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 30.8, 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	24	2.9	2419.9%	289.4%
2	Y. Koledin Full-back	Nizhny Novgorod	21	2.8	26437.5%	3118%
3	N. Kakkoev Full-back	Nizhny Novgorod	27	2.7	2417.1%	2519.4%
4	V. Litvinov Centre-back	FC Sochi	25	2.5	219.3%	273.4%
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%	296.5%
7	G. Shilnikov Centre-back	Nizhny Novgorod	23	2.1	7	3026.6%
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	A. Korotkov Centre-back	Ural	26	1.7	794.4%	2410.1%
11	I. Agapov Centre-back	FC UFA	25	1.7	171.4%	2410.4%
12	V. Pigas Full-back	Nizhny Novgorod	25	1.7	13	26
13	Makar Chirkov Centre-back	Ska-khabarovsk	21	1.7	190%	2610.8%
14	Ítalo Centre-back	Ural	24	1.6	099.1%	2218.3%
15	S. Karič Centre-back	Nizhny Novgorod	28	1.6	2910.4%	2510%
16	N. Gloydman Centre-back	FK Sokol Saratov	24	1.5	5	20
17	Y. Grebenkin Centre-back	Ska-khabarovsk	23	1.5	0	21
18	D. Prishchepa Centre-back	Ural	25	1.5	0100%	2123.4%
19	Gonçalo Almeida Centre-back	Ural	23	1.5	0100%	2160%
20	A. Ostrovskiy Centre-back	Enisey	20	1.4	6	23
21	V. Malkevich Full-back	Ural	26	1.4	336.2%	1915%
22	I. Kalinin Centre-back	FC Sochi	30	1.4	239.1%	235.9%
23	B. Rogochiy Centre-back	Chayka	23	1.4	0	20
24	N. Bogatyrev Centre-back	Enisey	22	1.4	0100%	226.5%
25	D. Ivannikov Centre-back	Chayka	21	1.3	0	21
26	R. Ogienko Centre-back	Enisey	20	1.3	0	22
27	A. Soldatenkov Centre-back	FC Sochi	29	1.3	2218.7%	2219.8%
28	A. Chistyakov Centre-back	Nizhny Novgorod	19	1.3	0	26
29	Marcelo Alves Centre-back	FC Sochi	28	1.2	17130.6%	223.7%
30	N. Stojić Centre-back	FC Sochi	28	0.8	10	19
31	N. Pokidyshev Centre-back	Rotor Volgograd	29	0.6	966.7%	1441%
32	V. Stezhko Centre-back	Ural	29	0.5	0100%	1540.1%
33	Artem Mamin Centre-back	Ural	29	0.5	195%	1333.5%
34	A. Mokhammad Centre-back	Spartak Kostroma	30	0.5	0100%	1337.9%
35	A. Makarchuk Full-back	FC Sochi	30	0.5	760.4%	1524.9%
36	K. Gotsuk Centre-back	Arsenal Tula	34	0.5	2570.3%	165.3%
37	D. Tikhiy Centre-back	Ural	33	0.4	13180%	1011%
38	K. Zaika Centre-back	FC Sochi	33	0.4	1149.3%	1027.3%
39	A. Kleshchenko Centre-back	Rotor Volgograd	30	0.4	769%	1140.8%
40	V. Lystsov Centre-back	Chelyabinsk	31	0.3	0100%	872.9%
41	O. Kozhemyakin Centre-back	FC Sochi	31	0.3	0100%	1055.6%
42	R. Magal Full-back	FC Sochi	34	0.3	1220.1%	827.3%
43	E. Danilkin Centre-back	Rotor Volgograd	31	0.3	576%	945.8%
44	S. Begić Centre-back	Ural	33	0.1	099.6%	662.8%