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

R. Jansson of FC St. Pauli is the standout for raw talent across defenders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 81.4, and H. Kuruçay has been the form player this season, grading 52.4, 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 R. Jansson's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +50.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Maglica of SV Darmstadt 98 is the most valuable name in this group at 26.5.

FC St. Pauli · 24/25→25/26

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FC Schalke 04 · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	M. Maglica Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	26.5	37±0%	54±0%
2	A. Murphy Centre-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	22	24.4	193.2%	6749.7%
3	L. Sirch Full-back	SV Elversberg	27	23.6	3733%	5515.6%
4	S. Trémoulet Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	26	23.6	39411.8%	372.8%
5	M. Faye Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	22	23.4	742.5%	636.8%
6	J. ter Horst Full-back	SC Paderborn 07	24	23.1	3217.4%	61±0%
7	T. Scheller Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	24	22.9	3521.1%	66±0%
8	L. Günther Full-back	SV Elversberg	23	22.6	2258.3%	658.7%
9	F. Hagmann Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	22	22.5	843.1%	5429.7%
10	L. Schneider Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	26	22.4	1435.3%	4918.4%
11	K. Schmidt Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	24	22.3	12228.6%	5866.9%
12	F. Otto Full-back	1. FC Nürnberg	24	21.8	2512.4%	5940.7%
13	L. Breunig Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	22	21.5	586.6%	5314.3%
14	F. Keidel Full-back	SV Elversberg	23	21.5	196.1%	6245.3%
15	L. Pinckert Centre-back	SV Elversberg	26	21.1	3341.1%	5912%
16	N. Madsen Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	24	21.1	25180.7%	460.6%
17	T. Janotta Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	22	21	14	40
18	M. Ayhan Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	19	21	41	69
19	P. Nkoa Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	27	20.9	15±0%	44±0%
20	Vitalie Becker Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	21	20.6	36	66
21	N. Awortwie-Grant Centre-back	Energie Cottbus	26	20.4	20	38
22	S. Mkrtchyan Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	23	20.2	1	50
23	A. Kalogeropoulos Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	22	20.2	914.8%	5449.9%
24	J. Sterner Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	24	20	15±0%	58±0%
25	J. Eitschberger Full-back	Hertha BSC	22	20	26±0%	59±0%
26	M. Aydın Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	24	19.9	34±0%	64±0%
27	L. Gechter Centre-back	Hertha BSC	22	19.9	45±0%	66±0%
28	F. Nürnberger Full-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	19.8	1741.9%	5013.4%
29	A. MacNulty Full-back	1. FC Magdeburg	23	19.7	293.6%	648.5%
30	F. Di Michele Sanchez Centre-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	23	19.7	17±0%	58±0%
31	P. Nadjombe Full-back	1. FC Magdeburg	23	19.5	1012.9%	5936%
32	A. Hoti Centre-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	23	19.3	10±0%	52±0%
33	T. Janisch Full-back	1. FC Nürnberg	21	19.3	11±0%	58±0%
34	N. König Centre-back	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	23	19.2	4	49
35	M. Großer Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	25	19.2	23±0%	57±0%
36	A. Gantenbein Full-back	FC Schalke 04	25	19.1	2190%	551.1%
37	M. Rakneberg Full-back	VfL Bochum	24	18.9	196.5%	488.1%
38	Jonah Benedict Sticker Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	22	18.9	1427.3%	5729.7%
39	M. Dárdai Centre-back	Hertha BSC	24	18.9	42±0%	62±0%
40	C. Kleine-Bekel Centre-back	VfL Bochum	23	18.8	099.5%	4927.9%
41	K. Ehlers Centre-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	25	18.7	33±0%	59±0%
42	H. Koudossou Full-back	Arminia Bielefeld	26	18.7	23±0%	493.1%
43	N. Dühring Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	22	18.6	0	49
44	H. Sekine Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	24	18.5	33±0%	562.6%
45	S. Ba Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	22	18.4	0100%	487.9%
46	K. Manu Centre-back	Energie Cottbus	22	18.4	15±0%	42±0%
47	E. Džogović Centre-back	1. FC Magdeburg	23	18.4	2±0%	51±0%
48	F. Roslyng Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	21	18.3	4	52
49	Y. Karademir Centre-back	VfL Bochum	22	18.3	2012.1%	5635.9%
50	R. Fabinski Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	23	18.2	28±0%	441.9%