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

L. Thomas of Leicester is the standout for raw talent across defenders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 66.5, and M. Platt has been the form player this season, grading 44.5, and L. Sørensen leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Ihiekwe has improved his Season rating most, up +23.5 on last season, while C. O'Riordan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +22.2 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.

Barnsley · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

M. Ihiekwe+23.5SsN

Blackpool · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	B. Hills Centre-back	Stockport County	22	14.6	41127.6%	482.8%
2	L. Macari Full-back	Notts County	24	14.4	3952.6%	34±0%
3	H. Matthews Centre-back	Bradford	22	12.9	14363.3%	57±0%
4	T. Mengi Centre-back	Luton	24	12.6	3486.8%	4426.3%
5	F. Stevens Centre-back	Leyton Orient	23	12.4	33	57±0%
6	J. Olowu Centre-back	Leyton Orient	26	11.4	3158.5%	449.4%
7	B. Nelson Centre-back	Leicester	22	10.8	2981.4%	612.3%
8	K. Abrefa Full-back	Reading	22	10.3	1848%	442.4%
9	E. Pye Centre-back	Stockport County	23	10.2	2739.2%	54±0%
10	W. Forrester Full-back	Leyton Orient	25	10.1	27135.7%	39±0%
11	M. Jobe Full-back	Stockport County	23	10	686.2%	36±0%
12	Kyron Silveria Gordon Centre-back	Stockport County	24	10	266400%	4523.9%
13	George Christopher John Pratt Centre-back	Bradford	23	10	23246.3%	591.9%
14	I. Bowat Centre-back	Huddersfield	24	10	18125.9%	592.2%
15	Benn David Ward Centre-back	Reading	22	9.8	211.4%	4129.8%
16	H. Roberts Full-back	Reading	24	9.8	1123.5%	42±0%
17	L. Thomas Full-back	Leicester	25	9.7	1831.2%	67±0%
18	A. Mitchell Centre-back	Plymouth	25	9.5	1163%	492.5%
19	L. Sørensen Full-back	Huddersfield	27	9.4	2325.6%	443.9%
20	J. Dorsett Full-back	Reading	24	9.3	577.3%	46±0%
21	S. Earley Full-back	Stevenage	24	9.3	868.4%	441.8%
22	C. Taylor Centre-back	Wycombe	25	9.3	1427.6%	44±0%
23	I. Ogundere Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	23	9.3	1933.5%	49±0%
24	Callum Perry Full-back	Cambridge United	21	9.3	7	29
25	G. Otegbayo Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	21	9.3	1121.1%	63±0%
26	K. Watts Centre-back	Cambridge United	26	9.2	980%	35±0%
27	Z. Ashworth Full-back	Blackpool	24	9.2	769%	431.9%
28	R. Welch Centre-back	Bradford	23	9.2	5900%	4117.1%
29	F. Delap Centre-back	Burton Albion	21	9.2	14300%	40±0%
30	Harley Mills Full-back	Peterborough	22	9.2	1211%	43±0%
31	Finley Munroe Full-back	Blackpool	21	9.1	1235.9%	5867.6%
32	S. Grehan Centre-back	Doncaster	22	9.1	1430.8%	42±0%
33	J. Currie Centre-back	Oxford United	24	9.1	1163%	61±0%
34	L. Ness Centre-back	Notts County	24	9.1	1131%	31±0%
35	J. Bagan Centre-back	Cardiff	25	9	1078.1%	512.6%
36	B. Spencer Full-back	Oxford United	22	9	1062.6%	62±0%
37	J. McGrath Centre-back	Doncaster	23	9	1138.7%	45±0%
38	C. O'Riordan Centre-back	Barnsley	23	8.9	756.1%	5526.3%
39	M. Ross Centre-back	Plymouth	25	8.9	871.7%	48±0%
40	S. Roughan Centre-back	Huddersfield	23	8.9	098.7%	501.8%
41	Cathal Heffernan Centre-back	Cambridge United	21	8.9	457.4%	30±0%
42	Kamari Antonio Grant Centre-back	Bromley	23	8.8	10200%	402.3%
43	U. Godwin-Malife Full-back	Reading	26	8.8	1542.6%	42±0%
44	J. Morris Centre-back	Leyton Orient	24	8.8	1340.2%	44±0%
45	F. Burns Centre-back	Wigan	23	8.8	863.1%	44±0%
46	D. Okagbue Centre-back	Peterborough	23	8.8	670.1%	451.8%
47	J. Carragher Centre-back	Wigan	23	8.8	652.6%	42±0%
48	Marcus Lemar Ifill Centre-back	Bromley	22	8.8	1260.8%	36±0%
49	K. Casey Centre-back	Stevenage	21	8.7	13	43
50	S. Gale Centre-back	Barnsley	22	8.6	1061%	341.8%