Top-Scoring defenders in Eredivisie

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

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At a glance

M. Rots of Twente is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Eredivisie, with a Field Insider Rating of 83.9, and M. Young has been the form player this season, grading 59.3, and B. Kemper leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Teo Quintero has improved his Season rating most, up +47.2 on last season, while N. Kasanwirjo's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +28.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Teo Quintero of Sparta Rotterdam is the most valuable name in this group at 43.2.

N. Kasanwirjo+28.6RTG

Fortuna Sittard · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Teo Quintero+47.2SsN

Sparta Rotterdam · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	B. Kemper Full-back	NAC Breda	27	5	2817.5%	5911.2%
2	D. Bakker Full-back	Telstar	31	4	2554.1%	3711%
3	Y. Baas Centre-back	Ajax	23	4	545.7%	764.5%
4	M. Rots Full-back	Twente	20	4	42456%	8430.1%
5	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	4	42345.7%	7739.1%
6	A. Zagré Full-back	Excelsior	24	4	3219%	7016.6%
7	T. Gooijer Full-back	PEC Zwolle	21	3	215175%	6615.9%
8	D. Mirani Centre-back	Heracles	30	3	1940.3%	4221.8%
9	S. El Karouani Full-back	Utrecht	25	3	441.4%	755.9%
10	M. van der Hoorn Centre-back	Utrecht	33	3	3217.4%	2827.3%
11	M. Peersman Full-back	Groningen	35	3	3659.5%	2720.4%
12	M. Rente Full-back	Groningen	29	3	416.8%	5010.7%
13	M. de Wit Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	28	3	38328.4%	584.4%
14	B. van Rooij Full-back	Twente	25	3	4736.3%	764.1%
15	Yarek Gasiorowski Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	21	3	2883.7%	761.2%
16	R. Flamingo Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	23	3	2343.9%	7011.5%
17	A. Van Hoorenbeeck Centre-back	Heracles	27	2	167%	5115.7%
18	D. Janse Centre-back	Groningen	20	2	4294.9%	7543.5%
19	M. Didden Centre-back	Utrecht	24	2	33285.9%	6711.6%
20	I. Mesík Full-back	Heracles	25	2	1843.2%	657.6%
21	D. Kasius Central midfielder	AZ Alkmaar	23	2	3635.4%	72±0%
22	Alexandre Penetra Centre-back	AZ Alkmaar	24	2	3712%	721.4%
23	A. MacNulty Centre-back	PEC Zwolle	23	2	305.9%	715.7%
24	K. Sildillia Full-back	PSV Eindhoven	24	2	1814.3%	714.3%
25	A. Obispo Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	27	2	755.3%	5113.7%
26	V. Zagaritis Full-back	Heerenveen	25	2	322.5%	69±0%
27	T. Watanabe Centre-back	Feyenoord	29	2	4212.6%	5011.3%
28	I. Bronkhorst Full-back	Excelsior	29	2	2740%	4512.7%
29	J. Dirksen Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	23	2	192983.3%	6210.2%
30	G. Nauber Centre-back	GO Ahead Eagles	34	2	1752.5%	1943.4%
31	Justin Quincy Hubner Centre-back	Fortuna Sittard	22	2	161021.4%	6649.8%
32	D. Murkin Full-back	Utrecht	27	2	483.1%	5019%
33	A. Kaplan Centre-back	NEC Nijmegen	23	1	2793%	7113.3%
34	B. van Duijl Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	20	1	1310.6%	6423.5%
35	M. Chávez Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	22	1	24	67
36	E. Dasa Full-back	NEC Nijmegen	33	1	1422.7%	2558.7%
37	L. Schouten Centre-back	Excelsior	22	1	1730.1%	6313.2%
38	L. Greiml Centre-back	NAC Breda	25	1	3215.4%	628.2%
39	K. Itakura Central midfielder	Ajax	29	1	2130.9%	4237.8%
40	M. te Wierik Centre-back	Heracles	34	1	1171.3%	1837.1%
41	N. Vesterlund Full-back	Utrecht	27	1	22153.4%	5510.8%
42	G. Offerhaus Defensive midfielder	Telstar	25	1	4020.9%	6815.1%
43	A. Gaaei Full-back	Ajax	23	1	2924.3%	718.2%
44	O. Wijndal Centre-back	Ajax	26	1	28226.7%	591.2%
45	S. Floranus Full-back	PEC Zwolle	27	1	31642.9%	5810.2%
46	Teo Quintero Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	27	1	56518.7%	584.3%
47	B. Martins Indi Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	34	1	40494.1%	2518.4%
48	P. van Aanholt Full-back	Sparta Rotterdam	35	1	1131.1%	1434.1%
49	Mauro Júnior Full-back	PSV Eindhoven	27	1	4134.8%	649.5%
50	S. Dest Full-back	PSV Eindhoven	25	1	30616.7%	7621.8%