Defenders with the Most Assists in League One

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

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At a glance

E. Pye of Stockport County is the standout for raw talent across defenders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 53.5, and T. Darikwa has been the form player this season, grading 52.1, and P. Ng leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Hamer has improved his Season rating most, up +33.6 on last season, while I. Ogundere's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +14.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Hamer of Lincoln is the most valuable name in this group at 16.7.

AFC Wimbledon · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

T. Hamer+33.6SsN

Lincoln · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	I. Niskanen Full-back	Exeter City	28	13	3529.9%	395.8%
2	L. Gooch Full-back	Huddersfield	30	6	1852.6%	2635.4%
3	R. Kpakio Full-back	Cardiff	19	6	242109.1%	5112.2%
4	C. O'Keeffe Full-back	Barnsley	28	5	1717.8%	3520.7%
5	T. Hamer Full-back	Lincoln	26	5	45297.3%	4912.5%
6	S. Roughan Full-back	Huddersfield	22	5	2338.5%	508%
7	P. Ng Full-back	Cardiff	30	4	3435.6%	3035.1%
8	N. Guinness-Walker Full-back	Northampton	26	4	2724.8%	426.1%
9	L. Sørensen Full-back	Huddersfield	26	4	2117.2%	443.9%
10	J. Bagan Full-back	Cardiff	24	4	45250%	5112.7%
11	M. Fox Full-back	Wigan	32	3	29178.1%	2134.7%
12	J. Edwards Full-back	Plymouth	35	3	27142%	153.8%
13	R. Towler Full-back	Lincoln	24	3	30338.2%	4917.1%
14	T. Darikwa Full-back	Lincoln	34	3	5236%	2117.4%
15	S. McLaughlin Full-back	Mansfield Town	36	3	3069.5%	155.5%
16	D. Harvie Full-back	Wycombe	28	3	3414.8%	3812.5%
17	J. Grimmer Full-back	Wycombe	32	3	332.7%	2319.1%
18	U. Godwin-Malife Full-back	Burton Albion	26	3	265.4%	429.8%
19	R. Rydel Full-back	Exeter City	25	3	914%	3913.4%
20	W. Harding Full-back	Plymouth	29	2	10236.7%	2738%
21	J. Husband Full-back	Blackpool	32	2	1542.6%	1833.7%
22	T. Edun Full-back	Stockport County	28	2	21663%	3213.7%
23	T. Onyango Full-back	Stockport County	23	2	752.1%	440.9%
24	P. Kioso Full-back	Peterborough	26	2	1938.2%	4035.7%
25	Daniel Edward Peter Imray Full-back	Blackpool	23	2	874.5%	4420.4%
26	T. Lees Full-back	Peterborough	35	2	1815.5%	159.9%
27	A. Lewis Full-back	Mansfield Town	28	2	2451.3%	3216.8%
28	C. Taylor Full-back	Wycombe	24	2	1940.4%	447.1%
29	J. Osei-Tutu Full-back	Bolton	27	2	27128.2%	3911%
30	M. Conway Full-back	Bolton	22	2	3412.7%	5140.2%
31	E. Toal Centre-back	Bolton	27	2	24113.3%	418.6%
32	D. Andrew Full-back	Exeter City	35	2	1729.3%	1123.1%
33	C. McCarthy Full-back	Northampton	28	2	1794.3%	3117.5%
34	Marvin Marvellous Kaleta Full-back	Rotherham	21	2	635.4%	427.9%
35	A. Martha Full-back	Rotherham	22	2	1774.7%	4514%
36	M. Roberts Full-back	Barnsley	36	2	473.4%	1040.4%
37	J. Rafferty Centre-back	Rotherham	32	2	2825.6%	2225.6%
38	K. Abrefa Full-back	Reading	22	2	926%	442.4%
39	Kyle James McAdam Full-back	Northampton	21	2	8	42
40	J. Maxwell Full-back	Doncaster	24	2	173.9%	4333.3%
41	R. Sweeney Full-back	Mansfield Town	29	2	2860.5%	2927.2%
42	L. James-Wildin Full-back	Stevenage	28	2	4021.7%	3512.8%
43	O. Casey Centre-back	Blackpool	25	2	4212.7%	486.1%
44	D. Lawlor Full-back	Cardiff	20	2	292300%	507.6%
45	K. Naismith Centre-back	Luton	34	2	30382.5%	1713.4%
46	M. Andersen Full-back	Luton	28	2	24582.9%	3525.1%
47	D. Skura Full-back	Wycombe	24	1	440%	415.1%
48	J. Johnson Full-back	Luton	20	1	16365.7%	4620.5%
49	J. Hunt Full-back	Stockport County	35	1	634.1%	831.1%
50	T. Vancooten Full-back	Burton Albion	28	1	1446%	2925.7%