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

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	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	M. Stoychev Full-back	CSKA Sofia	23	6.2	9	29
4	Hevertton Santos Full-back	Levski Sofia	25	6.1	14273%	533.3%
5	S. Sanyang Full-back	Botev Vratsa	23	6.1	11	30
6	D. Medina Full-back	CSKA 1948	24	5.5	18	32
7	Facundo Costantini Full-back	Beroe	26	5	26	27
8	M. Stoev Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	27	4.9	30	28
9	Adrián Cova Full-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	25	4.8	25	32
10	Eirô Full-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	25	4.5	742.9%	3916.4%
11	V. Velev Full-back	Arda Kardzhali	26	4.4	23187.3%	284.1%
12	N. Soldo Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	25	4.1	2157.4%	3042.7%
13	Maicon Full-back	Levski Sofia	26	4.1	22	30
14	E. Parkhomenko Centre-back	CSKA 1948	23	4	10	30
15	M. Ruskov Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	25	3.8	20	32
16	K. Iliev Centre-back	CSKA 1948	24	3.7	5	29
17	A. Donchev Attacking midfielder	Cherno More Varna	25	3.7	6	32
18	O. Gašević Full-back	CSKA 1948	24	3.6	15	31
19	M. Hristov Full-back	Septemvri Sofia	23	3.6	17	32
20	O. Kamdem Full-back	Levski Sofia	24	3.5	11	31
21	J. Semedo Varela Full-back	Slavia Sofia	23	3.5	12	30
22	T. Ivanov Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	22	3.5	14	32
23	B. Kostov Full-back	Dobrudzha	24	3.5	13	31
24	T. Pavlov Full-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	22	3.5	17	32
25	S. Dembélé Centre-back	Spartak Varna	23	3.4	4	29
26	Pastor Full-back	CSKA Sofia	26	3.4	1750.3%	3051%
27	N. Savić Centre-back	Slavia Sofia	25	3.4	16	29
28	A. Ivanov Central midfielder	Spartak Varna	21	3.4	18	32
29	E. Espinoza Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	25	3.4	16	30
30	D. Krastev Centre-back	Spartak Varna	23	3.3	101920%	2947%
31	J. Cuero Centre-back	Dobrudzha	25	3.3	12	29
32	Mateo Jurić-Petrašilo Centre-back	Spartak Varna	21	3.3	7	32
33	M. Paskalev Centre-back	Arda Kardzhali	24	3.3	6	28
34	C. Makoun Centre-back	Levski Sofia	26	3.2	11115.1%	2827.1%
35	S. Vulikić Centre-back	Levski Sofia	25	3.2	466.7%	2845.4%
36	V. Popov Centre-back	Arda Kardzhali	26	3.2	5	27
37	Noga Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	24	3.2	436.8%	2738%
38	L. Boyanov Full-back	Botev Vratsa	23	3.2	7	28
39	N. Neychev Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	22	3.2	7	29
40	B. Ivanov Full-back	Spartak Varna	25	3.2	10	28
41	João Bandaró Full-back	Cherno More Varna	22	3.2	3	29
42	S. James Full-back	Montana	24	3.2	6	29
43	A. Todorov Central midfielder	Cherno More Varna	25	3.2	5	28
44	B. Hein Full-back	Botev Plovdiv	25	3.1	388.5%	2854.5%
45	Sebastian Wade Full-back	Septemvri Sofia	23	3.1	3	27
46	S. Shishkov Centre-back	Ludogorets	20	3.1	6	31
47	Đorđe Jovičić Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	24	3.1	7	27
48	Aldair Full-back	Levski Sofia	27	3.1	14308.6%	2944.2%
49	S. Vasilev Centre-back	Septemvri Sofia	21	3.1	5	29
50	John Emmanuel Defensive midfielder	Botev Plovdiv	21	3.1	2	28