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

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

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At a glance

J. Stephenson of Crewe is the standout for raw talent across defenders in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 71.8, and J. Robson has been the form player this season, grading 50.3, and Lewis Shipley leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. McFadzean has improved his Season rating most, up +23.4 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. Sutton of Oldham is the most valuable name in this group at 6.

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Chesterfield · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	W. Sutton Centre-back	Oldham	23	6	268433.3%	3114.7%
2	E. Turns Centre-back	Exeter City	23	5.9	1824.3%	412.4%
3	B. Cooper Centre-back	Salford City	26	5.8	2640.5%	3031.1%
4	M. Hancock Full-back	Walsall	23	4.9	16±0%	31±0%
5	J. Burroughs Full-back	Northampton	25	4.8	17327.5%	392.6%
6	G. Bajrami Centre-back	Crawley Town	27	4.7	18	2625.9%
7	Joel McGregor Full-back	Swindon Town	20	4.3	2276.2%	334.5%
8	T. Wilson-Brown Centre-back	Swindon Town	22	4.2	12	31
9	Filozofe Mabete Centre-back	Swindon Town	21	3.9	14	31
10	J. Sweeney Full-back	Grimsby	24	3.9	19±0%	32±0%
11	E. Ahui Full-back	Walsall	22	3.9	23	32
12	D. Skura Centre-back	Walsall	24	3.8	38.3%	422.4%
13	A. Smith Full-back	Gillingham	25	3.7	28±0%	322.5%
14	K. Balmer Full-back	Bristol Rovers	26	3.6	16±0%	298.1%
15	J. Connolly Centre-back	Walsall	24	3.5	22±0%	342.7%
16	L. Offord Centre-back	Crewe	26	3.4	36±0%	333.1%
17	J. Tomkinson Full-back	Cheltenham	24	3.4	27±0%	32±0%
18	L. Woodhouse Full-back	Exeter City	22	3.4	22±0%	43±0%
19	M. Kacurri Centre-back	Grimsby	21	3.4	19±0%	320.6%
20	L. Billington Full-back	Crewe	22	3.4	24±0%	37±0%
21	S. Negru Full-back	Swindon Town	24	3.3	12±0%	28±0%
22	B. Faulkner Full-back	Tranmere	22	3.3	12±0%	319.5%
23	J. Slater Full-back	Tranmere	22	3.3	18±0%	358%
24	C. Finney Full-back	Crewe	22	3.3	31500%	308.1%
25	D. Tharme Centre-back	Grimsby	27	3.3	938.2%	2325.6%
26	A. Senior Full-back	Barnet	24	3.3	33±0%	37±0%
27	L. Hoole Centre-back	Shrewsbury	24	3.3	29±0%	31±0%
28	E. Bristow Full-back	Harrogate Town	24	3.2	731.4%	2713.3%
29	L. Gordon Centre-back	Chesterfield	25	3.2	20±0%	31±0%
30	R. Bennett Full-back	Fleetwood Town	22	3.2	1±0%	27±0%
31	E. Otoo Full-back	Rotherham	24	3.2	5	30
32	F. Potter Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	22	3.2	16±0%	32±0%
33	J. Leake Centre-back	Oldham	23	3.1	7±0%	29±0%
34	Lewis Shipley Centre-back	Barrow	22	3.1	11127.7%	317%
35	L. Jenkins Centre-back	Newport County	25	3.1	17±0%	313%
36	A. Oluwo Centre-back	Salford City	26	3.1	31±0%	32±0%
37	A. Pond Full-back	Chesterfield	22	3.1	10±0%	3511.5%
38	H. Burke Centre-back	Walsall	24	3.1	0	26
39	Z. Williams Centre-back	Barnet	21	3.1	67.9%	403.3%
40	Conor McManus Full-back	Gillingham	22	3.1	0	68
41	K. Majekodunmi Centre-back	Swindon Town	22	3.1	12	30
42	M. Jacob Full-back	Newport County	25	3	516.9%	5440.3%
43	T. Allen Centre-back	Salford City	26	3	22±0%	41±0%
44	G. Harmon Centre-back	Cheltenham	25	3	384.4%	2541.9%
45	L. Ayina Centre-back	Salford City	23	3	0100%	2738.4%
46	D. Hall Centre-back	Rotherham	25	3	25±0%	42±0%
47	Sonny Aljofree Centre-back	Rotherham	21	2.9	1037.8%	334.8%
48	R. Hutchinson Full-back	Crewe	26	2.9	23±0%	33±0%
49	J. Maxwell Full-back	Northampton	24	2.9	17±0%	4811.6%
50	J. Smith Centre-back	Accrington ST	21	2.9	5	29