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

I. Krupskyi of Metalist 1925 Kharkiv is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 40.5, and H. Pasich has been the form player this season, grading 47.4, and E. Sarapiy leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Muravskyi has improved his Season rating most, up +29.7 on last season, while V. Salyuk'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, O. Drambaev of LNZ Cherkasy is the most valuable name in this group at 10.

Best talent

I. Krupskyi40.5RTG

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

N. Muravskyi+29.7SsN

LNZ Cherkasy · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	H. Pasich Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	33	47125.7%	1430%
2	N. Muravskyi Centre-back	LNZ Cherkasy	26	46181.1%	365.8%
3	E. Sarapiy Centre-back	Polessya	27	44182.1%	3411.7%
4	B. Mykhailichenko Full-back	Polessya	29	4282.6%	2621.3%
5	O. Drambaev Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	25	4161.9%	387.1%
6	R. Didyk Centre-back	LNZ Cherkasy	23	336.8%	389.2%
7	S. Chobotenko Centre-back	Polessya	29	3350.9%	2524.5%
8	A. Shabanov Centre-back	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	34	3328.9%	1146.4%
9	Y. Pavlyuk Centre-back	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	23	3298.7%	399.2%
10	I. Krupskyi Full-back	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	21	3181.1%	413.1%
11	V. Salyuk Centre-back	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	24	30108.4%	3927.4%
12	A. Ponedelnik Full-back	Kolos Kovalivka	29	298.2%	2523.9%
13	V. Baboglo Centre-back	Karpaty	27	2828.9%	3026%
14	I. Krasniqi Centre-back	Kolos Kovalivka	26	2610.6%	3312.9%
15	M. Matvienko Centre-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	2514.5%	2036.4%
16	V. Bondar Centre-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	27	2528.4%	3028%
17	E. Kozik Centre-back	Kolos Kovalivka	23	2419%	383.8%
18	Jean Pedroso Centre-back	Karpaty	22	2121.7%	3710.8%
19	Jordan Centre-back	Zorya Luhansk	27	2028.3%	3028.1%
20	V. Vilivald Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	21	20104.1%	395.4%
21	D. Miroshnichenko Full-back	Karpaty	31	1946.4%	1640%
22	Y. Shevchenko Full-back	Obolon'-Brovar	30	1984.5%	2028.8%
23	Pedrinho Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	24	1921.7%	386.8%
24	Jan Jurčec Full-back	Kryvbas KR	25	18456.3%	379.5%
25	Juninho Full-back	Zorya Luhansk	30	1789%	2221.2%
26	V. Dubko Centre-back	Obolon'-Brovar	25	1641.8%	3316.4%
27	O. Klymets Full-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	26	1655.5%	319%
28	O. Martynyuk Full-back	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	24	1665.3%	3520.9%
29	Y. Konoplya Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	26	167.7%	356.7%
30	M. Burda Centre-back	Kolos Kovalivka	31	161.3%	1625.2%
31	O. Sych Full-back	Karpaty	25	1543%	3414.7%
32	K. Stamoulis Full-back	Veres Rivne	25	15	34±0%
33	K. Cipot Centre-back	Veres Rivne	25	15	33
34	V. Moroz Centre-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	24	1461.4%	342.5%
35	R. Lyakh Full-back	Ruh Lviv	25	130.7%	343.4%
36	V. Kholod Centre-back	Ruh Lviv	22	1360.2%	3617.4%
37	A. JanjiÄCentre-back	Zorya Luhansk	24	13	35
38	I. Perduta Full-back	Zorya Luhansk	35	1318.9%	924.4%
39	R. Goncharenko Centre-back	Veres Rivne	32	1310.4%	1348.2%
40	M. Smiyan Full-back	Veres Rivne	24	11356%	34±0%
41	J. Jones Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	20	11	37
42	I. Ukhan Full-back	SK Poltava	23	115300%	3613.1%
43	S. Grygorashchuk Centre-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	25	1171%	327.2%
44	I. Kyryukhantsev Full-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	30	10244.8%	1921.8%
45	Artem Machelyuk Full-back	Kudrivka	26	1051%	3311.3%
46	V. Pryymak Full-back	Obolon'-Brovar	29	1049.5%	2234%
47	Y. Misyura Centre-back	SK Poltava	32	978.2%	1434.6%
48	B. Veklyak Centre-back	Kudrivka	26	9	303.5%
49	K. Vivcharenko Full-back	Dynamo Kyiv	24	820.6%	373.3%
50	M. Melnychuk Full-back	Kudrivka	26	819.8%	308.6%