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Most Improved defenders This Season in 1. Lig

The most improved defenders in 1. Lig, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Yiğit Fidan of Pendikspor is the standout for raw talent across defenders in 1. Lig, with a Field Insider Rating of 42, and O. Ovacıklı has been the form player this season, grading 60.7, and A. Ajeti leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: G. Giorbelidze has improved his Season rating most, up +43.9 on last season, while L. Skvortsov's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +6.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Y. Kırtay of Erzurumspor FK is the most valuable name in this group at 10.5.

Best talent
Yiğit Fidan42RTG
Pendikspor
In form
O. Ovacıklı60.7SsN
Erzurumspor FK
Rising potential
L. Skvortsov+6.3RTG
Serik Spor · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
G. Giorbelidze+43.9SsN
Erzurumspor FK · 22/23→25/26
Top scorer
A. Ajeti4goals
Bodrum FK
Most valuable
Y. Kırtay10.5val
Erzurumspor FK
50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1G. GiorbelidzeFull-backErzurumspor FK30+43.9
22/23→25/26
59292.7%2613.9%
2M. MertCentre-backSarıyer27+39.3
23/24→25/26
421355.2%3312.4%
3A. NukanCentre-backBandırmaspor33+38.7
21/22→25/26
49368.6%1743.1%
4M. AlbayrakFull-backBandırmaspor35+35.6
20/21→25/26
381780%1340.6%
5O. ImeriFull-backBodrum FK26+29.2
20/21→25/26
35540.7%3515.3%
6A. GerxhaliuCentre-backErzurumspor FK24+29.1
24/25→25/26
35510.5%394%
7H. BilazerFull-backEsenler Erokspor31+24.3
23/24→25/26
31352.2%2122.7%
8M. YumluCentre-backErzurumspor FK38+24.1
20/21→25/26
45116.4%1048.9%
9Ö. BayramFull-backSarıyer35+23.1
21/22→25/26
31288.8%1246.1%
10R. BerişbekCentre-backBandırmaspor27+22
22/23→25/26
29333.3%2927.2%
11M. YeşilCentre-backAmed28+21.4
23/24→25/26
42104.9%3326.6%
12M. UçarFull-backAmed35+21.1
20/21→25/26
39115.3%1742.9%
13B. SülüngözCentre-backPendikspor30+20.9
23/24→25/26
30229.7%2136%
14C. KarayelFull-backSarıyer31+19.8
23/24→25/26
25388.2%1736%
15Emirhan BaşyiğitCentre-backSivasspor21+19.4
24/25→25/26
23538.9%411.7%
16M. YılmazFull-backBodrum FK27+17.9
24/25→25/26
27188.4%3026.4%
17C. HérelleCentre-backManisa F.K.33+14.8
24/25→25/26
26127.6%1517.6%
18K. AlıcıFull-backBandırmaspor29+14.3
24/25→25/26
2999.3%2811.5%
19Wellington NascimentoCentre-backKeçiörengücü31+14.1
22/23→25/26
16783.3%1757%
20T. GlumacCentre-backÜmraniyespor35+12.2
22/23→25/26
3070.5%1343.4%
21O. ErdoğanCentre-backSivasspor27+11.8
23/24→25/26
3161.5%3129.5%
22Ö. ArtanFull-backBoluspor27+10.6
24/25→25/26
21106%2924.9%
23O. SyrotaCentre-backAmed26+9.5
23/24→25/26
14226.2%325.5%
24B. ÖksüzCentre-backÜmraniyespor30+9.3
22/23→25/26
15175.5%1943.7%
25M. PaluliFull-backSivasspor31+8.5
24/25→25/26
3039.7%2135.1%
26K. DemirtaşCentre-backAmed32+8.2
23/24→25/26
12215.8%1343.2%
27C. HountondjiCentre-backBandırmaspor32+8.2
24/25→25/26
14139%1259.1%
28D. DuhaneyFull-backİstanbulspor27+6.9
23/24→25/26
1676.7%3029.8%
29L. SkvortsovFull-backSerik Spor26+5.9
24/25→25/26
1292.2%2928.3%
30Yigit Ali BuzCentre-backHatayspor19+5.8
24/25→25/26
634
31B. BekaroğluCentre-backIğdır FK29+4.3
23/24→25/26
1734.7%2433.5%
32Y. GürelerCentre-backManisa F.K.35+3.9
22/23→25/26
1828.1%1045.7%
33M. OlogoCentre-backİstanbulspor23+3.6
22/23→25/26
7102.9%3322.5%
34Osman KaynakCentre-backAdana Demirspor20+3.6
24/25→25/26
733
35O. BerberCentre-backSarıyer34+2.5
22/23→25/26
1816.2%958.8%
36Ü. ErgünFull-backÇorum FK33+2.1
24/25→25/26
317.4%1530.8%
37S. KitsiouFull-backPendikspor32+2.1
23/24→25/26
259.1%1549%
38S. DursunCentre-backSakaryaspor35+2
23/24→25/26
1220.6%1038.4%
39E. AksoyFull-backHatayspor22+2
23/24→25/26
740%3319.1%
40D. AksuFull-backİstanbulspor28+1.9
23/24→25/26
1023.8%2441.5%
41C. DemirCentre-backSerik Spor25+1.9
24/25→25/26
1024.7%3218.4%
42J. AttamahCentre-backÇorum FK32+1.5
24/25→25/26
285.6%1838.1%
43A. AppindangoyéCentre-backSivasspor34+1.1
23/24→25/26
274.3%1448.1%
44A. OkumuşFull-backSakaryaspor30+1.1
24/25→25/26
529.7%1733.6%
45E. DikmenCentre-backVanspor FK29+1
20/21→25/26
176.3%2246.8%
46MexerCentre-backKeçiörengücü37+0.7
22/23→25/26
145.3%757%
47Lucas LimaFull-backBoluspor34+0.4
24/25→25/26
202.1%1332.1%
48H. KaldırımFull-backAmed36-0.1
24/25→25/26
170.6%1115.9%
49T. KalenderCentre-backBandırmaspor24-1.7
24/25→25/26
178.9%3423%
50A. KocamanCentre-backSakaryaspor22-2
24/25→25/26
530.8%3225.4%