Most Valuable defenders by Market Value

The most valuable defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Pau Cubarsí Paredes of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 95.3, and L. Lozano has been the form player this season, grading 77.6, and Š. Chaloupek leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Lisandro López has improved his Season rating most, up +59.8 on last season, while A. Faye's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +53.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Timber of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 167.

Best talent

Pau Cubarsí Paredes95.3RTG

Celta Vigo · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Lisandro López+59.8SsN

Belgrano Cordoba · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. Timber Full-back	Arsenal	25	167	6762.3%	93±0%
2	W. Saliba Centre-back	Arsenal	25	145.4	6217.3%	885.7%
3	M. Svoboda Full-back	Brighton	27	118.2	59294%	598.1%
4	S. van den Berg Full-back	Brentford	24	112	3345.6%	870.9%
5	L. Kitching Centre-back	Coventry	26	110.4	4573.7%	660.6%
6	M. Gusto Full-back	Chelsea	23	109.6	32±0%	87±0%
7	I. Kaboré Full-back	Manchester City	25	108.5	26392.5%	8532%
8	M. Lacroix Centre-back	Chelsea	26	108.4	54±0%	802.3%
9	J. O'Brien Centre-back	Everton	25	107.5	4179.5%	856.3%
10	R. Aït-Nouri Full-back	Manchester City	25	104.8	2631.2%	7817.6%
11	T. Livramento Full-back	Newcastle	23	103.4	1275.7%	7618.3%
12	M. van de Ven Centre-back	Tottenham	25	103.3	34275.6%	8514.1%
13	F. Kadıoğlu Centre-back	Brighton	26	102	38474.2%	8112.9%
14	W. Fofana Centre-back	Chelsea	25	101.3	2863%	762.9%
15	Juanlu Sánchez Full-back	Bournemouth	23	98.8	2218.6%	803.7%
16	N. Savona Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	23	98.8	1266.1%	756.9%
17	R. James Full-back	Chelsea	26	97.9	29±0%	75±0%
18	C. Bradley Full-back	Liverpool	23	97.3	1520.3%	778.8%
19	M. Ruggeri Full-back	Atletico Madrid	24	97.2	31±0%	82±0%
20	B. Diakité Centre-back	Bournemouth	25	96.5	1761%	7512.2%
21	C. Bassey Centre-back	Fulham	26	96.2	38±0%	76±0%
22	Morato Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	25	95	219.9%	716.2%
23	Raúl Asencio Centre-back	Real Madrid	23	94.8	273.6%	803.9%
24	R. Sessegnon Full-back	Fulham	26	93.6	28±0%	73±0%
25	R. Calafiori Full-back	Arsenal	24	93.2	39±0%	83±0%
26	Alejandro Balde Full-back	Barcelona	22	92.7	3221%	848.6%
27	K. Kesler-Hayden Full-back	Coventry	23	92.5	1268.5%	659.3%
28	Pedro Porro Full-back	Tottenham	26	92.5	3812.9%	7511.2%
29	E. Cashin Centre-back	Brighton	24	92.2	3217.3%	62±0%
30	G. Gudmundsson Full-back	Leeds	27	89.4	3210.3%	694.8%
31	Pau Navarro Centre-back	Villarreal	21	89.2	32210.7%	848.4%
32	J. Hato Centre-back	Chelsea	20	89	20±0%	80±0%
33	Pau Cubarsí Paredes Centre-back	Barcelona	19	88.1	51±0%	953%
34	P. Struijk Centre-back	Brighton	27	88	3242.4%	720.7%
35	Jon Pacheco Centre-back	Real Sociedad	25	87.7	1936.8%	7912.9%
36	L. Colwill Centre-back	Chelsea	23	87.7	5±0%	70±0%
37	M. Kayode Full-back	Brentford	22	87.6	45±0%	93±0%
38	Vitor Nunes Centre-back	Manchester City	20	87.5	3520.3%	8519.8%
39	Joshua Kofi Acheampong Full-back	Chelsea	20	87.4	9±0%	79±0%
40	J. Latibeaudiere Full-back	Coventry	26	87.2	1546.2%	5516.8%
41	N. Patterson Full-back	Everton	24	87	616%	679.4%
42	B. Badiashile Centre-back	Chelsea	25	86.6	63.3%	676.9%
43	Cristhian Mosquera Centre-back	Arsenal	22	86.6	31±0%	81±0%
44	J. Branthwaite Centre-back	Everton	24	86.5	10±0%	72±0%
45	M. Röhl Centre-back	Everton	24	86.5	1522.1%	730.8%
46	B. Johnson Full-back	Ipswich	26	86	13±0%	53±0%
47	T. Muharemović Centre-back	Leeds	23	85.9	403.4%	832%
48	K. Lewis-Potter Full-back	Brentford	25	85.8	33±0%	84±0%
49	Jorge Cuenca Centre-back	Fulham	26	85.2	16±0%	65±0%
50	L. Yoro Centre-back	Manchester United	20	84.8	2338.5%	8710.4%