Most In-Form defenders in Championship 26/27

The most in-form defenders in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

T. Crama of Millwall is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 78.7, and A. Ahmed leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Crama has improved his Season rating most, up +40.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Crama of Millwall is the most valuable name in this group at 47.8.

Millwall · 24/25→25/26

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Millwall · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	T. Crama Full-back	Millwall	24	62192%	7973.3%
2	S. Welsh Centre-back	Swansea	26	4813.4%	43±0%
3	M. Clarke Full-back	Derby	29	4753.6%	513.6%
4	C. Styles Full-back	West Brom	26	47±0%	61±0%
5	S. McLoughlin Centre-back	Blackburn	29	46±0%	47±0%
6	L. Jones Centre-back	Charlton	30	45±0%	43±0%
7	Xu Bin Defensive midfielder	Wolves	22	44	33
8	C. Hughes Centre-back	Hull City	22	43145.5%	7211.9%
9	J. Tanganga Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	27	41±0%	59±0%
10	G. Konan Full-back	Wolves	30	41	39
11	C. Burgess Centre-back	Swansea	30	39346.6%	4516.9%
12	K. Ramsay Centre-back	Charlton	25	3625.3%	6329.2%
13	L. Herrington Centre-back	Hull City	19	36204.3%	48163%
14	J. Tymon Full-back	Swansea	27	354.8%	630.6%
15	S. Sambo Centre-back	Burnley	25	348375%	617.6%
16	J. Ngakia Full-back	Watford	26	323.3%	642.9%
17	C. Doyle Centre-back	Wrexham	22	31±0%	71±0%
18	C. Klarer Centre-back	Birmingham	26	31±0%	65±0%
19	J. Bree Full-back	Southampton	28	31±0%	54±0%
20	L. Miller Full-back	Blackburn	26	3024.4%	5924.4%
21	L. Bombino Full-back	Stoke City	20	3032.6%	439.6%
22	P. Neumann Centre-back	Birmingham	29	24±0%	44±0%
23	J. Tchamadeu Full-back	Stoke City	22	2428.4%	649.2%
24	S. Bueno Centre-back	Wolves	27	235.7%	6512.1%
25	S. Langås Centre-back	Derby	25	23±0%	63±0%
26	J. Córdoba Full-back	Norwich	25	21±0%	63±0%
27	M. Pollock Centre-back	Watford	24	19±0%	65±0%
28	A. Doughty Full-back	Millwall	26	1937%	585.7%
29	C. Taylor Centre-back	Derby	32	19±0%	241.7%
30	C. Ogilvie Centre-back	Portsmouth	30	1841.8%	3731.9%
31	A. Cresswell Full-back	Stoke City	36	18111.6%	1912.8%
32	M. Kilman Centre-back	West Ham	29	15±0%	47±0%
33	K. Keben Full-back	Watford	22	14±0%	64±0%
34	J. Robinson Full-back	Birmingham	33	1373.9%	2343.1%
35	A. Ahmed Full-back	Norwich	25	1318.1%	6460.9%
36	D. Murkin Full-back	Derby	27	1346.2%	5019%
37	L. Morrison Centre-back	QPR	23	113.7%	585.7%
38	R. Burke Centre-back	Charlton	30	1015.7%	3421.1%
39	A. Jackson Centre-back	Lincoln	32	964%	1541.2%
40	Travis Akomeah Centre-back	Watford	20	8	29
41	S. Wharton Centre-back	Blackburn	28	862.7%	3834.8%
42	João Henrique Full-back	QPR	20	87500%	626.9%
43	D. Batth Centre-back	Millwall	35	780.5%	1254.4%