Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in First League 25/26

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

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At a glance

Hevertton Santos of Levski Sofia is the standout for raw talent across defenders in First League, with a Field Insider Rating of 53, and Hossam Abdelmaguid has been the form player this season, grading 54.9.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Gbamin has improved his Season rating most, up +24 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Hossam Abdelmaguid of Ludogorets is the most valuable name in this group at 8.

Best talent

Hevertton Santos53RTG

Levski Sofia

In form

Hossam Abdelmaguid54.9SsN

Ludogorets

Rising potential

J. Gbamin+4.1RTG

CSKA Sofia · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Gbamin+24SsN

CSKA Sofia · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

Hossam Abdelmaguid4goals

Ludogorets

Most valuable

Hossam Abdelmaguid8val

Ludogorets

50 players · ranked by highest valueCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Hossam Abdelmaguid Centre-back	Ludogorets	25	8	55	42
2	Lucas Ryan Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	24	6.5	28	33
3	Hevertton Santos Full-back	Levski Sofia	25	6.1	14273%	533.3%
4	D. Medina Full-back	CSKA 1948	24	5.5	18	32
5	M. Stoev Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	26	5.4	30	28
6	Facundo Costantini Full-back	Beroe	26	5	26	27
7	Adrián Cova Full-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	25	4.8	25	32
8	Eirô Full-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	25	4.5	742.9%	3916.4%
9	V. Velev Full-back	Arda Kardzhali	26	4.4	23187.3%	284.1%
10	N. Soldo Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	25	4.1	2157.4%	3042.7%
11	Maicon Full-back	Levski Sofia	26	4.1	22	30
12	E. Parkhomenko Centre-back	CSKA 1948	23	4	10	30
13	M. Ruskov Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	24	3.8	20	32
14	A. Donchev Attacking midfielder	Cherno More Varna	24	3.7	6	32
15	O. Gašević Full-back	CSKA 1948	24	3.6	15	31
16	O. Kamdem Full-back	Levski Sofia	23	3.6	11	31
17	M. Hristov Full-back	Septemvri Sofia	22	3.5	17	32
18	J. Semedo Varela Full-back	Slavia Sofia	23	3.5	12	30
19	T. Ivanov Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	22	3.5	14	32
20	B. Kostov Full-back	Dobrudzha	24	3.5	13	31
21	Vinícius Nogueira Full-back	Ludogorets	24	3.5	1072.9%	3122.5%
22	T. Pavlov Full-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	22	3.5	17	32
23	S. Dembélé Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	23	3.4	4	29
24	E. Espinoza Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	25	3.4	16	30
25	Aldair Full-back	Levski Sofia	26	3.4	14308.6%	2944.2%
26	N. Savić Centre-back	Slavia Sofia	25	3.4	16	29
27	S. Sanyang Full-back	Botev Vratsa	23	3.4	11	30
28	Pastor Full-back	CSKA Sofia	26	3.4	1750.3%	3051%
29	K. Iliev Centre-back	Montana	24	3.4	5	29
30	A. Ivanov Central midfielder	Spartak Varna	21	3.4	18	32
31	J. Gbamin Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	30	3.3	252000%	4510.1%
32	M. Paskalev Centre-back	Arda Kardzhali	24	3.3	6	28
33	S. James Full-back	Montana	23	3.3	6	29
34	D. Krastev Centre-back	Spartak Varna	23	3.3	101920%	2947%
35	J. Cuero Centre-back	Spartak Varna	25	3.3	12	29
36	Mateo Jurić-Petrašilo Centre-back	Spartak Varna	21	3.3	7	32
37	S. Vulikić Centre-back	Levski Sofia	25	3.2	466.7%	2845.4%
38	B. Hein Full-back	Botev Plovdiv	24	3.2	388.5%	2854.5%
39	João Bandaró Full-back	Cherno More Varna	22	3.2	3	29
40	L. Boyanov Full-back	Botev Vratsa	23	3.2	7	28
41	M. Stoychev Full-back	CSKA Sofia	22	3.2	9	29
42	N. Neychev Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	22	3.2	7	29
43	B. Ivanov Full-back	Spartak Varna	25	3.2	10	28
44	C. Makoun Centre-back	Levski Sofia	26	3.2	11115.1%	2827.1%
45	V. Popov Centre-back	Arda Kardzhali	26	3.2	5	27
46	A. Todorov Central midfielder	Cherno More Varna	25	3.2	5	28
47	I. Videv Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	20	3.2	15	33
48	Đorđe Jovičić Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	24	3.1	7	27
49	Sebastian Wade Full-back	Septemvri Sofia	23	3.1	3	27
50	Álex Centelles Full-back	Levski Sofia	26	3.1	959.7%	2759.1%