Most productive defenders

The most productive defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

J. Timber of Arsenal is the standout for raw talent across defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 97.3, and Reinaldo leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +71.2 on last season, while A. Skipper's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +36.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Timber of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 194.6.

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#	Player	Team	Age	G+A	Season	Rating
1	Jordi Alba Full-back	Inter Miami	37	20	2031.6%	1414.4%
2	Reinaldo Full-back	Mirassol	36	19	3533.5%	2927.5%
3	I. Niskanen Attacking midfielder	Exeter City	28	16	3215.4%	388.2%
4	F. Hadërgjonaj Central midfielder	Alanyaspor	31	15	4549.8%	2714.4%
5	S. El Karouani Full-back	Utrecht	25	15	441.4%	755.9%
6	J. Ryerson Defensive midfielder	Borussia Dortmund	28	15	53112%	6413.9%
7	R. Manning Full-back	Southampton	30	14	35200.9%	4611.5%
8	K. Tierney Full-back	Celtic	29	14	36624.5%	3539.7%
9	Z. El Ouahdi Full-back	Genk	24	12	2739.6%	61±0%
10	D. Yedlin Full-back	FC Cincinnati	33	12	1917.5%	1821%
11	J. Grzesik Full-back	Radomiak Radom	31	12	2239.4%	2410%
12	A. Gutman Full-back	Chicago Fire	29	12	27289.9%	3315.2%
13	J. Tavernier Full-back	Rangers	34	12	3229.6%	1732.6%
14	M. Emmanuel Full-back	Motherwell	25	12	481160.5%	5123.3%
15	K. Laimer Full-back	Bayern München	29	12	4647.9%	604%
16	J. Gibbons Full-back	Cambridge United	28	12	39131.1%	2725.7%
17	Š. Chaloupek Full-back	Slavia Praha	23	11	30	2
18	T. Handwerker Full-back	Arminia Bielefeld	28	11	2124.6%	454.9%
19	A. Rossipal Full-back	Dynamo Dresden	30	11	2619.8%	4016.2%
20	G. Magnée Central midfielder	Cercle Brugge	26	11	59202.6%	572.7%
21	J. Soltvedt Full-back	Brann	30	11	1148.9%	2711%
22	Carlos Romero Full-back	Espanyol	24	11	5053.4%	894.1%
23	T. Tsapras Full-back	Levadiakos	24	11	3439.3%	4512.2%
24	Mohammed Abu Al Shamat Attacking midfielder	Al-Qadisiyah FC	23	11	3429.2%	622.5%
25	A. Markanich Full-back	Minnesota United FC	26	11	36438.8%	402.6%
26	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	11	42345.7%	7739.1%
27	M. Momuluh Winger	Arminia Bielefeld	24	11	35206.1%	639.4%
28	Álex Muñoz Full-back	Almeria	31	11	2977.9%	392%
29	Chan Shinichi Full-back	Shanghai Shenhua	23	10	28	37
30	C. Cheng Full-back	Sandefjord	24	10	3058%	468.2%
31	R. Revivo Full-back	Maccabi Tel Aviv	23	10	22	44
32	F. Salinas Full-back	Coquimbo Unido	26	10	58	27
33	D. Wilmering Full-back	Newcastle Jets	25	10	22	22
34	J. Gallardo Full-back	Toluca	31	10	31	29
35	K. Jørgensen Defensive midfielder	Lask Linz	26	10	42120.3%	460.9%
36	Y. Talum Full-back	Manisa F.K.	24	10	36	5133.4%
37	M. Uçar Full-back	Amed	34	10	42130.1%	2128.7%
38	S. van de Streek Centre-forward	Antalyaspor	33	10	3336.8%	1913.8%
39	Flávio Nazinho Central midfielder	Cercle Brugge	22	10	53207.5%	617.3%
40	S. van der Sloot Centre-back	ADO Den Haag	24	10	5648.3%	630.5%
41	A. Büttner Full-back	Vitesse	37	10	2434.4%	1421.9%
42	Luciano Juba Full-back	Bahia	26	10	4517.9%	711.2%
43	Luca Stephenson Defensive midfielder	Dundee Utd	22	10	3826.2%	52±0%
44	W. Ferry Defensive midfielder	Dundee Utd	25	10	4920.6%	506.2%
45	Gaizka Larrazabal Central midfielder	Casa Pia	28	10	52117.1%	5112.2%
46	Mauro Júnior Full-back	PSV Eindhoven	27	10	4134.8%	649.5%
47	M. Mittelstädt Full-back	VfB Stuttgart	29	10	507.1%	5617.4%
48	D. Raum Full-back	RB Leipzig	28	10	4727.5%	675.1%
49	A. Senior Full-back	Barnet	24	10	33	37
50	P. Ng Full-back	Cardiff	30	10	3435.6%	3035.1%