Most In-Form defenders in 2. Bundesliga 26/27

The most in-form defenders in 2. Bundesliga in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

R. Jansson of FC St. Pauli is the standout for raw talent across defenders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 81.4, and H. Kuruçay has been the form player this season, grading 52.4, 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 R. Jansson's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +50.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Maglica of SV Darmstadt 98 is the most valuable name in this group at 26.5.

FC St. Pauli · 24/25→25/26

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FC Schalke 04 · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	H. Kuruçay Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	28	52206.4%	5110.6%
2	N. Katić Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	29	48432.2%	440.9%
3	T. Becker Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	29	48149%	4230.8%
4	M. Rohr Full-back	SV Elversberg	31	4234.6%	3514.7%
5	M. Ayhan Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	19	41	69
6	S. Trémoulet Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	26	39411.8%	372.8%
7	L. Sirch Full-back	SV Elversberg	27	3733%	5515.6%
8	M. Maglica Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	37±0%	54±0%
9	Vitalie Becker Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	21	36	66
10	J. Gyamerah Full-back	SV Elversberg	31	3550.9%	338.5%
11	T. Scheller Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	24	3521.1%	66±0%
12	F. Götze Full-back	SC Paderborn 07	28	344.8%	4919.1%
13	L. Pinckert Centre-back	SV Elversberg	26	3341.1%	5912%
14	V. Ghiță Centre-back	Hannover 96	28	3329.5%	4731.9%
15	J. ter Horst Full-back	SC Paderborn 07	24	3217.4%	61±0%
16	P. Strompf Centre-back	VfL Bochum	28	2631.9%	4614.6%
17	N. Madsen Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	24	25180.7%	460.6%
18	L. Günther Full-back	SV Elversberg	23	2258.3%	658.7%
19	A. Dźwigała Full-back	FC St. Pauli	30	21148.8%	3614.9%
20	A. Gantenbein Full-back	FC Schalke 04	25	2190%	551.1%
21	D. Kovacevic Defensive midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	21	21	44
22	N. Awortwie-Grant Centre-back	Energie Cottbus	26	20	38
23	Y. Lührs Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	22	2013.2%	412.4%
24	F. Keidel Full-back	SV Elversberg	23	196.1%	6245.3%
25	L. Ritzka Centre-back	FC St. Pauli	28	1918.4%	4522.1%
26	F. Le Joncour Centre-back	SV Elversberg	31	1916.9%	2727.2%
27	F. Nürnberger Full-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	1741.9%	5013.4%
28	R. Jansson Full-back	FC St. Pauli	22	17281.8%	81208.3%
29	P. Nkoa Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	27	15±0%	44±0%
30	C. Johansson Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	32	15245.2%	2034.4%
31	L. Schneider Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	26	1435.3%	4918.4%
32	T. Janotta Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	22	14	40
33	Jonah Benedict Sticker Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	22	1427.3%	5729.7%
34	Niko Takahashi Cendagorta Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	21	1319.3%	537.8%
35	C. Lippmann Full-back	SC Paderborn 07	20	12	42
36	K. Schmidt Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	24	12228.6%	5866.9%
37	N. Mickelson Full-back	SV Elversberg	27	113.4%	479.6%
38	L. Bünning Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	28	946%	384.1%
39	F. Ronstadt Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	29	914.6%	2446%
40	K. Vogt Centre-back	VfL Bochum	34	944.4%	1259.2%
41	F. Hagmann Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	22	843.1%	5429.7%
42	J. Abu Hanna Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	28	842.1%	298%