Most Improved defenders in Championship 26/27

The most improved defenders in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

T. Crama of Millwall is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 78.7, and A. Ahmed leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Crama has improved his Season rating most, up +40.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Crama of Millwall is the most valuable name in this group at 47.8.

Millwall · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

T. Crama+40.9SsN

Millwall · 24/25→25/26

41 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	T. Crama Full-back	Millwall	24	+40.9 24/25→25/26	62192%	7973.3%
2	C. Burgess Centre-back	Swansea	30	+30.5 24/25→25/26	39346.6%	4516.9%
3	C. Hughes Centre-back	Hull City	22	+25.6 24/25→25/26	43145.5%	7211.9%
4	S. Bradley Centre-back	Lincoln	34	+17.1 24/25→25/26	4560.6%	209.8%
5	M. Clarke Full-back	Derby	29	+16.5 24/25→25/26	4753.6%	513.6%
6	S. Curtis Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	20	+14.9 24/25→25/26	22204.1%	3321.1%
7	D. Fry Centre-back	Birmingham	28	+9.9 24/25→25/26	2472.8%	506.3%
8	A. Cresswell Full-back	Stoke City	36	+9.6 24/25→25/26	18111.6%	1912.8%
9	J. Quarshie Centre-back	Southampton	22	+8.6 24/25→25/26	91720%	6221%
10	C. Christie Full-back	Bolton	33	+8.2 24/25→25/26	11282.8%	1245.3%
11	L. Miller Full-back	Blackburn	26	+5.9 24/25→25/26	3024.4%	5924.4%
12	H. Matthews Centre-back	Portsmouth	22	+4 24/25→25/26	7133.3%	57±0%
13	B. Johnson Full-back	Stoke City	26	+1.4 24/25→25/26	13±0%	53±0%
14	R. Burke Centre-back	Charlton	29	+1.4 24/25→25/26	1015.7%	3421.1%
15	J. Ngakia Full-back	Watford	25	+1 24/25→25/26	323.3%	642.9%
16	Kieran Morgan Full-back	QPR	20	+0.1 24/25→25/26	120.9%	653.6%
17	A. Phillips Centre-back	Middlesbrough	21	-0.1 24/25→25/26	33±0%	733.9%
18	L. Morrison Centre-back	QPR	23	-0.4 24/25→25/26	113.7%	585.7%
19	S. Bueno Centre-back	Wolves	27	-1.4 24/25→25/26	235.7%	6512.1%
20	C. Elder Full-back	Lincoln	31	-2.1 24/25→25/26	209.3%	388.2%
21	C. Pring Centre-back	Bristol City	28	-2.1 24/25→25/26	209.5%	4329.1%
22	A. Ahmed Full-back	Norwich	25	-2.9 24/25→25/26	1318.1%	6460.9%
23	H. Ekdal Centre-back	Burnley	27	-4.6 24/25→25/26	1227.7%	592.4%
24	J. Todibo Centre-back	West Ham	26	-4.7 24/25→25/26	2118.1%	6812.4%
25	A. Tuanzebe Centre-back	Burnley	28	-4.9 24/25→25/26	739.8%	5023.7%
26	L. Krejčí Centre-back	Wolves	27	-5.7 24/25→25/26	2121.1%	6612.5%
27	N. Zätterström Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	21	-6.4 24/25→25/26	1629%	3311.1%
28	J. Medić Full-back	Norwich	27	-7.2 24/25→25/26	1140.7%	4826.9%
29	D. Scarr Full-back	Wrexham	31	-7.2 24/25→25/26	1237.9%	286.1%
30	J. Tchamadeu Full-back	Stoke City	22	-9.3 24/25→25/26	2428.4%	649.2%
31	N. Eile Centre-back	Bristol City	24	-10.7 24/25→25/26	1443.9%	5932.1%
32	D. Murkin Full-back	Derby	27	-10.9 24/25→25/26	1346.2%	5019%
33	A. Doughty Full-back	Millwall	26	-11.1 24/25→25/26	1937%	585.7%
34	K. Ramsay Centre-back	Charlton	25	-12.2 24/25→25/26	3625.3%	6329.2%
35	S. Wharton Centre-back	Blackburn	28	-12.8 23/24→25/26	862.7%	3834.8%
36	C. Ogilvie Centre-back	Portsmouth	30	-13.2 24/25→25/26	1841.8%	3731.9%
37	A. Jackson Centre-back	Lincoln	32	-16.2 24/25→25/26	964%	1541.2%
38	M. Doherty Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	34	-19 24/25→25/26	675.1%	1556.4%
39	A. Ahmedhodžić Centre-back	Burnley	27	-26.9 24/25→25/26	3444.2%	5817.3%
40	D. Batth Centre-back	Millwall	35	-29.3 24/25→25/26	780.5%	1254.4%
41	J. Robinson Full-back	Birmingham	32	-38 24/25→25/26	1373.9%	2343.1%