Defenders with the Most Assists in League Two 26/27

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

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

At a glance

J. Stephenson of Crewe is the standout for raw talent across defenders in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 71.8, and B. Cooper has been the form player this season, grading 33.5, and Lewis Shipley leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Burroughs has improved his Season rating most, up +22.4 on last season, while K. McFadzean's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +5.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Turns of Exeter City is the most valuable name in this group at 6.

Chesterfield · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Burroughs+22.4SsN

Northampton · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	L. Gibson Full-back	Harrogate Town	29	3	13172.3%	1811.7%
2	T. Lees Full-back	Harrogate Town	35	2	1623.5%	1038.3%
3	S. Negru Full-back	Swindon Town	24	2	124.1%	28±0%
4	M. Jacob Full-back	Newport County	25	2	1181.4%	5440.3%
5	C. McCarthy Full-back	Northampton	28	2	24170.1%	3117.5%
6	A. McGowan Full-back	Port Vale	30	2	2648.3%	1940.8%
7	N. Canavan Full-back	Barrow	35	2	1258.1%	931.5%
8	W. Boyle Full-back	Shrewsbury	31	2	1068.1%	2112.6%
9	J. Robson Full-back	Oldham	28	2	1766.4%	28±0%
10	C. Norman Full-back	Newport County	31	1	214.6%	1921.9%
11	D. Butler Full-back	Swindon Town	32	1	377.1%	1819.3%
12	P. Farquharson Full-back	Crawley Town	29	1	660.9%	20±0%
13	E. Moore Full-back	Northampton	29	1	1026.8%	24±0%
14	T. James Full-back	Bristol Rovers	30	1	169%	269.1%
15	P. Sweeney Full-back	Cheltenham	32	1	292.8%	2620%
16	G. Bajrami Centre-back	Crawley Town	27	1	29	2625.9%
17	R. Hutton Full-back	Chesterfield	28	1	1148.6%	2812%
18	B. Faulkner Full-back	Tranmere	22	1	1416.3%	319.5%
19	J. Slater Full-back	Tranmere	22	1	1044.7%	3510%
20	W. Johnson Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	21	1	0	29
21	S. Rooney Full-back	Fleetwood Town	30	1	1714.4%	17±0%
22	R. Bennett Full-back	Fleetwood Town	22	1	91114.3%	27±0%
23	M. Benning Full-back	Shrewsbury	32	1	1233%	1065.3%
24	C. Finney Full-back	Crewe	23	1	63050%	308.1%
25	C. Dunkley Centre-back	Chesterfield	34	1	29244%	106.6%
26	Joel McGregor Full-back	Swindon Town	20	1	28132%	334.5%
27	B. Heneghan Full-back	Port Vale	33	1	2511.2%	1610.9%
28	E. Bristow Full-back	Harrogate Town	24	1	1437.3%	2713.3%
29	A. O'Connor Centre-back	Harrogate Town	34	1	2135.8%	1046.8%
30	A. MacDonald Full-back	Barrow	34	1	654.8%	858.4%
31	C. Raglan Centre-back	Barrow	33	1	160.6%	1255.3%
32	L. Cass Centre-back	Harrogate Town	26	1	142.2%	2512.8%
33	J. Anderson Full-back	Barrow	25	1	7±0%	26±0%
34	K. Vincent-Young Full-back	Colchester	30	1	386.7%	19±0%
35	E. Iandolo Full-back	Colchester	29	1	659.3%	2213.1%
36	J. Sweeney Full-back	Grimsby	24	1	2212.9%	32±0%
37	L. Garbutt Full-back	Salford City	33	1	584.6%	16±0%
38	H. Rodgers Full-back	Grimsby	30	1	1946.1%	25±0%
39	K. Gordon Full-back	Crawley Town	28	1	098.6%	22±0%
40	R. Cundy Full-back	Cheltenham	30	1	664.4%	17±0%
41	K. Balmer Full-back	Bristol Rovers	26	1	158.2%	298.1%
42	A. Senior Full-back	Barnet	24	1	488.9%	37±0%
43	J. Lawrence-Gabriel Full-back	Port Vale	28	1	1823.8%	3412%
44	J. Tomkinson Full-back	Cheltenham	24	1	484%	32±0%
45	A. Pond Full-back	Chesterfield	22	1	275%	3511.5%
46	L. Woodhouse Full-back	Exeter City	22	1	208.8%	43±0%
47	E. Otoo Full-back	Rotherham	24	1	5	30
48	M. Hancock Full-back	Walsall	23	1	2240.8%	31±0%
49	A. Smith Full-back	Gillingham	25	1	1546.2%	322.5%
50	E. Ahui Full-back	Walsall	22	1	23	32