Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in Bundesliga 25/26

The most valuable defenders in Bundesliga in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

N. Brown of Bayern München is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.9, and O. Wójcik has been the form player this season, grading 70.3, and M. Mittelstädt leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: W. Anton has improved his Season rating most, up +44.5 on last season, while F. Gruber's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +24.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. Schlotterbeck of Borussia Dortmund is the most valuable name in this group at 63.9.

FSV Mainz 05 · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

W. Anton+44.5SsN

Borussia Dortmund · 24/25→25/26

N. Schlotterbeck63.9val

Borussia Dortmund

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	Player	Team
1	N. Schlotterbeck Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	26	63.9	59121.9%	774.1%
2	N. Brown Full-back	Bayern München	23	52.5	3810.4%	88±0%
3	J. Quansah Centre-back	Bayer Leverkusen	23	50.4	29147.8%	825.7%
4	C. Lukeba Centre-back	RB Leipzig	23	50	4114.6%	804%
5	M. Estève Centre-back	RB Leipzig	24	49.9	2573.1%	846.1%
6	J. Scally Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	23	49.6	4873.1%	793.9%
7	A. Hajdari Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	23	48.6	42	81
8	R. Hendriks Full-back	VfB Stuttgart	25	46.9	34103%	768.3%
9	C. Matsima Full-back	FC Augsburg	24	46.6	1863.6%	7111.7%
10	L. Querfeld Centre-back	Union Berlin	22	46.5	3860.9%	817.3%
11	J. Belocian Centre-back	Bayer Leverkusen	21	46.4	1717100%	8627.5%
12	Miguel Gutiérrez Full-back	Bayer Leverkusen	25	45.8	2921.5%	777%
13	A. Davies Full-back	Bayern München	25	45.7	975.6%	7210%
14	J. Vagnoman Full-back	VfB Stuttgart	25	45.3	2551.2%	733.1%
15	J. Stanišić Full-back	Bayern München	26	45.3	3236.1%	732.3%
16	N. Collins Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	22	45.2	23±0%	772.7%
17	P. Treu Full-back	SC Freiburg	25	44.8	2047.6%	747.1%
18	A. Prass Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	25	44.6	154.1%	757%
19	Arthur Chaves Centre-back	1899 Hoffenheim	25	44.3	1549.5%	74±0%
20	A. Koné Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	43.8	543735.7%	655.7%
21	L. Geertruida Centre-back	RB Leipzig	26	43.6	284.1%	732%
22	O. Kabak Centre-back	1899 Hoffenheim	26	43.3	2118.5%	7111.8%
23	A. Theate Centre-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	26	43.1	2929.1%	6916.8%
24	R. Hranáč Centre-back	1899 Hoffenheim	26	43	231808.3%	7121.2%
25	L. Jaquez Full-back	VfB Stuttgart	23	42.9	13219%	683.3%
26	E. Tapsoba Full-back	Bayer Leverkusen	27	42.8	315.4%	6913.3%
27	M. Rots Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	20	42.6	44486.7%	8430.1%
28	W. Mikelbrencis Full-back	Hamburger SV	22	42.6	1540.4%	7512.1%
29	Max Finkgräfe Full-back	RB Leipzig	22	42.4	1217.3%	7424.3%
30	A. Zehnter Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	21	41.8	874.3%	723.8%
31	L. Badé Centre-back	Bayer Leverkusen	26	41.4	2529.1%	6615.9%
32	F. Medina Full-back	Bayer Leverkusen	27	41.3	2258.4%	6811.7%
33	W. Omari Centre-back	Hamburger SV	26	41	19	6512.3%
34	T. Krauß Full-back	1. FC Köln	25	40.8	2919.1%	686.9%
35	Z. Van Den Bosch Centre-back	Union Berlin	23	40.8	4626.1%	7934.8%
36	D. Herold Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	23	40.7	286.4%	686.9%
37	Finn Jeltsch Centre-back	VfB Stuttgart	20	40.6	268.8%	7622.7%
38	L. Ullrich Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	22	40.6	3163.5%	728.9%
39	J. Makengo Full-back	SC Freiburg	25	40.5	146.2%	674.3%
40	M. Rosenfelder Centre-back	SC Freiburg	23	40.5	574.9%	6612.9%
41	T. Rothe Full-back	Union Berlin	21	40.4	1371.4%	7211.8%
42	O. Deman Full-back	Werder Bremen	26	39.8	1542.5%	6223.9%
43	R. van den Berg Full-back	1. FC Köln	22	39.4	962.4%	68±0%
44	O. Wójcik Centre-back	Werder Bremen	23	39.3	70	4024.2%
45	N. Nkounkou Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	25	39.1	83.9%	662.2%
46	S. Boey Full-back	Bayern München	25	39.1	938.2%	6510.5%
47	F. Gruber Centre-back	FSV Mainz 05	23	39	32201.9%	6558.5%
48	Abdoul Karim Coulibaly Centre-back	Werder Bremen	19	39	22	80
49	A. Al Dakhil Centre-back	VfB Stuttgart	24	38.9	626.3%	634.5%
50	E. Bitshiabu Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	38.9	1162.5%	724.7%