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

S. Varatynov of Baltika is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 36.6, and K. Andrade has been the form player this season, grading 68.6, and N. Marichal leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Gustavo Mantuan has improved his Season rating most, up +28.6 on last season, while S. Varatynov's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +8.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Varatynov of Baltika is the most valuable name in this group at 6.6.

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	Player	Team
1	K. Andrade Centre-back	Baltika	27	6952.1%	306.4%
2	E. Teslenko Centre-back	Rubin	25	5276.4%	344.7%
3	Diego Costa Centre-back	FC Krasnodar	27	5110.3%	3113.4%
4	S. Varatynov Centre-back	Baltika	23	5168%	3729.3%
5	Gustavo Mantuan Full-back	Zenit	25	51126.5%	360.6%
6	Nino Centre-back	Zenit	29	5119%	2519.8%
7	I. Rozhkov Full-back	Rubin	21	4965.9%	36±0%
8	I. Vujačić Centre-back	Rubin	31	4773%	1920.9%
9	Vítor Tormena Centre-back	FC Krasnodar	30	467%	2118%
10	L. Olaza Full-back	FC Krasnodar	32	4511.5%	1817.8%
11	A. Filin Centre-back	Baltika	30	4589.5%	1929.1%
12	S. Petrov Full-back	FC Krasnodar	35	4312.6%	122.5%
13	N. Gassama Full-back	Baltika	25	437.8%	3318%
14	I. Diveev Centre-back	CSKA Moscow	26	3821.3%	3310.2%
15	V. Drkušić Full-back	Zenit	26	37183.1%	303.8%
16	R. Litvinov Defensive midfielder	Spartak Moscow	24	35189.9%	3610.4%
17	J. Tabidze Centre-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	30	3445.7%	216.3%
18	M. Azzi Full-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	24	34113.4%	337.1%
19	V. Melekhin Full-back	FC Rostov	22	33193.8%	3617%
20	D. Chistyakov Centre-back	FC Rostov	32	33243.2%	161.3%
21	I. Shumakhov Centre-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	27	338.7%	2716%
22	T. Sundukov Full-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	24	3225.1%	356.4%
23	I. Vakhania Full-back	FC Rostov	25	3129.2%	340.6%
24	M. Bogosavac Full-back	Akhmat	29	30262.7%	2410.6%
25	S. Karič Full-back	Nizhny Novgorod	28	3016.2%	259%
26	G. González Full-back	FC Krasnodar	31	306%	1617.7%
27	A. Siljanov Full-back	Lokomotiv	25	303.3%	350.9%
28	N. Marichal Centre-back	Dynamo	25	281.8%	342.7%
29	J. Cáceres Full-back	Dynamo	26	2842.4%	3237.2%
30	S. Bozhin Centre-back	Krylia Sovetov	31	272.5%	1811.8%
31	D. Denisov Full-back	Spartak Moscow	23	2743.7%	35±0%
32	C. Montes Centre-back	Lokomotiv	29	2667.7%	252.4%
33	A. Gritsaenko Centre-back	Rubin	31	264.9%	1438.6%
34	A. Djiku Centre-back	Spartak Moscow	31	258.3%	1743%
35	M. Bokoev Centre-back	Akron	25	2549.1%	3310.5%
36	O. Sako Centre-back	FC Rostov	30	2537.2%	1921.7%
37	Lucas Fasson Full-back	Lokomotiv	25	2488.1%	3310.1%
38	M. Osipenko Centre-back	Dynamo	32	243.7%	1532.4%
39	I. Belikov Central midfielder	Baltika	22	23	33
40	O. Ndong Centre-back	Akhmat	26	23406.5%	2935%
41	R. Fernández Full-back	Akron	27	2313.5%	2812.4%
42	A. Soldatenkov Full-back	FC Sochi	29	2324.7%	2217.5%
43	A. Arroyo Central midfielder	Rubin	26	2340.7%	2954.5%
44	Rubens Defensive midfielder	Dynamo	25	234.7%	3148.6%
45	M. Gajić Full-back	CSKA Moscow	30	2315.4%	225.2%
46	M. Lukin Centre-back	CSKA Moscow	22	2380%	342.1%
47	D. Kabutov Defensive midfielder	Rubin	34	2225%	946.9%
48	F. Moufi Full-back	FC Orenburg	30	2234.2%	2064%
49	D. Oroz Full-back	Krylia Sovetov	25	2272.2%	312.5%
50	M. Sidorov Full-back	Akhmat	28	2226.3%	2415.7%