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Most Improved defenders in 2. Bundesliga 26/27

The most improved defenders in 2. Bundesliga in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

R. Jansson of FC St. Pauli is the standout for raw talent across defenders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 81.4, and H. Kuruçay has been the form player this season, grading 52.4, and M. Maglica leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Katić has improved his Season rating most, up +38.9 on last season, while R. Jansson's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +50.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Maglica of SV Darmstadt 98 is the most valuable name in this group at 26.5.

Best talent
R. Jansson81.4RTG
FC St. Pauli
In form
H. Kuruçay52.4SsN
FC Schalke 04
Rising potential
R. Jansson+50.4RTG
FC St. Pauli · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
N. Katić+38.9SsN
FC Schalke 04 · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
M. Maglica6goals
SV Darmstadt 98
Most valuable
M. Maglica26.5val
SV Darmstadt 98
35 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1N. KatićCentre-backFC Schalke 0429+38.9
24/25→25/26
48432.2%440.9%
2H. KuruçayCentre-backFC Schalke 0428+35.3
24/25→25/26
52206.4%5110.6%
3M. MaglicaCentre-backSV Darmstadt 9827+32.6
24/25→25/26
37±0%54±0%
4S. TrémouletCentre-backKarlsruher SC26+31.3
23/24→25/26
39411.8%372.8%
5T. BeckerCentre-backFC Schalke 0429+28.6
24/25→25/26
48149%4230.8%
6N. MadsenCentre-backHolstein Kiel24+15.9
24/25→25/26
25180.7%460.6%
7A. DźwigałaFull-backFC St. Pauli30+12.5
24/25→25/26
21148.8%3614.9%
8J. GyamerahFull-backSV Elversberg31+11.7
24/25→25/26
3550.9%338.5%
9C. JohanssonCentre-backHolstein Kiel32+10.3
24/25→25/26
15245.2%2034.4%
10A. GantenbeinFull-backFC Schalke 0425+9.9
24/25→25/26
2190%551.1%
11L. SirchFull-backSV Elversberg27+9.2
24/25→25/26
3733%5515.6%
12R. JanssonFull-backFC St. Pauli22+8.6
24/25→25/26
17281.8%81208.3%
13L. GüntherFull-backSV Elversberg23+8.1
24/25→25/26
2258.3%658.7%
14K. SchmidtCentre-backDynamo Dresden24+8
24/25→25/26
12228.6%5866.9%
15V. GhițăCentre-backHannover 9628+7.5
24/25→25/26
3329.5%4731.9%
16T. SchellerCentre-backSC Paderborn 0724+6
24/25→25/26
3521.1%66±0%
17J. ter HorstFull-backSC Paderborn 0724+4.8
24/25→25/26
3217.4%61±0%
18P. NkoaFull-backEintracht Braunschweig27+4.3
24/25→25/26
15±0%44±0%
19F. HagmannCentre-backArminia Bielefeld22+2.5
24/25→25/26
843.1%5429.7%
20F. RonstadtFull-back1. FC Kaiserslautern29+1.2
24/25→25/26
914.6%2446%
21F. KeidelFull-backSV Elversberg23+1.1
24/25→25/26
196.1%6245.3%
22N. MickelsonFull-backSV Elversberg27-0.4
23/24→25/26
113.4%479.6%
23F. GötzeFull-backSC Paderborn 0728-1.7
24/25→25/26
344.8%4919.1%
24Y. LührsCentre-backSV Darmstadt 9822-3
24/25→25/26
2013.2%412.4%
25F. Le JoncourCentre-backSV Elversberg31-3.8
24/25→25/26
1916.9%2727.2%
26L. RitzkaCentre-backFC St. Pauli28-4.3
24/25→25/26
1918.4%4522.1%
27Jonah Benedict StickerCentre-backSC Paderborn 0722-5.1
24/25→25/26
1427.3%5729.7%
28J. Abu HannaCentre-backVfL Osnabrück28-5.6
24/25→25/26
842.1%298%
29K. VogtCentre-backVfL Bochum34-7.1
24/25→25/26
944.4%1259.2%
30L. SchneiderCentre-backArminia Bielefeld26-7.6
24/25→25/26
1435.3%4918.4%
31L. BünningCentre-backDynamo Dresden28-8
24/25→25/26
946%384.1%
32P. StrompfCentre-backVfL Bochum28-12.3
24/25→25/26
2631.9%4614.6%
33F. NürnbergerFull-backSV Darmstadt 9827-12.4
24/25→25/26
1741.9%5013.4%
34M. RohrFull-backSV Elversberg31-22.1
24/25→25/26
4234.6%3514.7%
35L. PinckertCentre-backSV Elversberg26-23.2
24/25→25/26
3341.1%5912%