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

Kieran Morgan of Bradford is the standout for raw talent across defenders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 65.1, and J. Gibbons has been the form player this season, grading 38.6, and L. Sørensen leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Gibbons has improved his Season rating most, up +21.9 on last season, while T. Nixon's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.6 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.

Doncaster · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Gibbons+21.9SsN

Notts County · 24/25→25/26

27 players · ranked by top assistsCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	S. Roughan Full-back	Huddersfield	23	5	2338.5%	508%
2	L. Sørensen Full-back	Huddersfield	26	4	2117.2%	443.9%
3	L. Macari Full-back	Notts County	24	2	264%	34±0%
4	K. Abrefa Full-back	Reading	22	2	926%	442.4%
5	A. Lewis Full-back	Mansfield Town	28	2	2451.3%	3216.8%
6	N. Tsaroulla Full-back	Notts County	27	2	28±0%	30±0%
7	Finley Munroe Full-back	Blackpool	21	1	099.5%	5867.6%
8	M. Jobe Full-back	Stockport County	23	1	41±0%	36±0%
9	W. Forrester Full-back	Leyton Orient	25	1	12±0%	39±0%
10	W. Faes Centre-back	Leicester	28	1	384.5%	3848.8%
11	Z. Rossi Full-back	Cambridge United	25	1	371.3%	2926.8%
12	B. Cargill Full-back	Mansfield Town	31	1	2011.2%	2033.6%
13	B. Hills Centre-back	Stockport County	22	1	2431.5%	482.8%
14	B. McCann Full-back	Peterborough	20	1	0100%	384.7%
15	Kieran Morgan Full-back	Bradford	20	1	120.9%	653.6%
16	B. Nelson Centre-back	Leicester	22	1	177.5%	612.3%
17	R. McDonald Centre-back	Notts County	34	1	1745%	924.6%
18	Julio Pleguezuelo Full-back	Plymouth	29	1	4±0%	24±0%
19	O. Sowunmi Full-back	Bromley	30	1	35±0%	22±0%
20	M. Ekpiteta Full-back	Milton Keynes Dons	31	1	37±0%	2212.3%
21	M. Pennington Full-back	Bradford	31	1	21±0%	22±0%
22	R. Balker Full-back	Huddersfield	28	1	23±0%	3711.2%
23	O. Casey Full-back	Blackpool	25	1	42±0%	48±0%
24	J. Dorsett Full-back	Reading	24	1	21±0%	46±0%
25	S. Earley Full-back	Stevenage	23	1	25±0%	44±0%
26	Callum Perry Full-back	Cambridge United	20	1	0	29
27	James Dornelly Full-back	Peterborough	21	1	16±0%	45±0%