Most Improved defenders This Season
The most improved defenders, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
W. Saliba of Arsenal is the standout for raw talent across defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.8, and L. Lozano has been the form player this season, grading 77.6, and Š. Chaloupek leads the scoring with 9 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Lisandro López has improved his Season rating most, up +59.8 on last season, while K. Peprah Oppong's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +49.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, W. Saliba of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 145.4.
50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lisandro LópezCentre-back |  Belgrano Cordoba | 37 | +59.8 24/25→25/26 | 75174.4% | 18136.8% |
| 2 | NathanFull-back |  Vitoria | 24 | +51.9 24/25→25/26 | 62386.7% | 645% |
| 3 | A. SteimbachFull-back |  Gimnasia L.P. | 24 | +51 22/23→25/26 | 54 | 5648.8% |
| 4 | L. MartínezCentre-back |  River Plate | 30 | +50.9 24/25→25/26 | 5719.1% | 3413.6% |
| 5 | A. MaldonadoCentre-back | Belgrano Cordoba | 29 | +50.9 24/25→25/26 | 6170.8% | 3911.6% |
| 6 | Alex SandroCentre-back |  Flamengo | 35 | +50.3 24/25→25/26 | 5579.9% | 2321.5% |
| 7 | P. McGinnCentre-back |  Motherwell | 35 | +47.6 24/25→25/26 | 521057.8% | 1868.2% |
| 8 | L. RiveroCentre-back | River Plate | 22 | +47.4 24/25→25/26 | 5423% | 541.5% |
| 9 | I. VådebuCentre-back |  Tromso | 23 | +46.7 24/25→25/26 | 50275% | 4510.6% |
| 10 | T. KogaCentre-back |  Kashiwa Reysol | 27 | +45.3 24/25→25/26 | 69±0% | 50±0% |
| 11 | M. SvobodaFull-back |  Brighton | 27 | +44.1 24/25→25/26 | 59294% | 598.1% |
| 12 | M. BentaygFull-back |  Zamalek SC | 26 | +44 23/24→25/26 | 57330.8% | 3733.4% |
| 13 | T. GuidaraCentre-back |  Lanus | 30 | +41.3 24/25→25/26 | 5510.9% | 313.3% |
| 14 | M. WeigandtFull-back |  Boca Juniors | 26 | +41.2 24/25→25/26 | 61364.1% | 4322% |
| 15 | T. CramaFull-back |  Millwall | 24 | +40.9 24/25→25/26 | 62192% | 7973.3% |
| 16 | S. NúñezFull-back |  Estudiantes L.P. | 26 | +40.8 24/25→25/26 | 502.5% | 471.3% |
| 17 | T. SilvaFull-back |  Platense | 23 | +40.2 22/23→25/26 | 4757.2% | 514.5% |
| 18 | E. SeguraCentre-back |  Los Angeles FC | 29 | +40.1 24/25→25/26 | 5853.3% | 310.6% |
| 19 | P. JohanssonFull-back |  Djurgardens IF | 31 | +38.9 24/25→25/26 | 5112675% | 2188.4% |
| 20 | F. BenkovićCentre-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 29 | +38.8 23/24→25/26 | 48408.4% | 2538.5% |
| 21 | S. PrietoFull-back |  Argentinos JRS | 33 | +38.3 24/25→25/26 | 6522.8% | 228.3% |
| 22 | E. AmorCentre-back |  San Lorenzo | 31 | +38.1 21/22→25/26 | 46124.1% | 2072.8% |
| 23 | Gustavo HenriqueCentre-back |  Corinthians | 33 | +37.8 24/25→25/26 | 5584.9% | 2920% |
| 24 | M. PerkovićFull-back |  Cracovia Krakow | 23 | +37.2 24/25→25/26 | 41±0% | 39±0% |
| 25 | G. PazFull-back | Nueva Chicago | 33 | +37.1 24/25→25/26 | 42700% | 1046.7% |
| 26 | Léo PereiraCentre-back | Flamengo | 30 | +36.9 24/25→25/26 | 611% | 461.7% |
| 27 | S. WelshCentre-back |  Swansea | 26 | +36.6 24/25→25/26 | 4813.4% | 43±0% |
| 28 | M. WoledziCentre-back |  Nashville SC | 25 | +36.4 24/25→25/26 | 6124% | 452.8% |
| 29 | D. MartínezCentre-back |  Defensa Y Justicia | 28 | +36.1 24/25→25/26 | 42819.6% | 3743.5% |
| 30 | G. HernándezCentre-back | San Lorenzo | 28 | +35.9 24/25→25/26 | 51±0% | 347.6% |
| 31 | R. PorteousCentre-back | Los Angeles FC | 27 | +35.7 24/25→25/26 | 59303.4% | 3821.9% |
| 32 | T. PalaciosFull-back | Estudiantes L.P. | 23 | +35.5 24/25→25/26 | 71100% | 556.6% |
| 33 | RanieleCentre-back | Corinthians | 29 | +35.4 24/25→25/26 | 6181.8% | 468.5% |
| 34 | David DuarteCentre-back |  Bahia | 31 | +35.3 24/25→25/26 | 3917.3% | 364.6% |
| 35 | G. FerreyraCentre-back |  Western Sydney Wanderers | 30 | +35 23/24→25/26 | 43421.7% | 1336.6% |
| 36 | M. BogardeDefensive midfielder |  Lask Linz | 24 | +34.8 22/23→25/26 | 44362.5% | 485% |
| 37 | Marco PellegrinoCentre-back |  Huracan | 24 | +34.3 24/25→25/26 | 49±0% | 512.2% |
| 38 | Marco MorenoCentre-back | Bahia | 25 | +34.1 24/25→25/26 | 58143.3% | 6816.5% |
| 39 | JonathanCentre-back |  Cruzeiro | 22 | +33.7 24/25→25/26 | 39125% | 706.1% |
| 40 | A. PapadopoulosFull-back |  FC Lugano | 27 | +33.3 23/24→25/26 | 41456.2% | 448.1% |
| 41 | Diego MurilloCentre-back |  Malaga | 25 | +32.8 24/25→25/26 | 44290.3% | 6719.6% |
| 42 | F. BeijmoCentre-back |  FC Copenhagen | 28 | +32.7 24/25→25/26 | 5330.4% | 357.7% |
| 43 | P. SilvaFull-back | Gimnasia L.P. | 29 | +32.6 24/25→25/26 | 509% | 397.1% |
| 44 | F. MansillaCentre-back |  Central Cordoba de Santiago | 27 | +32.5 22/23→25/26 | 49477.4% | 4115.3% |
| 45 | H. MagnussonCentre-back |  Vasteras SK FK | 28 | +32.4 24/25→25/26 | 50498.8% | 2968.6% |
| 46 | L. RangerFull-back |  Lillestrom | 27 | +32.4 23/24→25/26 | 45175.2% | 3850.2% |
| 47 | O. BundgaardFull-back |  Viborg | 25 | +32.4 24/25→25/26 | 39831% | 4536.4% |
| 48 | J. BaganCentre-back |  Cardiff | 25 | +32 24/25→25/26 | 45±0% | 512.6% |
| 49 | Gabriel PaulistaCentre-back | Corinthians | 35 | +31.6 24/25→25/26 | 55423.8% | 25134.3% |
| 50 | R. HoldingCentre-back |  Colorado Rapids | 30 | +31.5 24/25→25/26 | 38517.7% | 2643% |