Top-Scoring defenders in Primera A

The top-scoring defenders in Primera A, ranked on Field Insider.

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

At a glance

J. Mena of Águilas Doradas is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Primera A, with a Field Insider Rating of 28, and Y. Rosales has been the form player this season, grading 43.1, and C. Mafla leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: C. Mafla has improved his Season rating most, up +19.7 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Suárez of Alianza Valledupar is the most valuable name in this group at 3.3.

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	Player	Team
1	C. Mafla Central midfielder	Santa Fe	33	5	26339.7%	1156.7%
2	Sebastián Valencia Isaza Full-back	Fortaleza FC	30	4	17	15
3	A. Alarcón Centre-back	Deportivo Pasto	25	4	17	25
4	A. Román Full-back	Atletico Nacional	30	4	18	16
5	L. Chaverra Full-back	Independiente Medellin	29	4	30	19
6	J. Torres Attacking midfielder	Deportes Tolima	22	3	12	27
7	J. Castro Centre-back	Atletico Nacional	29	3	12	16
8	G. Montes Centre-back	Llaneros	30	3	13	15
9	F. Lozano Defensive midfielder	Chico	32	3	28	14
10	S. Mayo Attacking midfielder	Internacional de Bogota	23	3	15	26
11	J. Pestaña Centre-back	America de Cali	28	3	35	21
12	J. Palacios Full-back	Independiente Medellin	26	2	13	22
13	T. Palacios Winger	America de Cali	20	2	7	26
14	J. Mosquera Attacking midfielder	Bucaramanga	24	2	6	24
15	M. Torres Centre-back	Deportes Tolima	30	2	31	16
16	J. Báez Centre-back	Junior	36	2	2719.4%	1057%
17	D. Lozano Full-back	Águilas Doradas	24	2	17	27
18	I. Alba Central midfielder	Deportivo Pasto	31	2	15	12
19	S. Jiménez Full-back	Deportivo Pasto	28	2	14	18
20	J. Quiñónes Centre-back	Deportes Tolima	36	2	13	7
21	Y. Hurtado Full-back	Deportes Tolima	29	2	35	19
22	F. Meza Centre-back	Llaneros	34	2	19	8
23	J. Guerrero Full-back	Junior	25	2	30	27
24	J. Moya Centre-back	Deportivo Pereira	33	2	2777.8%	1071.8%
25	I. Scarpeta Full-back	Santa Fe	30	2	16	14
26	J. Malagón Centre-back	Once Caldas	33	2	23	9
27	W. Tesillo Centre-back	Atletico Nacional	36	2	31	10
28	D. Banguero Full-back	Millonarios	36	2	42	10
29	H. Palacios Full-back	Millonarios	33	2	202077.8%	863.6%
30	J. Cardona Centre-back	Once Caldas	27	2	23	21
31	H. Urrego Centre-back	Union Magdalena	33	1	8	7
32	M. Payares Centre-back	Union Magdalena	31	1	13	12
33	Yulián Gómez Full-back	Internacional de Bogota	29	1	22	21
34	K. Cuesta Centre-back	Once Caldas	26	1	14	21
35	H. Lópes Centre-back	Águilas Doradas	35	1	13	7
36	J. Peña Centre-back	Junior	26	1	5	21
37	N. Gil Centre-back	Deportivo Pasto	29	1	18	16
38	J. Marulanda Central midfielder	Fortaleza FC	30	1	13	14
39	M. Puerta Full-back	Águilas Doradas	29	1	7	14
40	E. Herrera Full-back	Junior	27	1	22120.4%	2261.4%
41	J. Caldera Centre-back	Deportivo Cali	24	1	14	23
42	J. Figueroa Centre-back	Alianza Valledupar	30	1	11	13
43	J. Medranda Full-back	Deportivo Pereira	24	1	6	2344.9%
44	O. Vanegas Centre-back	Union Magdalena	30	1	5	12
45	A. Banguero Full-back	Chico	26	1	18	22
46	O. Albornoz Full-back	Deportivo Pereira	30	1	11	12
47	M. Castaño Full-back	Deportivo Pasto	33	1	15	10
48	F. Aguilar Centre-back	Deportivo Cali	33	1	1246%	768.1%
49	G. Cuervo Full-back	Envigado	24	1	14	25
50	C. Romaña Full-back	Bucaramanga	26	1	21	23