Top-Scoring defenders in League One 26/27

The top-scoring defenders in League One in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

L. Thomas of Leicester is the standout for raw talent across defenders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 66.5, and M. Platt has been the form player this season, grading 44.5, and L. Sørensen leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Ihiekwe has improved his Season rating most, up +23.5 on last season, while C. O'Riordan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +22.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, B. Hills of Stockport County is the most valuable name in this group at 14.6.

Barnsley · 24/25→25/26

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M. Ihiekwe+23.5SsN

Blackpool · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	L. Sørensen Full-back	Huddersfield	27	4	2325.6%	443.9%
2	F. Delap Centre-back	Burton Albion	21	3	14300%	40±0%
3	C. Chambers Centre-back	Cardiff	31	2	2914.5%	2151.8%
4	K. Watts Centre-back	Cambridge United	26	2	980%	35±0%
5	D. Casey Centre-back	Wycombe	28	2	959.3%	33±0%
6	T. Vancooten Centre-back	Stevenage	28	1	2050.4%	3415.4%
7	C. Goode Centre-back	Milton Keynes Dons	31	1	1472%	28±0%
8	Benn David Ward Centre-back	Reading	22	1	211.4%	4129.8%
9	Jayden Joseph Full-back	Leicester	20	1	674.9%	65102.2%
10	Finley Munroe Full-back	Blackpool	21	1	1235.9%	5867.6%
11	M. Gillesphey Centre-back	Bradford	30	1	1629.9%	34±0%
12	W. Forrester Full-back	Leyton Orient	25	1	27135.7%	39±0%
13	J. Olowu Centre-back	Leyton Orient	26	1	3158.5%	449.4%
14	S. Grehan Centre-back	Doncaster	22	1	1430.8%	42±0%
15	U. Godwin-Malife Full-back	Reading	26	1	1542.6%	42±0%
16	B. Cargill Full-back	Mansfield Town	31	1	4077.7%	2033.6%
17	J. Bowery Centre-back	Mansfield Town	35	1	2317.6%	947.7%
18	Guilherme Leal Siqueira Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	21	1	2	56
19	B. Hills Centre-back	Stockport County	22	1	41127.6%	482.8%
20	B. Nelson Centre-back	Leicester	22	1	2981.4%	612.3%
21	L. Browne Centre-back	Notts County	21	1	1	30
22	M. Platt Centre-back	Notts County	29	1	4515.6%	2232.4%
23	G. Leigh Centre-back	Oxford United	32	1	1344.8%	2443.9%
24	F. Kent Centre-back	Oxford United	30	1	3494.3%	2328.6%
25	P. Ng Full-back	Cardiff	30	1	973.8%	30±0%
26	Julio Pleguezuelo Full-back	Plymouth	29	1	13245.9%	24±0%
27	M. Andersen Centre-back	Luton	28	1	866.1%	35±0%
28	Y. Valery Full-back	Sheffield Wednesday	27	1	1221.8%	47±0%
29	J. Williams Centre-back	Blackpool	27	1	1422.7%	588%
30	J. Grimmer Centre-back	Wycombe	32	1	585.7%	23±0%
31	C. Tilt Centre-back	Burton Albion	35	1	1259.6%	16±0%
32	C. Nelson Centre-back	Milton Keynes Dons	33	1	1735.8%	10±0%
33	P. O'Connor Centre-back	Reading	29	1	1825.5%	32±0%
34	C. Brown Centre-back	Oxford United	28	1	1063.2%	49±0%
35	D. Harvie Full-back	Wycombe	28	1	1168.1%	38±0%
36	A. Baldwin Centre-back	Bradford	29	1	3923%	32±0%
37	George Christopher John Pratt Centre-back	Bradford	23	1	23246.3%	591.9%
38	C. Taylor Centre-back	Wycombe	25	1	1427.6%	44±0%
39	G. Otegbayo Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	21	1	1121.1%	63±0%