Defenders with the Most Assists in League Two 26/27

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

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At a glance

J. Moon of Port Vale is the standout for raw talent across defenders in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 44.6, and R. Staunton has been the form player this season, grading 27.1, and Lewis Shipley leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Staunton has improved his Season rating most, up +21.9 on last season, while J. Moon's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.8 over the same span. 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 6.2.

Port Vale · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

R. Staunton+21.9SsN

Grimsby · 20/21→25/26

49 players · ranked by top assistsCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	R. Staunton Full-back	Grimsby	24	8	27421.2%	3411.1%
2	A. Kilgour Full-back	Bristol Rovers	28	4	25440.4%	2624.1%
3	J. Caprice Full-back	Oldham	33	3	21164.1%	1054.1%
4	T. Lees Full-back	Harrogate Town	35	2	1623.5%	1038.3%
5	Marvin Marvellous Kaleta Full-back	Rotherham	22	2	635.4%	427.9%
6	C. McCarthy Full-back	Northampton	28	2	1794.3%	3117.5%
7	A. McGowan Full-back	Port Vale	30	2	1518%	1940.8%
8	N. Canavan Full-back	Barrow	35	2	1258.1%	931.5%
9	Jake Thomas Batty Full-back	Fleetwood Town	21	2	1239.2%	324.2%
10	J. Robson Full-back	Oldham	28	2	50±0%	28±0%
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	26	1	18	2625.9%
14	T. Pearce Full-back	Chesterfield	28	1	783.8%	2235.4%
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	Joshua Alan Powell Centre-back	Northampton	21	1	18	34
18	J. Slater Full-back	Tranmere	21	1	18±0%	358%
19	M. Jacob Full-back	Newport County	25	1	516.9%	5440.3%
20	J. Moon Full-back	Port Vale	25	1	1166%	4532%
21	A. Smith Full-back	Gillingham	25	1	28±0%	322.5%
22	S. Rooney Full-back	Fleetwood Town	30	1	15±0%	17±0%
23	M. Benning Full-back	Shrewsbury	32	1	666.5%	1065.3%
24	C. Finney Full-back	Crewe	22	1	31500%	308.1%
25	A. Flint Centre-back	Walsall	37	1	24±0%	10±0%
26	C. Dunkley Centre-back	Chesterfield	34	1	18115.5%	106.6%
27	B. Heneghan Full-back	Port Vale	32	1	1436.2%	1610.9%
28	J. Anderson Full-back	Barrow	25	1	7±0%	26±0%
29	C. Raglan Centre-back	Barrow	33	1	160.6%	1255.3%
30	L. Cass Centre-back	Harrogate Town	26	1	142.2%	2512.8%
31	A. MacDonald Full-back	Barrow	33	1	654.8%	858.4%
32	K. Vincent-Young Full-back	Colchester	30	1	21±0%	19±0%
33	J. Sweeney Full-back	Grimsby	24	1	19±0%	32±0%
34	H. Rodgers Full-back	Grimsby	29	1	35±0%	25±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	25	1	16±0%	29±0%
38	A. Senior Full-back	Barnet	24	1	33±0%	37±0%
39	J. Lawrence-Gabriel Full-back	Port Vale	27	1	15±0%	34±0%
40	A. Pond Full-back	Chesterfield	22	1	10±0%	3511.5%
41	L. Woodhouse Full-back	Exeter City	22	1	22±0%	43±0%
42	R. Bennett Full-back	Fleetwood Town	22	1	1±0%	27±0%
43	E. Otoo Full-back	Rotherham	24	1	3	29
44	M. Hancock Full-back	Walsall	23	1	16±0%	31±0%
45	Alfie Merritt Full-back	Newport County	17	1	2	30
46	L. Billington Full-back	Crewe	22	1	24±0%	37±0%
47	W. Johnson Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	21	1	0	29
48	Joel McGregor Full-back	Swindon Town	20	1	2276.2%	334.5%
49	W. Burrell Centre-back	Harrogate Town	36	1	171.2%	81.2%