Most In-Form defenders This Season in Premier League

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

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At a glance

J. Timber of Arsenal is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 97.3, and V. van Dijk leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Garner has improved his Season rating most, up +43.5 on last season, while M. De Cuyper's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +18 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Timber of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 163.6.

Brighton · 24/25→25/26

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Everton · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. Timber Full-back	Arsenal	25	8299%	975.3%
2	Gabriel Magalhães Centre-back	Arsenal	28	7699.5%	748.8%
3	J. Garner Defensive midfielder	Everton	25	66195.9%	9016.2%
4	W. Saliba Centre-back	Arsenal	25	6320.5%	885.2%
5	M. Senesi Centre-back	Bournemouth	29	60197.5%	658.7%
6	A. Truffert Full-back	Bournemouth	24	5716.7%	9619.2%
7	M. Guéhi Centre-back	Crystal Palace	26	5616.2%	808.5%
8	M. Lacroix Centre-back	Crystal Palace	26	540.7%	7810.2%
9	C. Romero Centre-back	Tottenham	28	54264.9%	672.5%
10	P. Hincapié Centre-back	Arsenal	24	5424.2%	851.5%
11	C. Richards Full-back	Crystal Palace	26	5372.3%	771.9%
12	N. Mukiele Centre-back	Sunderland	28	52216.5%	6910.9%
13	J. Tarkowski Centre-back	Everton	33	5111.8%	3818.4%
14	N. Williams Full-back	Nottingham Forest	25	5011.4%	853.4%
15	Rúben Dias Centre-back	Manchester City	29	5037.4%	6014.4%
16	J. Gvardiol Full-back	Manchester City	24	497.8%	963.2%
17	M. Wieffer Full-back	Brighton	26	4973.5%	815.5%
18	M. Kayode Full-back	Brentford	22	45566.2%	9320.3%
19	R. Calafiori Full-back	Arsenal	24	45124.9%	853%
20	J. van Hecke Centre-back	Brighton	26	4539.8%	827.2%
21	Reinildo Full-back	Sunderland	32	4587.4%	427.2%
22	V. Mykolenko Full-back	Everton	27	4416.1%	7214.3%
23	O. Alderete Centre-back	Sunderland	29	4418.2%	6111.8%
24	N. Collins Centre-back	Brentford	25	4311.6%	867.2%
25	C. Bassey Centre-back	Fulham	26	4394.2%	799.6%
26	Álex Jiménez Full-back	Bournemouth	21	4398.6%	9118.7%
27	J. Bogle Central midfielder	Leeds	26	4253.5%	775.8%
28	A. Khusanov Centre-back	Manchester City	22	4273.4%	8518.7%
29	Pedro Porro Full-back	Tottenham	26	4223.8%	788.5%
30	I. Konaté Centre-back	Liverpool	27	429.7%	7612.2%
31	M. Keane Centre-back	Everton	33	42122.5%	343.2%
32	L. Shaw Full-back	Manchester United	31	411044.4%	5128.1%
33	J. O'Brien Full-back	Everton	25	4179.5%	867.4%
34	J. Andersen Centre-back	Fulham	30	41385.7%	5414.7%
35	D. Ballard Centre-back	Sunderland	26	41189.3%	7823.2%
36	K. Tete Centre-back	Fulham	30	4048.7%	4716.8%
37	O. Aina Full-back	Nottingham Forest	29	4019.6%	5920.3%
38	Murillo Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	24	4032%	8112.8%
39	L. Dunk Centre-back	Brighton	34	39101.5%	338.6%
40	Hugo Bueno Defensive midfielder	Wolves	23	39135.5%	7912.7%
41	M. Cash Full-back	Aston Villa	28	3935.1%	715.1%
42	F. Kadıoğlu Full-back	Brighton	26	38474.2%	8213.2%
43	K. Mavropanos Centre-back	West Ham	28	3738.7%	6113%
44	J. Hill Centre-back	Bournemouth	24	37411%	8510.6%
45	R. Sessegnon Full-back	Fulham	26	37117.5%	770.7%
46	A. Robinson Full-back	Fulham	28	3613.9%	5928.9%
47	Marc Cucurella Full-back	Chelsea	28	3624.8%	6819.1%
48	M. Thiaw Centre-back	Newcastle	24	3626.5%	8915.3%
49	Cristhian Mosquera Full-back	Arsenal	22	351.4%	828.7%
50	N. Milenković Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	28	3531.8%	6722.1%