Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in League One 26/27

The most valuable defenders in League One in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

B. Nelson of Leicester is the standout for raw talent across defenders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 60.5, and I. Niskanen has been the form player this season, grading 35.2, and L. Sørensen leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: W. Fish has improved his Season rating most, up +20.1 on last season, while T. Nixon's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, B. Hills of Stockport County is the most valuable name in this group at 14.6.

Doncaster · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

W. Fish+20.1SsN

Cardiff · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	B. Hills Centre-back	Stockport County	22	14.6	2431.5%	482.8%
2	L. Macari Full-back	Notts County	24	14.4	264%	34±0%
3	T. Mengi Centre-back	Luton	24	12.6	176.6%	4426.3%
4	W. Fish Centre-back	Cardiff	23	12.2	31179.5%	4918.2%
5	S. Roughan Full-back	Huddersfield	22	11.6	2338.5%	508%
6	T. Allen Centre-back	Wycombe	26	11	2227.2%	414.1%
7	B. Nelson Centre-back	Leicester	22	10.4	177.5%	612.3%
8	L. Sørensen Full-back	Huddersfield	26	10.3	2117.2%	443.9%
9	J. Johnson Full-back	Luton	20	10.3	16365.7%	4620.5%
10	W. Forrester Centre-back	Leyton Orient	25	10.2	1210.9%	3911.8%
11	J. Shepherd Centre-back	Barnsley	25	10.1	1261.2%	4529.5%
12	K. Abrefa Full-back	Reading	22	9.9	926%	442.4%
13	D. Lawlor Full-back	Cardiff	20	9.5	292300%	507.6%
14	M. Jobe Full-back	Cambridge United	23	9.5	41±0%	36±0%
15	T. Nixon Full-back	Doncaster	23	9.4	9203.3%	4035.6%
16	Z. Rossi Full-back	Cambridge United	25	9.3	371.3%	2926.8%
17	J. Lewis Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	26	9.3	1469.5%	389.6%
18	I. Bowat Centre-back	Huddersfield	23	9.2	8±0%	59±0%
19	Kamari Antonio Grant Centre-back	Bromley	23	9	39.4%	402.3%
20	M. de Gevigney Centre-back	Barnsley	26	8.9	1547.5%	3820.6%
21	F. Stevens Centre-back	Leyton Orient	23	8.9	0	57±0%
22	J. Currie Centre-back	Oxford United	23	8.8	28±0%	61±0%
23	Z. Ashworth Centre-back	Blackpool	23	8.8	23±0%	43±0%
24	B. Fink Full-back	Wycombe	23	8.7	6±0%	41±0%
25	E. Pye Centre-back	Stockport County	23	8.7	44±0%	54±0%
26	Marcus Lemar Ifill Centre-back	Bromley	22	8.7	30±0%	36±0%
27	C. Taylor Centre-back	Wycombe	24	8.6	19±0%	44±0%
28	Finley Munroe Centre-back	Blackpool	21	8.5	099.5%	5867.6%
29	J. Sraha Full-back	Burton Albion	23	8.5	0100%	3611.7%
30	D. Casey Centre-back	Wycombe	28	8.5	2216%	3322.3%
31	J. Dorsett Centre-back	Reading	24	8.5	21±0%	46±0%
32	H. Ashby Centre-back	Luton	24	8.5	4±0%	400.5%
33	J. Low Centre-back	Huddersfield	24	8.5	19±0%	45±0%
34	J. McGrath Centre-back	Doncaster	23	8.5	19±0%	45±0%
35	Kyron Silveria Gordon Centre-back	Stockport County	24	8.5	2300%	3835.3%
36	Benn David Ward Centre-back	Reading	22	8.4	958.9%	4129.8%
37	O. Dodgson Centre-back	Mansfield Town	23	8.4	8±0%	44±0%
38	J. Bagan Centre-back	Cardiff	24	8.4	45±0%	51±0%
39	B. Spencer Centre-back	Oxford United	22	8.4	26±0%	62±0%
40	I. Ogundere Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	23	8.4	28±0%	49±0%
41	Guilherme Leal Siqueira Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	21	8.4	2	56
42	E. Weir Full-back	Peterborough	24	8.3	1910.5%	32±0%
43	R. Taylor Centre-back	Bromley	25	8.3	198.3%	3724.6%
44	J. Morris Full-back	Leyton Orient	24	8.3	22±0%	44±0%
45	K. Łopata Centre-back	Barnsley	24	8.3	193.5%	3719%
46	Cole McGhee Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	20	8.3	3	56
47	L. Ness Centre-back	Notts County	24	8.3	16±0%	31±0%
48	O. Casey Centre-back	Blackpool	25	8.3	42±0%	48±0%
49	M. Baker Centre-back	Notts County	23	8.2	17±0%	33±0%
50	S. Swinkels Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	22	8.2	2725%	3815%