Most Valuable defenders by Market Value

The most valuable defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

A. Truffert of Bournemouth is the standout for raw talent across defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 96.1, and J. Bednarek has been the form player this season, grading 80.9, and Reinaldo leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +63.1 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 133.4.

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	Player	Team
1	J. Timber Full-back	Arsenal	25	133.4	6762.3%	93±0%
2	J. Garner Full-back	Everton	25	124	62179.3%	9116.6%
3	W. Saliba Centre-back	Arsenal	25	123.4	6217.3%	885.7%
4	A. Truffert Full-back	Bournemouth	24	115.3	5716.7%	9619.2%
5	Eric García Full-back	Barcelona	25	113.5	62119.6%	850.8%
6	M. Guéhi Full-back	Crystal Palace	26	111.6	5616.2%	799.7%
7	M. Lacroix Centre-back	Crystal Palace	26	108.4	540.7%	7810.9%
8	P. Hincapié Centre-back	Arsenal	24	107.6	5424.2%	851.5%
9	T. Hume Centre-back	Sunderland	24	107	4622.1%	8912.5%
10	M. Thiaw Centre-back	Newcastle	25	106.6	3626.5%	8915.3%
11	M. Kayode Full-back	Brentford	22	106.1	45566.2%	9320.3%
12	M. Gusto Full-back	Chelsea	23	104.8	321%	871%
13	S. van den Berg Full-back	Brentford	24	103.9	3345.6%	870.9%
14	J. Hill Full-back	Bournemouth	24	103.9	37411%	8713.2%
15	N. Collins Full-back	Brentford	25	103.1	4311.6%	866.8%
16	J. Gvardiol Full-back	Manchester City	24	102.7	2651.5%	8613.3%
17	M. van de Ven Centre-back	Tottenham	25	101.8	34275.6%	8514.1%
18	J. O'Brien Centre-back	Everton	25	101.6	4179.5%	856.3%
19	C. Richards Centre-back	Crystal Palace	26	101.2	5163.2%	763.7%
20	N. Williams Full-back	Nottingham Forest	25	100.9	5011.4%	844.1%
21	M. Kerkez Centre-back	Liverpool	22	100	2924.5%	8811.9%
22	R. Calafiori Full-back	Arsenal	24	99.2	3995.5%	830.7%
23	J. van Hecke Full-back	Brighton	26	98.5	4539.8%	826.8%
24	Álex Jiménez Full-back	Bournemouth	21	98	4398.6%	9118.7%
25	Álvaro Fernández Full-back	Real Madrid	23	97.6	4625.6%	8824.9%
26	F. Kadıoğlu Centre-back	Brighton	26	97.6	38474.2%	8112.9%
27	M. Estève Centre-back	Burnley	24	97.4	2671.9%	813.2%
28	M. De Cuyper Full-back	Brighton	25	96.7	1658%	8128.8%
29	I. Maatsen Full-back	Aston Villa	24	96.6	2137.4%	812.4%
30	A. Khusanov Centre-back	Manchester City	22	95	3750.4%	8316.5%
31	Hugo Bueno Full-back	Wolves	23	95	2761.4%	7913.1%
32	Murillo Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	24	94.3	3342.8%	7915.7%
33	R. Aït-Nouri Full-back	Manchester City	25	93.1	2631.2%	7817.6%
34	Q. Hartman Full-back	Burnley	24	93.1	20129.2%	7820.7%
35	P. Struijk Centre-back	Leeds	26	92.8	3242.4%	776.6%
36	Cristhian Mosquera Centre-back	Arsenal	22	92.5	3114.2%	819.9%
37	L. Hall Full-back	Newcastle	21	92.2	3026.5%	859%
38	J. Bogle Full-back	Leeds	26	91.9	3660.5%	776.1%
39	C. Bradley Full-back	Liverpool	23	91.8	1520.3%	778.8%
40	S. Mouriño Full-back	Villarreal	24	91.7	4414.6%	838.1%
41	T. Livramento Full-back	Newcastle	23	91.7	1275.7%	7618.3%
42	W. Fofana Centre-back	Chelsea	25	91.4	2863%	762.9%
43	D. Spence Full-back	Tottenham	25	91.2	2622.3%	760.8%
44	Gerard Martín Centre-back	Barcelona	24	91.1	41120.1%	831.7%
45	C. Bassey Centre-back	Fulham	26	91	3868.6%	7612.8%
46	M. Wieffer Full-back	Brighton	26	90.8	3627.9%	761.2%
47	I. Konaté Centre-back	Liverpool	27	90.7	429.7%	7612.9%
48	L. Bogarde Centre-back	Aston Villa	22	90.5	14156.4%	794.1%
49	R. James Full-back	Chelsea	26	90.4	29132.8%	751.4%
50	Pedro Porro Full-back	Tottenham	26	90.4	3812.9%	7511.2%