Most In-Form defenders in First League 25/26

The most in-form defenders in First League in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Hevertton Santos of Levski Sofia is the standout for raw talent across defenders in First League, with a Field Insider Rating of 53, and Hossam Abdelmaguid has been the form player this season, grading 54.9.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Gbamin has improved his Season rating most, up +24 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Hossam Abdelmaguid of Ludogorets is the most valuable name in this group at 8.

Best talent

Hevertton Santos53RTG

Levski Sofia

In form

Hossam Abdelmaguid54.9SsN

Ludogorets

Rising potential

J. Gbamin+4.1RTG

CSKA Sofia · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Gbamin+24SsN

CSKA Sofia · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

Hossam Abdelmaguid4goals

Ludogorets

Most valuable

Hossam Abdelmaguid8val

Ludogorets

50 players · ranked by best this seasonCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Hossam Abdelmaguid Centre-back	Ludogorets	25	55	42
2	Z. Atanasov Centre-back	Cherno More Varna	35	32	9
3	M. Stoev Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	26	30	28
4	A. Nedyalkov Centre-back	Ludogorets	33	28	11
5	Lucas Ryan Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	24	28	33
6	O. Verdon Centre-back	Ludogorets	30	28	19
7	Dinis Almeida Full-back	Ludogorets	31	27265.3%	1559.9%
8	F. Eboa Eboa Centre-back	Arda Kardzhali	29	27253.3%	2158.8%
9	Facundo Costantini Full-back	Beroe	26	26	27
10	K. Dimitrov Centre-back	Levski Sofia	29	26	22
11	J. Gbamin Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	30	252000%	4510.1%
12	Adrián Cova Full-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	25	25	32
13	V. Velev Full-back	Arda Kardzhali	26	23187.3%	284.1%
14	Maicon Full-back	Levski Sofia	26	22	30
15	N. Soldo Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	25	2157.4%	3042.7%
16	Son Full-back	Ludogorets	32	2150.4%	1373.3%
17	L. Marin Full-back	Slavia Sofia	32	20	14
18	M. Ruskov Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	25	20	32
19	L. Dvali Centre-back	CSKA 1948	31	18	15
20	D. Medina Full-back	CSKA 1948	24	18	32
21	J. Andersson Full-back	Ludogorets	29	189.2%	1945.5%
22	A. Ivanov Central midfielder	Spartak Varna	21	18	32
23	E. Stoev Attacking midfielder	Slavia Sofia	30	18	18
24	A. Granchov Centre-back	Spartak Varna	33	17	11
25	T. Pavlov Full-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	22	17	32
26	I. Goranov Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	34	1747.9%	860.7%
27	Pastor Full-back	CSKA Sofia	26	1750.3%	3051%
28	M. Hristov Full-back	Septemvri Sofia	22	17	32
29	D. Velkovski Full-back	Arda Kardzhali	31	16101.2%	1544.7%
30	E. Espinoza Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	25	16	30
31	N. Savić Centre-back	Slavia Sofia	25	16	29
32	V. Kerchev Full-back	Cherno More Varna	29	15	21
33	R. Bidounga Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	29	15	20
34	D. Ferraresso Full-back	Slavia Sofia	34	15543.5%	957.3%
35	R. Daskalov Full-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	31	15	15
36	O. Gašević Full-back	CSKA 1948	24	15	31
37	Aldair Full-back	Levski Sofia	26	14308.6%	2944.2%
38	T. Ivanov Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	22	14	32
39	Hevertton Santos Full-back	Levski Sofia	25	14273%	533.3%
40	B. Katsarov Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	32	14	13
41	K. Önaşçı Full-back	Septemvri Sofia	20	14	31
42	A. Lyaskov Full-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	28	13	23
43	B. Kostov Full-back	Dobrudzha	24	13	31
44	S. Brunelli Full-back	Beroe	28	13	20
45	T. Awany Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	30	13	17
46	J. Semedo Varela Full-back	Slavia Sofia	23	12	30
47	E. Kwateng Full-back	Botev Plovdiv	29	1242.4%	1972.4%
48	J. Cuero Centre-back	Spartak Varna	25	12	29
49	C. Makoun Centre-back	Levski Sofia	26	11115.1%	2827.1%
50	O. Kamdem Full-back	Levski Sofia	23	11	31