Most Improved defenders This Season
The most improved defenders, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
A. Truffert of Bournemouth is the standout for raw talent across defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 96.1, and J. Bednarek has been the form player this season, grading 80.9, and Luciano Juba leads the scoring with 10 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +63.1 on last season, while O. Provstgaard's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +31.5 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 | Jacobo Ramón NaverosCentre-back |  Como | 21 | +63.1 24/25→25/26 | 68±0% | 87±0% |
| 2 | J. KiwiorFull-back |  FC Porto | 26 | +53.1 24/25→25/26 | 71±0% | 59±0% |
| 3 | J. BednarekCentre-back | FC Porto | 30 | +52.5 24/25→25/26 | 81±0% | 41±0% |
| 4 | NathanFull-back |  Vitoria | 24 | +51.9 24/25→25/26 | 62386.7% | 645% |
| 5 | P. McGinnCentre-back |  Motherwell | 36 | +51.2 24/25→25/26 | 561137.8% | 1976.6% |
| 6 | Alex SandroFull-back |  Flamengo | 35 | +50.3 24/25→25/26 | 5579.9% | 2321.5% |
| 7 | Marco PellegrinoCentre-back |  Huracan | 24 | +50.1 24/25→25/26 | 6532.1% | 5511.9% |
| 8 | I. VådebuCentre-back |  Tromso | 23 | +46.7 24/25→25/26 | 50275% | 4510.6% |
| 9 | M. BentaygFull-back |  Zamalek SC | 26 | +44 23/24→25/26 | 57330.8% | 3733.4% |
| 10 | L. MartínezCentre-back |  River Plate | 30 | +42.6 24/25→25/26 | 481.7% | 3413% |
| 11 | Daniel HerreraCentre-back |  San Lorenzo | 22 | +41.4 24/25→25/26 | 49544.7% | 5322.2% |
| 12 | C. HalkettCentre-back |  Heart Of Midlothian | 31 | +41.1 24/25→25/26 | 57253.7% | 2912.3% |
| 13 | Lisandro LópezCentre-back |  Belgrano Cordoba | 37 | +40.8 24/25→25/26 | 56104.8% | 1477.6% |
| 14 | E. SeguraCentre-back |  Los Angeles FC | 29 | +40.1 24/25→25/26 | 5853.3% | 310.6% |
| 15 | J. MüllerCentre-back |  VfL Osnabrück | 32 | +39.1 24/25→25/26 | 46±0% | 21±0% |
| 16 | P. JohanssonFull-back |  Djurgardens IF | 31 | +38.9 24/25→25/26 | 5112675% | 2188.4% |
| 17 | F. BenkovićCentre-back | Sichuan Jiuniu | 29 | +38.8 23/24→25/26 | 48408.4% | 2538.5% |
| 18 | David RicardoCentre-back |  Dynamo | 23 | +37.8 22/23→25/26 | 4229.4% | 3548.3% |
| 19 | Gustavo HenriqueCentre-back |  Corinthians | 33 | +37.8 24/25→25/26 | 5584.9% | 2920% |
| 20 | J. EganCentre-back |  Hull City | 34 | +37.6 24/25→25/26 | 41±0% | 29±0% |
| 21 | G. PazFull-back | Nueva Chicago | 33 | +37.1 24/25→25/26 | 42700% | 1046.7% |
| 22 | Léo PereiraCentre-back | Flamengo | 30 | +36.9 24/25→25/26 | 611% | 461.7% |
| 23 | M. WoledziCentre-back |  Nashville SC | 25 | +36.4 24/25→25/26 | 6124% | 452.8% |
| 24 | A. SteimbachFull-back |  Gimnasia L.P. | 24 | +36.4 22/23→25/26 | 39 | 5443.5% |
| 25 | E. FernandezFull-back |  Rangers | 24 | +35.8 24/25→25/26 | 4852.7% | 501.6% |
| 26 | P. PfeifferCentre-back |  SV Darmstadt 98 | 27 | +35.8 24/25→25/26 | 40±0% | 599.1% |
| 27 | R. PorteousCentre-back | Los Angeles FC | 27 | +35.7 24/25→25/26 | 59303.4% | 3821.9% |
| 28 | A. MaldonadoCentre-back | Belgrano Cordoba | 29 | +35.6 24/25→25/26 | 4628.1% | 335.9% |
| 29 | J. PorozoCentre-back |  Club Tijuana | 26 | +35.6 24/25→25/26 | 48±0% | 4115.8% |
| 30 | RanieleCentre-back | Corinthians | 29 | +35.4 24/25→25/26 | 6181.8% | 468.5% |
| 31 | H. InamuraCentre-back |  FC Tokyo | 24 | +35.3 24/25→25/26 | 38303.2% | 475.4% |
| 32 | David DuarteCentre-back |  Bahia | 31 | +35.3 24/25→25/26 | 3917.3% | 364.6% |
| 33 | G. FerreyraCentre-back |  Western Sydney Wanderers | 30 | +35 23/24→25/26 | 43421.7% | 1336.6% |
| 34 | M. Elimbi GilbertCentre-back |  GIL Vicente | 23 | +34.9 24/25→25/26 | 40±0% | 65±0% |
| 35 | M. BogardeDefensive midfielder |  Lask Linz | 24 | +34.8 22/23→25/26 | 44362.5% | 485% |
| 36 | Danilo VeigaFull-back |  Lecce | 24 | +34.6 24/25→25/26 | 50±0% | 801.7% |
| 37 | JonathanCentre-back |  Cruzeiro | 22 | +33.7 24/25→25/26 | 39125% | 706.1% |
| 38 | Eric GarcíaCentre-back |  Barcelona | 25 | +33.6 24/25→25/26 | 62±0% | 85±0% |
| 39 | C. PazCentre-back |  Deportivo Riestra | 31 | +33.3 24/25→25/26 | 5627.4% | 297.1% |
| 40 | A. PapadopoulosFull-back |  FC Lugano | 27 | +33.3 23/24→25/26 | 41456.2% | 448.1% |
| 41 | J. BoyerCentre-back |  Boulogne | 28 | +33.1 24/25→25/26 | 40±0% | 46±0% |
| 42 | J. KomarCentre-back |  Rosario Central | 30 | +32.8 24/25→25/26 | 63110.4% | 3213.9% |
| 43 | A. ScholzCentre-back | FC Tokyo | 34 | +32.8 24/25→25/26 | 46127.1% | 16±0% |
| 44 | Diego MurilloCentre-back |  Malaga | 25 | +32.8 24/25→25/26 | 44290.3% | 6719.6% |
| 45 | F. BeijmoCentre-back |  FC Copenhagen | 28 | +32.7 24/25→25/26 | 5330.4% | 357.7% |
| 46 | G. StangerCentre-back |  Kilmarnock | 26 | +32.6 20/21→25/26 | 33145.9% | 419.3% |
| 47 | M. TolCentre-back |  Roda | 28 | +32.5 24/25→25/26 | 3530.6% | 43±0% |
| 48 | D. MartínezCentre-back |  Defensa Y Justicia | 28 | +32.4 24/25→25/26 | 39739.1% | 3847.1% |
| 49 | O. BundgaardFull-back |  Viborg | 25 | +32.4 24/25→25/26 | 39831% | 4536.4% |
| 50 | M. HokkeFull-back |  ADO Den Haag | 23 | +32.4 24/25→25/26 | 37±0% | 591.7% |