Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in 2. Bundesliga 26/27

The most valuable defenders in 2. Bundesliga in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

K. Schmidt of Dynamo Dresden is the standout for raw talent across defenders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 58.4, and P. Strompf has been the form player this season, grading 26.3, and R. Jansson leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: C. Johansson has improved his Season rating most, up +10.3 on last season, while K. Schmidt's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +23.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Bakatukanda of VfL Osnabrück is the most valuable name in this group at 25.7.

Dynamo Dresden · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

C. Johansson+10.3SsN

Holstein Kiel · 24/25→25/26

E. Bakatukanda25.7val

VfL Osnabrück

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	Player	Team
1	E. Bakatukanda Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	22	25.7	263628.6%	3927%
2	M. Faye Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	22	23.4	742.5%	636.8%
3	K. Schmidt Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	24	22.3	12228.6%	5866.9%
4	F. Otto Full-back	1. FC Nürnberg	24	21.9	2512.4%	5940.7%
5	A. MacNulty Centre-back	1. FC Magdeburg	23	21.7	293.6%	648.5%
6	F. Hagmann Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	22	21.4	8±0%	54±0%
7	L. Schneider Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	26	21.3	1435.3%	4918.4%
8	M. Aydın Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	24	21.1	34±0%	64±0%
9	L. Gechter Centre-back	Hertha BSC	22	21.1	45±0%	66±0%
10	J. Eitschberger Full-back	Hertha BSC	22	21.1	26±0%	59±0%
11	A. Kalogeropoulos Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	22	21	914.8%	5449.9%
12	K. Manu Centre-back	Energie Cottbus	22	21	15±0%	42±0%
13	D. Nemeth Full-back	FC St. Pauli	25	20.8	099.3%	5625.3%
14	J. Sterner Full-back	Dynamo Dresden	24	20.8	15±0%	58±0%
15	R. Fabinski Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	23	20.7	28±0%	441.9%
16	L. Breunig Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	22	20.5	586.6%	5314.3%
17	N. Awortwie-Grant Centre-back	Energie Cottbus	26	20.5	20	38
18	T. Janisch Full-back	1. FC Nürnberg	21	20.5	11±0%	58±0%
19	P. Nadjombe Full-back	1. FC Magdeburg	23	20.3	1012.9%	5936%
20	S. Mkrtchyan Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	23	20.1	1	50
21	L. Günther Full-back	SV Elversberg	23	19.9	22±0%	65±0%
22	P. Nkoa Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	27	19.9	15±0%	44±0%
23	K. Ehlers Centre-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	25	19.9	33±0%	59±0%
24	E. Porstner Full-back	1. FC Nürnberg	19	19.8	0±0%	53±0%
25	Luca Erlein Full-back	Energie Cottbus	19	19.7	8±0%	458.1%
26	F. Nürnberger Full-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	19.7	1741.9%	5013.4%
27	B. Allgeier Centre-back	Hannover 96	24	19.6	18±0%	56±0%
28	F. Di Michele Sanchez Centre-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	23	19.4	17±0%	58±0%
29	M. Großer Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	25	19.2	23±0%	57±0%
30	A. Hoti Centre-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	23	19.1	10±0%	52±0%
31	A. Murphy Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	22	19.1	1±0%	67±0%
32	E. Džogović Centre-back	1. FC Magdeburg	23	19.1	2±0%	51±0%
33	M. Dárdai Centre-back	Hertha BSC	24	19	42±0%	62±0%
34	H. Sekine Full-back	Holstein Kiel	24	18.9	33±0%	562.6%
35	P. Klemens Full-back	Hertha BSC	21	18.8	5±0%	56±0%
36	C. Kleine-Bekel Centre-back	VfL Bochum	23	18.7	099.5%	4927.9%
37	M. Gyamfi Centre-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	26	18.7	38±0%	57±0%
38	Y. Lührs Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	23	18.7	2012.6%	411.8%
39	I. Nekić Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	25	18.4	22±0%	56±0%
40	Y. Karademir Centre-back	VfL Bochum	22	18.4	2012.1%	5635.9%
41	T. Janotta Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	23	18.4	14±0%	401.8%
42	M. Steinwender Centre-back	VfL Bochum	26	18.3	449.5%	5323.7%
43	H. Matsuda Full-back	Hannover 96	23	18.3	24±0%	631.8%
44	Fousseny Doumbia Centre-back	Energie Cottbus	21	18.3	2	53
45	L. Pinckert Full-back	SV Elversberg	26	18.2	33±0%	59±0%
46	L. Seifert Centre-back	SV Elversberg	22	18.2	0	52
47	H. Rorig Centre-back	Energie Cottbus	26	18.1	12±0%	39±0%
48	Hendry Aron Blank Centre-back	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	22	17.9	610.9%	54±0%
49	F. Roslyng Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	21	17.7	4	52
50	L. Seifert Centre-back	SV Elversberg	21	17.7	0	53