Most In-Form defenders in Premier League 26/27

The most in-form defenders in Premier League in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Zea of CSKA Moscow is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 38.7, and A. Filin has been the form player this season, grading 55, and Jubal leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: David Ricardo has improved his Season rating most, up +37.8 on last season, while I. Lepskiy's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, David Ricardo of Dynamo is the most valuable name in this group at 6.3.

Krylia Sovetov · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	A. Filin Centre-back	Baltika	30	55132.1%	2024.9%
2	A. Gritsaenko Centre-back	Rubin	31	51109.8%	1821.5%
3	David Ricardo Centre-back	Dynamo	23	4229.4%	3548.3%
4	M. Osipenko Full-back	Dynamo	32	4282.2%	165.3%
5	I. Shumakhov Centre-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	27	3826%	2812.9%
6	Jubal Centre-back	FC Krasnodar	33	33347.3%	1357.3%
7	C. Wooh Centre-back	Spartak Moscow	25	3260.5%	314%
8	L. Olaza Full-back	FC Krasnodar	32	3032.5%	1613.3%
9	M. Sivis Full-back	FC Orenburg	28	293.9%	251.6%
10	I. Vakhania Full-back	FC Krasnodar	25	296.5%	332.4%
11	Vítor Tormena Centre-back	FC Krasnodar	30	2937.2%	1911%
12	N. Gassama Full-back	Baltika	25	2831.9%	331.8%
13	Gedson Fernandes Full-back	Spartak Moscow	27	2825.6%	278.5%
14	M. Beveev Full-back	Baltika	30	2724.2%	1812.9%
15	E. Morozov Full-back	Lokomotiv	25	2759.4%	2912.7%
16	I. Lepskiy Centre-back	Krylia Sovetov	21	27169.7%	3545.4%
17	V. Melekhin Full-back	FC Rostov	22	2717.7%	336%
18	João Victor Centre-back	CSKA Moscow	28	2577.3%	2543.2%
19	E. Anderson Centre-back	Baltika	25	24258.2%	3014.8%
20	R. Vega Full-back	Zenit	22	2433.5%	3331.4%
21	Fernando Costanza Full-back	Krylia Sovetov	27	2433%	259.4%
22	D. Krugovoy Full-back	CSKA Moscow	28	2439.2%	2610.3%
23	K. Cake Centre-back	Akhmat	27	23121%	2611.2%
24	M. Zea Centre-back	CSKA Moscow	18	23	3921.7%
25	E. Tsenov Centre-back	FC Orenburg	24	22166.3%	3215.1%
26	J. Palacios Centre-back	FC Orenburg	27	2265.9%	2720.7%
27	Gustavo Mantuan Centre-back	Zenit	25	2251.4%	327.8%
28	K. Pechenin Full-back	Krylia Sovetov	29	2240.9%	2111.4%
29	G. Nyamsi Centre-back	Lokomotiv	29	2135.9%	186.7%
30	Ygor Nogueira Centre-back	FC Rostov	31	218.7%	1562.2%
31	Lucas Fasson Centre-back	Lokomotiv	25	2110.5%	2814%
32	S. Varatynov Full-back	Baltika	23	2158.8%	3310.9%
33	V. Bardybakhin Full-back	Akron	24	21674.1%	3142.7%
34	A. Gabaraev Centre-back	Fakel	29	21464.9%	209.9%
35	S. Bozhin Centre-back	Krylia Sovetov	32	2118.1%	147.1%
36	I. Diveev Centre-back	Zenit	27	2047.2%	2613.5%
37	A. Siljanov Full-back	Lokomotiv	25	1934.5%	319.9%
38	M. Bokoev Centre-back	Akron	25	1924.3%	2812.5%
39	M. Bogosavac Full-back	Akhmat	30	1839.9%	213.7%
40	N. Chernov Centre-back	Krylia Sovetov	30	1831.4%	185.2%
41	João Escoval Centre-back	Akron	29	1862.2%	2011.2%
42	I. Kirsch Centre-back	Baltika	22	18947.1%	3110.5%
43	O. Sako Centre-back	FC Rostov	30	1821.7%	180.5%
44	D. Todorović Centre-back	Fakel	29	18280.4%	1919.1%
45	Robert Renan Centre-back	Zenit	23	1713.7%	3740.1%
46	A. Adamov Full-back	Akhmat	27	175400%	3025%
47	R. Fernández Centre-back	Dynamo	26	1698.8%	3016.3%
48	Igor Silva Centre-back	Rodina Moskva	30	15±0%	4315.7%
49	A. Tataev Centre-back	FC Orenburg	28	1592.5%	2317.8%
50	R. Fernández Full-back	Akron	27	1441.6%	267.3%