Most In-Form defenders in A-League 25/26

The most in-form defenders in A-League in 25/26, 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

T. Sekine of Sydney is the standout for raw talent across defenders in A-League, with a Field Insider Rating of 25, 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

Western Sydney Wanderers · 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	Western Sydney Wanderers	30	43421.7%	1336.6%
4	R. Grant Full-back	Sydney	35	39	8
5	B. Garuccio Full-back	Sydney	31	39	12
6	F. de Vries Full-back	Auckland	31	34154.8%	1251.8%
7	A. Grant Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	32	34101.2%	966.1%
8	A. Behich Full-back	Melbourne City	35	3364.7%	868.2%
9	J. McGarry Full-back	Wellington Phoenix	28	33515.1%	1555.5%
10	J. King Centre-back	Brisbane Roar	25	29595.2%	1949.6%
11	H. Sakai Full-back	Auckland	36	29269.6%	728.6%
12	C. Elliot Full-back	Auckland	27	29	16
13	L. Mauragis Full-back	Central Coast Mariners	24	29	21
14	C. Piper Centre-forward	Wellington Phoenix	23	26	20
15	S. Roux Full-back	Central Coast Mariners	33	26	8
16	D. Valkanis Centre-back	Brisbane Roar	20	25	20
17	Joel Bertolissio Full-back	Newcastle Jets	22	25	22
18	A. Pantazopoulos Centre-back	Western Sydney Wanderers	23	24	20
19	C. A. Shamoon Full-back	Perth Glory	21	24	20
20	A. Popovic Centre-back	Sydney	23	24458.1%	1956.7%
21	P. Kikianis Centre-back	Adelaide United	21	23	22
22	B. Kaltak Centre-back	Perth Glory	32	23	10
23	M. Tisserand Centre-back	Sydney	33	2244.2%	773.3%
24	J. Davidson Centre-back	Melbourne Victory	35	2230.2%	849.3%
25	D. Wilmering Full-back	Newcastle Jets	25	22	22
26	N. Paull Centre-back	Macarthur	23	21	18
27	C. Talbot Full-back	Macarthur	25	21	21
28	P. Ziereis Centre-back	Melbourne Victory	33	215.1%	2447%
29	H. Politidis Full-back	Macarthur	24	21	19
30	M. Sheridan Full-back	Wellington Phoenix	22	20	20
31	A. Gersbach Full-back	Western Sydney Wanderers	29	20178.1%	1349.2%
32	T. Sekine Full-back	Sydney	31	1824.4%	2522.6%
33	L. Kelly-Heald Full-back	Wellington Phoenix	21	17	19
34	R. Kitto Full-back	Adelaide United	32	17	10
35	B. Vriends Centre-back	Adelaide United	35	1739.4%	776.6%
36	S. Wootton Centre-back	Perth Glory	34	16355.6%	867.6%
37	J. Courtney-Perkins Centre-back	Sydney	23	15	1848.5%
38	I. Hughes Centre-back	Wellington Phoenix	22	15	20
39	L. Bonetig Centre-back	Melbourne City	21	15	18
40	S. Sutton Full-back	Perth Glory	24	15	20
41	T. Uskok Centre-back	Macarthur	35	14	7
42	J. Shaughnessy Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	34	14202.2%	753.8%
43	N. Pijnaker Centre-back	Auckland	27	13	15
44	J. Inserra Full-back	Melbourne Victory	21	11	19
45	D. Pierias Full-back	Adelaide United	26	10	18
46	B. Tuiloma Centre-back	Wellington Phoenix	31	10220%	859.8%
47	L. Jackson Centre-back	Perth Glory	31	820.6%	870.1%
48	T. Lockyer Centre-back	Melbourne Victory	31	845.7%	1275.2%
49	M. Cooper Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	18	6	19