Top-Scoring defenders

The top-scoring defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

Top-scoring midfielders Top-scoring attackers Best defenders Most in-form defenders Most valuable defenders Most improved defenders

At a glance

Pau Cubarsí Paredes of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 95.3, and L. Lozano has been the form player this season, grading 77.6, and Š. Chaloupek leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Lisandro López has improved his Season rating most, up +59.8 on last season, while A. Faye's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +53.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Timber of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 167.

Best talent

Pau Cubarsí Paredes95.3RTG

Celta Vigo · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Lisandro López+59.8SsN

Belgrano Cordoba · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Š. Chaloupek Full-back	Slavia Praha	23	9	30	2
2	S. van der Sloot Centre-back	Fortuna Düsseldorf	24	8	5955.4%	641.8%
3	Ahmed Shousha Centre-back	Ghazl El Mehalla	32	7	59	20
4	D. Pospelov Centre-back	Uta Arad	34	7	27161.2%	1332.1%
5	K. Jørgensen Defensive midfielder	Lask Linz	26	7	46139.1%	460.9%
6	F. Brignani Centre-back	Castellón	28	7	2625.6%	4812.5%
7	Luciano Juba Centre-back	Bahia	26	7	3615.7%	665%
8	G. Egawa Centre-back	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	26	6	12	26
9	D. Krčík Centre-back	Plzen	27	6	7	2
10	Lucas Maia Centre-back	Henan Jianye	33	6	22	14
11	F. Salinas Full-back	Coquimbo Unido	26	6	58	27
12	N. Saint-Ruf Centre-back	Nancy	33	6	1854.2%	226.1%
13	M. Mittelstädt Full-back	VfB Stuttgart	29	6	507.1%	5519.9%
14	M. Maglica Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	6	37±0%	54±0%
15	L. Lochoshvili Centre-back	1. FC Köln	28	5	36542.9%	517.5%
16	Wesley Full-back	AS Roma	22	5	7166.5%	915.1%
17	D. Doekhi Centre-back	Lazio	28	5	351.2%	64±0%
18	Waleed Al Ahmad Centre-back	Al-Qadisiyah FC	27	5	1945.3%	502%
19	Enrique Clemente Centre-back	Las Palmas	27	5	49200%	6011.4%
20	J. Černín Centre-back	Zlin	27	5	16	1
21	S. Simović Centre-back	Radnicki 1923	37	5	39	11
22	I. Larie Centre-back	Farul Constanta	39	5	20	10
23	C. Mafla Central midfielder	Santa Fe	33	5	26339.7%	1156.7%
24	S. Schön Attacking midfielder	Gyori ETO FC	25	5	2044%	3528.2%
25	R. Opruț Full-back	Kortrijk	28	5	51	2931.4%
26	R. Sykes Centre-back	Union St. Gilloise	27	5	5390.6%	487.7%
27	N. Marichal Centre-back	Dynamo	25	5	271.8%	342.1%
28	E. Tapsoba Full-back	Bayer Leverkusen	27	5	315.4%	6913.3%
29	K. Diks Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	29	5	4894.8%	5343.2%
30	R. Bensebaïni Full-back	Borussia Dortmund	31	5	3410.3%	3927.4%
31	N. Schlotterbeck Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	26	5	59121.9%	774.1%
32	G. Montiel Centre-back	River Plate	29	5	4314.1%	389%
33	A. Warneryd Full-back	Tromso	21	5	50118.9%	5062.7%
34	A. Markanich Full-back	Minnesota United FC	26	5	329.4%	424.2%
35	M. Machado Centre-back	Racing Cordoba	25	5	9	39
36	F. Ademi Full-back	Alemannia Aachen	20	5	9830%	4418.9%
37	E. Sarapiy Centre-back	Polessya	27	5	44182.1%	3411.7%
38	Sebastián Valencia Isaza Full-back	Millonarios	30	4	17	19
39	Heriberto Tavares Attacking midfielder	Universitatea Craiova	29	4	23114.2%	2452%
40	Jiang Shenglong Centre-back	Shanghai Shenhua	25	4	27	34
41	Chan Shinichi Full-back	Shanghai Shenhua	23	4	28	37
42	Hossam Abdelmaguid Centre-back	Ludogorets	25	4	55	42
43	M. Rots Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	20	4	44486.7%	8430.1%
44	D. Bakker Centre-back	FC Anyang	31	4	2259%	405.7%
45	A. Ahmed Full-back	Norwich	25	4	1318.1%	6460.9%
46	M. Freckleton Centre-back	Lask Linz	23	4	38107.7%	5050.8%
47	Igor Formiga Full-back	Mirassol	27	4	3667.1%	559.7%
48	C. Romero Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	28	4	34130.4%	599.5%
49	Lucas Halter Centre-back	Vitoria	26	4	414.8%	651.7%
50	K. Koulierakis Centre-back	AS Roma	22	4	201%	780.6%