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

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

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At a glance

A. Gouda of Masr is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 51.9, and Yehia Zakaria has been the form player this season, grading 61.4, and Ahmed Shousha leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Bentayg has improved his Season rating most, up +44 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Khaled Mohamed Awad of Pyramids FC is the most valuable name in this group at 8.4.

Al Ittihad · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

M. Bentayg+44SsN

Zamalek SC · 23/24→25/26

Khaled Mohamed Awad8.4val

Pyramids FC

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	Player	Team
1	Khaled Mohamed Awad Full-back	Pyramids FC	23	8.4	40	39
2	Yehia Zakaria Full-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	24	8.1	61	37
3	M. Bentayg Full-back	Zamalek SC	26	8	57330.8%	3733.4%
4	Abdel Gawad Taalab Full-back	El Gouna FC	24	7.8	39	36
5	Khaled Ahmed Full-back	El Gouna FC	23	7.1	33	37
6	T. Alaa Full-back	Masr	23	6.6	11	34
7	M. Ismail Centre-back	Zamalek SC	26	6.4	30	31
8	Ibrahim Abdel Hakeem Centre-back	Haras El Hodood	23	6.2	29	38
9	B. Ndiaye Centre-back	Pharco	22	5.9	29	38
10	J. Šimić Centre-back	Al Ittihad	21	5.8	9±0%	537%
11	Ahmed Tarek Centre-back	Masr	25	5.7	26	36
12	Ali Gamal Full-back	Smouha SC	27	5.5	20	29
13	F. Abdi Full-back	Al Ittihad	27	5.3	30±0%	3622.1%
14	Mostafa Ibrahim Centre-back	Al Ittihad	26	5.3	25	32
15	Moaz Mosaad Centre-back	Ceramica Cleopatra	23	5.2	24	36
16	Yassin Marei Centre-back	Al Ahly	24	5.2	24	38
17	Mohamed Nasr Centre-back	National Bank of Egypt	26	5.1	23	31
18	Mostafa Adel Full-back	National Bank of Egypt	27	4.9	23	28
19	Mostafa El Zenary Centre-back	Zamalek SC	27	4.9	18	28
20	Ahmed Sabeha Centre-back	Enppi	27	4.8	46	34
21	Momen Awad Full-back	Al Ittihad	25	4.7	22	33
22	Abdel Karim Shehata Centre-back	Ismaily SC	23	4.6	14	36
23	Mohamed Samir Centre-back	Enppi	25	4.6	21	32
24	Karim El Debes Full-back	Al Ahly	23	4.5	19	35
25	Abdallah Mohamed Centre-back	Ismaily SC	24	4.4	11	34
26	Ahmed Reda Full-back	Wadi Degla	23	4.4	17	34
27	Muath Faqeehi Full-back	Al Ittihad	24	4.3	6±0%	3326.3%
28	Islam Abdallah Full-back	Petrojet	23	4.3	19	33
29	Ahmed Abdel Naby Full-back	Masr	24	4.2	9	32
30	Islam Abdallah Centre-back	Al Ittihad	25	4.1	19	32
31	Ahmed Magdy Kahraba Full-back	El Mokawloon	27	4.1	19	28
32	A. Gouda Centre-back	Masr	22	4.1	22	52
33	Mohamed Ihab Full-back	Ismaily SC	23	4.1	8	32
34	Omar El Gazar Centre-back	El Gouna FC	21	4	4	34
35	Mohamed Ammar Centre-back	El Mokawloon	27	4	18	29
36	L. Namgbema Centre-back	Kahraba Ismailia	23	3.9	3	30
37	M. Metawea Full-back	El Gouna FC	22	3.9	10	32
38	Abdallah El Saeed Attacking midfielder	El Gouna FC	25	3.9	4	30
39	Ahmed Eid Centre-back	Al Ahly	25	3.9	15	31
40	Ahmed Mahmoud Centre-back	Enppi	23	3.9	5	30
41	A. Wahab Nader Centre-back	AL Masry	21	3.9	8	33
42	Mohamed Hamdy Centre-back	Enppi	23	3.8	4	32
43	Ahmed El Aash Centre-back	National Bank of Egypt	28	3.8	58	29
44	Abdel Rahman Rashdan Centre-back	Future FC	23	3.8	4	32
45	A. Khodary Centre-back	Zamalek SC	21	3.8	5	33
46	Daw Serial Centre-back	National Bank of Egypt	20	3.8	9	35
47	Mohanad Ayman Centre-back	Al Ahly	24	3.8	0	29
48	Abdel Rahman Gouda Centre-back	Masr	23	3.7	0	30
49	Mahmoud Morsi Full-back	Petrojet	23	3.7	0	29
50	Mostafa Ibrahim Centre-back	Smouha SC	27	3.7	5	27