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

Kieran Morgan of Bradford is the standout for raw talent across defenders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 65.1, and J. Bagan has been the form player this season, grading 44.8, and L. Sørensen leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Bagan has improved his Season rating most, up +32 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.

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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	W. Fish Centre-back	Cardiff	23	14.1	31179.5%	4918.2%
4	Kieran Morgan Full-back	Bradford	20	13.1	12±0%	65±0%
5	H. Matthews Centre-back	Bradford	22	12.9	7133.3%	57±0%
6	T. Mengi Centre-back	Luton	24	12.6	176.6%	4426.3%
7	S. Roughan Full-back	Huddersfield	23	12.1	23±0%	501.8%
8	D. Lawlor Full-back	Cardiff	20	11	29±0%	50±0%
9	B. Nelson Centre-back	Leicester	22	10.6	177.5%	612.3%
10	L. Sørensen Full-back	Huddersfield	26	10.3	2117.2%	443.9%
11	J. Shepherd Centre-back	Barnsley	25	10.2	12±0%	45±0%
12	K. Abrefa Full-back	Reading	22	10	926%	442.4%
13	George Christopher John Pratt Centre-back	Bradford	23	9.6	7±0%	591.9%
14	I. Ogundere Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	23	9.6	28±0%	49±0%
15	M. Jobe Full-back	Stockport County	23	9.4	41±0%	36±0%
16	I. Bowat Centre-back	Huddersfield	24	9.4	8±0%	592.2%
17	Z. Rossi Full-back	Cambridge United	25	9.3	371.3%	2926.8%
18	E. Pye Centre-back	Stockport County	23	9.3	44±0%	54±0%
19	G. Otegbayo Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	21	9.3	13±0%	63±0%
20	Benn David Ward Centre-back	Reading	22	9.2	958.9%	4129.8%
21	T. Nixon Full-back	Doncaster	23	9.2	9203.3%	4035.6%
22	O. Casey Full-back	Blackpool	25	9.2	42±0%	48±0%
23	J. Dorsett Full-back	Reading	24	9.2	21±0%	46±0%
24	Kyron Silveria Gordon Centre-back	Stockport County	24	9.2	81800%	4130.4%
25	R. Welch Centre-back	Bradford	23	9.2	5900%	4117.1%
26	S. Earley Full-back	Stevenage	23	9.2	25±0%	44±0%
27	Callum Perry Full-back	Cambridge United	21	9.2	0	29
28	F. Stevens Centre-back	Leyton Orient	23	9.1	0	57±0%
29	J. Currie Centre-back	Oxford United	23	9.1	28±0%	61±0%
30	A. Mitchell Centre-back	Plymouth	24	9	30±0%	49±0%
31	Finley Munroe Full-back	Blackpool	21	8.9	099.5%	5867.6%
32	B. Spencer Full-back	Oxford United	22	8.9	26±0%	62±0%
33	D. Okagbue Centre-back	Peterborough	23	8.9	19±0%	45±0%
34	C. Taylor Centre-back	Wycombe	24	8.9	19±0%	44±0%
35	S. Gale Centre-back	Barnsley	22	8.8	2910.4%	341.8%
36	Guilherme Leal Siqueira Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	21	8.8	2	56
37	F. Delap Centre-back	Burton Albion	21	8.8	4±0%	40±0%
38	W. Forrester Full-back	Leyton Orient	25	8.7	12±0%	39±0%
39	K. Casey Centre-back	Stevenage	21	8.7	8	43
40	S. Grehan Centre-back	Doncaster	22	8.7	11±0%	42±0%
41	Cole McGhee Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	20	8.7	3	56
42	L. Thomas Centre-back	Leicester	25	8.7	27±0%	67±0%
43	L. Ness Centre-back	Notts County	24	8.7	16±0%	31±0%
44	S. Swinkels Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	22	8.6	2725%	3815%
45	Kamari Antonio Grant Centre-back	Bromley	23	8.6	39.4%	402.3%
46	F. Burns Centre-back	Wigan	23	8.6	2824.8%	44±0%
47	K. Watts Centre-back	Cambridge United	26	8.6	44±0%	35±0%
48	J. Carragher Centre-back	Wigan	23	8.6	14±0%	42±0%
49	H. Roberts Centre-back	Reading	24	8.5	9±0%	42±0%
50	C. O'Riordan Centre-back	Barnsley	22	8.5	477.1%	5526.3%