Most In-Form defenders This Season in 2. Bundesliga

The most in-form defenders in 2. Bundesliga, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Ayhan of FC Schalke 04 is the standout for raw talent across defenders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 67.3, and M. N'Diaye has been the form player this season, grading 61, and M. Maglica leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Katić has improved his Season rating most, up +38.9 on last season, while F. Gruber's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +23.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. N'Diaye of FC Schalke 04 is the most valuable name in this group at 38.8.

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	Player	Team
1	M. N'Diaye Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	24	6178.9%	6622.3%
2	H. Kuruçay Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	28	52206.4%	5110.6%
3	N. Katić Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	29	48432.2%	440.9%
4	T. Becker Full-back	FC Schalke 04	29	48149%	4230.8%
5	D. Herold Central midfielder	Karlsruher SC	23	4672.7%	675.5%
6	L. Gechter Centre-back	Hertha BSC	22	45137.2%	665.4%
7	M. Rohr Centre-back	SV Elversberg	31	4234.6%	3515%
8	M. Dárdai Centre-back	Hertha BSC	24	4222.7%	622.1%
9	M. Ayhan Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	19	41	67
10	P. Pfeiffer Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	26	40778.3%	5915.1%
11	M. Mathisen Centre-back	1. FC Magdeburg	30	4012.4%	3826.2%
12	M. Gyamfi Centre-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	26	38307.4%	5748.2%
13	T. Leistner Centre-back	Hertha BSC	35	3858.4%	1913.1%
14	L. Sirch Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	27	3733%	5515.6%
15	D. Zec Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	26	37202.5%	6012.8%
16	M. Maglica Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	37776.2%	5415.1%
17	M. Ivezić Full-back	Holstein Kiel	24	37134.6%	5915%
18	Vitalie Becker Full-back	FC Schalke 04	21	36	66
19	M. Momuluh Winger	Arminia Bielefeld	24	36206.8%	639.4%
20	T. Oberdorf Centre-back	Fortuna Düsseldorf	29	3522.6%	4228.4%
21	J. Gyamerah Full-back	SV Elversberg	31	3550.9%	338.5%
22	T. Scheller Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	24	3521.1%	66±0%
23	C. Brackelmann Full-back	SC Paderborn 07	26	3433.2%	569.2%
24	F. Götze Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	28	344.8%	4819.5%
25	M. Aydın Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	24	3423.9%	6410.7%
26	L. Pinckert Centre-back	SV Elversberg	26	3341.1%	5912%
27	D. Zeefuik Full-back	Hertha BSC	28	3311.9%	4225.5%
28	K. Ehlers Centre-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	25	3346%	598.4%
29	V. Ghiță Centre-back	Hannover 96	28	3329.5%	4731.9%
30	L. Lochoshvili Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	28	33487.5%	516.9%
31	J. ter Horst Full-back	Preußen Münster	24	3217.4%	61±0%
32	F. Flick Defensive midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	26	30107%	516.6%
33	B. Tomiak Centre-back	Hannover 96	27	2913.1%	5314.4%
34	N. Loosli Centre-back	VfL Bochum	29	29187.3%	421.2%
35	F. Gruber Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	23	29175.5%	6557.5%
36	J. Elvedi Centre-back	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	29	2919.4%	3927.1%
37	P. Strompf Centre-back	VfL Bochum	28	2827.7%	4713%
38	P. Ziereis Centre-back	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	33	2841.3%	2447%
39	Mika Haas Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	20	272610%	6624.6%
40	Sergio López Full-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	2788%	5513.3%
41	L. Morgalla Full-back	VfL Bochum	21	273714.3%	6573.5%
42	A. Rossipal Full-back	Dynamo Dresden	30	2619.8%	4016.2%
43	S. Jung Central midfielder	Karlsruher SC	36	261.5%	2016.9%
44	C. Kobald Full-back	Karlsruher SC	28	2684.8%	4513.7%
45	M. Nawrocki Full-back	Hannover 96	25	25260%	6139.3%
46	Julian Andreas Pauli Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	21	2524.7%	611.6%
47	A. Vukotić Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	31	242.8%	2933.2%
48	J. Heuer Centre-back	Preußen Münster	27	2320.5%	5013.1%
49	J. Hugonet Centre-back	1. FC Magdeburg	26	2353.8%	5221.7%
50	N. Rapp Full-back	Karlsruher SC	29	2331.1%	3823.7%