Most Improved defenders in 2. Bundesliga 26/27
The most improved defenders in 2. Bundesliga in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
K. Schmidt of Dynamo Dresden is the standout for raw talent across defenders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 58.4, and Héliton has been the form player this season, grading 55.1, and A. Nollenberger leads the scoring with 3 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Héliton has improved his Season rating most, up +28.5 on last season, while K. Schmidt's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +23.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, E. Bakatukanda of VfL Osnabrück is the most valuable name in this group at 25.7.
13 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HélitonCentre-back | Karlsruher SC | 30 | +28.5 24/25→25/26 | 55±0% | 32±0% |
| 2 | C. JohanssonCentre-back |  Holstein Kiel | 32 | +10.3 24/25→25/26 | 15245.2% | 2034.4% |
| 3 | K. SchmidtCentre-back |  Dynamo Dresden | 24 | +8 24/25→25/26 | 12228.6% | 5866.9% |
| 4 | P. NkoaFull-back |  Eintracht Braunschweig | 27 | +4.3 24/25→25/26 | 15±0% | 44±0% |
| 5 | R. JanssonFull-back |  FC St. Pauli | 22 | +2.8 24/25→25/26 | 11150% | 3740.5% |
| 6 | F. HagmannCentre-back |  Arminia Bielefeld | 22 | +2.5 24/25→25/26 | 8±0% | 54±0% |
| 7 | F. RonstadtFull-back |  1. FC Kaiserslautern | 29 | +1.2 24/25→25/26 | 914.6% | 2446% |
| 8 | K. VogtCentre-back |  VfL Bochum | 35 | -7.1 24/25→25/26 | 944.4% | 1259.2% |
| 9 | F. HollandCentre-back |  SV Darmstadt 98 | 36 | -7.2 23/24→25/26 | 1335.3% | 1250.4% |
| 10 | L. SchneiderCentre-back | Arminia Bielefeld | 26 | -7.6 24/25→25/26 | 1435.3% | 4918.4% |
| 11 | L. BünningCentre-back | Dynamo Dresden | 28 | -8 24/25→25/26 | 946% | 384.1% |
| 12 | P. StrompfCentre-back | VfL Bochum | 28 | -12.3 24/25→25/26 | 2631.9% | 4614.6% |
| 13 | F. NürnbergerFull-back | SV Darmstadt 98 | 27 | -12.4 24/25→25/26 | 1741.9% | 5013.4% |