Most improved defenders

The most improved 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 T. Hansemon's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +66.8 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.

Gefle IF · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+71.2SsN

50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →

#	Player	Team	Age	ΔSsN	Season	Rating
1	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	+71.2 24/25→25/26	761369.2%	8914.7%
2	C. Paz Centre-back	Deportivo Riestra	31	+54.4 24/25→25/26	77241.8%	3111.9%
3	Alberto Baio Full-back	FC Porto	22	+54.3 24/25→25/26	71321.3%	7117.4%
4	Hermoso Full-back	AS Roma	31	+54 24/25→25/26	591102%	4514.4%
5	J. Kiwior Centre-back	FC Porto	26	+53.1 24/25→25/26	71301.7%	5924.1%
6	J. Bednarek Centre-back	FC Porto	30	+52.5 24/25→25/26	81184.9%	4129.2%
7	Filipe Relvas Centre-back	AEK Athens FC	26	+50.1 24/25→25/26	57695.8%	399.7%
8	S. Yohou Centre-back	Le Mans	34	+50.1 24/25→25/26	57686.3%	26115.6%
9	Kaiki Full-back	Cruzeiro	23	+49.6 24/25→25/26	74207.5%	8023.3%
10	M. Svoboda Centre-back	Venezia	27	+48.6 24/25→25/26	64324%	598.1%
11	G. Scalvini Full-back	Atalanta	22	+48.2 24/25→25/26	53964%	8418.5%
12	T. Guidara Full-back	Huracan	30	+48 24/25→25/26	62350.4%	304.1%
13	G. Giorbelidze Full-back	Erzurumspor FK	30	+47.9 22/23→25/26	63319.3%	337.6%
14	P. McGinn Centre-back	Motherwell	35	+47.6 24/25→25/26	521057.8%	1868.2%
15	A. Circati Full-back	Parma	22	+47.6 24/25→25/26	521133.3%	8425.4%
16	Teo Quintero Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	27	+47.2 24/25→25/26	56518.7%	584.3%
17	E. Coronel Full-back	Rosario Central	29	+46.6 24/25→25/26	62304.6%	3615.7%
18	T. Koga Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	27	+45.3 24/25→25/26	69189.5%	504.6%
19	Hassan Tambakti Full-back	Al-Hilal Saudi FC	27	+44.8 24/25→25/26	65218.5%	474.8%
20	W. Anton Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	29	+44.5 24/25→25/26	70173.2%	606.4%
21	M. Emmanuel Full-back	Motherwell	25	+44.1 24/25→25/26	481160.5%	5123.3%
22	M. Bentayg Full-back	Zamalek SC	26	+44 23/24→25/26	57330.8%	3733.4%
23	S. Núñez Centre-back	Estudiantes L.P.	26	+43.8 22/23→25/26	49858.8%	473.1%
24	Álex Valle Full-back	Como	22	+43.8 24/25→25/26	54429.4%	8516.7%
25	Bremer Centre-back	Juventus	29	+43.7 24/25→25/26	60261.7%	6112.2%
26	O. Camara Centre-back	Angers	23	+43.3 24/25→25/26	471082.5%	7924.5%
27	L. Villalba Centre-back	Cruzeiro	31	+43 24/25→25/26	63213.9%	426.7%
28	Diego Carlos Centre-back	Como	33	+42.4 24/25→25/26	50530%	2814.4%
29	F. Terracciano Full-back	Cremonese	23	+42.4 24/25→25/26	50530%	8115%
30	L. Rota Full-back	AEK Athens FC	28	+42.3 24/25→25/26	64193.2%	3512.1%
31	M. Mert Centre-back	Sarıyer	27	+42.2 23/24→25/26	451455.2%	429.5%
32	Lyanco Centre-back	Atletico-MG	29	+42.2 24/25→25/26	53405.8%	471.3%
33	A. Nukan Centre-back	Bandırmaspor	32	+42.1 21/22→25/26	53401%	2616.3%
34	J. Garner Defensive midfielder	Everton	25	+41.9 24/25→25/26	65178.3%	9016.2%
35	L. Martínez Centre-back	River Plate	30	+41.8 24/25→25/26	48720.7%	3036.6%
36	Vitinho Full-back	Botafogo	26	+41.8 24/25→25/26	57271.4%	6611.6%
37	O. Salomón Centre-back	Platense	27	+41.3 24/25→25/26	54335.8%	469%
38	T. Crama Centre-back	Millwall	24	+40.9 24/25→25/26	62192%	7769.8%
39	J. Timber Full-back	Arsenal	25	+40.7 24/25→25/26	8299%	975.3%
40	A. Erlingmark Centre-back	IFK Goteborg	28	+40.6 24/25→25/26	50441.3%	298.5%
41	F. Benković Centre-back	AIK Stockholm	29	+40.3 23/24→25/26	50424.2%	2538.5%
42	L. Valenti Full-back	Parma	27	+40 24/25→25/26	53305.3%	653.4%
43	H. Voyer Full-back	Le Mans	29	+39.9 24/25→25/26	50411.3%	4050%
44	G. Magnée Central midfielder	Cercle Brugge	26	+39.7 24/25→25/26	59202.6%	572.7%
45	M. Senesi Centre-back	Bournemouth	29	+39.5 24/25→25/26	60197.5%	658.7%
46	E. Báez Full-back	San Lorenzo	21	+39.3 24/25→25/26	67141.9%	5817%
47	Lee Tae-Seok Defensive midfielder	Austria Vienna	23	+39.2 24/25→25/26	47490%	4910.8%
48	A. Gómez Centre-back	Club Tijuana	24	+39.2 20/21→25/26	44890.9%	506%
49	C. Romero Centre-back	Tottenham	28	+39.2 24/25→25/26	54264.9%	672.5%
50	J. Müller Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	32	+39.1 24/25→25/26	46566.7%	218.4%