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	27	7	22	26
33	Maicon Full-back	Levski Sofia	26	7	22	30
34	C. Hüseynov Defensive midfielder	Arda Kardzhali	23	7	11	32
35	V. Velev Full-back	Arda Kardzhali	26	7	23187.3%	284.1%
36	B. Karagaren Attacking midfielder	Arda Kardzhali	33	7	23	11
37	S. Yusein Attacking midfielder	Arda Kardzhali	30	7	8	17
38	I. Pittas Centre-forward	CSKA Sofia	30	7	1469.6%	1939.4%
39	L. Dellova Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	27	7	25	27
40	Á. Martino Full-back	CSKA Sofia	28	6	1859.2%	2353.8%
41	I. Goranov Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	34	6	1747.9%	860.7%
42	R. Tsonev Defensive midfielder	Botev Vratsa	31	6	17	15
43	I. Yurukov Defensive midfielder	Botev Vratsa	26	6	10	27
44	A. Bouras Defensive midfielder	Levski Sofia	24	6	11	32
45	Caio Vidal Winger	Ludogorets	25	6	12	3148.1%
46	I. Nachmias Centre-back	Ludogorets	29	6	19	19
47	J. Gallegos Attacking midfielder	Botev Vratsa	24	6	99.9%	3021.4%
48	Pastor Full-back	CSKA Sofia	26	6	1750.3%	3051%
49	M. Soula Attacking midfielder	Levski Sofia	28	6	19	25
50	T. Sonha Attacking midfielder	Beroe	24	6	0	29