Most In-Form defenders This Season in Primera A

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

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

At a glance

J. Mena of Águilas Doradas is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Primera A, with a Field Insider Rating of 28, and Y. Rosales has been the form player this season, grading 43.1, and C. Mafla leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: C. Mafla has improved his Season rating most, up +19.7 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Suárez of Alianza Valledupar is the most valuable name in this group at 3.3.

Santa Fe · 21/22→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Y. Rosales Full-back	Alianza Valledupar	25	43	27
2	D. Hernández Centre-back	Águilas Doradas	26	42	26
3	D. Banguero Full-back	Millonarios	36	42	10
4	J. Mena Centre-back	Bucaramanga	37	40	8
5	J. Arias Centre-back	Millonarios	33	38	11
6	D. Londoño Full-back	Independiente Medellin	31	36	16
7	Y. Hurtado Full-back	Deportes Tolima	29	35	19
8	E. Olivera Centre-back	Santa Fe	36	356.2%	1065.7%
9	J. Pestaña Centre-back	America de Cali	28	35	21
10	C. Henao Centre-back	Bucaramanga	37	33	7
11	M. Torres Centre-back	Deportes Tolima	30	31	16
12	J. García Centre-back	Alianza Valledupar	37	31	7
13	W. Tesillo Centre-back	Atletico Nacional	36	31	10
14	A. Gutiérrez Full-back	Bucaramanga	28	31	20
15	J. Cuesta Full-back	Once Caldas	28	31	21
16	P. Franco Centre-back	Alianza Valledupar	35	31	9
17	A. Angulo Centre-back	Deportes Tolima	30	30	16
18	J. Guerrero Full-back	Junior	25	30	27
19	L. Chaverra Full-back	Independiente Medellin	29	30	19
20	K. Suárez Full-back	Alianza Valledupar	24	30	28
21	V. Moreno Centre-back	Santa Fe	31	29	15
22	J. Ossa Centre-back	Deportivo Pasto	28	28	21
23	F. Lozano Defensive midfielder	Chico	32	28	14
24	Y. Díaz Centre-back	Fortaleza FC	29	27	19
25	J. Moya Centre-back	Deportivo Pereira	33	2777.8%	1071.8%
26	J. Báez Centre-back	Junior	36	2719.4%	1057%
27	J. Angulo Centre-back	Llaneros	25	26	27
28	F. Viáfara Full-back	Deportivo Cali	34	26	9
29	D. Mosquera Centre-back	Union Magdalena	34	26	8
30	A. Llinás Centre-back	Millonarios	29	26	16
31	C. Mafla Central midfielder	Santa Fe	33	26339.7%	1156.7%
32	J. Castaño Centre-back	Once Caldas	27	24	19
33	C. Cándido Full-back	Atletico Nacional	31	2469.3%	1566.8%
34	J. Cardona Centre-back	Once Caldas	27	23	21
35	J. Mena Full-back	Águilas Doradas	21	23	28
36	J. Malagón Centre-back	Once Caldas	33	23	9
37	M. Mina Full-back	America de Cali	27	22	22
38	Yulián Gómez Full-back	Internacional de Bogota	29	22	21
39	D. Rivera Centre-back	Junior	27	22	22
40	W. Pacheco Centre-back	Deportivo Pereira	31	22	12
41	A. Correa Full-back	Internacional de Bogota	32	22	12
42	E. Herrera Full-back	Junior	27	22120.4%	2261.4%
43	J. Ampudia Full-back	Chico	26	21	23
44	C. Romaña Full-back	Bucaramanga	26	21	23
45	J. Varela Centre-back	Deportivo Cali	28	20	19
46	J. Quintero Centre-back	Deportivo Cali	31	20129.5%	1275.6%
47	F. Hinestroza Full-back	Bucaramanga	36	20	7
48	H. Palacios Full-back	Millonarios	33	202077.8%	863.6%
49	J. Mercado Defensive midfielder	Union Magdalena	22	19	26
50	F. Meza Centre-back	Llaneros	34	19	8