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Most Improved defenders in Eerste Divisie 26/27

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

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At a glance

F. Merién of Jong PSV U21 is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Eerste Divisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 65, and T. Bijleveld has been the form player this season, grading 37.8, and É. Clancy leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Tol has improved his Season rating most, up +32.5 on last season, while Raf van de Riet's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +11.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Jacobs of Almere City FC is the most valuable name in this group at 17.9.

Best talent
F. Merién65RTG
Jong PSV U21
In form
T. Bijleveld37.8SsN
Almere City FC
Rising potential
Raf van de Riet+11.8RTG
FC Eindhoven · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
M. Tol+32.5SsN
Roda · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
É. Clancy3goals
VVV Venlo
Most valuable
J. Jacobs17.9val
Almere City FC
42 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1M. TolCentre-backRoda28+32.5
24/25→25/26
3530.6%43±0%
2J. JacobsCentre-backAlmere City FC26+20.3
24/25→25/26
38281.8%44±0%
3Djairo TehubyuluwFull-backMVV21+17.8
24/25→25/26
22404.5%482.8%
4D. BeukersFull-backFC Volendam22+17.4
24/25→25/26
21470.3%521.6%
5J. LawrenceCentre-backAlmere City FC34+16.8
24/25→25/26
3678.7%1815.1%
6N. TwiskCentre-backJong AZ23+16.5
24/25→25/26
26166.7%535.2%
7M. KleijnFull-backFC Volendam21+10.8
24/25→25/26
1739.7%5019.6%
8R. AkmumCentre-backDen Bosch25+10.1
24/25→25/26
2663.9%491.2%
9D. VosCentre-backEmmen24+9.6
24/25→25/26
3047.8%553.6%
10J. MukehCentre-backEmmen23+9
24/25→25/26
1814.2%521.1%
11F. DickeFull-backMVV22+8.9
24/25→25/26
22122.2%483.2%
12Raf van de RietFull-backFC Eindhoven20+4.6
24/25→25/26
850.3%59±0%
13C. MpanzuFull-backDordrecht22+4.3
24/25→25/26
1541.7%430.7%
14D. VianelloCentre-backFC OSS24+2.4
24/25→25/26
1365.8%571.8%
15L. PostmaCentre-backWaalwijk23+2
24/25→25/26
1829.5%53±0%
16T. BijleveldCentre-backAlmere City FC28+1.2
23/24→25/26
38223.1%35±0%
17W. KooyCentre-backJong Utrecht21+0.2
24/25→25/26
1249.1%57±0%
18G. BlancquartCentre-backVVV Venlo22-0.6
24/25→25/26
2313.4%55±0%
19D. van der KustFull-backHeracles25-1.7
24/25→25/26
28108.3%57±0%
20B. Van HoveFull-backEmmen26-3.5
24/25→25/26
240.9%461.1%
21P. UgwuFull-backFC Volendam20-3.6
24/25→25/26
2337.3%5616.5%
22L. BeertenCentre-backRoda23-4
24/25→25/26
3035.3%53±0%
23R. BesselinkCentre-backDe Graafschap22-4.2
24/25→25/26
1735.6%581.8%
24W. CoomansCentre-backMVV24-5.2
24/25→25/26
2915.2%519%
25B. LucassenFull-backNAC Breda28-9.1
24/25→25/26
849%41±0%
26M. SchikoraFull-backVitesse32-10.9
24/25→25/26
786.5%3012.2%
27S. DekkersFull-backHelmond Sport22-11.4
24/25→25/26
570.7%48±0%
28Julian KuijpersFull-backFC OSS22-11.7
24/25→25/26
1634.7%52±0%
29D. MiraniCentre-backHeracles30-11.8
24/25→25/26
205.3%41±0%
30L. MiguelCentre-backFC OSS25-12.1
24/25→25/26
667.2%52±0%
31Jeffry FortesCentre-backDen Bosch37-13.6
24/25→25/26
1535.3%13±0%
32K. SymonsCentre-backDe Graafschap21-14.4
24/25→25/26
1237.9%54±0%
33M. EngelFull-backAlmere City FC24-15.1
24/25→25/26
1648.6%4813.6%
34S. MaasCentre-backDen Bosch25-15.8
24/25→25/26
842.5%50±0%
35F. Al MazyaniFull-backWaalwijk21-17.4
24/25→25/26
11186.8%50±0%
36J. Van den BerghCentre-backNAC Breda32-18.7
24/25→25/26
15383.9%14±0%
37B. KoglinCentre-backHelmond Sport29-20.5
24/25→25/26
1262.5%34±0%
38C. EssersCentre-backFC Eindhoven29-22.5
22/23→25/26
868.6%37±0%
39R. HillenFull-backNAC Breda23-24.3
24/25→25/26
1062.5%63±0%
40L. GreimlCentre-backNAC Breda25-28
24/25→25/26
1036.4%55±0%
41L. van GelderenCentre-backWaalwijk25-28.2
24/25→25/26
943%48±0%
42M. LarosFull-backDen Bosch20-38.2
24/25→25/26
1461.8%59±0%