Most In-Form defenders in Serie A 26/27

The most in-form defenders in Serie A in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Natan of Napoli is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 85.7, and F. Tomori has been the form player this season, grading 55.2, and S. Esposito leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Walukiewicz has improved his Season rating most, up +30.4 on last season, while E. Ebosse's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +28.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Buongiorno of Napoli is the most valuable name in this group at 56.8.

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	Player	Team
1	F. Tomori Full-back	AC Milan	28	5580.4%	616.9%
2	A. Buongiorno Centre-back	Napoli	27	4813.3%	6811.6%
3	S. Esposito Centre-back	Lecce	21	47	21
4	I. Hien Centre-back	Atalanta	27	3821.5%	6220.7%
5	M. Mitaj Full-back	Genoa	23	3790.1%	604.1%
6	Natan Centre-back	Napoli	25	351.4%	863.6%
7	S. Walukiewicz Centre-back	Sassuolo	26	35741.5%	7421.1%
8	M. Šverko Centre-back	Venezia	28	32185.7%	4620.3%
9	M. Frese Centre-back	Hellas Verona	28	32337%	552.7%
10	S. Beukema Centre-back	Napoli	27	2863.4%	6226.9%
11	L. Pellegrini Full-back	Lazio	27	2771.5%	5818.3%
12	D. Spence Full-back	Inter	26	2622.3%	708.1%
13	M. Vitík Centre-back	Bologna	23	24	72
14	I. Van der Brempt Full-back	Sassuolo	24	2322.6%	713.2%
15	S. Bocoum Full-back	AC Milan	20	20	60
16	R. Mohammed Full-back	Venezia	20	2021%	369.3%
17	J. Gelli Centre-back	Frosinone	25	20±0%	55±0%
18	F. Parisi Full-back	Fiorentina	25	179.8%	688.7%
19	E. Ebosse Full-back	Torino	27	16±0%	629.7%
20	Luca Marianucci Full-back	Napoli	22	1453.7%	753.6%
21	R. Ivanov Centre-back	Inter	32	1342.1%	1652.5%
22	Riyad Idrissi Full-back	Cagliari	23	116.9%	6920.1%
23	A. Dossena Full-back	Como	27	1146.8%	6214.3%
24	J. Rouhi Full-back	Juventus	22	910.1%	58±0%
25	N. Casale Centre-back	Bologna	28	864.6%	4726.6%
26	A. Gomes Centre-back	Venezia	17	7	56
27	F. Bejan Centre-back	Inter	35	5	6