Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in Premier League

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

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At a glance

S. Varatynov of Baltika is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 36.6, and K. Andrade has been the form player this season, grading 68.6, and N. Marichal leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Gustavo Mantuan has improved his Season rating most, up +28.6 on last season, while S. Varatynov's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +8.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Varatynov of Baltika is the most valuable name in this group at 6.6.

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	Player	Team
1	S. Varatynov Centre-back	Baltika	23	6.6	5168%	3729.3%
2	Gustavo Mantuan Full-back	Zenit	25	6.5	51126.5%	360.6%
3	E. Teslenko Centre-back	Rubin	25	6.2	5276.4%	344.7%
4	R. Litvinov Defensive midfielder	Spartak Moscow	24	6.2	35189.9%	3610.4%
5	I. Diveev Centre-back	CSKA Moscow	26	6	3821.3%	3310.2%
6	M. Azzi Full-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	24	6	34113.4%	337.1%
7	N. Gassama Full-back	Baltika	25	6	437.8%	3318%
8	I. Rozhkov Full-back	Rubin	21	5.8	4965.9%	36±0%
9	T. Sundukov Full-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	24	5.7	3225.1%	356.4%
10	I. Vakhania Full-back	FC Rostov	25	5.6	3129.2%	340.6%
11	V. Melekhin Full-back	FC Rostov	22	5.6	33193.8%	3617%
12	Diego Costa Centre-back	FC Krasnodar	27	5.5	5110.3%	3113.4%
13	V. Drkušić Full-back	Zenit	26	5.4	37183.1%	303.8%
14	K. Andrade Centre-back	Baltika	27	5.4	6952.1%	306.4%
15	A. Siljanov Full-back	Lokomotiv	25	5.3	303.3%	350.9%
16	N. Marichal Centre-back	Dynamo	25	5	281.8%	342.7%
17	J. Cáceres Full-back	Dynamo	26	5	2842.4%	3237.2%
18	I. Shumakhov Centre-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	27	4.9	338.7%	2716%
19	D. Denisov Full-back	Spartak Moscow	23	4.8	2743.7%	35±0%
20	M. Bokoev Centre-back	Akron	25	4.5	2549.1%	3310.5%
21	Lucas Fasson Full-back	Lokomotiv	25	4.3	2488.1%	3310.1%
22	O. Ndong Centre-back	Akhmat	26	4.2	23406.5%	2935%
23	R. Fernández Full-back	Akron	27	4.2	2313.5%	2812.4%
24	Rubens Defensive midfielder	Dynamo	25	4.1	234.7%	3148.6%
25	A. Arroyo Central midfielder	Rubin	26	4.1	2340.7%	2954.5%
26	I. Belikov Central midfielder	Baltika	22	4	23	33
27	D. Oroz Full-back	Krylia Sovetov	25	3.9	2272.2%	312.5%
28	C. Wooh Centre-back	Spartak Moscow	24	3.9	2225.9%	3452.5%
29	K. Cake Centre-back	Akhmat	27	3.8	21	27
30	M. Lukin Centre-back	CSKA Moscow	22	3.8	2380%	342.1%
31	D. Khotulev Centre-back	FC Orenburg	23	3.6	17115.2%	3313.7%
32	E. Morozov Centre-back	Lokomotiv	25	3.5	18134.7%	336.9%
33	S. Volkov Full-back	FC Sochi	23	3.3	14266.7%	314.4%
34	Y. Rocha Full-back	Akron	23	3.3	18	31
35	D. Vedernikov Full-back	FC Orenburg	25	3.3	17405.9%	3116.6%
36	R. Bezrukov Winger	Rubin	24	3.3	1220.4%	319.7%
37	T. Ibishev Defensive midfielder	Akhmat	24	3.3	1051.5%	301%
38	M. Shnaptsev Full-back	Nizhny Novgorod	22	3.3	19377.5%	328.6%
39	A. Cantero Full-back	FC Orenburg	23	3.2	8	30
40	David Ricardo Centre-back	Dynamo	23	3.2	13193.3%	3048.6%
41	J. Đapo Full-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	23	3.2	1018.4%	293.3%
42	E. Fariña Centre-back	Nizhny Novgorod	24	3.2	1840.4%	296.5%
43	V. Paltsev Full-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	25	3.2	1753.1%	2915.4%
44	A. Kasimov Full-back	FC Orenburg	23	3.2	139.1%	304.5%
45	R. Vega Centre-back	Zenit	22	3.1	1474.4%	3046%
46	Y. Koledin Full-back	Nizhny Novgorod	21	3.1	19295.8%	3118%
47	N. Lobov Full-back	Rubin	21	3.1	19	32
48	K. Nizhegorodov Central midfielder	Rubin	24	3.1	14191.8%	291.8%
49	D. Semenchuk Full-back	FC Rostov	21	3.1	1515.6%	3223.4%
50	V. Aleksandrov Centre-back	Nizhny Novgorod	24	3.1	1237.9%	296.5%