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. Moon of Port Vale is the standout for raw talent across defenders in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 44.6, and E. Monthe has been the form player this season, grading 43.8, and J. Snowdon leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: E. Monthe has improved his Season rating most, up +35.5 on last season, while J. Moon's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.8 over the same span. 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 6.3.

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	Player	Team
1	W. Sutton Centre-back	Oldham	23	6.3	268433.3%	3114.7%
2	E. Turns Centre-back	Exeter City	23	6	1824.3%	412.4%
3	R. Staunton Full-back	Grimsby	24	5.9	27421.2%	3411.1%
4	K. John Centre-back	Port Vale	25	5.7	2220.9%	4022.3%
5	G. Bajrami Centre-back	Crawley Town	26	5.3	18	2625.9%
6	B. Cooper Centre-back	Salford City	26	5.3	2640.5%	3031.1%
7	J. Moon Full-back	Port Vale	25	4.8	1166%	4532%
8	J. Burroughs Full-back	Northampton	25	4.8	17327.5%	392.6%
9	R. Crichlow-Noble Full-back	Barnet	27	4.4	12171.1%	2511.6%
10	Joel McGregor Full-back	Swindon Town	20	4.3	2276.2%	334.5%
11	T. Wilson-Brown Centre-back	Swindon Town	21	4	12	31
12	Filozofe Mabete Centre-back	Swindon Town	21	3.9	14	31
13	R. Longelo-Mbule Full-back	Salford City	26	3.9	1840.2%	292.7%
14	M. Dyche Centre-back	Northampton	23	3.9	1982.7%	430.9%
15	J. Snowdon Full-back	Swindon Town	22	3.8	16	35
16	Jake Thomas Batty Full-back	Fleetwood Town	21	3.7	1239.2%	324.2%
17	Joe Thomas Centre-back	Newport County	24	3.7	1325.1%	285%
18	A. Pond Centre-back	Chesterfield	22	3.6	10	3548.4%
19	F. Terry Full-back	Colchester	22	3.5	7	31
20	D. Tharme Centre-back	Grimsby	27	3.3	938.2%	2325.6%
21	C. Finney Full-back	Crewe	22	3.3	31500%	308.1%
22	J. Connolly Centre-back	Walsall	24	3.3	22±0%	342.7%
23	S. Negru Full-back	Swindon Town	24	3.2	12±0%	28±0%
24	B. Faulkner Full-back	Tranmere	22	3.2	12±0%	319.5%
25	Zachariah Olumide Awe Full-back	Salford City	22	3.2	672.5%	322.9%
26	J. Debrah Centre-back	Port Vale	25	3.2	1071.5%	388.8%
27	J. Leake Centre-back	Oldham	23	3.2	7±0%	29±0%
28	Conor Haughey Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	18	3.1	10	32
29	Marvin Marvellous Kaleta Full-back	Rotherham	21	3.1	635.4%	427.9%
30	E. Adegboyega Centre-back	Rotherham	22	3.1	683.5%	4022.9%
31	Lewis Shipley Centre-back	Barrow	22	3.1	11127.7%	317%
32	M. Hancock Full-back	Walsall	23	3.1	16±0%	31±0%
33	D. Skura Centre-back	Walsall	24	3.1	38.3%	422.4%
34	L. Woodhouse Full-back	Exeter City	22	3.1	22±0%	43±0%
35	L. Billington Centre-back	Crewe	22	3.1	24±0%	37±0%
36	Kayden Hughes Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	20	3.1	838.9%	311.6%
37	A. Kilgour Full-back	Bristol Rovers	28	3	25440.4%	2624.1%
38	L. O'Connor Centre-back	Tranmere	26	3	682.7%	2427.3%
39	H. Douglas Centre-back	Rotherham	21	3	5	41
40	H. Burke Centre-back	Walsall	23	3	0	26
41	A. Senior Centre-back	Barnet	24	3	33±0%	37±0%
42	E. Otoo Centre-back	Rotherham	23	3	1	28
43	E. Ahui Full-back	Walsall	22	3	5	29
44	J. Sweeney Centre-back	Grimsby	24	3	19±0%	32±0%
45	J. Maxwell Full-back	Northampton	24	2.9	17±0%	4811.6%
46	Cathal Heffernan Centre-back	Harrogate Town	21	2.9	10	30
47	H. Williams Centre-back	Walsall	24	2.9	0100%	2514.8%
48	L. Jenkins Centre-back	Newport County	24	2.9	17±0%	31±0%
49	T. Davies Centre-back	Newport County	22	2.9	15±0%	31±0%
50	C. Barker Centre-back	Crawley Town	23	2.9	35±0%	34±0%