Most In-Form defenders in League One 26/27

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

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At a glance

L. Thomas of Leicester is the standout for raw talent across defenders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 66.5, and C. Piergianni has been the form player this season, grading 45.5, and L. Sørensen leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. Watts has improved his Season rating most, up +31.7 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, B. Hills of Stockport County is the most valuable name in this group at 14.6.

AFC Wimbledon · 24/25→25/26

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K. Watts+31.7SsN

Cambridge United · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	C. Piergianni Centre-back	Stevenage	34	46±0%	19±0%
2	K. Watts Centre-back	Cambridge United	26	44±0%	35±0%
3	E. Pye Centre-back	Stockport County	23	44±0%	54±0%
4	O. Casey Full-back	Blackpool	25	42±0%	48±0%
5	J. Gibbons Centre-back	Notts County	28	39±0%	295.1%
6	A. Oshilaja Centre-back	Mansfield Town	33	36±0%	18±0%
7	J. Bedeau Centre-back	Notts County	26	36±0%	33±0%
8	O. Sowunmi Full-back	Bromley	30	35±0%	22±0%
9	L. Freestone Centre-back	Stevenage	26	34±0%	42±0%
10	A. Baldwin Centre-back	Bradford	29	31±0%	32±0%
11	G. Johnston Centre-back	Luton	28	30±0%	439.5%
12	Marcus Lemar Ifill Centre-back	Bromley	22	30±0%	36±0%
13	A. Mitchell Centre-back	Plymouth	25	30±0%	49±0%
14	R. Johnson Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	30	29±0%	3212.3%
15	C. Tilt Centre-back	Burton Albion	35	29±0%	16±0%
16	S. Gale Centre-back	Barnsley	22	2910.4%	341.8%
17	I. Ogundere Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	23	28±0%	49±0%
18	M. Wallace Centre-back	Huddersfield	33	27±0%	18±0%
19	L. Thomas Full-back	Leicester	25	27±0%	67±0%
20	U. Godwin-Malife Full-back	Reading	26	26±0%	42±0%
21	L. Macari Full-back	Notts County	24	264%	34±0%
22	P. O'Connor Centre-back	Reading	29	25±0%	32±0%
23	B. Hills Centre-back	Stockport County	22	2431.5%	482.8%
24	R. Balker Full-back	Huddersfield	28	23±0%	3711.2%
25	T. Sibbick Centre-back	Burton Albion	27	23±0%	36±0%
26	M. Ihiekwe Centre-back	Blackpool	33	2155.9%	1548.6%
27	L. Sørensen Full-back	Huddersfield	26	2117.2%	443.9%
28	M. Pennington Full-back	Bradford	32	21±0%	22±0%
29	F. Kent Centre-back	Oxford United	30	2016%	2328.6%
30	F. Horsfall Centre-back	Blackpool	29	2021.3%	2828%
31	B. Cargill Full-back	Mansfield Town	31	2011.2%	2033.6%
32	J. Olowu Centre-back	Leyton Orient	26	19±0%	449.4%
33	C. Taylor Centre-back	Wycombe	24	19±0%	44±0%
34	Kyron Silveria Gordon Centre-back	Stockport County	24	194650%	4326.3%
35	M. Platt Centre-back	Notts County	29	1950.9%	2232.4%
36	R. McDonald Centre-back	Notts County	34	1745%	924.6%
37	B. Nelson Centre-back	Leicester	22	177.5%	612.3%
38	T. Mengi Centre-back	Luton	24	176.6%	4426.3%
39	N. Byrne Centre-back	Doncaster	33	16±0%	13±0%
40	J. Williams Centre-back	Blackpool	26	1612.2%	588%
41	L. Ness Centre-back	Notts County	24	16±0%	31±0%
42	A. Kay Full-back	Barnsley	18	15	48
43	T. Vancooten Centre-back	Stevenage	28	14±0%	3415.4%
44	C. Nelson Centre-back	Milton Keynes Dons	33	12±0%	10±0%
45	J. Bowery Centre-back	Mansfield Town	35	1140.9%	947.7%
46	W. Harding Centre-back	Plymouth	29	10±0%	27±0%
47	E. O'Connell Centre-back	Stockport County	31	9±0%	21±0%
48	A. Jackson Centre-back	Bromley	32	964%	1541.2%
49	K. Abrefa Full-back	Reading	22	926%	442.4%
50	T. Nixon Full-back	Doncaster	23	9203.3%	4035.6%