Most In-Form defenders in League Two 26/27

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

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At a glance

J. Stephenson of Crewe is the standout for raw talent across defenders in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 71.8, and J. Robson has been the form player this season, grading 50.3, and Lewis Shipley leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. McFadzean has improved his Season rating most, up +23.4 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. Sutton of Oldham is the most valuable name in this group at 6.

Chesterfield · 24/25→25/26

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K. McFadzean+23.4SsN

Chesterfield · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. Robson Full-back	Oldham	28	50±0%	28±0%
2	C. McJannet Centre-back	Grimsby	28	38±0%	309.4%
3	L. Offord Centre-back	Crewe	26	36±0%	333.1%
4	H. Rodgers Full-back	Grimsby	29	35±0%	25±0%
5	D. Collinge Centre-back	Barnet	28	34±0%	27±0%
6	A. Senior Full-back	Barnet	24	33±0%	37±0%
7	W. Boyle Full-back	Shrewsbury	31	32±0%	2112.6%
8	A. Oluwo Centre-back	Salford City	26	31±0%	32±0%
9	W. Aimson Centre-back	Salford City	32	319.2%	253.8%
10	K. McFadzean Centre-back	Chesterfield	39	30±0%	9±0%
11	L. Hoole Centre-back	Shrewsbury	24	29±0%	31±0%
12	A. Smith Full-back	Gillingham	25	28±0%	322.5%
13	J. Tomkinson Full-back	Cheltenham	24	27±0%	32±0%
14	J. Fitzwater Centre-back	Exeter City	29	26±0%	3212.2%
15	B. Cooper Centre-back	Salford City	26	2640.5%	3031.1%
16	W. Sutton Centre-back	Oldham	23	268433.3%	3114.7%
17	D. Hall Centre-back	Rotherham	25	25±0%	42±0%
18	J. Tucker Centre-back	Colchester	26	24±0%	32±0%
19	P. Sweeney Full-back	Cheltenham	32	249.5%	2620%
20	L. Billington Full-back	Crewe	22	24±0%	37±0%
21	E. Ahui Full-back	Walsall	22	23	32
22	J. Connolly Centre-back	Walsall	24	22±0%	342.7%
23	C. Norman Full-back	Newport County	30	22±0%	196.2%
24	L. Woodhouse Full-back	Exeter City	22	22±0%	43±0%
25	Joel McGregor Full-back	Swindon Town	20	2276.2%	334.5%
26	A. O'Connor Centre-back	Harrogate Town	33	2135.8%	1046.8%
27	R. Hutton Full-back	Chesterfield	28	21±0%	2812%
28	N. Smith Centre-back	Tranmere	30	20±0%	22±0%
29	L. Gordon Centre-back	Chesterfield	25	20±0%	31±0%
30	J. Sweeney Full-back	Grimsby	24	19±0%	32±0%
31	M. Kacurri Centre-back	Grimsby	21	19±0%	320.6%
32	J. Simpson Centre-back	Chesterfield	29	199.5%	308.2%
33	E. Turns Centre-back	Exeter City	23	1824.3%	412.4%
34	C. Dunkley Centre-back	Chesterfield	34	18115.5%	106.6%
35	J. Slater Full-back	Tranmere	22	18±0%	358%
36	G. Bajrami Centre-back	Crawley Town	27	18	2625.9%
37	J. Burroughs Full-back	Northampton	25	17327.5%	392.6%
38	C. McCarthy Full-back	Northampton	28	1794.3%	3117.5%
39	L. Jenkins Centre-back	Newport County	25	17±0%	313%
40	W. Burrell Centre-back	Harrogate Town	36	171.2%	81.2%
41	C. Raglan Centre-back	Barrow	33	160.6%	1255.3%
42	T. Lees Full-back	Harrogate Town	35	1623.5%	1038.3%
43	K. Cameron Centre-back	Newport County	29	16±0%	2418%
44	P. Farquharson Full-back	Crawley Town	29	16±0%	20±0%
45	T. James Full-back	Bristol Rovers	30	169.6%	269.1%
46	R. Cundy Full-back	Cheltenham	30	16±0%	17±0%
47	K. Balmer Full-back	Bristol Rovers	26	16±0%	298.1%
48	M. Hancock Full-back	Walsall	23	16±0%	31±0%
49	F. Potter Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	22	16±0%	32±0%
50	J. Lawrence-Gabriel Full-back	Port Vale	28	15±0%	3412%