Most Improved defenders in First League 25/26

The most improved defenders in First League in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Hevertton Santos of Levski Sofia is the standout for raw talent across defenders in First League, with a Field Insider Rating of 53, and Hossam Abdelmaguid has been the form player this season, grading 54.9.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Gbamin has improved his Season rating most, up +24 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Hossam Abdelmaguid of Ludogorets is the most valuable name in this group at 8.

Best talent

Hevertton Santos53RTG

Levski Sofia

In form

Hossam Abdelmaguid54.9SsN

Ludogorets

Rising potential

J. Gbamin+4.1RTG

CSKA Sofia · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Gbamin+24SsN

CSKA Sofia · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

Hossam Abdelmaguid4goals

Ludogorets

Most valuable

Hossam Abdelmaguid8val

Ludogorets

17 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	J. Gbamin Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	30	+24 24/25→25/26	252000%	4510.1%
2	Dinis Almeida Full-back	Ludogorets	31	+19.9 22/23→25/26	27265.3%	1559.9%
3	V. Velev Full-back	Arda Kardzhali	26	+14.8 20/21→25/26	23187.3%	284.1%
4	D. Ferraresso Full-back	Slavia Sofia	34	+12.5 20/21→25/26	15543.5%	957.3%
5	Aldair Full-back	Levski Sofia	26	+10.8 22/23→25/26	14308.6%	2944.2%
6	Hevertton Santos Full-back	Levski Sofia	25	+10.1 24/25→25/26	14273%	533.3%
7	D. Velkovski Full-back	Arda Kardzhali	31	+8.2 22/23→25/26	16101.2%	1544.7%
8	N. Soldo Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	25	+7.8 23/24→25/26	2157.4%	3042.7%
9	C. Makoun Centre-back	Levski Sofia	26	+6.1 23/24→25/26	11115.1%	2827.1%
10	Vasco Oliveira Centre-back	Spartak Varna	26	+5.7 24/25→25/26	8228%	2539.1%
11	I. Goranov Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	34	+5.6 22/23→25/26	1747.9%	860.7%
12	S. Petrov Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	26	+4.4 24/25→25/26	1165.7%	2621.6%
13	J. Andersson Full-back	Ludogorets	29	+1.5 24/25→25/26	189.2%	1945.5%
14	Álex Centelles Full-back	Levski Sofia	26	-12.9 24/25→25/26	959.7%	2759.1%
15	A. Hoffmann Centre-back	CSKA 1948	33	-15.5 24/25→25/26	1061.5%	874.1%
16	Pastor Full-back	CSKA Sofia	26	-17.4 24/25→25/26	1750.3%	3051%
17	Son Full-back	Ludogorets	32	-21 22/23→25/26	2150.4%	1373.3%