Most In-Form defenders This Season in Premier League

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

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At a glance

Hossam Abdelmaguid of Zamalek SC is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 41.1, and Yehia Zakaria has been the form player this season, grading 61.4, and Ahmed Shousha leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Bentayg has improved his Season rating most, up +44 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Hossam Abdelmaguid of Zamalek SC is the most valuable name in this group at 8.9.

Best talent

Hossam Abdelmaguid41.1RTG

El Geish · 21/22→25/26

Most improved

M. Bentayg+44SsN

Zamalek SC · 23/24→25/26

Hossam Abdelmaguid8.9val

Zamalek SC

50 players · ranked by best this seasonCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Yehia Zakaria Full-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	24	61	37
2	Ahmed Shousha Centre-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	32	59	20
3	Ahmed El Aash Centre-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	28	58	29
4	M. Bentayg Full-back	Zamalek SC	26	57330.8%	3733.4%
5	Hossam Abdelmaguid Centre-back	Zamalek SC	25	56	41
6	Abdelrahim Amoory Full-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	27	54	29
7	Ahmed Sabeha Centre-back	Enppi	26	46	34
8	Saber El Shimi Centre-back	El Gouna FC	33	45	15
9	Marwan Dawoud Full-back	Enppi	28	41	28
10	Khaled Mohamed Awad Full-back	El Geish	23	40	38
11	Abdel Gawad Taalab Full-back	El Gouna FC	24	39	36
12	Ahmed Alaa Eldin Centre-back	El Geish	32	38	17
13	Mohamed Fathallah Centre-back	El Geish	33	38	15
14	Ali Fawzi Full-back	Future FC	34	38	14
15	Ragab Nabil Centre-back	Ceramica Cleopatra	33	38	16
16	Ahmed Khalil Kalousha Centre-back	Enppi	28	37	29
17	Mohamed Hany Full-back	Al Ahly	30	37	25
18	Ahmed Samy Centre-back	Pyramids FC	34	35	14
19	M. Chibi Full-back	Pyramids FC	33	35	16
20	Omar Gaber Centre-back	Zamalek SC	34	33	11
21	Khaled Ahmed Full-back	El Gouna FC	23	33	37
22	Karim El Deeb Full-back	Al Ittihad	31	32	17
23	Mahmoud Rezk Centre-back	Future FC	32	32	17
24	Ahmed Abdel Rasoul Centre-back	El Gouna FC	30	31	21
25	Mahmoud Hamdi El Wensh Centre-back	Zamalek SC	31	31	18
26	Mohamed Rabia Centre-back	Masr	30	30	22
27	Ahmed Hany Full-back	Ceramica Cleopatra	29	30	24
28	M. Ismail Centre-back	Zamalek SC	26	30	31
29	Mahmoud Shedid Kenawi Full-back	Petrojet	35	30	14
30	Saad Samir Centre-back	Ceramica Cleopatra	37	29	8
31	Karim El Eraki Full-back	AL Masry	28	29	25
32	Ibrahim Abdel Hakeem Centre-back	Haras El Hodood	23	29	38
33	B. Ndiaye Centre-back	Pharco	21	29	38
34	Khaled Sobhy Centre-back	AL Masry	31	28	19
35	Yasser Ibrahim Centre-back	Al Ahly	33	28	14
36	Mohamed Hamed Centre-back	El Mokawloon	32	28	17
37	S. Touka Centre-back	Wadi Degla	35	27	12
38	Amro Tarek Full-back	El Geish	34	2735.7%	1153.9%
39	Ahmed Tarek Centre-back	Masr	25	26	36
40	Mahmoud Marei Centre-back	Pyramids FC	28	26	27
41	Amr El Saadawy Full-back	AL Masry	29	25	24
42	Mostafa Ibrahim Centre-back	Al Ittihad	26	25	32
43	Yassin Marei Centre-back	Al Ahly	24	24	38
44	Moaz Mosaad Centre-back	Pharco	23	24	36
45	Ahmed Meteb Full-back	National Bank of Egypt	29	24	23
46	Ahmed Abou El Fotouh Full-back	Zamalek SC	28	23	26
47	Mohamed Nasr Centre-back	Ismaily SC	26	23	31
48	J. Ochaya Full-back	El Mokawloon	32	23	15
49	Barakat Haggag Centre-back	Petrojet	28	23	26
50	Shady Maher Full-back	Wadi Degla	29	23	23