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

I. Krupskyi of FC 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, +6.6 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 10.4.

FC Kharkiv · 24/25→25/26

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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	T. Kędziora Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	32	4561.2%	226%
4	E. Sarapiy Centre-back	Polessya	27	44182.1%	3411.7%
5	B. Mykhailichenko Full-back	Polessya	29	4282.6%	2621.3%
6	O. Drambaev Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	25	4161.9%	387.1%
7	R. Didyk Centre-back	LNZ Cherkasy	23	336.8%	389.2%
8	A. Shabanov Centre-back	FC Kharkiv	34	3328.9%	1146.4%
9	S. Chobotenko Full-back	Polessya	29	3350.9%	2524.5%
10	Y. Pavlyuk Centre-back	FC Kharkiv	24	3298.7%	397.2%
11	I. Krupskyi Full-back	FC Kharkiv	21	3181.1%	413.1%
12	A. Ponedelnik Centre-back	Kolos Kovalivka	29	298.2%	2523.9%
13	V. Baboglo Full-back	Karpaty	27	2828.9%	3124.6%
14	I. Krasniqi Centre-back	Polessya	26	2610.6%	3410.8%
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 Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	23	2419%	391.8%
18	V. Salyuk Full-back	FC Kharkiv	24	2253.1%	3721.8%
19	Jean Pedroso Full-back	Karpaty	22	2121.7%	3710.8%
20	Jordan Full-back	Zorya Luhansk	27	2028.3%	3027.9%
21	V. Vilivald Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	21	20104.1%	395.4%
22	D. Miroshnichenko Full-back	Karpaty	31	1946.4%	1640%
23	Y. Shevchenko Full-back	Obolon'-Brovar	30	1984.5%	2028.8%
24	Pedrinho Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	24	1921.7%	386.8%
25	Jan Jurčec Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	25	18456.3%	379.2%
26	Juninho Full-back	Zorya Luhansk	30	1789%	2221.2%
27	V. Dubko Centre-back	FC Kharkiv	25	1641.8%	3316.4%
28	O. Klymets Full-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	26	1655.5%	319%
29	O. Martynyuk Centre-back	FC Kharkiv	24	1665.3%	3520.9%
30	M. Burda Centre-back	Kolos Kovalivka	31	161.3%	1625.2%
31	O. Sych Full-back	Dynamo Kyiv	25	1543%	368.6%
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	O. Syrota Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	26	14228.6%	378.2%
36	R. Lyakh Full-back	Karpaty	25	130.7%	352.8%
37	V. Kholod Centre-back	Karpaty	22	1360.2%	3616%
38	A. JanjiÄCentre-back	Zorya Luhansk	24	13	35
39	Iván Calero Full-back	Karpaty	31	1364.4%	3516.8%
40	I. Perduta Centre-back	Zorya Luhansk	35	1318.9%	922.7%
41	R. Goncharenko Centre-back	Kolos Kovalivka	32	1310.4%	1540.9%
42	M. Smiyan Full-back	Veres Rivne	24	11356%	34±0%
43	J. Jones Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	20	11	37
44	S. Grygorashchuk Centre-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	25	1171%	327.2%
45	I. Kyryukhantsev Full-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	30	10244.8%	1921.8%
46	Artem Machelyuk Full-back	Zorya Luhansk	26	1051%	3313.7%
47	B. Veklyak Centre-back	Kudrivka	26	9	303.5%
48	K. Vivcharenko Full-back	Dynamo Kyiv	24	820.6%	373.3%
49	M. Melnychuk Full-back	Kudrivka	26	819.8%	308.6%
50	V. Roman Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	23	774.8%	3711.9%