Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in Super League 25/26

The most valuable defenders in Super League in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Adjetey of FC Basel 1893 is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Super League, with a Field Insider Rating of 60, and K. Hajrizi has been the form player this season, grading 67.1, and Genís Montolio leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Papadopoulos has improved his Season rating most, up +33.3 on last season, while T. Strannegård's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +11.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. Hefti of FC Sion is the most valuable name in this group at 14.6.

T. Strannegård+11.3RTG

FC Thun · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

A. Papadopoulos+33.3SsN

FC Lugano · 23/24→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	N. Hefti Full-back	FC Sion	26	14.6	51	45
2	J. Kronig Centre-back	FC Sion	26	13.9	45	43
3	M. Zanotti Defensive midfielder	FC Lugano	23	13.4	41	48
4	L. Mai Centre-back	FC Lugano	26	13.4	41157.1%	4129.5%
5	A. Papadopoulos Full-back	FC Lugano	27	13	41456.2%	448.1%
6	T. Fredricson Centre-back	Lausanne	21	12.6	0100%	723.1%
7	K. Hajrizi Centre-back	FC Sion	27	12.5	675491.7%	3937.5%
8	J. Stanić Centre-back	FC ST. Gallen	27	12.2	38173.2%	397.2%
9	I. Schmidt Full-back	BSC Young Boys	26	11	6281.3%	573.5%
10	L. Villa Centre-back	FC Sion	23	11	17	57
11	M. Burch Centre-back	Servette FC	25	10.5	16315.4%	388.6%
12	B. Freimann Centre-back	FC Luzern	20	10.2	37	47
13	L. Blum Centre-back	BSC Young Boys	25	10.1	21	40
14	T. Gaal Full-back	FC ST. Gallen	25	8.7	266.3%	4523.4%
15	T. Strannegård Full-back	FC Thun	24	8.7	1419.1%	4536.6%
16	B. Soppy Full-back	Lausanne	24	8.5	26390.6%	4417.9%
17	K. Sow Centre-back	Lausanne	23	8.4	23	43
18	Martim Marques Full-back	FC Lugano	22	8.4	22	45
19	F. Daniliuc Centre-back	FC Basel 1893	25	8.3	25138.1%	4336.7%
20	N. Vouilloz Centre-back	FC Basel 1893	25	8.3	25	43
21	F. Fehr Full-back	FC Thun	26	8.1	18	42
22	R. Fernandes Full-back	FC Luzern	23	8.1	16	42
23	L. Dähler Full-back	FC Thun	25	8	9	41
24	J. Adjetey Centre-back	FC Basel 1893	22	7.6	196.2%	6044.9%
25	D. Kelvin Centre-back	FC Lugano	24	7.6	10	39
26	S. Ottiger Full-back	FC Winterthur	23	7.5	15	39
27	L. Kamberi Centre-back	FC Zurich	26	7.4	17	38
28	I. Sauter Full-back	FC Zurich	25	7.4	11	38
29	L. Comenencia Defensive midfielder	FC Zurich	22	7.3	157300%	3911.1%
30	M. Cissé Full-back	FC Basel 1893	23	7.3	55300%	381.3%
31	J. Bichsel Centre-back	FC Lugano	24	7.2	756%	3713.2%
32	R. Andrews Full-back	BSC Young Boys	22	7.2	861%	4042.5%
33	Rhodri Smith Central midfielder	BSC Young Boys	20	7.2	12	38
34	T. Bergvall Full-back	Lausanne	21	7	714.5%	3816.7%
35	T. Allix Full-back	Servette FC	22	6.9	5	37
36	C. May Full-back	FC ST. Gallen	19	6.9	11	44
37	João Victor Schlickmann Carbone Centre-back	FC Lugano	21	6.8	4	39
38	G. Mulazzi Centre-back	FC Sion	23	6.8	0	35
39	L. Lüthi Full-back	FC Luzern	22	6.7	6	37
40	A. Balaruban Full-back	FC Thun	25	6.7	0	35
41	Hamza Abdallah Full-back	Lausanne	23	6.7	2	34
42	J. Bamert Centre-back	FC Thun	28	6.7	35	34
43	S. Hodža Full-back	FC Zurich	23	6.7	5	35
44	A. Diaby Full-back	Grasshoppers	26	6.5	11	33
45	M. Dubosson Centre-back	FC Sion	21	6.5	1	37
46	L. Sahitaj Full-back	FC Winterthur	22	6.5	6	35
47	E. Senaya Full-back	FC Basel 1893	19	6.4	0	41
48	L. Mikulic Full-back	Grasshoppers	20	6.4	14	39
49	D. Asiedu Centre-back	FC Basel 1893	21	6.4	0	37
50	B. Kabeya Centre-back	BSC Young Boys	25	6.4	0	33