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

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

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At a glance

D. Tonoli of Modena is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Serie B, with a Field Insider Rating of 69.6, and A. Bozzolan leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: L. Ravanelli has improved his Season rating most, up +21.9 on last season, while S. Cella's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +6.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Faedo of Padova is the most valuable name in this group at 28.4.

Mantova · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

L. Ravanelli+21.9SsN

Sampdoria · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	C. Faedo Centre-back	Padova	27	28.4	37	51
2	N. Radaelli Full-back	Mantova	23	28	21173.3%	644.6%
3	A. Papetti Centre-back	Reggiana	24	25.1	38±0%	62±0%
4	A. Castellini Full-back	Mantova	23	24.9	40±0%	67±0%
5	A. Bozzolan Full-back	Palermo	22	23.8	23	59
6	D. Tonoli Full-back	Modena	24	23.8	56±0%	701.8%
7	B. Moruzzi Full-back	Avellino	22	23.6	19±0%	59±0%
8	A. Giorgini Centre-back	Sudtirol	24	23.3	37±0%	67±0%
9	S. Cella Full-back	Mantova	25	23.2	27±0%	64±0%
10	B. Nieling Centre-back	Modena	23	23.1	0100%	5116.4%
11	S. Zanon Full-back	Pisa	25	22.9	589.4%	682.6%
12	J. Oyono Full-back	Spezia	25	22.8	1018.1%	552.3%
13	S. Nador Centre-back	Modena	24	22.5	20±0%	56±0%
14	R. Stivanello Centre-back	Sudtirol	22	22.4	243883.3%	609.3%
15	T. Del Lungo Full-back	Virtus Entella	22	22.2	5±0%	56±0%
16	S. Bonetti Centre-back	Reggiana	22	22.2	18	59
17	O. Correia Full-back	Pisa	26	21.8	40±0%	61±0%
18	D. Veroli Centre-back	Sudtirol	23	21.6	7±0%	57±0%
19	M. Ilić Centre-back	Cesena	23	21.5	1114%	480.8%
20	A. Primasso Full-back	Pisa	21	21.5	9	60
21	B. Meijer Full-back	Sampdoria	23	21.3	11±0%	511.7%
22	A. Milani Centre-back	Avellino	21	21.3	4	56
23	R. Capellini Centre-back	Pescara	26	21.3	2318.9%	545.4%
24	S. Canestrelli Full-back	Pisa	26	21.2	24±0%	767.2%
25	Alessandro Dellavalle Centre-back	Padova	22	21.2	27±0%	59±0%
26	B. Tomašević Centre-back	Mantova	20	21.2	12	63
27	Z. Menyhárt Full-back	Virtus Entella	22	21.2	35±0%	66±0%
28	L. Moretti Centre-back	Virtus Entella	24	21.1	519%	508.4%
29	P. Enrici Centre-back	Avellino	25	21	25±0%	59±0%
30	T. Macchioni Centre-back	Carrarese	19	20.9	0±0%	66±0%
31	C. Pastina Centre-back	Padova	25	20.9	13±0%	54±0%
32	A. Edmundsson Centre-back	Hellas Verona	25	20.8	1714.6%	6485.1%
33	N. Pierozzi Centre-back	Palermo	25	20.8	48±0%	712.6%
34	T. Cassandro Full-back	Palermo	26	20.6	38±0%	61±0%
35	B. Verrengia Centre-back	Catanzaro	23	20.6	6±0%	592.1%
36	F. Coppola Centre-back	Pisa	21	20.6	6±0%	65±0%
37	R. Turicchia Centre-back	Virtus Entella	23	20.5	1500%	506.4%
38	Mateus Lusuardi Centre-back	Pisa	22	20.5	180.3%	6111.5%
39	F. Ruggeri Centre-back	Carrarese	21	20.5	23±0%	59±0%
40	R. Bozhinov Centre-back	Pisa	21	20.4	665.7%	542.5%
41	P. Peda Centre-back	Palermo	24	20.3	39±0%	62±0%
42	G. Stabile Centre-back	Sudtirol	21	20.3	4	53
43	F. Folino Centre-back	Modena	24	20.3	8±0%	65±0%
44	Y. Rocchetti Full-back	Cremonese	23	20.2	769.1%	5115.9%
45	Tomás Esteves Full-back	Pisa	24	20	938.2%	541.3%
46	D. Bradarić Full-back	Hellas Verona	26	19.8	17±0%	63±0%
47	D. Denoon Full-back	Pisa	22	19.8	1±0%	60±0%
48	F. Davi Full-back	Sudtirol	24	19.7	15±0%	54±0%
49	M. Cocchi Full-back	Padova	19	19.6	0±0%	69±0%
50	S. Kassama Centre-back	Bari	22	19.6	10	53