Top-Scoring defenders in Liga MX

The top-scoring defenders in Liga MX, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Castillo of Guadalajara Chivas is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Liga MX, with a Field Insider Rating of 53.5, and R. Fernández has been the form player this season, grading 49.2, and Á. Angulo leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Gómez has improved his Season rating most, up +39.2 on last season, while A. Aceves's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +12.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, R. Fernández of Club Tijuana is the most valuable name in this group at 20.6.

CF Pachuca · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

A. Gómez+39.2SsN

Club Tijuana · 20/21→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Á. Angulo Full-back	U.N.A.M. - Pumas	29	6	33	39
2	F. Almada Centre-back	Mazatlán	28	6	2032.8%	4021%
3	J. Gallardo Full-back	Toluca	31	5	31	29
4	D. Aguirre Full-back	Guadalajara Chivas	27	4	292800%	4437.5%
5	A. Briseño Centre-back	Toluca	32	3	13	19
6	Sergio Ramos Centre-back	Monterrey	40	3	2046.4%	1054.3%
7	B. Colula Centre-back	Mazatlán	30	3	18	28
8	F. Pereira Centre-back	Toluca	26	3	32	47
9	Rubén Duarte Centre-back	U.N.A.M. - Pumas	30	3	309.8%	3150%
10	B. Amione Centre-back	Santos Laguna	24	3	28374.6%	4928.2%
11	M. Capasso Centre-back	Atlas	30	2	27452.1%	2836.6%
12	J. Angulo Centre-back	Tigres UANL	28	2	25	35
13	A. Oliveros Centre-back	Necaxa	27	2	16	43
14	J. Murillo Centre-back	FC Juarez	32	2	1453.5%	225.7%
15	Joaquim Centre-back	Tigres UANL	27	2	344.2%	4140.9%
16	J. Sanabria Full-back	Atletico San Luis	26	2	17115.4%	4424.7%
17	R. Chávez Full-back	Monterrey	31	2	31	26
18	O. Campos Full-back	Cruz Azul	24	2	210.5%	4915.5%
19	A. Peña Centre-back	Necaxa	30	2	17	29
20	R. Juárez Centre-back	Club America	25	2	22	46
21	Unai Bilbao Full-back	Club Tijuana	32	2	38	23
22	A. Gómez Centre-back	Club Tijuana	24	2	44890.9%	506%
23	J. Porozo Centre-back	Club Tijuana	26	2	46192.4%	497%
24	A. Mora Centre-back	Atlas	28	2	17	34
25	E. Águila Centre-back	Atletico San Luis	24	2	26	50
26	I. Lichnovsky Centre-back	Club America	32	1	868.5%	1661.7%
27	K. Balanta Centre-back	Santos Laguna	29	1	30	35
28	T. Jacob Centre-back	Necaxa	22	1	940.8%	444.1%
29	D. Parra Full-back	Club Queretaro	27	1	14	35
30	Dória Centre-back	Atlas	31	1	11	21
31	D. Campillo Centre-back	Guadalajara Chivas	24	1	39	53
32	J. Castillo Full-back	Guadalajara Chivas	24	1	37	54
33	L. Romo Centre-back	Guadalajara Chivas	31	1	39	27
34	J. Perlaza Full-back	Club Queretaro	28	1	6	32
35	V. Guzmán Centre-back	Monterrey	24	1	22	47
36	C. Sánchez Full-back	CF Pachuca	24	1	21	48
37	G. Arteaga Full-back	Monterrey	27	1	25179.8%	4116.9%
38	A. Aceves Full-back	CF Pachuca	25	1	2682.9%	4932.5%
39	B. García Full-back	CF Pachuca	28	1	26	41
40	S. Barreto Centre-back	CF Pachuca	27	1	2911.6%	4617.7%
41	J. Orozco Full-back	Cruz Azul	24	1	12	45
42	D. de Buen Full-back	Necaxa	35	1	6	11
43	D. Barbosa Full-back	Toluca	29	1	34	33
44	B. Méndez Centre-back	Toluca	26	1	2710.3%	4430.5%
45	Nathan Silva Centre-back	U.N.A.M. - Pumas	29	1	35402.9%	3924.9%
46	R. Fernández Full-back	Club Tijuana	26	1	49	48
47	J. Lozano Full-back	Atlas	27	1	7	37
48	G. Aguirre Full-back	Atlas	30	1	38	32
49	F. Monárrez Full-back	Puebla	27	1	16	38
50	I. López Centre-back	Tigres UANL	27	1	7	35