Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in A-League 25/26

The most valuable defenders in A-League in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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

At a glance

T. Sekine of Sydney is the standout for raw talent across defenders in A-League, with a Field Insider Rating of 25, and Y. Salas has been the form player this season, grading 43.7, and C. Piper leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: G. Ferreyra has improved his Season rating most, up +35 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, D. Wilmering of Newcastle Jets is the most valuable name in this group at 1.3.

Auckland · 24/25→25/26

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G. Ferreyra+35SsN

Western Sydney Wanderers · 23/24→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	D. Wilmering Full-back	Newcastle Jets	25	1.3	22	22
2	L. Mauragis Full-back	Central Coast Mariners	25	1.3	29	21
3	A. Popovic Centre-back	Sydney	24	1.2	24458.1%	1956.7%
4	H. Politidis Full-back	Macarthur	24	1.2	21	19
5	C. Talbot Full-back	Macarthur	25	1.2	21	21
6	C. Piper Centre-forward	Wellington Phoenix	24	1.2	26	20
7	P. Kikianis Centre-back	Adelaide United	21	1.2	23	22
8	A. Pantazopoulos Centre-back	Western Sydney Wanderers	23	1.2	24	20
9	Joel Bertolissio Full-back	Newcastle Jets	22	1.2	25	22
10	H. Shillington Full-back	Melbourne Victory	22	1.1	12	19
11	N. Paull Centre-back	Macarthur	23	1.1	21	18
12	J. King Centre-back	Brisbane Roar	25	1.1	29595.2%	1949.6%
13	C. A. Shamoon Full-back	Perth Glory	21	1.1	24	20
14	M. Sheridan Full-back	Wellington Phoenix	22	1.1	20	20
15	D. Valkanis Centre-back	Brisbane Roar	20	1	25	20
16	C. Elliot Full-back	Auckland	27	1	29	16
17	N. Atkinson Full-back	Melbourne City	27	1	4495.1%	1661.4%
18	M. Dench Full-back	Perth Glory	22	0.9	8	18
19	L. Kelly-Heald Full-back	Wellington Phoenix	21	0.9	17	19
20	S. Sutton Full-back	Perth Glory	24	0.9	15	20
21	J. Courtney-Perkins Centre-back	Sydney	23	0.9	15	1848.5%
22	N. Pijnaker Centre-back	Auckland	27	0.8	13	15
23	L. Bonetig Centre-back	Melbourne City	21	0.8	15	18
24	I. Hughes Centre-back	Wellington Phoenix	22	0.8	15	20
25	T. Sekine Full-back	Sydney	31	0.7	1824.4%	2522.6%
26	T. Aquilina Full-back	Newcastle Jets	25	0.7	11	17
27	J. Inserra Full-back	Melbourne Victory	21	0.6	11	19
28	H. Bility Centre-back	Brisbane Roar	25	0.6	7	16
29	J. McGarry Full-back	Wellington Phoenix	28	0.6	33515.1%	1555.5%
30	D. Pierias Full-back	Adelaide United	26	0.6	10	18
31	P. Ziereis Centre-back	Melbourne Victory	33	0.5	215.1%	2447%
32	Mikael Doka Centre-back	Central Coast Mariners	26	0.5	0	13
33	Noah McCann Centre-back	Central Coast Mariners	21	0.5	0	16
34	Samuel Dikoš Centre-back	Central Coast Mariners	20	0.5	4	17
35	C. Timmins Central midfielder	Perth Glory	26	0.5	6	14
36	W. Kennedy Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	21	0.5	2	16
37	W. McKay Full-back	Macarthur	19	0.5	5	17
38	Riley Foxe Centre-back	Perth Glory	19	0.5	1	16
39	Jacob Nasso Full-back	Brisbane Roar	19	0.5	7	17
40	Sebastian Krslovic Centre-back	Macarthur	19	0.5	0	16
41	M. D'Hotman Centre-back	Auckland	19	0.5	0	17
42	F. Kasumovic Centre-back	Adelaide United	18	0.5	0	17
43	A. Lebib Centre-back	Perth Glory	20	0.5	0	16
44	B. Van Dorssen Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	21	0.5	0	17
45	M. Nichola Centre-back	Adelaide United	18	0.5	0	17
46	Z. De Jesus Full-back	Sydney	20	0.5	0	16
47	N. Barrie Centre-back	Western Sydney Wanderers	20	0.5	5	16
48	Sotiri Phillis Centre-back	Adelaide United	19	0.5	2	17
49	Vinko Stanisic Centre-back	Adelaide United	18	0.5	0	18
50	Peter Antoniou Full-back	Melbourne City	18	0.5	4	18