Most In-Form defenders in La Liga 26/27

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

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At a glance

Renato Veiga of Villarreal is the standout for raw talent across defenders in La Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 85, and Juan Iglesias has been the form player this season, grading 57.5, and J. Báez leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Diego Murillo has improved his Season rating most, up +32.8 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Raúl Asencio of Real Madrid is the most valuable name in this group at 95.9.

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Malaga · 24/25→25/26

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31 players · ranked by best this seasonCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Juan Iglesias Centre-back	Sevilla	28	58±0%	66±0%
2	F. Lejeune Centre-back	Rayo Vallecano	35	54±0%	33±0%
3	Diego Murillo Centre-back	Malaga	25	44290.3%	6719.6%
4	Manu Sánchez Full-back	Celta Vigo	26	39±0%	8111.3%
5	P. Ciss Centre-back	Rayo Vallecano	32	37±0%	34±0%
6	K. Lomónaco Centre-back	Elche	24	3445.2%	540.6%
7	G. Suazo Centre-back	Sevilla	29	34±0%	50±0%
8	Fernando Calero Centre-back	Malaga	31	32125.7%	503.5%
9	Víctor Chust Full-back	Elche	26	31±0%	69±0%
10	K. Kita Centre-back	Real Sociedad	21	29±0%	697.1%
11	Raúl Asencio Centre-back	Real Madrid	23	273.6%	803.9%
12	J. Báez Centre-back	Barcelona	36	2719.4%	1249.6%
13	Renato Veiga Full-back	Villarreal	23	26±0%	85±0%
14	Dani Vivian Centre-back	Athletic Club	27	2649.4%	6622.4%
15	Copete Centre-back	Valencia	26	2411.2%	687.8%
16	Éder Militão Full-back	Real Madrid	28	2422.7%	5515.4%
17	Dani Barcia Centre-back	Deportivo La Coruna	23	2392.6%	647.2%
18	Arnau Comas Centre-back	Deportivo La Coruna	26	1865.1%	550.5%
19	R. Yeboah Full-back	Osasuna	22	15127.7%	3614.9%
20	V. Koski Centre-back	Alaves	24	14±0%	6387.8%
21	Hugo Novoa Full-back	Alaves	23	14	643.8%
22	Gorosabel Full-back	Espanyol	30	1460.5%	3939.3%
23	D. Foulquier Full-back	Valencia	33	1152%	2245.4%
24	L. Sosa Centre-back	Barcelona	32	10	20
25	Marcão Centre-back	Sevilla	30	818.4%	3719.4%
26	Pablo Pérez Full-back	Atletico Madrid	25	8	61
27	Juan Berrocal Centre-back	Malaga	27	7±0%	3625.7%
28	F. Garcés Centre-back	Alaves	27	712.8%	6010.1%
29	Dani Sánchez Full-back	Malaga	26	777.7%	5215.7%
30	J. Perlaza Full-back	Barcelona	29	628%	360.8%
31	Ángel Recio Centre-back	Malaga	23	5±0%	57±0%