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

Álex Jiménez of Fiorentina is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 93.1, and G. Mancini has been the form player this season, grading 72.5, and Wesley leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Hermoso has improved his Season rating most, up +43.2 on last season, while O. Provstgaard's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +31.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Ndicka of AS Roma is the most valuable name in this group at 70.9.

O. Provstgaard+31.5RTG

Lazio · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Hermoso+43.2SsN

AS Roma · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	E. Ndicka Centre-back	AS Roma	27	70.9	60±0%	759.3%
2	Wesley Full-back	AS Roma	22	69.2	7166.5%	915.1%
3	L. Valenti Centre-back	Parma	27	63.1	45241.2%	627.8%
4	A. Buongiorno Centre-back	Napoli	27	56.8	4813.3%	6811.6%
5	T. Kristensen Centre-back	Atalanta	24	53.4	3338.5%	8512.6%
6	Natan Centre-back	Napoli	25	53.1	351.4%	863.6%
7	D. Ghilardi Centre-back	AS Roma	23	53	318.7%	735.1%
8	I. Hien Centre-back	Atalanta	27	52.4	3821.5%	6220.7%
9	F. Terracciano Centre-back	AC Milan	23	52.2	51532.5%	8014.7%
10	Álex Jiménez Full-back	Fiorentina	21	51.9	425.1%	934.3%
11	D. Rensch Full-back	AS Roma	23	51.8	297.3%	7816.5%
12	Nuno Tavares Full-back	Lazio	26	51.3	30±0%	65±0%
13	M. Moreno Centre-back	Venezia	22	49.6	2828.3%	7950.2%
14	A. Zanoli Full-back	Udinese	25	49.2	1629.9%	797.8%
15	M. Vitík Centre-back	Bologna	23	49.1	24	72
16	Juan Miranda Full-back	Bologna	26	49	40±0%	72±0%
17	O. Provstgaard Centre-back	Lazio	23	48.7	28±0%	74±0%
18	N. Bertola Centre-back	Udinese	23	48.5	3026.2%	7511%
19	K. Koulierakis Centre-back	AS Roma	22	48	201%	780.6%
20	M. Mitaj Full-back	Genoa	23	47.8	3790.1%	604.1%
21	R. Alhassane Centre-back	Bologna	24	46.8	2614%	719.6%
22	J. Idzes Centre-back	Sassuolo	26	46.6	3113.9%	744.6%
23	Carlos Augusto Centre-back	Inter	27	46.4	4023.6%	6320.8%
24	Riyad Idrissi Full-back	Cagliari	23	46.4	116.9%	6920.1%
25	D. Spence Full-back	Inter	26	45.9	2622.3%	708.1%
26	S. Walukiewicz Centre-back	Sassuolo	26	45.9	35741.5%	7421.1%
27	I. Van der Brempt Full-back	Como	24	45.7	2322.6%	713.2%
28	R. Belghali Full-back	Hellas Verona	24	45.3	1629.5%	7024.8%
29	S. Beukema Centre-back	Napoli	27	45.1	2863.4%	6226.9%
30	F. Parisi Full-back	Fiorentina	25	44.7	179.8%	688.7%
31	Luca Marianucci Full-back	Napoli	22	44.6	1453.7%	753.6%
32	J. Gelli Centre-back	Frosinone	25	44.4	20±0%	55±0%
33	L. Pellegrini Full-back	Lazio	27	44.2	2771.5%	5818.3%
34	R. Floriani Mussolini Full-back	Lazio	23	43.7	17±0%	680.6%
35	R. Drăgușin Centre-back	Fiorentina	24	43.7	82.5%	704%
36	A. Matturro Full-back	Genoa	21	43.6	146.3%	72±0%
37	C. Favasuli Full-back	Napoli	22	43.2	44109.1%	7316.7%
38	A. Salah-Eddine Full-back	AS Roma	24	43.1	1335.4%	701%
39	J. Ziółkowski Centre-back	AS Roma	21	43	1725.8%	7389.8%
40	T. Heggem Centre-back	Bologna	27	42.5	29±0%	63±0%
41	Owen Kouassi Full-back	Lecce	23	42.4	589.4%	628.8%
42	S. Britschgi Full-back	Parma	19	42.4	30	82
43	Danilo Veiga Centre-back	Lecce	23	42.4	50±0%	80±0%
44	E. Holm Full-back	Bologna	26	42	16±0%	599.1%
45	B. Balogh Centre-back	Parma	24	42	3023.8%	4539.2%
46	H. Ahanor Centre-back	Atalanta	18	41.9	27568.3%	7814.4%
47	J. Oyono Full-back	Frosinone	25	41.8	1018.1%	552.3%
48	Rafa Marín Centre-back	Napoli	24	41.7	241.6%	8911.4%
49	J. Cabal Centre-back	Juventus	25	41.7	552.8%	663.9%
50	J. Siebert Centre-back	Lecce	24	41.5	24±0%	70±0%