Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in Serie A 26/27

The most valuable defenders in Serie A in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Natan of Napoli is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 85.7, and F. Tomori has been the form player this season, grading 55.2, and S. Esposito leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Walukiewicz has improved his Season rating most, up +30.4 on last season, while E. Ebosse's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +28.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Buongiorno of Napoli is the most valuable name in this group at 56.8.

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	Player	Team
1	A. Buongiorno Centre-back	Napoli	27	56.8	4813.3%	6811.6%
2	Natan Centre-back	Napoli	25	53.1	351.4%	863.6%
3	I. Hien Centre-back	Atalanta	27	52.4	3821.5%	6220.7%
4	M. Vitík Centre-back	Bologna	23	49.1	24	72
5	G. Bracaglia Full-back	Frosinone	23	48	45±0%	68±0%
6	M. Mitaj Full-back	Genoa	23	47.8	3790.1%	604.1%
7	Riyad Idrissi Full-back	Cagliari	23	46.4	116.9%	6920.1%
8	S. Walukiewicz Centre-back	Sassuolo	26	45.9	35741.5%	7421.1%
9	O. Provstgaard Centre-back	Lazio	23	45.6	28±0%	74±0%
10	R. Floriani Mussolini Centre-back	Lazio	23	45.4	17±0%	680.6%
11	J. Gelli Centre-back	Frosinone	25	45.3	20±0%	55±0%
12	F. Parisi Full-back	Fiorentina	25	45	179.8%	688.7%
13	Yan Couto Full-back	Como	24	44.8	1629.6%	753%
14	Y. Bisseck Centre-back	Inter	25	44.7	42±0%	79±0%
15	Luca Marianucci Full-back	Napoli	22	44.6	1453.7%	753.6%
16	S. Pavlović Full-back	AC Milan	25	44.5	55±0%	84±0%
17	Danilo Veiga Full-back	Lecce	24	44.5	50±0%	801.7%
18	L. Pellegrini Full-back	Lazio	27	44.2	2771.5%	5818.3%
19	A. Oyono Full-back	Frosinone	25	44.1	47±0%	68±0%
20	Álex Valle Full-back	Como	22	43.8	51±0%	84±0%
21	K. De Winter Centre-back	AC Milan	24	43.7	33±0%	76±0%
22	A. Obert Centre-back	Cagliari	24	43.7	41±0%	801.7%
23	Kaiki Full-back	Como	23	43.5	3749.1%	801.7%
24	C. Drameh Centre-back	Genoa	24	43.2	18±0%	61±0%
25	Rafa Marín Centre-back	Napoli	24	43.2	241.6%	8911.4%
26	F. Leysen Full-back	Sassuolo	23	43.1	37±0%	541.6%
27	J. Doig Centre-back	Sassuolo	24	42.8	24±0%	74±0%
28	G. Calvani Centre-back	Frosinone	22	42.8	50±0%	70±0%
29	G. Cittadini Centre-back	Frosinone	24	42.7	34±0%	58±0%
30	J. Ziółkowski Centre-back	Monza	21	42.6	1725.8%	7389.8%
31	Nuno Tavares Full-back	Lazio	26	42.6	30±0%	65±0%
32	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	42.6	68±0%	87±0%
33	D. Rensch Full-back	AS Roma	23	42.2	29±0%	78±0%
34	D. Ghilardi Full-back	AS Roma	23	42.2	31±0%	73±0%
35	J. Siebert Centre-back	Lecce	24	42	24±0%	70±0%
36	I. Monterisi Centre-back	Frosinone	24	41.8	37±0%	66±0%
37	J. Cabal Centre-back	Juventus	25	41.7	552.8%	663.9%
38	G. Scalvini Centre-back	Atalanta	22	41.5	41±0%	80±0%
39	R. Drăgușin Full-back	Fiorentina	24	41.3	82.5%	704%
40	C. Favasuli Full-back	Napoli	22	41.2	44±0%	73±0%
41	M. Troilo Centre-back	Parma	23	41.1	318.5%	731.2%
42	João Pedro Centre-back	Torino	22	41	858.6%	7011.7%
43	K. Koulierakis Centre-back	AS Roma	22	40.8	201%	780.6%
44	A. Marcandalli Centre-back	Genoa	24	40.8	27±0%	78±0%
45	J. Rodríguez Centre-back	Cagliari	21	40.7	21±0%	73±0%
46	L. Lucchesi Centre-back	Monza	23	40.7	28±0%	62±0%
47	Tiago Gabriel Centre-back	Lecce	21	40.7	44±0%	83±0%
48	R. Belghali Full-back	Torino	24	40.6	1627.4%	70±0%
49	J. Abankwah Centre-back	Udinese	22	40.5	186.5%	695.6%
50	Pedro Felipe Full-back	Sassuolo	22	40.3	1±0%	714.6%