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

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

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At a glance

M. Zea of CSKA Moscow is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 38.7, and A. Filin has been the form player this season, grading 55, and Jubal leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: David Ricardo has improved his Season rating most, up +37.8 on last season, while I. Lepskiy's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, David Ricardo of Dynamo is the most valuable name in this group at 6.3.

Krylia Sovetov · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	David Ricardo Centre-back	Dynamo	23	6.3	4229.4%	3548.3%
2	C. Wooh Centre-back	Spartak Moscow	25	5.7	3260.5%	314%
3	E. Anderson Centre-back	Baltika	25	5.5	24258.2%	3014.8%
4	I. Shumakhov Centre-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	27	5.2	3826%	2812.9%
5	S. Varatynov Full-back	Baltika	23	5.2	2158.8%	3310.9%
6	I. Vakhania Full-back	FC Krasnodar	25	5	296.5%	332.4%
7	Gedson Fernandes Full-back	Spartak Moscow	27	4.9	2825.6%	278.5%
8	E. Morozov Full-back	Lokomotiv	25	4.9	2759.4%	2912.7%
9	N. Gassama Full-back	Baltika	25	4.9	2831.9%	331.8%
10	J. Cáceres Full-back	Dynamo	26	4.6	262.3%	297.5%
11	V. Melekhin Full-back	FC Rostov	22	4.6	2717.7%	336%
12	R. Litvinov Centre-back	Spartak Moscow	25	4.5	1633.3%	2916.1%
13	I. Lepskiy Centre-back	Krylia Sovetov	21	4.3	27169.7%	3545.4%
14	K. Cake Centre-back	Akhmat	27	4.2	23121%	2611.2%
15	E. Tsenov Centre-back	FC Orenburg	24	4.2	22166.3%	3215.1%
16	Fernando Costanza Full-back	Krylia Sovetov	27	4.2	2433%	259.4%
17	R. Vega Full-back	Zenit	22	4.1	2433.5%	3331.4%
18	J. Palacios Centre-back	FC Orenburg	27	4	2265.9%	2720.7%
19	Robert Renan Centre-back	Zenit	23	4	1713.7%	3740.1%
20	A. Siljanov Full-back	Lokomotiv	25	4	1934.5%	319.9%
21	Gustavo Mantuan Centre-back	Zenit	25	3.9	2251.4%	327.8%
22	V. Bardybakhin Full-back	Akron	24	3.8	21674.1%	3142.7%
23	N. Alip Centre-back	Zenit	26	3.8	2018.7%	272.2%
24	Lucas Fasson Centre-back	Lokomotiv	25	3.8	2110.5%	2814%
25	I. Diveev Centre-back	Zenit	27	3.6	2047.2%	2613.5%
26	A. Alarcón Centre-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	25	3.4	1228.6%	3021.8%
27	T. Sundukov Centre-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	25	3.4	1165.5%	313.7%
28	M. Bokoev Centre-back	Akron	25	3.4	1924.3%	2812.5%
29	D. Denisov Full-back	Spartak Moscow	24	3.4	1448%	3110.3%
30	Y. Rocha Full-back	Akron	23	3.3	825%	306%
31	A. Cantero Centre-back	FC Orenburg	23	3.2	8	30
32	R. Fernández Centre-back	Dynamo	26	3.2	1698.8%	3016.3%
33	M. Azzi Full-back	CSKA Moscow	24	3.2	1458%	306.3%
34	M. Nenakhov Full-back	Lokomotiv	27	3.2	1111.6%	2311.8%
35	T. Ibishev Centre-back	Akhmat	24	3.2	1111.7%	301%
36	L. Mouyokolo Centre-back	Baltika	25	3.1	1558.5%	2952.7%
37	Víctor Parada Centre-back	Spartak Moscow	24	3.1	1028.3%	2864.1%
38	I. Kirsch Centre-back	Baltika	22	3.1	18947.1%	3110.5%
39	E. Teslenko Centre-back	Rubin	25	3.1	1178.8%	2912.5%
40	J. Urozov Centre-back	Rubin	22	3.1	8	31
41	L. Zaydenzal Full-back	Dynamo	22	3.1	1086.3%	304.9%
42	M. Zea Centre-back	CSKA Moscow	18	3.1	23	3921.7%
43	D. Oroz Centre-back	Krylia Sovetov	25	3	1047.7%	285.7%
44	A. Adamov Full-back	Akhmat	27	3	175400%	3025%
45	A. Sandrachuk Full-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	24	3	241.7%	2812.2%
46	D. Khotulev Centre-back	FC Orenburg	24	3	755.5%	2811.4%
47	N. Marichal Centre-back	Dynamo	25	3	872.2%	2816.7%
48	M. Shnaptsev Full-back	Baltika	22	3	1327.2%	298.9%
49	Dzhamalutdin Abdulkadyrov Centre-back	CSKA Moscow	21	3	9780%	3113.9%
50	S. Volkov Full-back	Zenit	24	2.9	0100%	2711.9%