Most In-Form defenders in Premier League 25/26

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

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At a glance

A. Gouda of Al Ittihad is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 51.9, 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, Khaled Mohamed Awad of Pyramids FC is the most valuable name in this group at 8.4.

Al Ittihad · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

M. Bentayg+44SsN

Zamalek SC · 23/24→25/26

Khaled Mohamed Awad8.4val

Pyramids FC

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	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	Ahmed Sabeha Centre-back	Enppi	26	46	34
6	Saber El Shimi Centre-back	El Gouna FC	33	45	15
7	Marwan Dawoud Full-back	Enppi	28	41	28
8	Khaled Mohamed Awad Full-back	Pyramids FC	23	40	39
9	Abdel Gawad Taalab Full-back	El Gouna FC	24	39	36
10	Mohamed Fathallah Centre-back	El Geish	33	38	15
11	Ahmed Alaa Eldin Centre-back	El Geish	32	38	17
12	Ali Fawzi Full-back	Future FC	34	38	14
13	Ragab Nabil Centre-back	Ceramica Cleopatra	33	38	16
14	Ahmed Khalil Kalousha Centre-back	Enppi	28	37	29
15	Mohamed Hany Full-back	Al Ahly	30	37	25
16	Ahmed Samy Centre-back	Pyramids FC	34	35	14
17	M. Chibi Full-back	Pyramids FC	33	35	16
18	Omar Gaber Centre-back	Zamalek SC	34	33	11
19	Khaled Ahmed Full-back	El Gouna FC	23	33	37
20	Karim El Deeb Full-back	Petrojet	31	32	17
21	Ahmed Abdel Rasoul Centre-back	Smouha SC	30	31	23
22	Mahmoud Hamdi El Wensh Centre-back	Zamalek SC	31	31	18
23	Mohamed Rabia Centre-back	Masr	30	30	22
24	Ahmed Hany Full-back	Ceramica Cleopatra	29	30	24
25	M. Ismail Centre-back	Zamalek SC	26	30	31
26	Mahmoud Shedid Kenawi Full-back	Petrojet	35	30	14
27	Karim El Eraki Full-back	AL Masry	28	29	25
28	Ibrahim Abdel Hakeem Centre-back	Haras El Hodood	23	29	38
29	B. Ndiaye Centre-back	Pharco	21	29	38
30	Khaled Sobhy Centre-back	AL Masry	31	28	19
31	Yasser Ibrahim Centre-back	Al Ahly	33	28	14
32	Mohamed Hamed Centre-back	El Mokawloon	32	28	17
33	Amro Tarek Full-back	El Geish	34	2735.7%	1153.9%
34	Ahmed Tarek Centre-back	Masr	25	26	36
35	A. Maxsø Centre-back	Al Ittihad	32	2614.5%	2317.9%
36	Mahmoud Marei Centre-back	Pyramids FC	28	26	27
37	Amr El Saadawy Full-back	AL Masry	29	25	24
38	Mostafa Ibrahim Centre-back	Al Ittihad	26	25	32
39	Yassin Marei Centre-back	Al Ahly	24	24	38
40	Moaz Mosaad Centre-back	Pharco	23	24	36
41	Ahmed Meteb Full-back	National Bank of Egypt	29	24	23
42	Mohamed Nasr Centre-back	National Bank of Egypt	26	23	31
43	Ahmed Abou El Fotouh Full-back	Zamalek SC	28	23	26
44	J. Ochaya Full-back	El Mokawloon	32	23	15
45	Barakat Haggag Centre-back	Petrojet	28	23	26
46	Shady Maher Full-back	Wadi Degla	29	23	23
47	Tawfik Mohamed Full-back	Petrojet	2025	23	20
48	Ali Elfeel Centre-back	Future FC	35	23	11
49	Mostafa Adel Full-back	National Bank of Egypt	27	23	28
50	A. Gouda Centre-back	Al Ittihad	22	22	52