Most Improved defenders in Premiership 26/27
The most improved defenders in Premiership in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
O. Makhanya of Rangers is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 49.6, and P. McGinn has been the form player this season, grading 52.1, and C. Halkett leads the scoring with 4 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: P. McGinn has improved his Season rating most, up +47.6 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, K. Adams of Falkirk is the most valuable name in this group at 14.9.
14 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P. McGinnCentre-back |  Motherwell | 35 | +47.6 24/25→25/26 | 521057.8% | 1868.2% |
| 2 | C. HalkettCentre-back |  Heart Of Midlothian | 31 | +31 24/25→25/26 | 47191.4% | 273.1% |
| 3 | S. KingsleyFull-back | Heart Of Midlothian | 32 | +16.7 24/25→25/26 | 24±0% | 19±0% |
| 4 | M. KnoesterCentre-back |  Aberdeen | 27 | +13.7 24/25→25/26 | 27±0% | 37±0% |
| 5 | J. IredaleCentre-back |  Hibernian | 30 | +7.4 24/25→25/26 | 36±0% | 29±0% |
| 6 | R. BushiriCentre-back | Hibernian | 26 | +3.3 24/25→25/26 | 2416.3% | 4313% |
| 7 | C. MontañoFull-back |  Livingston | 34 | +3.2 23/24→25/26 | 1235.6% | 1331.9% |
| 8 | R. GrahamCentre-back |  Dundee Utd | 25 | +1.5 24/25→25/26 | 1610.6% | 436.4% |
| 9 | A. RalstonCentre-back |  Celtic | 27 | -0.3 24/25→25/26 | 191.6% | 3521.8% |
| 10 | N. DevlinCentre-back | Aberdeen | 32 | -1.4 24/25→25/26 | 216.1% | 2029.7% |
| 11 | C. KerrCentre-back | Livingston | 31 | -5.4 23/24→25/26 | 586.4% | 1960% |
| 12 | J. SouttarCentre-back |  Rangers | 29 | -7.5 24/25→25/26 | 2225.5% | 3121.2% |
| 13 | A. ForresterCentre-back | Heart Of Midlothian | 21 | -11.9 24/25→25/26 | 12 | 49 |
| 14 | R. McGowanCentre-back | Livingston | 37 | -19.9 23/24→25/26 | 1164% | 950.8% |