Most In-Form defenders This Season in League One

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

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At a glance

E. Pye of Stockport County is the standout for raw talent across defenders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 53.5, and T. Darikwa has been the form player this season, grading 52.1, and P. Ng leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Hamer has improved his Season rating most, up +33.6 on last season, while I. Ogundere's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +14.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Hamer of Lincoln is the most valuable name in this group at 16.7.

AFC Wimbledon · 24/25→25/26

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Lincoln · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	T. Darikwa Full-back	Lincoln	34	5236%	2117.4%
2	C. Goode Centre-back	Stevenage	31	48180.2%	287.7%
3	C. Piergianni Centre-back	Stevenage	34	467.3%	1924.1%
4	S. Bradley Centre-back	Lincoln	34	4560.6%	209.8%
5	T. Hamer Full-back	Lincoln	26	45297.3%	4912.5%
6	J. Bagan Full-back	Cardiff	24	45250%	5112.7%
7	E. Pye Centre-back	Stockport County	23	4410.6%	541.5%
8	O. Casey Centre-back	Blackpool	25	4212.7%	486.1%
9	L. James-Wildin Full-back	Stevenage	28	4021.7%	3512.8%
10	A. Oshilaja Centre-back	Mansfield Town	33	3634.8%	1826.7%
11	I. Niskanen Full-back	Exeter City	28	3529.9%	395.8%
12	P. Ng Full-back	Cardiff	30	3435.6%	3035.1%
13	D. Harvie Full-back	Wycombe	28	3414.8%	3812.5%
14	L. Freestone Centre-back	Stevenage	26	3439.8%	423%
15	W. Aimson Centre-back	Wigan	32	3436.9%	2419.8%
16	M. Conway Full-back	Bolton	22	3412.7%	5140.2%
17	J. McMillan Centre-back	Exeter City	28	3414.7%	3520.8%
18	A. Hartridge Centre-back	Burton Albion	27	3314.4%	3918.1%
19	J. Grimmer Full-back	Wycombe	32	332.7%	2319.1%
20	F. Blake-Tracy Centre-back	Mansfield Town	30	33483.9%	29±0%
21	A. Baldwin Centre-back	Bradford	29	3111.4%	3215.4%
22	W. Fish Centre-back	Cardiff	23	31179.5%	4918.2%
23	K. Naismith Centre-back	Luton	34	30382.5%	1713.4%
24	G. Johnston Centre-back	Bolton	27	3030.6%	439.5%
25	R. Towler Full-back	Lincoln	24	30338.2%	4917.1%
26	A. Mitchell Centre-back	Plymouth	24	3013.2%	493.1%
27	S. McLaughlin Full-back	Mansfield Town	36	3069.5%	155.5%
28	J. Kerr Centre-back	Wigan	29	2940.2%	3026.9%
29	M. Fox Full-back	Wigan	32	29178.1%	2134.7%
30	R. Johnson Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	29	2942.5%	3210.4%
31	D. Lawlor Full-back	Cardiff	20	292300%	507.6%
32	C. Tilt Centre-back	Bradford	35	29±0%	162.6%
33	I. Ogundere Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	23	2819.3%	4942.4%
34	M. Ross Centre-back	Plymouth	25	28113%	4827.1%
35	R. Sweeney Full-back	Mansfield Town	29	2860.5%	2927.2%
36	J. Rafferty Centre-back	Rotherham	32	2825.6%	2225.6%
37	C. Hall Centre-back	Port Vale	33	2738%	1812.3%
38	J. Edwards Full-back	Plymouth	35	27142%	153.8%
39	C. Humphreys Centre-back	Port Vale	27	2717%	3819.8%
40	M. Wallace Centre-back	Huddersfield	33	27200%	1829.4%
41	N. Guinness-Walker Full-back	Northampton	26	2724.8%	426.1%
42	J. Osei-Tutu Full-back	Bolton	27	27128.2%	3911%
43	P. Sweeney Centre-back	Exeter City	31	2647.5%	247.6%
44	J. Fitzwater Centre-back	Exeter City	28	26112.9%	329.3%
45	U. Godwin-Malife Full-back	Burton Albion	26	265.4%	429.8%
46	J. Senior Centre-back	Doncaster	29	2558.1%	3021.9%
47	C. Forino-Joseph Centre-back	Bolton	26	25232%	420.7%
48	S. Earley Centre-back	Stevenage	23	256075%	4418.5%
49	P. O'Connor Centre-back	Reading	29	2539%	3223.9%
50	R. Kpakio Full-back	Cardiff	19	242109.1%	5112.2%