Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in Premiership 26/27

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

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At a glance

M. Frame of Aberdeen is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 53.8, and C. Halkett has been the form player this season, grading 57.3.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: P. McGinn has improved his Season rating most, up +51.2 on last season, while O. Bevan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Fernandez of Rangers is the most valuable name in this group at 17.3.

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	Player	Team
1	E. Fernandez Full-back	Rangers	24	17.3	4852.7%	501.6%
2	D. Sterling Centre-back	Rangers	27	15	40223.8%	426.4%
3	K. Adams Full-back	Falkirk	24	14.9	40	48
4	J. Penrice Full-back	Rangers	27	14.8	397.4%	3924.4%
5	B. Esselink Centre-back	Dundee Utd	27	14.8	43167.3%	3910.9%
6	M. Forbes Centre-back	Dundee Utd	22	14.6	41275%	5017.5%
7	Colby Donovan Centre-back	Celtic	20	14.1	45432.9%	508.3%
8	W. Ferry Full-back	Dundee Utd	25	13.5	3622.1%	468.4%
9	N. Guinness-Walker Full-back	Aberdeen	26	13.3	3531.5%	403.1%
10	R. Astley Full-back	Dundee	25	13.2	3416.7%	494.7%
11	J. Rawlins Centre-back	Dundee Utd	22	12.8	3588.7%	48131.7%
12	R. Bushiri Centre-back	Hibernian	26	12.4	3364.5%	458.9%
13	G. Stanger Centre-back	Kilmarnock	26	12	33145.9%	419.3%
14	O. Bevan Centre-back	Dundee	23	11.9	28163%	5225.8%
15	C. Ramsay Full-back	ST Mirren	23	11.7	311029.6%	4410.7%
16	Henry Fieldson Full-back	ST Mirren	21	11.3	46	50
17	A. Ralston Centre-back	Celtic	27	11.2	3056%	3913.4%
18	R. Graham Centre-back	Dundee Utd	25	10.9	2686.5%	497.5%
19	T. Sparrow Full-back	Motherwell	23	10.9	1713.9%	461.7%
20	C. McCarthy Centre-back	Kilmarnock	20	10.5	33645.5%	4525.5%
21	B. Fink Full-back	Dundee	23	10.4	1171.4%	4510%
22	M. Schjønning-Larsen Full-back	Kilmarnock	25	10.3	20101%	4410.2%
23	M. Frame Full-back	Aberdeen	20	10.3	31	54
24	I. Samuels Full-back	Dundee	23	10.3	1233.7%	45±0%
25	I. Odutayo Centre-back	Dundee	24	10.1	1269.1%	4518.3%
26	R. King Centre-back	ST Mirren	24	10.1	24	46
27	J. Altena Full-back	Heart Of Midlothian	22	10.1	2524.9%	4811.2%
28	O. McEntee Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	25	10.1	1454.3%	455.4%
29	M. Moormann Centre-back	Motherwell	25	10	246.6%	4312.3%
30	L. Neilson Centre-back	Falkirk	23	10	1340%	43±0%
31	G. Molloy Full-back	Aberdeen	25	9.9	1319.2%	445.3%
32	E. Ring Full-back	Kilmarnock	24	9.7	121009.1%	425.1%
33	A. Forrester Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	21	9.7	12	49
34	D. Murray Centre-back	Celtic	23	9.6	916.9%	422.7%
35	K. Ciubotaru Full-back	Dundee Utd	22	9.6	1918.4%	4425.5%
36	T. Rommens Full-back	Rangers	23	9.5	1241.7%	4316%
37	M. Fagan-Walcott Full-back	Heart Of Midlothian	24	9.4	11300%	4217.7%
38	A. Montgomery Full-back	Livingston	24	9.2	131150%	419.9%
39	J. Milne Centre-back	Aberdeen	23	9.2	099.4%	3920.5%
40	J. Girdwood-Reich Centre-back	Motherwell	22	9.1	1361.1%	43101.4%
41	L. Mayo Centre-back	Aberdeen	26	9.1	1432.5%	406.1%
42	Dylan Williams Full-back	Motherwell	23	9	277.5%	410.7%
43	L. McCann Full-back	Falkirk	26	9	1249.6%	399.5%
44	Brooklyn Kabongolo Centre-back	Livingston	24	8.9	7	41
45	D. Meļņiks Centre-back	Falkirk	24	8.7	7	38
46	O. Makhanya Centre-back	Rangers	22	8.6	1858.8%	425.8%
47	L. Robinson Centre-back	Dunfermline	24	8.5	852.3%	389.5%
48	Jamie Knight-Lebel Centre-back	Motherwell	21	8.3	1245%	4224.8%
49	J. Yfeko Centre-back	Kilmarnock	23	8.3	614.3%	373.7%
50	K. Nedeljković Centre-back	Rangers	20	8.3	11214.3%	4436.9%