Most In-Form defenders This Season

The most in-form defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

Most in-form goalkeepers Most in-form midfielders Most in-form attackers Best defenders Top-scoring defenders Most valuable defenders

At a glance

W. Saliba of Arsenal is the standout for raw talent across defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.8, and J. Bednarek has been the form player this season, grading 80.9, and Luciano Juba leads the scoring with 10 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Kiwior has improved his Season rating most, up +53.1 on last season, while S. Dahl's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +31.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. Saliba of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 145.4.

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FC Porto · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. Bednarek Centre-back	FC Porto	30	81±0%	41±0%
2	J. Kiwior Full-back	FC Porto	26	71±0%	59±0%
3	F. Miguel Full-back	Metz	30	696.6%	5221.4%
4	K. Hajrizi Centre-back	FC Sion	27	675491.7%	3937.5%
5	T. Shirai Full-back	Vanraure Hachinohe	29	66	19
6	Marco Pellegrino Centre-back	Huracan	24	6532.1%	5511.9%
7	C. Burgess Centre-back	Gent	35	64±0%	221.8%
8	F. Álvarez Centre-back	Argentinos JRS	26	6310.9%	510.8%
9	J. Komar Centre-back	Rosario Central	30	63110.4%	3213.9%
10	Nathan Full-back	Vitoria	24	62386.7%	645%
11	Rodrigo Pinheiro Centre-back	Famalicao	24	62±0%	661.7%
12	F. Sjøvold Full-back	Bodo/Glimt	23	6228%	51±0%
13	W. Saliba Centre-back	Arsenal	25	6217.3%	885.7%
14	Eric García Centre-back	Barcelona	25	62±0%	85±0%
15	M. Woledzi Centre-back	Nashville SC	25	6124%	452.8%
16	Yehia Zakaria Full-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	24	61	37
17	J. Cornejo Full-back	Coquimbo Unido	36	61	10
18	Raniele Centre-back	Corinthians	29	6181.8%	468.5%
19	O. Ovacıklı Full-back	Erzurumspor FK	37	61±0%	13±0%
20	Léo Pereira Centre-back	Flamengo	30	611%	461.7%
21	Ali Majrashi Full-back	Al-Ahli Jeddah	27	613.2%	526.5%
22	M. Sarr Centre-back	NEOM	27	5912.3%	4831.3%
23	R. Porteous Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	27	59303.4%	3821.9%
24	E. Herrera Full-back	San Lorenzo	23	5912.4%	542.5%
25	Ahmed Shousha Centre-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	33	59	20
26	Ahmed El Aash Centre-back	National Bank of Egypt	28	58	29
27	N. Lavanchy Full-back	FC Sion	33	58	24
28	K. Minoda Centre-back	Matsumoto Yamaga	27	58	2832.6%
29	E. Segura Centre-back	Los Angeles FC	29	5853.3%	310.6%
30	M. Fernández Centre-back	Coquimbo Unido	37	58	8
31	F. Salinas Full-back	Coquimbo Unido	26	58	27
32	Juan Iglesias Centre-back	Sevilla	28	58±0%	66±0%
33	H. Yukie Centre-back	Vanraure Hachinohe	30	57	16
34	C. Halkett Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	31	57253.7%	2912.3%
35	M. Bentayg Full-back	Zamalek SC	26	57330.8%	3733.4%
36	L. Morales Centre-back	Belgrano Cordoba	35	571.9%	195%
37	E. Skoglund Centre-back	Hammarby FF	22	578%	40±0%
38	L. Nikolić Full-back	Vojvodina	27	56	36
39	C. Ibáñez Full-back	Huracan	27	5613.7%	454.7%
40	Lisandro López Centre-back	Belgrano Cordoba	37	56104.8%	1477.6%
41	L. Seema Centre-back	Orlando Pirates	25	56	2
42	C. Paz Centre-back	Deportivo Riestra	31	5627.4%	297.1%
43	P. McGinn Centre-back	Motherwell	36	561137.8%	1976.6%
44	D. Tonoli Full-back	Modena	24	56±0%	701.8%
45	Alex Sandro Full-back	Flamengo	35	5579.9%	2321.5%
46	F. Tomori Full-back	AC Milan	28	55±0%	61±0%
47	Gustavo Henrique Centre-back	Corinthians	33	5584.9%	2920%
48	Gabriel Paulista Centre-back	Corinthians	35	55423.8%	25134.3%
49	A. Filin Centre-back	Baltika	30	55132.1%	2024.9%
50	D. Durivaux Centre-back	RED Star FC 93	25	55±0%	66±0%