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. Moon of Port Vale is the standout for raw talent across defenders in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 44.6, and R. Staunton has been the form player this season, grading 27.1, and Lewis Shipley leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Staunton has improved his Season rating most, up +21.9 on last season, while J. Moon's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.8 over the same span. 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 6.2.

Port Vale · 24/25→25/26

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R. Staunton+21.9SsN

Grimsby · 20/21→25/26

37 players · ranked by best this seasonCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	R. Staunton Full-back	Grimsby	24	27421.2%	3411.1%
2	B. Cooper Centre-back	Salford City	26	2640.5%	3031.1%
3	W. Sutton Centre-back	Oldham	23	268433.3%	3114.7%
4	A. Kilgour Full-back	Bristol Rovers	28	25440.4%	2624.1%
5	A. Flint Centre-back	Walsall	37	24±0%	10±0%
6	Joel McGregor Full-back	Swindon Town	20	2276.2%	334.5%
7	J. Caprice Full-back	Oldham	33	21164.1%	1054.1%
8	E. Turns Centre-back	Exeter City	23	1824.3%	412.4%
9	Joshua Alan Powell Centre-back	Northampton	21	18	34
10	C. Dunkley Centre-back	Chesterfield	34	18115.5%	106.6%
11	G. Bajrami Centre-back	Crawley Town	26	18	2625.9%
12	J. Burroughs Full-back	Northampton	25	17327.5%	392.6%
13	C. McCarthy Full-back	Northampton	28	1794.3%	3117.5%
14	W. Burrell Centre-back	Harrogate Town	36	171.2%	81.2%
15	C. Raglan Centre-back	Barrow	33	160.6%	1255.3%
16	T. Lees Full-back	Harrogate Town	35	1623.5%	1038.3%
17	A. McGowan Full-back	Port Vale	30	1518%	1940.8%
18	B. Heneghan Full-back	Port Vale	32	1436.2%	1610.9%
19	L. Cass Centre-back	Harrogate Town	26	142.2%	2512.8%
20	Filozofe Mabete Centre-back	Swindon Town	21	14	31
21	T. Wilson-Brown Centre-back	Swindon Town	21	12	31
22	N. Canavan Full-back	Barrow	35	1258.1%	931.5%
23	Jake Thomas Batty Full-back	Fleetwood Town	21	1239.2%	324.2%
24	J. Moon Full-back	Port Vale	25	1166%	4532%
25	Lewis Shipley Centre-back	Barrow	22	11127.7%	317%
26	T. Mullarkey Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	30	938.2%	1651.7%
27	D. Tharme Centre-back	Grimsby	27	938.2%	2325.6%
28	Kayden Hughes Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	20	838.9%	311.6%
29	J. Willis Centre-back	Northampton	32	721.3%	1729.4%
30	J. Anderson Full-back	Barrow	25	7±0%	26±0%
31	T. Pearce Full-back	Chesterfield	28	783.8%	2235.4%
32	Marvin Marvellous Kaleta Full-back	Rotherham	22	635.4%	427.9%
33	M. Benning Full-back	Shrewsbury	32	666.5%	1065.3%
34	A. MacDonald Full-back	Barrow	33	654.8%	858.4%
35	J. Smith Centre-back	Accrington ST	20	5	29
36	H. Douglas Centre-back	Rotherham	21	5	41
37	T. Bradbury Centre-back	Harrogate Town	28	579.1%	1839%