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

Pau Cubarsí Paredes of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across defenders in La Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 95.3, and C. Romero leads the scoring with 4 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, while A. Faye's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +53.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Ruggeri of Atletico Madrid is the most valuable name in this group at 97.2.

Best talent

Pau Cubarsí Paredes95.3RTG

Barcelona

In form

Pau Cubarsí Paredes50.9SsN

Barcelona

Rising potential

A. Faye+53.3RTG

Celta Vigo · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Diego Murillo+32.8SsN

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	Player	Team
1	Pau Cubarsí Paredes Centre-back	Barcelona	19	5134.3%	953.3%
2	Diego Murillo Centre-back	Malaga	25	44290.3%	6719.6%
3	Manu Sánchez Full-back	Celta Vigo	26	39±0%	8111.3%
4	Miguel Loureiro Centre-back	Deportivo La Coruna	29	38±0%	48±0%
5	L. Cabrera Centre-back	Espanyol	35	3713.7%	332.7%
6	C. Romero Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	28	34130.4%	599.5%
7	Alejandro Balde Full-back	Barcelona	22	3221%	848.6%
8	Pau Navarro Centre-back	Villarreal	21	32210.7%	848.4%
9	Fernando Calero Centre-back	Malaga	30	32125.7%	503.5%
10	Diego Rico Centre-back	Osasuna	33	3256.7%	3132.9%
11	V. Gómez Centre-back	Real Betis	23	3261.8%	8029.8%
12	Catena Centre-back	Osasuna	31	31±0%	44±0%
13	M. Ruggeri Full-back	Atletico Madrid	24	31±0%	82±0%
14	Sergi Cardona Full-back	Villarreal	27	3013.9%	6821.9%
15	K. Kita Centre-back	Real Sociedad	20	29±0%	696.3%
16	Raúl Asencio Centre-back	Real Madrid	23	273.6%	803.9%
17	J. Báez Centre-back	Barcelona	36	2719.4%	1249.6%
18	F. Boyomo Full-back	Osasuna	24	2665.6%	7712.9%
19	Dani Vivian Centre-back	Athletic Club	27	2649.4%	6622.4%
20	Diego Llorente Centre-back	Real Betis	33	2416.4%	2352.9%
21	Copete Centre-back	Valencia	26	2411.2%	687.8%
22	Éder Militão Full-back	Real Madrid	28	2422.7%	5515.4%
23	Dani Barcia Centre-back	Deportivo La Coruna	23	2392.6%	647.2%
24	A. Faye Centre-back	Celta Vigo	21	2122.9%	84176.5%
25	A. Rüdiger Centre-back	Real Madrid	33	2143.5%	2541.1%
26	G. Tsitaishvili Full-back	Rayo Vallecano	25	2137.6%	745.9%
27	Álvaro Núñez Full-back	Celta Vigo	26	2161%	754.5%
28	Q. Hartman Full-back	Espanyol	24	20129.2%	8836.7%
29	Matia Barzic Gutiérrez Centre-back	Elche	22	2026.6%	669.8%
30	C. Starfelt Centre-back	Celta Vigo	31	1930.7%	3632.3%
31	Jon Pacheco Centre-back	Real Sociedad	25	1936.8%	7912.9%
32	Arnau Comas Centre-back	Deportivo La Coruna	26	1865.1%	550.5%
33	Jorge Herrando Centre-back	Osasuna	25	18±0%	69±0%
34	João Cancelo Centre-back	Barcelona	32	1614.3%	3721.9%
35	Hugo Novoa Full-back	Alaves	23	14	643.8%
36	Gorosabel Full-back	Athletic Club	30	1460.5%	3939.3%
37	Junior Firpo Full-back	Real Betis	30	1181%	4625.9%
38	D. Foulquier Full-back	Valencia	33	1152%	2245.4%
39	L. Sosa Centre-back	Barcelona	32	10	20
40	Rubén Sánchez Full-back	Espanyol	25	1058.9%	7010.3%
41	John Nwankwo Centre-back	Elche	25	942.3%	666.6%
42	Manu Fernández Centre-back	Celta Vigo	25	9	68
43	A. Boiro Full-back	Athletic Club	24	959.7%	6811.7%
44	Marcão Centre-back	Sevilla	30	818.4%	3719.4%
45	Iker Córdoba Centre-back	Valencia	20	8	646.5%
46	Pablo Pérez Full-back	Atletico Madrid	25	8	61
47	Juan Berrocal Centre-back	Getafe	27	7±0%	3625.7%
48	F. Garcés Centre-back	Alaves	26	712.8%	6010.1%
49	R. Yeboah Full-back	Osasuna	22	7±0%	3721%
50	Dani Sánchez Full-back	Malaga	26	777.7%	5215.7%