Most In-Form defenders This Season in First League

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

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At a glance

Lucas Ryan of Lokomotiv Plovdiv is the standout for raw talent across defenders in First League, with a Field Insider Rating of 33.2, and Z. Atanasov has been the form player this season, grading 32, and R. Bidounga leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Dinis Almeida has improved his Season rating most, up +19.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Lucas Ryan of Lokomotiv Plovdiv is the most valuable name in this group at 5.4.

Arda Kardzhali · 20/21→25/26

Most improved

Dinis Almeida+19.9SsN

Ludogorets · 22/23→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Z. Atanasov Centre-back	Cherno More Varna	35	32	9
2	J. Salomoni Centre-back	Beroe	28	31	23
3	V. Drobarov Centre-back	Cherno More Varna	33	30	11
4	M. Stoev Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	26	30	28
5	A. Nedyalkov Centre-back	Ludogorets	33	28	11
6	Lucas Ryan Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	24	28	33
7	O. Verdon Centre-back	Ludogorets	30	28	19
8	Dinis Almeida Full-back	Ludogorets	31	27265.3%	1559.9%
9	F. Eboa Eboa Centre-back	Arda Kardzhali	29	27253.3%	2158.8%
10	Facundo Costantini Full-back	Beroe	26	26	27
11	K. Dimitrov Centre-back	Levski Sofia	29	26	22
12	Adrián Cova Full-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	25	25	32
13	L. Dellova Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	27	25	27
14	V. Velev Full-back	Arda Kardzhali	26	23187.3%	284.1%
15	Cascardo Full-back	Arda Kardzhali	29	222300%	2158.3%
16	Maicon Full-back	Levski Sofia	26	22	30
17	N. Soldo Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	25	2157.4%	3042.7%
18	Son Full-back	Ludogorets	32	2150.4%	1373.3%
19	L. Marin Full-back	Slavia Sofia	32	20	14
20	M. Ruskov Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	24	20	32
21	I. Nachmias Centre-back	Ludogorets	29	19	19
22	L. Dvali Centre-back	CSKA 1948	31	18	15
23	D. Medina Full-back	CSKA 1948	24	18	32
24	J. Andersson Full-back	Ludogorets	29	189.2%	1945.5%
25	A. Ivanov Central midfielder	Dobrudzha	21	18	32
26	E. Stoev Attacking midfielder	Slavia Sofia	30	18	18
27	Á. Martino Full-back	CSKA Sofia	28	1859.2%	2353.8%
28	A. Granchov Centre-back	Spartak Varna	33	17	11
29	T. Pavlov Full-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	22	17	32
30	I. Goranov Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	34	1747.9%	860.7%
31	Pastor Full-back	CSKA Sofia	26	1750.3%	3051%
32	M. Hristov Full-back	Septemvri Sofia	22	17	32
33	N. Minkov Full-back	Botev Plovdiv	28	17	24
34	E. Espinoza Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	25	16	30
35	D. Velkovski Full-back	Arda Kardzhali	31	16101.2%	1544.7%
36	N. Savić Centre-back	Slavia Sofia	25	16	29
37	João Sérgio Full-back	Beroe	23	16	29
38	M. Todorski Full-back	Slavia Sofia	22	15	31
39	V. Kerchev Full-back	Dobrudzha	29	15	20
40	R. Bidounga Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	29	15	20
41	D. Ferraresso Full-back	Slavia Sofia	34	15543.5%	957.3%
42	R. Daskalov Full-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	31	15	15
43	I. Videv Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	20	15	33
44	O. Gašević Full-back	CSKA 1948	24	15	31
45	Aldair Full-back	Levski Sofia	26	14308.6%	2944.2%
46	T. Ivanov Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	22	14	32
47	A. Kabashi Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	29	14	18
48	B. Katsarov Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	32	14	13
49	K. Önaşçı Full-back	Septemvri Sofia	20	14	31
50	A. Lyaskov Full-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	28	13	23