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 J. Robson has been the form player this season, grading 50.3, and Lewis Shipley leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. McFadzean has improved his Season rating most, up +23.4 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, W. Sutton of Oldham is the most valuable name in this group at 6.

Chesterfield · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

K. McFadzean+23.4SsN

Chesterfield · 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	N. Canavan Full-back	Barrow	35	2	1258.1%	931.5%
4	A. McGowan Full-back	Port Vale	30	2	1518%	1940.8%
5	C. McCarthy Full-back	Northampton	28	2	1794.3%	3117.5%
6	W. Boyle Full-back	Shrewsbury	31	2	32±0%	2112.6%
7	J. Robson Full-back	Oldham	28	2	50±0%	28±0%
8	W. Johnson Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	21	1	0	29
9	C. Norman Full-back	Newport County	30	1	22±0%	196.2%
10	D. Butler Full-back	Swindon Town	32	1	11±0%	1819.3%
11	T. James Full-back	Bristol Rovers	30	1	169.6%	269.1%
12	P. Sweeney Full-back	Cheltenham	32	1	249.5%	2620%
13	G. Bajrami Centre-back	Crawley Town	27	1	18	2625.9%
14	R. Hutton Full-back	Chesterfield	28	1	21±0%	2812%
15	S. Negru Full-back	Swindon Town	24	1	12±0%	28±0%
16	B. Faulkner Full-back	Tranmere	22	1	12±0%	319.5%
17	J. Slater Full-back	Tranmere	22	1	18±0%	358%
18	M. Jacob Full-back	Newport County	25	1	516.9%	5440.3%
19	J. Anderson Full-back	Barrow	25	1	7±0%	26±0%
20	C. Dunkley Centre-back	Chesterfield	34	1	18115.5%	106.6%
21	E. Bristow Full-back	Harrogate Town	24	1	731.4%	2713.3%
22	A. O'Connor Centre-back	Harrogate Town	33	1	2135.8%	1046.8%
23	A. MacDonald Full-back	Barrow	33	1	654.8%	858.4%
24	C. Raglan Centre-back	Barrow	33	1	160.6%	1255.3%
25	L. Cass Centre-back	Harrogate Town	26	1	142.2%	2512.8%
26	B. Heneghan Full-back	Port Vale	33	1	1436.2%	1610.9%
27	M. Benning Full-back	Shrewsbury	32	1	666.5%	1065.3%
28	C. Finney Full-back	Crewe	22	1	31500%	308.1%
29	K. Vincent-Young Full-back	Colchester	30	1	21±0%	19±0%
30	E. Iandolo Full-back	Colchester	29	1	14±0%	2213.1%
31	J. Sweeney Full-back	Grimsby	24	1	19±0%	32±0%
32	L. Garbutt Full-back	Salford City	33	1	33±0%	16±0%
33	H. Rodgers Full-back	Grimsby	29	1	35±0%	25±0%
34	S. Rooney Full-back	Fleetwood Town	30	1	15±0%	17±0%
35	K. Gordon Full-back	Crawley Town	28	1	14±0%	22±0%
36	R. Cundy Full-back	Cheltenham	30	1	16±0%	17±0%
37	K. Balmer Full-back	Bristol Rovers	26	1	16±0%	298.1%
38	A. Senior Full-back	Barnet	24	1	33±0%	37±0%
39	J. Lawrence-Gabriel Full-back	Port Vale	28	1	15±0%	3412%
40	J. Tomkinson Full-back	Cheltenham	24	1	27±0%	32±0%
41	A. Pond Full-back	Chesterfield	22	1	10±0%	3511.5%
42	L. Woodhouse Full-back	Exeter City	22	1	22±0%	43±0%
43	R. Bennett Full-back	Fleetwood Town	22	1	1±0%	27±0%
44	E. Otoo Full-back	Rotherham	24	1	5	30
45	M. Hancock Full-back	Walsall	23	1	16±0%	31±0%
46	A. Smith Full-back	Gillingham	25	1	28±0%	322.5%
47	E. Ahui Full-back	Walsall	22	1	23	32
48	Alfie Merritt Full-back	Newport County	17	1	6	31
49	L. Billington Full-back	Crewe	22	1	24±0%	37±0%
50	Joel McGregor Full-back	Swindon Town	20	1	2276.2%	334.5%