Most Valuable defenders by Market Value

The most valuable defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

W. Saliba of Arsenal is the standout for raw talent across defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.8, and J. Kiwior has been the form player this season, grading 70.7, and Luciano Juba leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Kiwior has improved his Season rating most, up +53.1 on last season, while T. Crama's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. Saliba of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 145.4.

Millwall · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Kiwior+53.1SsN

FC Porto · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	W. Saliba Centre-back	Arsenal	25	145.4	6217.3%	885.7%
2	S. van den Berg Full-back	Brentford	24	111.4	3345.6%	870.9%
3	R. Aït-Nouri Full-back	Manchester City	25	104.8	2631.2%	7817.6%
4	J. Gvardiol Full-back	Manchester City	24	100.2	26±0%	86±0%
5	N. Savona Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	23	99.8	1266.1%	756.9%
6	C. Bradley Full-back	Liverpool	23	99.5	1520.3%	778.8%
7	Juanlu Sánchez Full-back	Bournemouth	23	98.8	2218.6%	803.7%
8	R. Calafiori Full-back	Arsenal	24	97.1	39±0%	83±0%
9	T. Muharemović Full-back	Leeds	23	96.5	403.4%	832%
10	Raúl Asencio Centre-back	Real Madrid	23	95.9	273.6%	803.9%
11	B. Diakité Centre-back	Bournemouth	25	94.8	1761%	7512.2%
12	K. Lewis-Potter Full-back	Brentford	25	94.2	33±0%	84±0%
13	L. Hall Full-back	Newcastle	22	93.8	30±0%	851.8%
14	K. Kesler-Hayden Full-back	Coventry	23	93	1268.5%	659.3%
15	Murillo Full-back	Nottingham Forest	24	90.1	33±0%	79±0%
16	A. Dedić Full-back	Newcastle	24	90	38±0%	65±0%
17	J. Branthwaite Centre-back	Everton	24	89.6	10±0%	72±0%
18	M. Kayode Full-back	Brentford	22	89.1	45±0%	93±0%
19	M. Kerkez Centre-back	Liverpool	22	88	29±0%	88±0%
20	A. Khusanov Centre-back	Manchester City	22	87.2	37±0%	83±0%
21	M. Röhl Centre-back	Everton	24	86.2	1522.1%	730.8%
22	Cristhian Mosquera Centre-back	Arsenal	22	86.2	31±0%	81±0%
23	A. Hickey Full-back	Brentford	24	85.9	11±0%	72±0%
24	Marc Pubill Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	23	85.8	30±0%	77±0%
25	J. Jacquet Centre-back	Liverpool	21	85.5	275%	837.6%
26	L. Vušković Centre-back	Brighton	19	85.4	304.2%	873%
27	L. Colwill Centre-back	Chelsea	23	85.4	5±0%	70±0%
28	M. Thiaw Centre-back	Newcastle	25	84.8	36±0%	87±0%
29	J. Timber Centre-back	Arsenal	25	83.8	67±0%	93±0%
30	A. Amenda Centre-back	Coventry	23	83.4	185.3%	74±0%
31	N. Collins Centre-back	Brentford	25	83.4	43±0%	86±0%
32	Renato Veiga Full-back	Villarreal	23	83.4	26±0%	85±0%
33	Jannik Schuster Full-back	Brentford	20	83.1	2027.5%	46±0%
34	A. Anselmino Centre-back	Chelsea	21	82.7	2027.4%	7438.1%
35	J. Frimpong Full-back	Liverpool	25	82.7	10±0%	74±0%
36	I. Maatsen Full-back	Aston Villa	24	82.4	21±0%	81±0%
37	J. Hill Centre-back	Bournemouth	24	82.2	37±0%	87±0%
38	A. Truffert Full-back	Bournemouth	24	82.2	57±0%	96±0%
39	P. Hincapié Centre-back	Arsenal	24	82.1	545.7%	851%
40	L. Davis Full-back	Ipswich	26	81.8	37±0%	67±0%
41	António Silva Centre-back	Bournemouth	22	81.3	4714%	686.4%
42	Gerard Martín Centre-back	Barcelona	24	81	41±0%	83±0%
43	M. de Ligt Centre-back	Manchester United	27	80.9	1552.6%	6221.3%
44	W. Fofana Centre-back	Chelsea	25	80.8	28±0%	76±0%
45	T. Livramento Full-back	Newcastle	23	80.8	12±0%	76±0%
46	B. Thomas Centre-back	Coventry	25	80.5	39±0%	71±0%
47	Jair Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	21	80.4	34117.9%	650.8%
48	R. Lewis Full-back	Manchester City	21	79.5	9±0%	81±0%
49	M. van de Ven Centre-back	Tottenham	25	79.4	34±0%	85±0%
50	J. Aramburu Full-back	Real Sociedad	24	79.4	36±0%	81±0%