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Most Improved defenders in Bundesliga 26/27

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

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At a glance

J. Belocian of Bayer Leverkusen is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 86.3, and O. Wójcik has been the form player this season, grading 70.3, and N. Schlotterbeck leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Schlotterbeck has improved his Season rating most, up +32.3 on last season, while Maximilian Hennig's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. Schlotterbeck of Borussia Dortmund is the most valuable name in this group at 63.9.

Best talent
J. Belocian86.3RTG
Bayer Leverkusen
In form
O. Wójcik70.3SsN
Werder Bremen
Rising potential
Maximilian Hennig+10.5RTG
Bayern München · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
N. Schlotterbeck+32.3SsN
Borussia Dortmund · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
N. Schlotterbeck5goals
Borussia Dortmund
Most valuable
N. Schlotterbeck63.9val
Borussia Dortmund
34 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1N. SchlotterbeckCentre-backBorussia Dortmund26+32.3
24/25→25/26
59±0%77±0%
2Maximilian HennigFull-backBayern München19+26.4
24/25→25/26
31538.8%5026.9%
3H. ItoFull-backBayern München27+12.1
24/25→25/26
17257.4%6010%
4N. HoffmannFull-back1. FC Köln29+11.1
24/25→25/26
18168.2%265.9%
5A. GantenbeinFull-backFC Schalke 0425+9.9
24/25→25/26
2190%551.1%
6F. ChiarodiaCentre-backBorussia Mönchengladbach21+9.4
24/25→25/26
17122.1%684.1%
7L. JaquezFull-backVfB Stuttgart23+9.2
24/25→25/26
13219%683.3%
8Julian Andreas PauliCentre-back1. FC Köln21+6.4
24/25→25/26
269.2%610.5%
9Sean DulicFull-back1899 Hoffenheim21+3.2
24/25→25/26
1332.3%402.2%
10R. BensebaïniFull-backBorussia Dortmund31+3.2
24/25→25/26
34±0%39±0%
11Y. KonoplyaFull-backBorussia Mönchengladbach27+2.8
24/25→25/26
2016.6%356.7%
12A. PrassFull-back1899 Hoffenheim25+0.6
24/25→25/26
154.1%757%
13N. CollinsFull-backEintracht Frankfurt22+0.1
24/25→25/26
23±0%772.7%
14N. MickelsonFull-backSV Elversberg27-0.4
23/24→25/26
11±0%47±0%
15F. GötzeFull-backSC Paderborn 0728-1.7
24/25→25/26
344.8%4919.1%
16S. NsokiFull-backUnion Berlin27-3.8
24/25→25/26
1224.1%5712.5%
17C. TrimmelFull-backUnion Berlin39-5.3
24/25→25/26
20±0%17±0%
18F. UduokhaiCentre-backUnion Berlin29-6
24/25→25/26
20±0%3213.6%
19K. ItakuraCentre-backBorussia Mönchengladbach29-8.6
24/25→25/26
22±0%40±0%
20W. MikelbrencisFull-backHamburger SV22-10.1
24/25→25/26
15±0%75±0%
21F. KrätzigFull-backBayern München23-11.1
24/25→25/26
2332.6%5031.7%
22A. TheateCentre-backEintracht Frankfurt26-11.7
24/25→25/26
29±0%69±0%
23A. Hanche-OlsenFull-backFSV Mainz 0529-13.8
24/25→25/26
863.3%4030%
24S. BellFull-backFSV Mainz 0535-14.3
24/25→25/26
960.3%1841.7%
25Arthur ChavesCentre-back1899 Hoffenheim25-14.5
24/25→25/26
1549.5%74±0%
26R. van den BergFull-back1. FC Köln22-15.1
24/25→25/26
962.4%68±0%
27E. BitshiabuCentre-backRB Leipzig21-17.5
24/25→25/26
1162.5%724.7%
28C. GünterFull-backSC Freiburg33-18.1
24/25→25/26
1359.2%2638.4%
29L. AssignonFull-backVfB Stuttgart26-18.9
24/25→25/26
1949.5%6124.2%
30F. AguCentre-backWerder Bremen26-18.9
24/25→25/26
1064.9%5626.4%
31N. StarkCentre-backWerder Bremen31-32.1
24/25→25/26
977.9%2845.1%
32T. HübersCentre-back1. FC Köln30-33.1
24/25→25/26
880%3334.3%
33Daniel ElfadliCentre-backHamburger SV29-37.6
24/25→25/26
1472.3%4321.9%
34M. EstèveCentre-backRB Leipzig24-66.5
24/25→25/26
254.3%842.8%