Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in First League 26/27

The most valuable defenders in First League in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Y. Koledin of Nizhny Novgorod is the standout for raw talent across defenders in First League, with a Field Insider Rating of 29, and S. Karič has been the form player this season, grading 28.6, and Marcelo Alves leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Y. Koledin has improved his Season rating most, up +21 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Fariña of Nizhny Novgorod is the most valuable name in this group at 2.9.

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	Player	Team
1	E. Fariña Centre-back	Nizhny Novgorod	25	2.9	2419.9%	2614.6%
2	Y. Koledin Full-back	Nizhny Novgorod	21	2.8	26437.5%	2911.1%
3	N. Kakkoev Full-back	Nizhny Novgorod	27	2.7	2417.1%	2327.1%
4	V. Litvinov Centre-back	FC Sochi	25	2.5	219.3%	27±0%
5	R. Evgenjev Centre-back	Nizhny Novgorod	27	2.3	1969.3%	2515.7%
6	V. Aleksandrov Centre-back	Nizhny Novgorod	24	2.2	196.6%	2810.1%
7	G. Shilnikov Centre-back	Nizhny Novgorod	23	2.1	7	2924.1%
8	Y. Krashevskiy Centre-back	Arsenal Tula	22	1.8	31150%	270.7%
9	A. Tarasov Full-back	Spartak Kostroma	20	1.7	1	28
10	Makar Chirkov Centre-back	Ska-khabarovsk	21	1.7	190%	2611.2%
11	A. Korotkov Centre-back	Ural	26	1.7	794.4%	2410.1%
12	V. Pigas Full-back	Nizhny Novgorod	25	1.7	13	24
13	I. Agapov Centre-back	FC UFA	25	1.7	171.4%	2410.4%
14	Ítalo Centre-back	Ural	24	1.6	099.1%	2217.5%
15	S. Karič Centre-back	Nizhny Novgorod	28	1.6	2910.4%	2219.7%
16	N. Gloydman Centre-back	FK Sokol Saratov	24	1.5	5	21
17	Y. Grebenkin Centre-back	Ska-khabarovsk	23	1.5	0	20
18	Gonçalo Almeida Centre-back	Ural	23	1.5	0100%	2259.5%
19	D. Prishchepa Centre-back	Ural	25	1.5	0100%	2122.3%
20	M. Khramtsov Centre-back	Rotor Volgograd	24	1.5	0100%	2028.3%
21	A. Ostrovskiy Centre-back	Enisey	20	1.4	6	23
22	V. Malkevich Full-back	Ural	26	1.4	336.2%	1914.6%
23	I. Kalinin Centre-back	FC Sochi	30	1.4	239.1%	235.9%
24	B. Rogochiy Centre-back	Chayka	23	1.4	0	20
25	N. Bogatyrev Centre-back	Enisey	22	1.4	0100%	218.7%
26	D. Ivannikov Centre-back	Chayka	21	1.3	0	21
27	R. Ogienko Centre-back	Enisey	20	1.3	0	22
28	A. Soldatenkov Centre-back	FC Sochi	29	1.3	2218.7%	1928%
29	A. Chistyakov Centre-back	Nizhny Novgorod	19	1.3	0	23
30	Marcelo Alves Centre-back	FC Sochi	28	1.2	17130.6%	223.3%
31	N. Stojić Centre-back	FC Sochi	28	0.8	10	19
32	N. Pokidyshev Centre-back	Rotor Volgograd	29	0.6	966.7%	1341.9%
33	V. Stezhko Centre-back	Ural	29	0.5	0100%	1250.2%
34	Artem Mamin Centre-back	Ural	29	0.5	195%	1333%
35	A. Makarchuk Full-back	FC Sochi	30	0.5	760.4%	1524.9%
36	A. Mokhammad Centre-back	Spartak Kostroma	30	0.5	0100%	1337.9%
37	K. Gotsuk Centre-back	Arsenal Tula	34	0.5	2570.3%	145.3%
38	K. Savichev Centre-back	Ska-khabarovsk	32	0.4	972.9%	1239.2%
39	D. Tikhiy Centre-back	Ural	33	0.4	13180%	1011%
40	A. Kleshchenko Centre-back	Rotor Volgograd	30	0.4	769%	1141.9%
41	V. Lystsov Centre-back	Chelyabinsk	31	0.3	0100%	872.9%
42	K. Zaika Centre-back	FC Sochi	34	0.3	1149.3%	1031.5%
43	O. Kozhemyakin Centre-back	FC Sochi	31	0.3	0100%	861.2%
44	R. Magal Full-back	FC Sochi	35	0.3	1220.1%	1013.6%
45	E. Danilkin Centre-back	Rotor Volgograd	31	0.3	576%	946.4%
46	S. Begić Centre-back	Ural	33	0.1	099.6%	662.2%