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

A. Matturro of Shakhtar Donetsk is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 72, and H. Pasich has been the form player this season, grading 47.4, and E. Sarapiy leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Muravskyi has improved his Season rating most, up +29.7 on last season, while V. Salyuk's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +6.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Matturro of Shakhtar Donetsk is the most valuable name in this group at 11.2.

FC Kharkiv · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

N. Muravskyi+29.7SsN

LNZ Cherkasy · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	A. Matturro Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	21	11.2	146.3%	72±0%
2	O. Drambaev Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	25	10.2	4161.9%	387.1%
3	R. Didyk Centre-back	LNZ Cherkasy	23	9.8	336.8%	389.2%
4	E. Sarapiy Centre-back	Polessya	27	9.1	44182.1%	3411.7%
5	N. Muravskyi Centre-back	LNZ Cherkasy	26	9.1	46181.1%	365.8%
6	V. Baboglo Full-back	Karpaty	27	8.4	2828.9%	3124.6%
7	Y. Pavlyuk Centre-back	FC Kharkiv	24	8.3	3298.7%	397.2%
8	I. Krasniqi Centre-back	Polessya	26	7.9	2610.6%	3410.8%
9	Jean Pedroso Full-back	Karpaty	22	7.6	2121.7%	3710.8%
10	E. Kozik Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	23	7.3	2419%	391.8%
11	I. Krupskyi Full-back	FC Kharkiv	21	7.3	3181.1%	413.1%
12	V. Bondar Centre-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	27	7.3	2528.4%	3028%
13	O. Syrota Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	26	7.2	14228.6%	378.2%
14	O. Sych Full-back	Dynamo Kyiv	25	6.7	1543%	368.6%
15	Ítalo Full-back	Zorya Luhansk	24	6.6	553.2%	419.3%
16	Pedrinho Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	24	6.5	1921.7%	386.8%
17	I. Azarovi Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	24	6.1	1214.2%	371.9%
18	K. Vivcharenko Full-back	Dynamo Kyiv	24	6.1	820.6%	373.3%
19	V. Moroz Centre-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	24	6	1461.4%	342.5%
20	G. Maisuradze Full-back	Polessya	24	5.9	811.6%	356.1%
21	A. Smolyakov Full-back	FC Kharkiv	23	5.9	751.4%	3811.6%
22	V. Roman Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	23	5.9	774.8%	3711.9%
23	V. Salyuk Full-back	FC Kharkiv	24	5.8	2253.1%	3721.8%
24	A. JanjiÄCentre-back	Zorya Luhansk	24	5.8	13	35
25	A. Ghram Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	25	5.7	72.8%	351.1%
26	T. Mykhavko Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	21	5.7	683.2%	4011.4%
27	Vinícius Tobias Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	22	5.7	761.6%	3712.7%
28	Jan Jurčec Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	25	5.7	18±0%	37±0%
29	M. Smiyan Full-back	Veres Rivne	24	5.6	11356%	34±0%
30	A. Thiare Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	22	5.6	489.6%	3716.5%
31	Jordan Full-back	Zorya Luhansk	27	5.6	2028.3%	3027.9%
32	S. Grygorashchuk Centre-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	25	5.5	1171%	327.2%
33	R. Lyakh Full-back	Karpaty	25	5.5	130.7%	352.8%
34	M. Farina Centre-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	23	5.5	5	352.6%
35	V. Vilivald Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	21	5.5	20104.1%	395.4%
36	A. Bekavac Full-back	Kryvbas KR	24	5.5	3	35
37	K. Stamoulis Full-back	Veres Rivne	25	5.4	15	34±0%
38	O. Klymets Full-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	26	5.4	1655.5%	319%
39	V. Kholod Centre-back	Karpaty	22	5.4	1360.2%	3616%
40	O. Martynyuk Centre-back	FC Kharkiv	24	5.4	1665.3%	3520.9%
41	K. Cipot Centre-back	Veres Rivne	25	5.3	15	33
42	Artem Machelyuk Full-back	Zorya Luhansk	26	5.3	1051%	3313.7%
43	J. Jones Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	20	5.3	11	37
44	C. Rojas Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	22	5.2	4	34
45	K. Bilovar Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	25	5.2	474.4%	3214.8%
46	Mykola Oharkov Full-back	Kudrivka	21	5.2	2	37
47	V. Dubko Centre-back	FC Kharkiv	25	5.2	1641.8%	3316.4%
48	S. Korniychuk Centre-back	Veres Rivne	22	5.2	5121.7%	336.5%
49	A. Dajko Centre-back	LNZ Cherkasy	23	5.2	479.3%	3414.5%
50	H. Savchuk Centre-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	23	5.1	0100%	318%