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Most Improved defenders This Season in Eerste Divisie

The most improved defenders in Eerste Divisie, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Tomas Galvez of Cambuur is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Eerste Divisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 63.7, and S. van der Sloot has been the form player this season, grading 55.9.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Hokke has improved his Season rating most, up +32.4 on last season, while I. Baouf's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +19 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. van der Sloot of ADO Den Haag is the most valuable name in this group at 27.5.

Best talent
Tomas Galvez63.7RTG
Cambuur
In form
S. van der Sloot55.9SsN
ADO Den Haag
Rising potential
I. Baouf+19RTG
Cambuur · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
M. Hokke+32.4SsN
ADO Den Haag · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
S. van der Sloot8goals
ADO Den Haag
Most valuable
S. van der Sloot27.5val
ADO Den Haag
50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1M. HokkeFull-backADO Den Haag22+32.4
24/25→25/26
37790.2%5920.8%
2F. Van Den EyndenCentre-backHelmond Sport26+30.4
24/25→25/26
36533.3%478.7%
3J. HoogmaFull-backWillem II28+27.6
24/25→25/26
293066.7%4114.1%
4M. TolFull-backRoda28+24.3
24/25→25/26
27972%4317.9%
5I. BaoufCentre-backCambuur19+23.4
24/25→25/26
39150%6442.7%
6S. van der PlasCentre-backJong PSV U2120+20.3
24/25→25/26
28270.7%5718.6%
7I. BreugelmansCentre-backMVV25+20
21/22→25/26
24465.1%507.1%
8M. WaemFull-backADO Den Haag26+19.1
24/25→25/26
4573.2%544.4%
9S. van der SlootCentre-backADO Den Haag24+18.2
24/25→25/26
5648.3%630.5%
10Jinairo JohnsonFull-backJong Ajax19+17.3
24/25→25/26
24266.2%5312%
11P. KloosterboerCentre-backJong Utrecht21+16.8
24/25→25/26
23289.7%5517.1%
12A. Et-TaïbiFull-backHelmond Sport23+16.7
24/25→25/26
26174%5324.8%
13Mathijs MenuCentre-backJong AZ21+16.2
24/25→25/26
20385.7%5310%
14Tomas GalvezFull-backCambuur21+14.3
24/25→25/26
3282.2%6415.6%
15R. BehounekCentre-backWillem II29+13.6
24/25→25/26
3855.7%3929%
16L. MolFull-backFC OSS21+13
24/25→25/26
141444.4%527.1%
17Raf van de RietFull-backJong PSV U2119+13
24/25→25/26
17351.4%5926.2%
18N. TwiskCentre-backJong AZ23+12.9
24/25→25/26
23130.3%535.2%
19S. SyllaFull-backADO Den Haag27+12.5
24/25→25/26
3652.5%4614.4%
20N. ViereckCentre-backJong Utrecht22+12.4
24/25→25/26
19185.1%5616.9%
21L. WoutersCentre-backWaalwijk27+12.3
24/25→25/26
23118.3%4515.6%
22T. KokCentre-backDe Graafschap28+11.9
23/24→25/26
18195.1%392.1%
23W. KooyCentre-backJong Utrecht21+11.7
24/25→25/26
23100%5710.7%
24M. MonamayCentre-backJong PSV U2120+10.3
24/25→25/26
20108.4%5514.3%
25D. BeukersFull-backEmmen22+10.2
24/25→25/26
14275.7%494.3%
26L. WoudenbergCentre-backDordrecht32+9.8
24/25→25/26
2191.6%2111.7%
27B. ReithFull-backAlmere City FC27+9.8
24/25→25/26
2280.3%4420.6%
28L. PostmaCentre-backWaalwijk23+9.4
24/25→25/26
2559.9%536%
29Tijn JoostenCentre-backVVV Venlo19+8.6
24/25→25/26
12245.7%519%
30J. OgeniaFull-backHelmond Sport27+8
24/25→25/26
15108.1%3819.8%
31J. van AkenFull-backDordrecht23+7.7
24/25→25/26
2544.5%511.2%
32M. DekkerCentre-backJong AZ22+7.5
24/25→25/26
1868.8%5118.9%
33F. StamCentre-backWillem II23+7.5
24/25→25/26
2155.1%5020.1%
34K. JansenFull-backRoda22+7.1
24/25→25/26
11182.1%537.3%
35Juan Carlos Familia-CastilloFull-backWaalwijk26+6.9
24/25→25/26
2053.5%4920.1%
36J. MukehCentre-backJong Utrecht23+6.8
24/25→25/26
1678.2%536.4%
37Djairo TehubyuluwFull-backMVV21+6.7
24/25→25/26
11152.3%482.8%
38D. Van den BuijsFull-backRoda30+6.4
24/25→25/26
1856.6%2830.3%
39R. MuldersFull-backCambuur26+6
24/25→25/26
3421.1%541.3%
40N. HeldFull-backWaalwijk20+5.6
24/25→25/26
2726.2%6215.8%
41M. BresserFull-backJong PSV U2119+5.4
24/25→25/26
10128.6%5316.4%
42R. BesselinkFull-backDe Graafschap21+5.1
24/25→25/26
2624.3%586.2%
43Bram MarsmanFull-backCambuur23+4.8
24/25→25/26
1270.6%515.4%
44P. HeiseFull-backVVV Venlo35+4.8
24/25→25/26
1837.8%1718.7%
45D. VosCentre-backHelmond Sport24+4.4
24/25→25/26
2521.9%522.8%
46M. KreekelsFull-backADO Den Haag24+1.9
24/25→25/26
1911.3%518%
47E. van de BlaakCentre-backAlmere City FC21+1.9
24/25→25/26
239.1%56±0%
48R. van EijmaCentre-backWaalwijk28+1.1
24/25→25/26
215.7%3830.4%
49J. LawrenceCentre-backAlmere City FC33+0.9
24/25→25/26
204.7%1839.6%
50L. MiguelCentre-backFC OSS25+0.8
24/25→25/26
194.3%522.2%