Defenders with the Most Assists in League One 26/27

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

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At a glance

L. Thomas of Leicester is the standout for raw talent across defenders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 66.5, and M. Platt has been the form player this season, grading 44.5, and L. Sørensen leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Ihiekwe has improved his Season rating most, up +23.5 on last season, while C. O'Riordan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +22.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, B. Hills of Stockport County is the most valuable name in this group at 14.6.

Barnsley · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

M. Ihiekwe+23.5SsN

Blackpool · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	L. Sørensen Full-back	Huddersfield	27	4	2325.6%	443.9%
2	N. Tsaroulla Full-back	Notts County	27	3	773.6%	30±0%
3	L. Macari Full-back	Notts County	24	2	3952.6%	34±0%
4	K. Abrefa Full-back	Reading	22	2	1848%	442.4%
5	L. Thomas Full-back	Leicester	25	2	1831.2%	67±0%
6	B. McCann Full-back	Doncaster	20	2	0200%	384.7%
7	A. Hartridge Full-back	Plymouth	27	1	972.6%	414.9%
8	R. James Full-back	Sheffield Wednesday	32	1	1446.7%	21±0%
9	Finley Munroe Full-back	Blackpool	21	1	1235.9%	5867.6%
10	M. Jobe Full-back	Stockport County	23	1	686.2%	36±0%
11	W. O'Hora Full-back	Leicester	27	1	680.5%	39±0%
12	W. Forrester Full-back	Leyton Orient	25	1	27135.7%	39±0%
13	U. Godwin-Malife Full-back	Reading	26	1	1542.6%	42±0%
14	H. Roberts Full-back	Reading	24	1	1123.5%	42±0%
15	B. Cargill Full-back	Mansfield Town	31	1	4077.7%	2033.6%
16	B. Hills Centre-back	Stockport County	22	1	41127.6%	482.8%
17	B. Nelson Centre-back	Leicester	22	1	2981.4%	612.3%
18	P. Ng Full-back	Cardiff	30	1	973.8%	30±0%
19	Julio Pleguezuelo Full-back	Plymouth	29	1	13245.9%	24±0%
20	A. Yiadom Full-back	AFC Wimbledon	34	1	1654.5%	10±0%
21	O. Sowunmi Full-back	Bromley	30	1	1071.4%	22±0%
22	M. Pennington Full-back	Bradford	32	1	3461%	2214.9%
23	R. Balker Full-back	Huddersfield	28	1	1341.2%	3711.2%
24	D. Harvie Full-back	Wycombe	28	1	1168.1%	38±0%
25	O. Casey Full-back	Blackpool	26	1	1369%	487.2%
26	J. Dorsett Full-back	Reading	24	1	577.3%	46±0%
27	Z. Ashworth Full-back	Blackpool	24	1	769%	431.9%
28	S. Earley Full-back	Stevenage	24	1	868.4%	441.8%
29	Callum Perry Full-back	Cambridge United	21	1	7	29
30	Harley Mills Full-back	Peterborough	22	1	1211%	43±0%
31	A. Kay Full-back	Barnsley	18	1	17	48
32	James Dornelly Full-back	Peterborough	21	1	285.2%	45±0%
33	R. Kpakio Full-back	Cardiff	19	1	194.2%	51±0%