Defenders with the Most Assists in Premier League 26/27

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

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At a glance

M. Zea of CSKA Moscow is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 38.7, and A. Filin has been the form player this season, grading 55, and Jubal leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: David Ricardo has improved his Season rating most, up +37.8 on last season, while I. Lepskiy'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, David Ricardo of Dynamo is the most valuable name in this group at 6.3.

Krylia Sovetov · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

David Ricardo+37.8SsN

27 players · ranked by top assistsCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Y. Gorshkov Full-back	Krylia Sovetov	27	3	10191.2%	257.8%
2	R. Fernández Full-back	Akron	27	2	1441.6%	267.3%
3	M. Sivis Full-back	FC Orenburg	28	2	293.9%	251.6%
4	I. Alshin Full-back	Fakel	33	2	7	9
5	L. Olaza Full-back	FC Krasnodar	32	2	3032.5%	1613.3%
6	D. Krugovoy Full-back	CSKA Moscow	28	2	2439.2%	2610.3%
7	A. Adamov Full-back	Akhmat	27	2	175400%	3025%
8	N. Gassama Full-back	Baltika	25	2	2831.9%	331.8%
9	Y. Rocha Full-back	Akron	23	1	825%	306%
10	J. Cáceres Full-back	Dynamo	26	1	262.3%	297.5%
11	I. Shumakhov Centre-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	27	1	3826%	2812.9%
12	M. Gajić Full-back	CSKA Moscow	30	1	675.1%	1623%
13	M. Bogosavac Full-back	Akhmat	30	1	1839.9%	213.7%
14	K. Pechenin Full-back	Krylia Sovetov	29	1	2240.9%	2111.4%
15	A. Djiku Full-back	Spartak Moscow	32	1	1535.6%	1315%
16	Douglas Santos Full-back	Zenit	32	1	771.1%	1128.7%
17	M. Nenakhov Full-back	Lokomotiv	27	1	1111.6%	2311.8%
18	I. Samoshnikov Full-back	Rubin	28	1	3833.3%	2118.3%
19	M. Osipenko Full-back	Dynamo	32	1	4282.2%	165.3%
20	V. Bardybakhin Full-back	Akron	24	1	21674.1%	3142.7%
21	I. Vakhania Full-back	FC Krasnodar	25	1	296.5%	332.4%
22	I. Vujačić Full-back	Rubin	32	1	686.5%	1414.8%
23	A. Arroyo Full-back	Rubin	27	1	781.5%	272.6%
24	A. Siljanov Full-back	Lokomotiv	25	1	1934.5%	319.9%
25	S. Varatynov Full-back	Baltika	23	1	2158.8%	3310.9%
26	D. Denisov Full-back	Spartak Moscow	24	1	1448%	3110.3%
27	R. Litvinov Full-back	Spartak Moscow	25	1	1633.3%	2916.1%