Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in First League

The most valuable defenders in First League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Lucas Ryan of Lokomotiv Plovdiv is the standout for raw talent across defenders in First League, with a Field Insider Rating of 33.2, and Z. Atanasov has been the form player this season, grading 32, and R. Bidounga leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Dinis Almeida has improved his Season rating most, up +19.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Lucas Ryan of Lokomotiv Plovdiv is the most valuable name in this group at 5.4.

Arda Kardzhali · 20/21→25/26

Most improved

Dinis Almeida+19.9SsN

Ludogorets · 22/23→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Lucas Ryan Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	24	5.4	28	33
2	M. Stoev Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	26	5.4	30	28
3	Facundo Costantini Full-back	Beroe	26	5	26	27
4	Adrián Cova Full-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	25	4.8	25	32
5	L. Dellova Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	27	4.7	25	27
6	V. Velev Full-back	Arda Kardzhali	26	4.4	23187.3%	284.1%
7	Maicon Full-back	Levski Sofia	26	4.1	22	30
8	N. Soldo Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	25	4.1	2157.4%	3042.7%
9	M. Ruskov Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	24	3.8	20	32
10	A. Donchev Attacking midfielder	Cherno More Varna	24	3.7	6	32
11	C. Hüseynov Defensive midfielder	Arda Kardzhali	23	3.7	10	32
12	D. Medina Full-back	CSKA 1948	24	3.6	18	32
13	O. Gašević Full-back	CSKA 1948	24	3.6	15	31
14	O. Kamdem Full-back	Levski Sofia	23	3.6	11	31
15	E. Parkhomenko Centre-back	CSKA 1948	23	3.5	10	30
16	E. Tsenov Centre-back	CSKA 1948	24	3.5	7	31
17	T. Ivanov Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	22	3.5	14	32
18	J. Semedo Varela Full-back	Slavia Sofia	23	3.5	12	30
19	M. Hristov Full-back	Septemvri Sofia	22	3.5	17	32
20	B. Kostov Full-back	Dobrudzha	24	3.5	13	31
21	T. Pavlov Full-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	22	3.5	17	32
22	K. Iliev Centre-back	Montana	24	3.4	5	29
23	S. Dembélé Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	23	3.4	4	29
24	N. Savić Centre-back	Slavia Sofia	25	3.4	16	29
25	Aldair Full-back	Levski Sofia	26	3.4	14308.6%	2944.2%
26	Pastor Full-back	CSKA Sofia	26	3.4	1750.3%	3051%
27	T. Sonha Attacking midfielder	Beroe	24	3.4	0	29
28	João Sérgio Full-back	Beroe	23	3.4	16	29
29	P. Galchev Full-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	25	3.4	6	29
30	A. Ivanov Central midfielder	Dobrudzha	21	3.4	18	32
31	E. Espinoza Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	25	3.4	16	30
32	S. Sanyang Full-back	Botev Vratsa	23	3.4	11	30
33	M. Todorski Full-back	Slavia Sofia	22	3.3	15	31
34	Mateo Jurić-Petrašilo Centre-back	Spartak Varna	21	3.3	7	32
35	B. Ivanov Full-back	Spartak Varna	24	3.3	10	28
36	D. Krastev Centre-back	Spartak Varna	23	3.3	101920%	2947%
37	M. Paskalev Centre-back	Arda Kardzhali	24	3.3	6	28
38	S. James Full-back	Montana	23	3.3	6	29
39	J. Cuero Centre-back	Dobrudzha	25	3.3	12	29
40	S. Vulikić Centre-back	Levski Sofia	25	3.2	468.6%	2847.9%
41	L. Boyanov Full-back	Botev Vratsa	23	3.2	7	28
42	N. Neychev Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	22	3.2	7	29
43	B. Hein Full-back	Botev Plovdiv	24	3.2	388.5%	2854.5%
44	João Bandaró Full-back	Cherno More Varna	22	3.2	3	29
45	N. Serafimov Centre-back	Levski Sofia	26	3.2	9	28
46	M. Stoychev Full-back	Botev Vratsa	22	3.2	9	29
47	Noga Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	24	3.2	436.8%	2738%
48	C. Makoun Centre-back	Levski Sofia	26	3.2	11115.1%	2827.1%
49	L. Ivanov Centre-back	Slavia Sofia	22	3.2	3	30
50	Ivan Aleksiev Centre-back	Spartak Varna	23	3.2	5	28