Most In-Form defenders This Season in A-League

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

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

At a glance

D. Wilmering of Newcastle Jets is the standout for raw talent across defenders in A-League, with a Field Insider Rating of 22.1, and Y. Salas has been the form player this season, grading 43.7, and C. Piper leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: G. Ferreyra has improved his Season rating most, up +35 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Mauragis of Central Coast Mariners is the most valuable name in this group at 1.3.

Auckland · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

G. Ferreyra+35SsN

Melbourne City · 23/24→25/26

Central Coast Mariners

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	Player	Team
1	Y. Salas Full-back	Brisbane Roar	30	44	12
2	N. Atkinson Full-back	Melbourne City	27	4495.1%	1661.4%
3	G. Ferreyra Centre-back	Melbourne City	30	43421.7%	1337.6%
4	R. Grant Full-back	Sydney	35	39	8
5	B. Garuccio Full-back	Sydney	31	39	12
6	B. Tapp Centre-back	Central Coast Mariners	25	35	20
7	F. de Vries Full-back	Auckland	31	34154.8%	1251.8%
8	A. Grant Centre-back	Sydney	32	34101.2%	966.1%
9	J. Girdwood-Reich Centre-back	Auckland	22	332113.3%	2140.9%
10	A. Behich Full-back	Melbourne City	35	3364.7%	868.2%
11	J. McGarry Full-back	Brisbane Roar	28	33515.1%	1555.5%
12	D. Hall Centre-back	Auckland	27	32	18
13	S. Esposito Centre-back	Melbourne Victory	21	32	21
14	H. Sakai Full-back	Auckland	36	29269.6%	728.6%
15	J. King Centre-back	Sydney	25	29595.2%	1949.6%
16	C. Elliot Full-back	Auckland	27	29	16
17	L. Mauragis Full-back	Central Coast Mariners	24	29	21
18	C. Piper Centre-forward	Wellington Phoenix	23	26	20
19	S. Roux Full-back	Central Coast Mariners	33	26	8
20	S. Souprayen Centre-back	Melbourne City	37	25	4
21	D. Valkanis Centre-back	Brisbane Roar	20	25	20
22	Joel Bertolissio Full-back	Newcastle Jets	22	25	22
23	J. Donachie Centre-back	Central Coast Mariners	33	24	7
24	A. Pantazopoulos Centre-back	Western Sydney Wanderers	23	24	20
25	C. A. Shamoon Full-back	Perth Glory	21	24	20
26	A. Popovic Centre-back	Sydney	23	24458.1%	1956.7%
27	P. Kikianis Centre-back	Adelaide United	21	23	22
28	B. Kaltak Centre-back	Perth Glory	32	23	10
29	M. Tisserand Centre-back	Sydney	33	2244.2%	773.3%
30	J. Davidson Centre-back	Melbourne Victory	35	2230.2%	849.3%
31	D. Wilmering Full-back	Newcastle Jets	25	22	22
32	N. Paull Centre-back	Central Coast Mariners	22	21	19
33	J. Rawlins Full-back	Melbourne Victory	22	2113.6%	2158.7%
34	C. Talbot Full-back	Macarthur	25	21	21
35	H. Politidis Full-back	Macarthur	24	21	19
36	M. Sheridan Full-back	Wellington Phoenix	22	20	20
37	A. Gersbach Full-back	Western Sydney Wanderers	29	20178.1%	1349.2%
38	Roderick Miranda Centre-back	Melbourne Victory	35	1934%	773%
39	M. James Centre-back	Wellington Phoenix	33	19147.4%	965.9%
40	M. Natta Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	23	19	21
41	D. Da Silva Centre-back	Macarthur	38	172.4%	571.7%
42	L. Kelly-Heald Full-back	Wellington Phoenix	21	17	19
43	R. Kitto Full-back	Adelaide United	31	17	11
44	B. Vriends Centre-back	Adelaide United	35	1739.4%	776.6%
45	S. Wootton Centre-back	Perth Glory	34	16355.6%	867.6%
46	A. Simmons Full-back	Western Sydney Wanderers	23	15	18
47	W. Scott Full-back	Macarthur	26	15	17
48	J. Courtney-Perkins Centre-back	Sydney	23	15	1848.5%
49	I. Hughes Centre-back	Wellington Phoenix	22	15	20
50	L. Bonetig Centre-back	Melbourne City	21	15	18