Defenders with the Most Assists in Championship 26/27

The most creative defenders in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

Most creative midfielders in Championship Most creative attackers in Championship Best defenders in Championship Most in-form defenders in Championship Top-scoring defenders in Championship Most valuable defenders in Championship

At a glance

Hugo Bueno of Wolves is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 79.2, and L. Miller has been the form player this season, grading 47.7, and K. Mavropanos leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: C. Burgess has improved his Season rating most, up +30.5 on last season, while R. Alebiosu's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +25.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Miller of Blackburn is the most valuable name in this group at 36.6.

Blackburn · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

C. Burgess+30.5SsN

Swansea · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Rio Cardines Full-back	Bristol City	20	6	92025%	69±0%
2	M. Clarke Full-back	Derby	30	4	4753.6%	513.6%
3	J. Ngakia Full-back	Watford	26	4	4444%	642.9%
4	A. Ahmed Full-back	Norwich	26	3	2238.7%	6460.9%
5	Daniel Edward Peter Imray Full-back	Wrexham	23	3	568.3%	4819.1%
6	D. Murkin Full-back	Derby	27	3	24±0%	5019%
7	A. Cresswell Full-back	Stoke City	36	3	34290.7%	1912.8%
8	Xu Bin Defensive midfielder	Wolves	22	3	35	33
9	Lucas Pires Full-back	Burnley	25	3	655.4%	70±0%
10	Igor Full-back	Burnley	28	2	4950%	43±0%
11	L. Miller Full-back	Blackburn	26	2	4897.1%	5924.4%
12	K. Walker-Peters Full-back	West Ham	29	2	1419.4%	47±0%
13	C. Brittain Full-back	Middlesbrough	28	2	1755.3%	57±0%
14	H. Pickering Full-back	Blackburn	27	2	985.7%	43±0%
15	L. Ayling Full-back	Middlesbrough	35	2	979.1%	27±0%
16	J. Tymon Full-back	Swansea	27	2	317.5%	630.6%
17	S. McCallum Full-back	Sheffield Utd	26	2	1711.9%	579%
18	A. Cochrane Full-back	Birmingham	26	2	1951.2%	57±0%
19	E. Bocat Full-back	Stoke City	27	2	1633.8%	49±0%
20	J. Bree Full-back	Southampton	28	1	1357.5%	54±0%
21	J. Veltman Full-back	West Ham	34	1	1049.2%	2324.1%
22	C. Elder Full-back	Lincoln	31	1	672.8%	3813.1%
23	J. Worrall Full-back	Wrexham	29	1	187.8%	40±0%
24	B. Kemper Full-back	QPR	27	1	292.9%	58±0%
25	Max Alleyne Full-back	Burnley	21	1	813.7%	7726.2%
26	S. Sambo Centre-back	Burnley	25	1	4210375%	617.6%
27	C. Taylor Full-back	Millwall	23	1	3219.1%	69±0%
28	Morato Full-back	West Ham	25	1	669.5%	71±0%
29	J. Bolton Centre-back	Bolton	32	1	2910.2%	1246.3%
30	L. Bombino Full-back	Stoke City	20	1	3032.6%	439.6%
31	B. Powell Full-back	Blackburn	21	1	1	59
32	A. Bangura Full-back	Middlesbrough	27	1	1165.6%	4920.4%
33	L. Morrison Centre-back	QPR	23	1	2192.7%	585.7%
34	J. Robinson Full-back	Birmingham	33	1	2747.9%	2343.1%
35	P. Ng Full-back	Cardiff	30	1	973.8%	30±0%
36	T. Darikwa Full-back	Lincoln	34	1	786.6%	21±0%
37	R. Manning Full-back	Southampton	30	1	1167.3%	46±0%
38	J. Cooper Full-back	Millwall	31	1	2847.6%	42±0%
39	S. Bradley Full-back	Lincoln	35	1	1273.5%	20±0%
40	J. Stacey Full-back	Norwich	30	1	1062.5%	35±0%
41	L. Jones Full-back	Charlton	31	1	2055.1%	4311.8%
42	O. Traoré Full-back	Watford	28	1	528.6%	51±0%
43	A. Vukčević Full-back	Preston	30	1	373%	3816.7%
44	J. Córdoba Full-back	Norwich	25	1	575.1%	63±0%
45	L. Krejčí Full-back	Wolves	27	1	764.7%	663%
46	S. McLoughlin Full-back	Blackburn	29	1	2154.7%	47±0%
47	T. Lamptey Full-back	QPR	26	1	92125%	5710.4%
48	I. Kaboré Full-back	Wrexham	25	1	575.4%	8528.6%
49	A. Mbengue Full-back	QPR	24	1	970.5%	67±0%
50	M. Conway Full-back	Bolton	23	1	1654%	511.6%