Most In-Form defenders in Premiership 26/27

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

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At a glance

M. Frame of Aberdeen is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 53.8, and C. Halkett has been the form player this season, grading 57.3.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: P. McGinn has improved his Season rating most, up +51.2 on last season, while O. Bevan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Fernandez of Rangers is the most valuable name in this group at 17.3.

Motherwell · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	C. Halkett Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	31	57253.7%	2912.3%
2	P. McGinn Centre-back	Motherwell	36	561137.8%	1976.6%
3	E. Fernandez Full-back	Rangers	24	4852.7%	501.6%
4	Henry Fieldson Full-back	ST Mirren	21	46	50
5	B. Esselink Centre-back	Dundee Utd	27	43167.3%	3910.9%
6	A. Gogić Full-back	ST Mirren	32	4137.3%	231.8%
7	M. Forbes Centre-back	Dundee Utd	22	41275%	5017.5%
8	K. Adams Full-back	Falkirk	24	40	48
9	N. Guinness-Walker Full-back	Aberdeen	26	3531.5%	403.1%
10	J. Rawlins Centre-back	Dundee Utd	22	3588.7%	48131.7%
11	R. Astley Full-back	Dundee	25	3416.7%	494.7%
12	J. Souttar Centre-back	Rangers	30	3313.6%	3218.7%
13	R. Bushiri Centre-back	Hibernian	26	3364.5%	458.9%
14	G. Stanger Centre-back	Kilmarnock	26	33145.9%	419.3%
15	D. John Full-back	ST Mirren	31	3375%	24±0%
16	C. McCarthy Centre-back	Kilmarnock	20	33645.5%	4525.5%
17	M. Frame Full-back	Aberdeen	20	31	54
18	A. Ralston Centre-back	Celtic	27	3056%	3913.4%
19	O. Bevan Centre-back	Dundee	23	28163%	5225.8%
20	N. Devlin Centre-back	Aberdeen	33	2822.8%	2320.3%
21	C. Cadden Centre-back	Aberdeen	30	2781.8%	2610.2%
22	R. Graham Centre-back	Dundee Utd	25	2686.5%	497.5%
23	M. Moormann Centre-back	Motherwell	25	246.6%	4312.3%
24	R. King Centre-back	ST Mirren	24	24	46
25	D. Wright Full-back	Dundee	31	2329.5%	26±0%
26	R. Strain Full-back	Falkirk	29	22102.8%	3119%
27	M. Schjønning-Larsen Full-back	Kilmarnock	25	20101%	4410.2%
28	L. Henderson Centre-back	Falkirk	30	1934.5%	2613.4%
29	O. Makhanya Centre-back	Rangers	22	1858.8%	425.8%
30	T. Sparrow Full-back	Motherwell	23	1713.9%	461.7%
31	J. Kerr Centre-back	Hibernian	29	1743.3%	302%
32	L. Neilson Centre-back	Falkirk	23	1340%	43±0%
33	A. Montgomery Full-back	Livingston	24	131150%	419.9%
34	D. Wilson Centre-back	Livingston	34	1254.1%	1630.1%
35	E. Ring Full-back	Kilmarnock	24	121009.1%	425.1%
36	C. Montaño Full-back	Livingston	34	1235.6%	1331.9%
37	A. Forrester Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	21	12	49
38	L. McCann Full-back	Falkirk	26	1249.6%	399.5%
39	R. McGowan Centre-back	Livingston	37	1164%	950.8%
40	Brooklyn Kabongolo Centre-back	Livingston	24	7	41
41	C. Kerr Centre-back	Livingston	31	585.3%	1765.8%
42	S. Harding Centre-back	Dunfermline	20	5	42