Best defensive players from France

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

At a glance

A. Truffert of Bournemouth is the standout for raw talent across players from France, with a Field Insider Rating of 96.1, and Kylian Mbappé has been the form player this season, grading 97.2.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Butez has improved his Season rating most, up +78.4 on last season, while S. Ebonog's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +36.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Truffert of Bournemouth is the most valuable name in this group at 192.2.

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#	Player	Team	Age	CS	Season	Rating
1	T. Crama Centre-back	Millwall	24	19	62192%	7769.8%
2	J. Butez Goalkeeper	Como	31	19	841479.2%	495.6%
3	F. Miguel Full-back	Burgos	29	18	6546.5%	4812.7%
4	E. Jaouen Goalkeeper	Reims	20	15	60288.9%	7113.8%
5	P. Kalulu Full-back	Juventus	26	15	5817.7%	822.1%
6	L. da Cunha Defensive midfielder	Como	25	15	5138%	8810.8%
7	W. Saliba Centre-back	Arsenal	25	15	6320.5%	885.2%
8	N. Kocik Goalkeeper	Le Mans	27	14	6254.7%	5635.8%
9	K. Coman Central midfielder	Al-Nassr	30	14	59101.7%	3931.3%
10	W. Zaïre-Emery Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	14	6894.3%	9412.3%
11	T. Hernández Central midfielder	Al-Hilal Saudi FC	28	14	418.5%	4638.2%
12	M. Simakan Centre-back	Al-Nassr	26	14	5788.7%	551.3%
13	A. Hainaut Central midfielder	Venezia	24	14	53166.8%	743.2%
14	M. Maignan Goalkeeper	AC Milan	31	14	5014.4%	4917.1%
15	I. Chouaref Attacking midfielder	FC Sion	25	13	43	4842.7%
16	F. Ghedjemis Winger	Frosinone	23	13	54416.2%	7225.7%
17	D. Durivaux Full-back	RED Star FC 93	25	13	5582.1%	6610.4%
18	M. Koné Defensive midfielder	AS Roma	25	13	4638.6%	875.7%
19	E. Gnahoré Central midfielder	Dinamo Bucuresti	32	12	32370.1%	1743.9%
20	M. Udol Defensive midfielder	Lens	30	12	522.1%	55±0%
21	R. Risser Goalkeeper	Lens	21	12	45395.6%	8948.9%
22	M. Nadé Centre-back	Saint Etienne	27	12	5363.8%	5620.5%
23	L. Calodat Attacking midfielder	Le Mans	24	12	23141.1%	6677.8%
24	T. Didillon Goalkeeper	Willem II	30	12	31524%	3432.9%
25	G. Poussin Goalkeeper	RED Star FC 93	27	12	45334%	568%
26	A. Rabiot Central midfielder	AC Milan	31	11	6123.8%	5211.5%
27	L. Buadés Full-back	Le Mans	28	11	56121.5%	4932.5%
28	L. Diony Centre-forward	Manisa F.K.	33	11	64	244%
29	M. Lacroix Centre-back	Crystal Palace	26	11	540.7%	7810.2%
30	J. Le Douaron Attacking midfielder	Palermo	28	11	2938.3%	496.1%
31	G. Larsonneur Goalkeeper	Saint Etienne	29	11	41401.2%	4530.3%
32	A. Monfray Centre-back	Estac Troyes	35	11	53±0%	267.1%
33	A. Mille Attacking midfielder	Estac Troyes	28	11	2840.7%	5310.1%
34	S. Elisor Centre-forward	Famalicao	26	11	141.5%	550.5%
35	V. Atangana Edoa Central midfielder	Al-Ahli Jeddah	20	11	377.8%	6025.7%
36	S. Meïté Defensive midfielder	PAOK	32	11	451046.2%	2021%
37	H. Lloris Goalkeeper	Los Angeles FC	39	11	2817.1%	14±0%
38	C. Keita Centre-back	Charleroi	23	11	34127.2%	6010%
39	A. Koné Centre-back	Reims	21	11	493392.9%	655.7%
40	R. Hachem Central midfielder	RED Star FC 93	28	11	338.3%	4912.7%
41	D. Durand Central midfielder	RED Star FC 93	30	11	5248.4%	419.6%
42	C. Tolisso Defensive midfielder	Lyon	31	11	6967.3%	4913.7%
43	A. Thomasson Defensive midfielder	Lens	32	11	6812.4%	4314.1%
44	M. Sarr Full-back	Lens	27	11	68125.3%	713.1%
45	K. Thuram Defensive midfielder	Juventus	25	11	440.5%	853%
46	A. Tchouaméni Central midfielder	Real Madrid	26	11	4340.2%	797.7%
47	Kylian Mbappé Centre-forward	Real Madrid	27	11	973%	8210.5%
48	F. Lejeune Centre-back	Rayo Vallecano	35	11	5424.5%	3310%
49	A. Truffert Full-back	Bournemouth	24	11	5716.7%	9619.2%
50	S. Nsimba Centre-forward	Universitatea Craiova	30	10	3013.3%	2135.1%