Top-Scoring defenders in Eliteserien 2026

The top-scoring defenders in Eliteserien in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

D. Koswal of Sandefjord is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Eliteserien, with a Field Insider Rating of 65.8, and F. Sjøvold has been the form player this season, grading 77.5, and A. Warneryd leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: I. Vådebu has improved his Season rating most, up +49.7 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, F. Sjøvold of Bodo/Glimt is the most valuable name in this group at 15.5.

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	Player	Team
1	A. Warneryd Full-back	Tromso	21	5	50118.9%	5062.7%
2	H. Heggheim Full-back	Viking	25	4	4944.3%	474.9%
3	M. Roseth Centre-back	Viking	28	4	34225.7%	322.5%
4	J. Soltvedt Full-back	Brann	30	4	1766.7%	288.9%
5	G. Stensness Centre-back	Viking	27	3	30623.8%	4031.6%
6	F. Sjøvold Full-back	Bodo/Glimt	23	3	7860.5%	522.2%
7	M. Gjone Full-back	Ham-Kam	20	3	26	49
8	F. Holmé Full-back	Fredrikstad	25	2	26175.3%	4340.2%
9	H. Falchener Full-back	Viking	23	2	386.2%	4510.8%
10	L. Ranger Full-back	Lillestrom	27	2	42151.5%	3951.8%
11	O. Toure Full-back	Start	23	2	20310.2%	3940.5%
12	D. Eid Full-back	Fredrikstad	27	2	2913.7%	408.7%
13	V. Dragsnes Centre-back	Brann	32	1	9232.1%	1827.7%
14	I. Näsberg Centre-back	Valerenga	30	1	2153%	2523.2%
15	P. Metcalfe Full-back	Ham-Kam	27	1	3175.6%	365.2%
16	R. Holten Centre-back	Sandefjord	21	1	1717200%	361.4%
17	M. Sinyan Centre-back	KFUM Oslo	27	1	099.1%	2610.2%
18	V. Skjærvik Full-back	Tromso	25	1	5230.3%	432.9%
19	F. Bjørkan Full-back	Bodo/Glimt	28	1	445.8%	373.1%
20	K. Haugen Full-back	Viking	32	1	332.6%	208.2%
21	D. De Roeve Full-back	Brann	22	1	2816.2%	442.9%
22	A. Pereira Full-back	Rosenborg	26	1	2326.9%	355.1%
23	S. Kabini Full-back	Molde	22	1	304.4%	442.4%
24	E. Amundsen-Day Centre-back	Ham-Kam	20	1	32176.7%	4619.3%
25	M. Linnes Full-back	Molde	34	1	22±0%	1112.3%
26	F. Lino Full-back	Viking	21	1	6	20
27	S. Bjørshol Centre-back	Viking	32	1	16±0%	155%
28	J. Ørsahl Full-back	Aalesund	25	1	0	3737.2%
29	D. Schneider Centre-back	KFUM Oslo	24	1	438420%	4433.2%
30	E. Reitan Centre-back	Start	28	1	1512.6%	3112.7%
31	A. Hiim Full-back	Sarpsborg 08 FF	23	1	40645.3%	4630.5%
32	H. Aleesami Centre-back	Bodo/Glimt	35	1	5354.7%	1516.7%
33	I. Määttä Full-back	Bodo/Glimt	24	1	46325.2%	421.4%
34	S. Mørk Centre-back	Sandefjord	25	1	3430.9%	42±0%
35	I. Vådebu Centre-back	Tromso	23	1	53297.7%	4510.1%
36	U. Fredriksen Centre-back	Fredrikstad	27	1	2923.2%	371.3%
37	S. Rafn Full-back	Fredrikstad	34	1	1329.7%	1327.5%
38	C. Niyukuri Full-back	Sarpsborg 08 FF	26	1	2853%	3911%