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Most Improved defenders in Super League 1 26/27

The most improved defenders in Super League 1 in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Gómez of PAOK is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Super League 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 64.4, and P. Retsos has been the form player this season, grading 62.9, and P. Hatzidiakos leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: P. Retsos has improved his Season rating most, up +38.7 on last season, while Z. Smajlović's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Gómez of PAOK is the most valuable name in this group at 10.2.

Best talent
J. Gómez64.4RTG
PAOK
In form
P. Retsos62.9SsN
Olympiakos Piraeus
Rising potential
Z. Smajlović+10RTG
Olympiakos Piraeus · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
P. Retsos+38.7SsN
Olympiakos Piraeus · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
P. Hatzidiakos2goals
PAOK
Most valuable
J. Gómez10.2val
PAOK
37 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1P. RetsosCentre-backOlympiakos Piraeus28+38.7
24/25→25/26
63159.9%3214.3%
2D. CalabriaFull-backPanathinaikos29+22.9
24/25→25/26
36177.5%2850.8%
3Z. SmajlovićFull-backOlympiakos Piraeus22+19.3
24/25→25/26
2534.4%3719%
4E. Palmer-BrownCentre-backPanathinaikos29+16.9
24/25→25/26
20512.1%247.7%
5Volnei FeltesCentre-backPanserraikos26+13.2
24/25→25/26
17366.7%34±0%
6I. SyllaFull-backAsteras Tripolis32+11.9
24/25→25/26
19163%1555.4%
7Tiago MansoFull-backKifisia26+9.9
24/25→25/26
20103.1%4913.4%
8T. TsaprasFull-backPanathinaikos24+9.4
24/25→25/26
3437.6%4512.2%
9D. TsakmakisCentre-backAtromitos27+9
24/25→25/26
13209.3%2714.4%
10Núrio FortunaFull-backVolos NFC31+8.5
24/25→25/26
12229.7%1840.2%
11I. GelashviliCentre-backPanserraikos25+8.4
23/24→25/26
15137.7%3635.1%
12Hugo SousaCentre-backKifisia34+8.4
22/23→25/26
2167.7%1236.8%
13M. TsaousisFull-backPanserraikos26+8.3
23/24→25/26
2071.6%345%
14A. ToubaCentre-backPanathinaikos28+6.4
24/25→25/26
2928.3%3037.6%
15N. ŠipčićCentre-backAsteras Tripolis31+3.9
24/25→25/26
2025%1849.1%
16T. IliadisCentre-backLarisa29+3.1
20/21→25/26
1235.2%2242.2%
17P. DeligiannidisFull-backAsteras Tripolis29+2.8
24/25→25/26
1522.6%2615.6%
18A. PetkovCentre-backKifisia27+2.8
24/25→25/26
1720.4%3010.1%
19N. MarinakisFull-backOFI32+2
24/25→25/26
654.1%1321.1%
20Q. LecoeucheCentre-backVolos NFC32+2
24/25→25/26
1318.2%1645.1%
21D. VidaCentre-backAEK Athens FC37+0.2
24/25→25/26
270.7%735%
22BotíaCentre-backKifisia37-0.1
23/24→25/26
71.4%453.7%
23Borja GonzálezFull-backOFI30-0.5
24/25→25/26
143.5%2129.8%
24David SimónFull-backKifisia37-0.9
23/24→25/26
214.1%941.4%
25S. IngasonCentre-backPanathinaikos33-2.9
24/25→25/26
2012.6%1243.9%
26S. ChaklaCentre-backLarisa32-4.3
22/23→25/26
8±0%13±0%
27E. FerigraFull-backLarisa27-4.7
24/25→25/26
1032.9%2837.6%
28Pablo MaffeoFull-backOlympiakos Piraeus29-5.7
24/25→25/26
2622.6%52±0%
29P. HatzidiakosCentre-backPAOK29-7.3
24/25→25/26
2522.7%2922.7%
30R. IvanovCentre-backAsteras Tripolis31-9.3
24/25→25/26
1342.1%1652.5%
31Pepe CastañoCentre-backAsteras Tripolis27-13.3
24/25→25/26
292.7%2541.5%
32E. PantelakisCentre-backLarisa31-14.8
24/25→25/26
573.3%1633.2%
33R. van DrongelenCentre-backPanathinaikos27-15.2
24/25→25/26
3231.9%4414.4%
34D. HouhoumisCentre-backKifisia32-16
24/25→25/26
291.4%1251.6%
35O. AdefunyibomiCentre-backAsteras Tripolis26-18.6
24/25→25/26
858.9%3120.6%
36S. de VrijCentre-backPanathinaikos34-18.9
24/25→25/26
1556.6%2039.7%
37M. SaliakasFull-backOlympiakos Piraeus29-23.1
24/25→25/26
1069.2%4527.5%