Top-Scoring defenders in League Two 26/27

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

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

At a glance

J. Moon of Port Vale is the standout for raw talent across defenders in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 44.6, and R. Staunton has been the form player this season, grading 27.1, and Lewis Shipley leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Staunton has improved his Season rating most, up +21.9 on last season, while J. Moon'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, W. Sutton of Oldham is the most valuable name in this group at 6.2.

Port Vale · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

R. Staunton+21.9SsN

Grimsby · 20/21→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Lewis Shipley Centre-back	Barrow	22	3	11127.7%	317%
2	T. James Full-back	Bristol Rovers	30	2	169.6%	269.1%
3	G. Bajrami Centre-back	Crawley Town	26	2	18	2625.9%
4	N. Canavan Full-back	Barrow	35	2	1258.1%	931.5%
5	W. Sutton Centre-back	Oldham	23	2	268433.3%	3114.7%
6	J. Leake Centre-back	Oldham	23	2	7±0%	29±0%
7	J. Fitzwater Centre-back	Exeter City	28	2	26±0%	32±0%
8	O. Beckles Centre-back	Gillingham	34	1	652.3%	649.6%
9	B. Purrington Centre-back	Bristol Rovers	30	1	25±0%	198.6%
10	K. Cameron Centre-back	Newport County	29	1	16±0%	2418%
11	T. Pearce Full-back	Chesterfield	28	1	783.8%	2235.4%
12	L. Offord Centre-back	Crewe	26	1	36±0%	333.1%
13	R. Hutchinson Full-back	Crewe	26	1	23±0%	33±0%
14	J. Moon Full-back	Port Vale	25	1	1166%	4532%
15	T. Allen Centre-back	Salford City	26	1	22±0%	41±0%
16	L. Dobbs Centre-back	Gillingham	19	1	1	28
17	D. Matthews Centre-back	Accrington ST	26	1	285.9%	2320.4%
18	C. Raglan Centre-back	Barrow	33	1	160.6%	1255.3%
19	C. McCarthy Full-back	Northampton	28	1	1794.3%	3117.5%
20	J. Willis Centre-back	Northampton	32	1	721.3%	1729.4%
21	Filozofe Mabete Centre-back	Swindon Town	21	1	14	31
22	C. Dunkley Centre-back	Chesterfield	34	1	18115.5%	106.6%
23	A. Flint Centre-back	Walsall	37	1	24±0%	10±0%
24	R. Staunton Full-back	Grimsby	24	1	27421.2%	3411.1%
25	H. Douglas Centre-back	Rotherham	21	1	5	41
26	A. Kilgour Full-back	Bristol Rovers	28	1	25440.4%	2624.1%
27	E. Iandolo Full-back	Colchester	29	1	14±0%	2213.1%
28	W. Boyle Centre-back	Shrewsbury	31	1	32±0%	2112.6%
29	H. Rodgers Full-back	Grimsby	29	1	35±0%	25±0%
30	A. Oluwo Centre-back	Salford City	26	1	31±0%	32±0%
31	J. Connolly Centre-back	Walsall	24	1	22±0%	342.7%
32	H. Burke Centre-back	Walsall	24	1	0	26
33	E. Otoo Full-back	Rotherham	24	1	3	29
34	Z. Williams Centre-back	Barnet	21	1	67.9%	403.3%
35	Conor McManus Full-back	Gillingham	22	1	0	68
36	F. Potter Centre-back	Fleetwood Town	22	1	16±0%	32±0%
37	J. Stephenson Centre-back	Crewe	18	1	0	72
38	Joel McGregor Full-back	Swindon Town	20	1	2276.2%	334.5%
39	W. Burrell Centre-back	Harrogate Town	36	1	171.2%	81.2%