Most Improved defenders This Season
The most improved defenders, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
Pau Cubarsí Paredes of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 95.3, 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 A. Faye's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +53.3 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 167.
50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lisandro LópezCentre-back |  Belgrano Cordoba | 36 | +59.8 24/25→25/26 | 75174.4% | 1850% |
| 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 | 28 | +50.9 24/25→25/26 | 6170.8% | 390.5% |
| 6 | Alex SandroCentre-back |  Flamengo | 35 | +50.3 24/25→25/26 | 5579.9% | 2321.5% |
| 7 | S. YohouCentre-back |  Le Mans | 35 | +50.1 24/25→25/26 | 57686.3% | 26115.6% |
| 8 | I. VådebuCentre-back |  Tromso | 23 | +49.7 24/25→25/26 | 53297.7% | 4510.1% |
| 9 | P. McGinnCentre-back |  Motherwell | 35 | +47.6 24/25→25/26 | 521057.8% | 1868.2% |
| 10 | L. RiveroCentre-back | River Plate | 22 | +47.4 24/25→25/26 | 5423% | 541.5% |
| 11 | E. SeguraCentre-back |  Los Angeles FC | 29 | +44.9 24/25→25/26 | 6366% | 321.6% |
| 12 | Hassan TambaktiCentre-back |  Al-Hilal Saudi FC | 27 | +44.8 24/25→25/26 | 65218.5% | 474.8% |
| 13 | W. AntonCentre-back |  Borussia Dortmund | 30 | +44.5 24/25→25/26 | 70173.2% | 527.1% |
| 14 | M. SvobodaFull-back |  Brighton | 27 | +44.1 24/25→25/26 | 59294% | 598.1% |
| 15 | M. BentaygFull-back |  Zamalek SC | 26 | +44 23/24→25/26 | 57330.8% | 3733.4% |
| 16 | G. GiorbelidzeFull-back |  Erzurumspor FK | 30 | +43.9 22/23→25/26 | 59292.7% | 2613.9% |
| 17 | F. TerraccianoCentre-back |  AC Milan | 23 | +42.6 24/25→25/26 | 51532.5% | 8014.7% |
| 18 | L. CornicFull-back | Tromso | 25 | +42.6 24/25→25/26 | 5538.9% | 461.9% |
| 19 | R. PorteousCentre-back | Los Angeles FC | 27 | +41.6 24/25→25/26 | 65343.5% | 3922.5% |
| 20 | T. GuidaraCentre-back |  Lanus | 30 | +41.3 24/25→25/26 | 5510.9% | 313.3% |
| 21 | M. WeigandtFull-back |  Boca Juniors | 26 | +41.2 24/25→25/26 | 61364.1% | 4322% |
| 22 | T. CramaFull-back |  Millwall | 24 | +40.9 24/25→25/26 | 62192% | 7973.3% |
| 23 | A. CircatiCentre-back |  Benfica | 22 | +40.8 24/25→25/26 | 45971.4% | 8020% |
| 24 | S. NúñezFull-back |  Estudiantes L.P. | 26 | +40.8 24/25→25/26 | 502.5% | 471.3% |
| 25 | O. BjørtuftFull-back |  Bodo/Glimt | 27 | +40.6 24/25→25/26 | 7063.7% | 404.2% |
| 26 | T. SilvaFull-back |  Platense | 23 | +40.2 22/23→25/26 | 4757.2% | 514.5% |
| 27 | K. KosugiFull-back |  Eintracht Frankfurt | 20 | +40.1 24/25→25/26 | 54284.4% | 4217.5% |
| 28 | H. VoyerCentre-back | Le Mans | 29 | +39.9 24/25→25/26 | 50411.3% | 4050% |
| 29 | F. SjøvoldFull-back | Bodo/Glimt | 23 | +39.7 24/25→25/26 | 7860.5% | 522.2% |
| 30 | N. KatićCentre-back |  FC Schalke 04 | 29 | +38.9 24/25→25/26 | 48432.2% | 440.9% |
| 31 | F. BenkovićCentre-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 29 | +38.8 23/24→25/26 | 48408.4% | 2538.5% |
| 32 | Sergio BarciaCentre-back |  SC Braga | 25 | +38.8 24/25→25/26 | 421385.7% | 70106.2% |
| 33 | P. RetsosCentre-back |  Olympiakos Piraeus | 28 | +38.7 24/25→25/26 | 63159.9% | 3214.3% |
| 34 | A. NukanCentre-back |  Bandırmaspor | 33 | +38.7 21/22→25/26 | 49±0% | 1714.7% |
| 35 | H. HeggheimFull-back |  Viking | 25 | +38.4 24/25→25/26 | 4944.3% | 474.9% |
| 36 | N. TafariFull-back | Los Angeles FC | 29 | +38.4 24/25→25/26 | 5887.9% | 3110% |
| 37 | S. PrietoFull-back |  Argentinos JRS | 33 | +38.3 24/25→25/26 | 6522.8% | 228.3% |
| 38 | E. AmorCentre-back |  San Lorenzo | 31 | +38.1 21/22→25/26 | 46124.1% | 2072.8% |
| 39 | Gustavo HenriqueCentre-back |  Corinthians | 33 | +37.8 24/25→25/26 | 5584.9% | 2920% |
| 40 | G. PazFull-back | Nueva Chicago | 33 | +37.1 24/25→25/26 | 42700% | 1046.7% |
| 41 | Léo PereiraCentre-back | Flamengo | 30 | +36.9 24/25→25/26 | 611% | 461.7% |
| 42 | M. RotsFull-back |  1899 Hoffenheim | 20 | +36.5 24/25→25/26 | 44486.7% | 8430.1% |
| 43 | A. WarnerydFull-back | Tromso | 21 | +36.5 24/25→25/26 | 50118.9% | 5062.7% |
| 44 | D. MartínezFull-back |  Defensa Y Justicia | 28 | +36.1 24/25→25/26 | 42819.6% | 3743.5% |
| 45 | G. HernándezCentre-back | San Lorenzo | 28 | +35.9 24/25→25/26 | 51±0% | 347.6% |
| 46 | E. MontheCentre-back |  Oldham | 31 | +35.5 23/24→25/26 | 44427.7% | 2032.1% |
| 47 | T. PalaciosFull-back | Estudiantes L.P. | 23 | +35.5 24/25→25/26 | 71100% | 556.6% |
| 48 | I. MäättäFull-back | Bodo/Glimt | 24 | +35.5 24/25→25/26 | 46325.2% | 421.4% |
| 49 | RanieleCentre-back | Corinthians | 29 | +35.4 24/25→25/26 | 6181.8% | 468.5% |
| 50 | H. KuruçayCentre-back | FC Schalke 04 | 28 | +35.3 24/25→25/26 | 52206.4% | 5110.6% |