Best defensive players in Premier League

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

At a glance

M. Rogers of Aston Villa is the standout for raw talent across players in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and E. Haaland has been the form player this season, grading 95.6.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: João Palhinha has improved his Season rating most, up +51.2 on last season, while E. Diouf's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +48.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Rogers of Aston Villa is the most valuable name in this group at 202.2.

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#	Player	Team	Age	CS	Season	Rating
1	David Raya Goalkeeper	Arsenal	30	19	91116.4%	6018.4%
2	Martín Zubimendi Central midfielder	Arsenal	27	17	5312.9%	801.8%
3	D. Rice Central midfielder	Arsenal	27	17	605.9%	8410.7%
4	W. Saliba Centre-back	Arsenal	25	15	6320.5%	885.2%
5	Gabriel Magalhães Centre-back	Arsenal	28	15	7699.5%	748.8%
6	G. Donnarumma Goalkeeper	Manchester City	27	14	60373.8%	782.1%
7	J. Timber Full-back	Arsenal	25	14	8299%	975.3%
8	Bernardo Silva Defensive midfielder	Manchester City	31	14	4410.4%	5120.7%
9	A. Semenyo Attacking midfielder	Bournemouth	26	13	6624.6%	913.7%
10	V. Gyökeres Centre-forward	Arsenal	28	13	5248.2%	691.8%
11	Matheus Nunes Full-back	Manchester City	27	13	58160.5%	792.8%
12	M. Guéhi Centre-back	Crystal Palace	26	12	5616.2%	808.5%
13	B. León Centre-forward	Independiente Medellin	25	12	47	85
14	N. O'Reilly Full-back	Manchester City	21	12	56432.1%	9717.9%
15	D. Henderson Goalkeeper	Crystal Palace	29	12	3824.2%	6118.7%
16	B. Saka Attacking midfielder	Arsenal	24	12	466.8%	954.2%
17	M. Lacroix Centre-back	Crystal Palace	26	11	540.7%	7810.2%
18	L. Trossard Attacking midfielder	Arsenal	31	11	4016.7%	4726.2%
19	Đ. Petrović Goalkeeper	Bournemouth	26	11	314.1%	854.7%
20	J. Pickford Goalkeeper	Everton	32	11	3015.8%	4519.4%
21	J. Tarkowski Centre-back	Everton	33	11	5111.8%	3818.4%
22	J. Garner Defensive midfielder	Everton	25	11	65178.3%	9016.2%
23	T. Mitchell Defensive midfielder	Crystal Palace	26	11	482.8%	7913.2%
24	A. Truffert Full-back	Bournemouth	24	11	5716.7%	9619.2%
25	M. Senesi Centre-back	Bournemouth	29	11	60197.5%	658.7%
26	P. Hincapié Centre-back	Arsenal	24	10	5424.2%	851.5%
27	E. Eze Attacking midfielder	Arsenal	28	10	3235.1%	6421.3%
28	J. O'Brien Full-back	Everton	25	10	4179.5%	867.4%
29	C. Richards Full-back	Crystal Palace	26	10	5372.3%	771.9%
30	R. Roefs Goalkeeper	Sunderland	23	10	300.7%	9323.1%
31	M. Kayode Full-back	Brentford	22	10	45566.2%	9320.3%
32	V. Mykolenko Full-back	Everton	27	10	4416.1%	7214.3%
33	P. Foden Centre-forward	Manchester City	26	10	4129.9%	823.8%
34	Rúben Dias Centre-back	Manchester City	29	10	5037.4%	6014.4%
35	T. Hume Attacking midfielder	Sunderland	24	10	1771.5%	8811%
36	Thiago Centre-forward	Brentford	25	10	72	9439.4%
37	C. Kelleher Goalkeeper	Brentford	27	10	2761.8%	761.7%
38	B. Verbruggen Goalkeeper	Brighton	23	10	2637.8%	941.8%
39	V. van Dijk Centre-back	Liverpool	35	10	3440.9%	377.7%
40	I. Konaté Centre-back	Liverpool	27	9	429.7%	7612.2%
41	I. Ndiaye Attacking midfielder	Everton	26	9	396.6%	832.9%
42	N. Sadiki Defensive midfielder	Sunderland	21	9	344.8%	9545.6%
43	R. Calafiori Full-back	Arsenal	24	9	45124.9%	853%
44	A. Scott Defensive midfielder	Bournemouth	22	9	47361.4%	9118.6%
45	E. Anderson Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	23	9	629.3%	95±0%
46	M. Rogers Attacking midfielder	Aston Villa	23	9	527%	1000.5%
47	D. Szoboszlai Attacking midfielder	Liverpool	25	9	437.4%	97±0%
48	N. Mukiele Centre-back	Sunderland	28	9	52216.5%	6910.9%
49	R. Gravenberch Defensive midfielder	Liverpool	24	9	6022.1%	945.9%
50	A. Wharton Defensive midfielder	Crystal Palace	22	9	51134.9%	908.9%