Top-Scoring defenders in League One

The top-scoring defenders in League One, ranked on Field Insider.

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

At a glance

E. Pye of Stockport County is the standout for raw talent across defenders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 53.5, and T. Darikwa has been the form player this season, grading 52.1, and P. Ng leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Hamer has improved his Season rating most, up +33.6 on last season, while I. Ogundere's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +14.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Hamer of Lincoln is the most valuable name in this group at 16.7.

AFC Wimbledon · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

T. Hamer+33.6SsN

Lincoln · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	P. Ng Full-back	Cardiff	30	6	3435.6%	3035.1%
2	T. Darikwa Full-back	Lincoln	34	6	5236%	2117.4%
3	M. Ross Centre-back	Plymouth	25	4	28113%	4827.1%
4	L. Sørensen Defensive midfielder	Huddersfield	26	4	3068.9%	453.3%
5	R. Johnson Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	29	4	2942.5%	3210.4%
6	A. Hartridge Full-back	Burton Albion	27	3	3314.4%	3917.9%
7	A. Mitchell Centre-back	Plymouth	24	3	3013.2%	493.1%
8	P. O'Connor Centre-back	Reading	29	3	2539%	3223.9%
9	E. Toal Centre-back	Bolton	27	3	24113.3%	418.6%
10	J. Rafferty Full-back	Rotherham	32	3	2825.6%	2225.3%
11	S. Bradley Centre-back	Lincoln	34	3	4560.6%	209.8%
12	I. Niskanen Attacking midfielder	Exeter City	28	3	3219.6%	388.2%
13	S. McLaughlin Full-back	Mansfield Town	36	3	3069.5%	154.1%
14	D. Casey Centre-back	Wycombe	28	3	2216%	3322.3%
15	J. Grimmer Full-back	Wycombe	32	3	332.7%	2319.1%
16	J. Wright Centre-back	Bradford	31	3	1820.5%	2224.7%
17	C. Piergianni Centre-back	Stevenage	34	3	467.3%	1924.1%
18	K. Naismith Centre-back	Luton	34	3	30382.5%	1713.4%
19	T. Edun Full-back	Stockport County	28	2	21663%	3213.7%
20	P. Sweeney Centre-back	Exeter City	31	2	2647.5%	247.6%
21	J. Lawrence-Gabriel Full-back	Port Vale	27	2	1517.6%	3422.1%
22	C. Bramall Full-back	Luton	30	2	11103.7%	2511.9%
23	C. Chambers Centre-back	Cardiff	31	2	2236.1%	2151.8%
24	C. Taylor Centre-back	Wycombe	24	2	1940.4%	447.3%
25	N. Guinness-Walker Full-back	Northampton	26	2	2723.1%	425.6%
26	A. Baldwin Full-back	Bradford	29	2	3111.4%	3215.8%
27	J. Osei-Tutu Full-back	Bolton	27	2	27128.2%	3911%
28	J. Olowu Centre-back	Stockport County	26	2	1919.6%	4017.4%
29	M. Dyche Centre-back	Northampton	23	2	1982.7%	430.9%
30	M. Forbes Centre-back	Northampton	22	2	11500%	4313.2%
31	J. Kerr Centre-back	Wigan	29	2	2940.2%	3026.9%
32	C. Hall Centre-back	Port Vale	33	2	2738%	1812.3%
33	B. Galloway Full-back	Plymouth	30	2	26100.8%	2534%
34	J. Dorsett Full-back	Reading	24	2	21126.9%	479.9%
35	T. Hamer Centre-back	Lincoln	26	2	45297.3%	4810.4%
36	J. Simpson Centre-back	Leyton Orient	29	2	21108.9%	2814.4%
37	J. Low Full-back	Huddersfield	24	2	1930.3%	4512.3%
38	L. Gooch Full-back	Huddersfield	30	2	1852.6%	2635.4%
39	R. Sweeney Centre-back	Mansfield Town	29	2	2860.5%	2928%
40	U. Godwin-Malife Full-back	Burton Albion	26	2	265.4%	429.8%
41	L. Freestone Centre-back	Stevenage	26	2	3439.8%	423%
42	M. Pennington Full-back	Bradford	31	2	2125%	2217.6%
43	D. Sweeney Centre-back	Stevenage	32	2	141.4%	1723.9%
44	D. Lawlor Centre-back	Cardiff	20	2	292300%	507.6%
45	M. Andersen Centre-back	Luton	28	2	26648.6%	3623.3%
46	Daniel Edward Peter Imray Full-back	Blackpool	23	2	1357.8%	4626.4%
47	R. Kpakio Full-back	Cardiff	19	2	242109.1%	5112.2%
48	James Dornelly Full-back	Peterborough	21	2	16127.9%	452.7%
49	N. Byrne Centre-back	Doncaster	33	1	3242%	1919.1%
50	E. O'Connell Centre-back	Barnsley	30	1	984.9%	2438%