Most Valuable defenders by Market Value

The most valuable defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

Most valuable goalkeepers Most valuable midfielders Most valuable attackers Best defenders Most in-form defenders Top-scoring defenders

At a glance

W. Saliba of Arsenal is the standout for raw talent across defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.8, and L. Lozano has been the form player this season, grading 77.6, and Luciano Juba 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 K. Peprah Oppong's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +49.2 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.

K. Peprah Oppong+49.2RTG

Fenerbahçe · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Lisandro López+59.8SsN

Belgrano Cordoba · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	W. Saliba Centre-back	Arsenal	25	145.4	6217.3%	885.7%
2	M. Svoboda Full-back	Brighton	27	118.2	59294%	598.1%
3	S. van den Berg Full-back	Brentford	24	109.6	3345.6%	870.9%
4	R. Aït-Nouri Full-back	Manchester City	25	104.8	2631.2%	7817.6%
5	N. Savona Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	23	100.9	1266.1%	756.9%
6	Juanlu Sánchez Full-back	Bournemouth	23	98.8	2218.6%	803.7%
7	C. Bradley Full-back	Liverpool	23	98.4	1520.3%	778.8%
8	J. Gvardiol Full-back	Manchester City	24	97.6	26±0%	86±0%
9	Raúl Asencio Centre-back	Real Madrid	23	96.9	273.6%	803.9%
10	R. Calafiori Full-back	Arsenal	24	96.7	39±0%	83±0%
11	B. Diakité Centre-back	Bournemouth	25	95.9	1761%	7512.2%
12	T. Muharemović Full-back	Leeds	23	95.5	403.4%	832%
13	K. Kesler-Hayden Full-back	Coventry	23	91.9	1268.5%	659.3%
14	K. Lewis-Potter Full-back	Brentford	25	90.8	33±0%	84±0%
15	Murillo Full-back	Nottingham Forest	24	89.5	33±0%	79±0%
16	A. Dedić Full-back	Newcastle	24	88.6	38±0%	65±0%
17	L. Hall Full-back	Newcastle	22	88.1	30±0%	851.8%
18	J. Branthwaite Centre-back	Everton	24	87.1	10±0%	72±0%
19	M. Kayode Full-back	Brentford	22	86.9	45±0%	93±0%
20	J. Latibeaudiere Full-back	Coventry	26	86.8	1546.2%	5516.8%
21	A. Khusanov Centre-back	Manchester City	22	86.8	37±0%	83±0%
22	Cristhian Mosquera Centre-back	Arsenal	22	86.6	31±0%	81±0%
23	L. Colwill Centre-back	Chelsea	23	85.8	5±0%	70±0%
24	M. Kerkez Full-back	Liverpool	22	85.6	29±0%	88±0%
25	Marc Pubill Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	23	84.7	30±0%	77±0%
26	M. Röhl Centre-back	Everton	24	84.1	1522.1%	730.8%
27	J. Jacquet Centre-back	Liverpool	21	83.2	275%	837.6%
28	L. Vušković Centre-back	Brighton	19	83.2	304.2%	873%
29	A. Anselmino Centre-back	Chelsea	21	82.7	2027.4%	7438.1%
30	P. Hincapié Centre-back	Arsenal	24	82.4	545.7%	851%
31	N. Collins Centre-back	Brentford	25	82	43±0%	86±0%
32	M. Thiaw Centre-back	Newcastle	25	82	36±0%	87±0%
33	J. Frimpong Full-back	Liverpool	25	81.8	10±0%	74±0%
34	J. Hill Centre-back	Bournemouth	24	81.7	37±0%	87±0%
35	A. Truffert Centre-back	Bournemouth	24	81.7	57±0%	96±0%
36	A. Hickey Full-back	Brentford	24	81.6	11±0%	72±0%
37	L. Davis Full-back	Ipswich	26	81.5	37±0%	67±0%
38	W. Fofana Centre-back	Chelsea	25	81.2	28±0%	76±0%
39	I. Maatsen Full-back	Aston Villa	24	81.1	21±0%	81±0%
40	D. Udogie Centre-back	Tottenham	23	81.1	18±0%	74±0%
41	A. Amenda Centre-back	Coventry	23	81	185.3%	74±0%
42	António Silva Centre-back	Bournemouth	22	80.8	4714%	686.4%
43	Gerard Martín Centre-back	Barcelona	24	80.5	41±0%	83±0%
44	M. de Ligt Centre-back	Manchester United	27	80.5	1552.6%	6221.3%
45	J. Timber Centre-back	Arsenal	25	80	67±0%	93±0%
46	Jair Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	21	79.8	34117.9%	650.8%
47	L. Netz Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	23	79.7	665.2%	684.1%
48	T. Livramento Full-back	Newcastle	23	79.4	12±0%	76±0%
49	M. van de Ven Centre-back	Tottenham	25	79.3	34±0%	85±0%
50	Renato Veiga Full-back	Villarreal	23	79.2	26±0%	85±0%