Best defensive players in Conference League

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

At a glance

A. Wharton of Crystal Palace is the standout for raw talent across players in Conference League, with a Field Insider Rating of 90.4, and T. Strakosha has been the form player this season, grading 76.2, and T. Parrott leads the scoring with 10 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Sangaré has improved his Season rating most, up +55.3 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Wharton of Crystal Palace is the most valuable name in this group at 171.8.

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#	Player	Team	Age	CS	Season	Rating
1	T. Strakosha Goalkeeper	AEK Athens FC	31	17	76153.2%	259.8%
2	O. Pineda Central midfielder	AEK Athens FC	30	16	45129.9%	27±0%
3	L. Rota Full-back	AEK Athens FC	28	16	64193.2%	3512.1%
4	V. Screciu Full-back	Universitatea Craiova	26	15	51	34
5	Filipe Relvas Centre-back	AEK Athens FC	26	15	57695.8%	399.7%
6	L. Jović Centre-forward	AEK Athens FC	28	14	50523.8%	3444.6%
7	H. Moukoudi Centre-back	AEK Athens FC	28	14	53188.6%	322.6%
8	R. Marin Central midfielder	AEK Athens FC	30	14	4284.6%	2749.9%
9	M. Şengezer Goalkeeper	Başakşehir	29	13	44113%	3716.2%
10	M. Guéhi Centre-back	Crystal Palace	26	12	5616.2%	808.5%
11	S. Papagiannopoulos Centre-back	AIK Stockholm	35	12	5143.7%	140.7%
12	A. Koita Central midfielder	AEK Athens FC	27	12	30133.3%	354.8%
13	D. Henderson Goalkeeper	Crystal Palace	29	12	3824.2%	6118.7%
14	K. Nordfeldt Goalkeeper	AIK Stockholm	37	12	4860.3%	1121%
15	J. Opoku Centre-back	Başakşehir	27	12	4854.2%	4410.6%
16	E. Shomurodov Attacking midfielder	Başakşehir	31	12	68195.7%	3233%
17	C. Mora Central midfielder	Universitatea Craiova	25	11	26	35
18	A. Mekvabishvili Central midfielder	Universitatea Craiova	25	11	34	37
19	Ș. Baiaram Winger	Universitatea Craiova	23	11	28	37
20	N. Simić Centre-back	FK Partizan	19	11	35	44
21	A. Grgić Defensive midfielder	FC Lugano	29	11	48	36
22	M. Lacroix Centre-back	Crystal Palace	26	11	540.7%	7810.2%
23	T. Isherwood Centre-back	AIK Stockholm	28	11	48995.5%	287.6%
24	A. Salétros Central midfielder	AIK Stockholm	30	11	393.9%	2322.1%
25	B. Celina Central midfielder	AIK Stockholm	29	11	384.1%	2818.9%
26	P. Pentz Goalkeeper	Brondby	29	11	3570.1%	3217.4%
27	F. Benković Centre-back	AIK Stockholm	29	11	50424.2%	2538.5%
28	Á. Csongvai Centre-back	AIK Stockholm	25	11	53	36
29	M. Thychosen Full-back	AIK Stockholm	29	11	5141.5%	2619.6%
30	A. Batalla Goalkeeper	Rayo Vallecano	30	11	3774.2%	5317.2%
31	F. Lejeune Centre-back	Rayo Vallecano	35	11	5424.5%	3310%
32	T. Mitchell Defensive midfielder	Crystal Palace	26	11	482.8%	7913.2%
33	A. Oreč Full-back	HNK Rijeka	24	10	38	39
34	Tiago Dantas Attacking midfielder	HNK Rijeka	25	10	34172.4%	3940.7%
35	A. Papadopoulos Full-back	FC Lugano	26	10	41456.2%	448.1%
36	U. Bislimi Defensive midfielder	FC Lugano	26	10	40	44
37	A. Rațiu Full-back	Rayo Vallecano	28	10	5226.2%	6714%
38	C. Coosemans Goalkeeper	Anderlecht	33	10	2258.3%	2522.4%
39	E. Sarapiy Centre-back	Polessya	27	10	44201.4%	3411.7%
40	O. Kemen Defensive midfielder	Başakşehir	29	10	274.3%	366.5%
41	C. Richards Full-back	Crystal Palace	26	10	5372.3%	771.9%
42	B. Mykhailichenko Full-back	Polessya	29	10	4282.6%	2621.3%
43	B. Mrozek Goalkeeper	Lech Poznan	26	10	2544.4%	3910.2%
44	L. Binks Centre-back	Brondby	24	10	44139.1%	4432.9%
45	M. Divković Attacking midfielder	Brondby	27	10	2310.7%	388.3%
46	N. Vallys Attacking midfielder	Brondby	29	10	4273.8%	337.3%
47	Léo Duarte Centre-back	Başakşehir	29	10	4760.1%	356.5%
48	David de Gea Goalkeeper	Fiorentina	35	10	2624.9%	3111%
49	T. Ballo Winger	Millwall	24	9	15	65
50	M. Sangaré Defensive midfielder	Lens	24	9	62825.4%	8870.6%