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

E. Kozik of Shakhtar Donetsk is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 38.5, and S. Repaj has been the form player this season, grading 27.8, and V. Kulbachuk leads the scoring with 1 goal.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: O. Syrota has improved his Season rating most, up +9.6 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Kozik of Shakhtar Donetsk is the most valuable name in this group at 7.3.

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	Player	Team
1	E. Kozik Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	23	7.3	24±0%	392.1%
2	S. Repaj Centre-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	26	7.3	28	34
3	O. Syrota Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	26	7.2	14228.6%	378.2%
4	O. Klymets Centre-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	26	6.8	16±0%	31±0%
5	K. Vivcharenko Full-back	Dynamo Kyiv	24	6.2	820.6%	373.3%
6	Pedrinho Centre-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	24	5.9	19±0%	38±0%
7	V. Roman Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	23	5.8	7±0%	375.4%
8	Vinícius Tobias Centre-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	22	5.8	7±0%	37±0%
9	A. Matturro Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	22	5.6	141.5%	722%
10	D. Kapinus Centre-back	Obolon'-Brovar	23	5.6	0±0%	320.6%
11	I. Krupskyi Full-back	FC Kharkiv	22	5.5	31±0%	411.8%
12	R. Didyk Centre-back	LNZ Cherkasy	23	5.5	33±0%	38±0%
13	O. Drambaev Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	25	5.5	41±0%	38±0%
14	G. Maisuradze Centre-back	Polessya	24	5.5	8±0%	35±0%
15	V. Vilivald Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	22	5.4	20±0%	391.8%
16	Z. Rukhadze Centre-back	Kolos Kovalivka	23	5.3	4±0%	33±0%
17	D. Kuzyk Centre-back	LNZ Cherkasy	24	5.3	24±0%	431.6%
18	D. Khrypchuk Full-back	Kolos Kovalivka	22	5.3	0±0%	33±0%
19	M. Smiyan Centre-back	Veres Rivne	24	5.3	11±0%	34±0%
20	Jean Pedroso Centre-back	Karpaty	22	5.3	21±0%	37±0%
21	A. Smolyakov Centre-back	FC Kharkiv	23	5.2	751.4%	3811.6%
22	A. Ghram Centre-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	25	5.2	7±0%	35±0%
23	K. Cipot Centre-back	Veres Rivne	25	5.2	15±0%	33±0%
24	B. Slyubyk Centre-back	LNZ Cherkasy	22	5.2	193%	195.8%
25	V. Zakharchenko Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	20	5.2	4	36
26	V. Salyuk Centre-back	FC Kharkiv	24	5.1	22±0%	37±0%
27	Y. Pavlyuk Centre-back	FC Kharkiv	24	5.1	32±0%	39±0%
28	João Vialle Centre-back	Polessya	24	5.1	099.4%	3319.4%
29	I. Azarovi Centre-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	24	5.1	12±0%	37±0%
30	B. Krushynskyi Full-back	Polessya	24	5.1	5±0%	36±0%
31	A. Lomnytskyi Full-back	Obolon'-Brovar	21	5.1	6±0%	340.9%
32	Y. Potimkov Centre-back	Kudrivka	23	5.1	2	31
33	V. Kulbachuk Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	22	5	4	33
34	C. Rojas Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	22	5	4	34
35	O. Martynyuk Centre-back	FC Kharkiv	24	5	16±0%	35±0%
36	Oleksii Tovarnytskyi Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	22	5	4950%	33±0%
37	H. Savchuk Centre-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	23	5	0100%	318%
38	R. Lyakh Centre-back	Karpaty	26	5	13±0%	358.8%
39	A. Dajko Centre-back	LNZ Cherkasy	23	5	4±0%	34±0%
40	G. Eskinja Centre-back	Zorya Luhansk	23	5	8±0%	362%
41	A. JanjiÄCentre-back	Zorya Luhansk	24	5	13±0%	35±0%
42	M. Protasevych Centre-back	Veres Rivne	21	5	3±0%	35±0%
43	D. Checher Centre-back	Veres Rivne	21	5	1±0%	32±0%
44	S. Grygorashchuk Centre-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	25	5	11±0%	32±0%
45	J. Jones Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	20	5	11	37
46	V. Kholod Centre-back	Karpaty	22	4.9	13±0%	361.7%
47	Ítalo Centre-back	Zorya Luhansk	24	4.9	5±0%	41±0%
48	V. Bondar Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	27	4.9	25±0%	30±0%
49	K. Koberniuk Centre-back	Polessya	21	4.9	0	34
50	V. Moroz Centre-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	25	4.8	14±0%	343%