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Most Improved defenders in Premier League 26/27

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

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At a glance

Igor Silva of Rodina Moskva is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 43.4, and A. Filin has been the form player this season, grading 55, and Jubal leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: David Ricardo has improved his Season rating most, up +37.8 on last season, while I. Lepskiy's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, David Ricardo of Dynamo is the most valuable name in this group at 6.3.

Best talent
Igor Silva43.4RTG
Rodina Moskva
In form
A. Filin55SsN
Baltika
Rising potential
I. Lepskiy+10.8RTG
Krylia Sovetov · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
David Ricardo+37.8SsN
Dynamo · 22/23→25/26
Top scorer
Jubal3goals
FC Krasnodar
Most valuable
David Ricardo6.3val
Dynamo
50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1David RicardoCentre-backDynamo23+37.8
22/23→25/26
4229.4%3548.3%
2A. FilinCentre-backBaltika30+31.3
24/25→25/26
55132.1%2024.9%
3A. GritsaenkoCentre-backRubin31+26.9
24/25→25/26
51109.8%1821.5%
4E. MorozovFull-backLokomotiv25+19.6
24/25→25/26
2759.4%2912.7%
5M. OsipenkoFull-backDynamo32+17.3
24/25→25/26
4282.2%165.3%
6A. GabaraevCentre-backFakel29+17.2
24/25→25/26
21464.9%209.9%
7I. LepskiyCentre-backKrylia Sovetov21+16.8
24/25→25/26
27169.7%3545.4%
8V. MelekhinFull-backFC Rostov22+15.3
24/25→25/26
2717.7%336%
9M. BardachevCentre-backFakel20+11.3
24/25→25/26
13392.6%3020%
10M. BeveevFull-backBaltika30+10.7
24/25→25/26
2724.2%1812.9%
11N. ChernovCentre-backKrylia Sovetov30+10.3
24/25→25/26
1831.4%185.2%
12M. BogosavacFull-backAkhmat30+9.8
24/25→25/26
1839.9%213.7%
13Lucas FassonCentre-backLokomotiv25+8.6
24/25→25/26
2110.5%2814%
14I. ShumakhovCentre-backDinamo Makhachkala27+7.8
24/25→25/26
3826%2812.9%
15I. VakhaniaFull-backFC Krasnodar25+5
24/25→25/26
296.5%332.4%
16K. PecheninFull-backKrylia Sovetov29+4.8
24/25→25/26
2240.9%2111.4%
17João VictorCentre-backCSKA Moscow28+4.7
24/25→25/26
2577.3%2543.2%
18C. WoohCentre-backSpartak Moscow25+3.1
24/25→25/26
3260.5%314%
19M. BokoevCentre-backAkron25+2.1
24/25→25/26
1924.3%2812.5%
20A. TataevCentre-backFC Orenburg28+1.9
24/25→25/26
1592.5%2317.8%
21Ygor NogueiraCentre-backFC Rostov31+1.7
23/24→25/26
218.7%1562.2%
22M. AlibekovCentre-backDinamo Makhachkala29+1.1
24/25→25/26
1337.3%216.1%
23O. SakoCentre-backFC Rostov30-0.6
24/25→25/26
1821.7%180.5%
24Gustavo MantuanCentre-backZenit25-1
24/25→25/26
2251.4%327.8%
25Y. GorshkovFull-backKrylia Sovetov27-1.5
24/25→25/26
10191.2%257.8%
26G. NyamsiCentre-backLokomotiv29-3.9
24/25→25/26
2135.9%186.7%
27D. TodorovićCentre-backFakel29-5
24/25→25/26
18280.4%1919.1%
28S. BozhinCentre-backKrylia Sovetov32-7.1
24/25→25/26
2118.1%147.1%
29R. FernándezCentre-backDynamo26-7.5
24/25→25/26
1698.8%3016.3%
30Fernando CostanzaFull-backKrylia Sovetov27-8.4
24/25→25/26
2433%259.4%
31T. IbishevCentre-backAkhmat24-8.5
24/25→25/26
1111.7%301%
32S. VaratynovFull-backBaltika23-9.4
24/25→25/26
2158.8%3310.9%
33A. SiljanovFull-backLokomotiv25-11.2
24/25→25/26
1934.5%319.9%
34N. GassamaFull-backBaltika25-11.5
24/25→25/26
2831.9%331.8%
35R. FernándezFull-backAkron27-13.2
24/25→25/26
1441.6%267.3%
36D. KrugovoyFull-backCSKA Moscow28-13.2
24/25→25/26
2439.2%2610.3%
37Vítor TormenaCentre-backFC Krasnodar30-14.1
24/25→25/26
2937.2%1911%
38A. AdamovFull-backAkhmat27-14.3
24/25→25/26
175400%3025%
39T. SundukovCentre-backDinamo Makhachkala25-14.5
24/25→25/26
1165.5%313.7%
40João EscovalCentre-backAkron29-14.8
24/25→25/26
1862.2%2011.2%
41A. MeshchaninovCentre-backRodina Moskva30-18.6
24/25→25/26
818
42E. TeslenkoCentre-backRubin25-18.7
24/25→25/26
1178.8%2912.5%
43JubalCentre-backFC Krasnodar33-19.1
24/25→25/26
33347.3%1357.3%
44I. VujačićFull-backRubin32-20.9
24/25→25/26
686.5%1414.8%
45L. OlazaFull-backFC Krasnodar32-21.4
24/25→25/26
3032.5%1613.3%
46Gedson FernandesFull-backSpartak Moscow27-23.2
24/25→25/26
2825.6%278.5%
47M. SivisFull-backFC Orenburg28-25.5
23/24→25/26
293.9%251.6%
48Igor SilvaCentre-backRodina Moskva30-25.8
24/25→25/26
15±0%4315.7%
49Robert RenanCentre-backZenit23-26.9
24/25→25/26
1713.7%3740.1%
50I. DiveevCentre-backZenit27-28.3
24/25→25/26
2047.2%2613.5%