Top-Scoring defenders in 2. Bundesliga 26/27

The top-scoring defenders in 2. Bundesliga in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

Top-scoring midfielders in 2. Bundesliga Top-scoring attackers in 2. Bundesliga Best defenders in 2. Bundesliga Most in-form defenders in 2. Bundesliga Most valuable defenders in 2. Bundesliga Most improved defenders in 2. Bundesliga

At a glance

R. Jansson of FC St. Pauli is the standout for raw talent across defenders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 81.4, and H. Kuruçay has been the form player this season, grading 52.4, and M. Maglica leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Katić has improved his Season rating most, up +38.9 on last season, while R. Jansson's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +50.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Maglica of SV Darmstadt 98 is the most valuable name in this group at 26.5.

FC St. Pauli · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

N. Katić+38.9SsN

FC Schalke 04 · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	M. Maglica Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	6	37±0%	54±0%
2	H. Kuruçay Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	28	4	52206.4%	5110.6%
3	R. Jansson Full-back	FC St. Pauli	22	3	17281.8%	81208.3%
4	M. Rohr Full-back	SV Elversberg	31	3	4234.6%	3514.7%
5	F. Nürnberger Full-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	2	1741.9%	5013.4%
6	T. Scheller Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	24	2	3521.1%	66±0%
7	V. Ghiță Centre-back	Hannover 96	28	2	3329.5%	4731.9%
8	A. Nollenberger Full-back	1. FC Magdeburg	29	2	41±0%	41±0%
9	Vitalie Becker Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	21	2	36	66
10	M. Mathisen Centre-back	FC St. Pauli	30	1	449.4%	4721.9%
11	Niko Takahashi Cendagorta Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	21	1	1319.3%	537.8%
12	L. Sirch Full-back	SV Elversberg	27	1	3733%	5515.6%
13	J. ter Horst Full-back	SC Paderborn 07	24	1	3217.4%	61±0%
14	J. Gyamerah Full-back	SV Elversberg	31	1	3550.9%	338.5%
15	K. Schmidt Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	24	1	12228.6%	5866.9%
16	M. Hoffmeier Full-back	SC Paderborn 07	27	1	662.1%	4324.8%
17	N. Katić Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	29	1	48432.2%	440.9%
18	F. Götze Full-back	SC Paderborn 07	28	1	344.8%	4919.1%
19	A. Dźwigała Full-back	FC St. Pauli	30	1	21148.8%	3614.9%
20	N. Madsen Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	24	1	25180.7%	460.6%
21	Anderson Lucoqui Full-back	Energie Cottbus	29	1	744%	2326.3%
22	S. Trémoulet Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	26	1	39411.8%	372.8%
23	D. Kovacevic Defensive midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	21	1	21	44
24	C. Lippmann Full-back	SC Paderborn 07	20	1	12	42
25	Y. Lührs Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	22	1	2013.2%	412.4%
26	Kelven Olagie Frees Centre-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	21	1	4	38
27	F. Ronstadt Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	29	1	914.6%	2446%
28	F. Le Joncour Centre-back	SV Elversberg	31	1	1916.9%	2727.2%
29	N. Mickelson Full-back	SV Elversberg	27	1	113.4%	479.6%
30	F. Keidel Full-back	SV Elversberg	23	1	196.1%	6245.3%
31	L. Bünning Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	28	1	946%	384.1%
32	C. Johansson Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	32	1	15245.2%	2034.4%
33	P. Nkoa Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	27	1	15±0%	44±0%
34	D. Zeefuik Centre-back	Hertha BSC	28	1	33±0%	42±0%
35	A. Vukotić Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	31	1	24±0%	29±0%
36	N. Wiemann Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	27	1	44±0%	38±0%
37	M. Aydın Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	24	1	34±0%	64±0%
38	J. Sterner Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	24	1	15±0%	58±0%