Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in 2. Bundesliga

The most valuable defenders in 2. Bundesliga, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Ayhan of FC Schalke 04 is the standout for raw talent across defenders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 67.3, and M. N'Diaye has been the form player this season, grading 61, and M. Maglica leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Katić has improved his Season rating most, up +38.9 on last season, while F. Gruber's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +23.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. N'Diaye of FC Schalke 04 is the most valuable name in this group at 38.8.

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	Player	Team
1	M. N'Diaye Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	24	38.8	6178.9%	6622.3%
2	D. Herold Central midfielder	Karlsruher SC	23	29	4672.7%	675.5%
3	L. Gechter Centre-back	Hertha BSC	22	27.4	45137.2%	665.4%
4	M. Dárdai Centre-back	Hertha BSC	24	26.5	4222.7%	622.1%
5	P. Pfeiffer Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	26	25.7	40778.3%	5915.1%
6	T. Scheller Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	24	25.1	3521.1%	66±0%
7	F. Gruber Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	23	24.8	29175.5%	6557.5%
8	L. Günther Full-back	SV Elversberg	23	24.8	2258.3%	658.7%
9	M. Aydın Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	24	24.5	3423.9%	6410.7%
10	M. Gyamfi Centre-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	26	24.4	38307.4%	5748.2%
11	M. Momuluh Winger	Arminia Bielefeld	24	24	36206.8%	639.4%
12	L. Sirch Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	27	23.6	3733%	5515.6%
13	F. Keidel Full-back	SV Elversberg	23	23.6	196.1%	6245.3%
14	D. Zec Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	26	23.5	37202.5%	6012.8%
15	M. Maglica Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	23.4	37776.2%	5415.1%
16	M. Ivezić Full-back	Holstein Kiel	24	23.3	37134.6%	5915%
17	M. Nawrocki Full-back	Hannover 96	25	23.1	25260%	6139.3%
18	J. ter Horst Full-back	Preußen Münster	24	23.1	3217.4%	61±0%
19	L. Pinckert Centre-back	SV Elversberg	26	22.7	3341.1%	5912%
20	K. Ehlers Centre-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	25	22.6	3346%	598.4%
21	I. Okon Full-back	Hannover 96	22	22.6	22	62
22	Vitalie Becker Full-back	FC Schalke 04	21	22.5	36	66
23	L. Morgalla Full-back	VfL Bochum	21	22.2	273714.3%	6573.5%
24	J. Sterner Full-back	Dynamo Dresden	24	22.1	1513.6%	5830.7%
25	F. Di Michele Sanchez Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	23	22.1	1719.1%	581.9%
26	A. Hoti Centre-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	23	22	20124.4%	5838%
27	M. Großer Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	25	21.8	2321.4%	5730.9%
28	C. Brackelmann Full-back	SC Paderborn 07	26	21.7	3433.2%	569.2%
29	B. Allgeier Full-back	Hannover 96	24	21.6	1827.3%	576.8%
30	I. Nekić Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	25	21.5	222300%	562.8%
31	Mika Haas Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	20	21.4	272610%	6624.6%
32	M. Beifus Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	23	21.3	683.8%	5616.8%
33	E. Egouli Centre-back	Fortuna Düsseldorf	23	21.3	17	56
34	Felipe Sánchez Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	22	21.2	208.8%	5817.7%
35	Julian Andreas Pauli Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	21	21.1	2524.7%	611.6%
36	M. Dietz Defensive midfielder	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	24	21.1	165.5%	559.6%
37	M. Ayhan Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	19	21	41	67
38	Sergio López Full-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	20.9	2788%	5513.3%
39	A. Gantenbein Full-back	FC Schalke 04	25	20.9	2190%	551.1%
40	Jonah Benedict Sticker Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	22	20.7	1427.3%	5729.7%
41	Kim Ji-Soo Centre-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	21	20.5	17	6015.9%
42	A. Chernev Centre-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	24	20.3	9	53
43	K. Schmidt Centre-back	Fortuna Düsseldorf	24	20.3	12228.6%	5351.7%
44	F. Kleinhansl Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	25	20.1	957.4%	5313.7%
45	B. Tomiak Centre-back	Hannover 96	27	20.1	2913.1%	5314.4%
46	L. Bolay Full-back	Preußen Münster	24	19.9	8295.2%	5232.6%
47	J. Hugonet Centre-back	1. FC Magdeburg	26	19.8	2353.8%	5221.7%
48	F. Hagmann Full-back	Arminia Bielefeld	22	19.7	843.1%	5430.1%
49	P. Klemens Defensive midfielder	Hertha BSC	21	19.6	861.7%	579.5%
50	F. Flick Defensive midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	26	19.5	30107%	516.6%