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 61.8, and H. Heggheim leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: I. Vådebu has improved his Season rating most, up +46.7 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	H. Heggheim Full-back	Viking	25	6	4118.8%	474.5%
2	M. Roseth Centre-back	Viking	28	4	34225.7%	358.3%
3	G. Stensness Centre-back	Viking	27	4	25483.3%	3929.9%
4	J. Soltvedt Full-back	Brann	31	4	21108.8%	2510.1%
5	A. Warneryd Full-back	Tromso	21	4	4285%	5062.1%
6	F. Holmé Centre-back	Fredrikstad	25	3	26182.8%	4442.5%
7	K. Haugen Full-back	Viking	32	3	2043%	209.1%
8	F. Bjørkan Full-back	Bodo/Glimt	28	3	4015.2%	337%
9	O. Toure Full-back	Start	23	3	18259.2%	4042.7%
10	F. Sjøvold Full-back	Bodo/Glimt	23	3	6228%	51±0%
11	M. Gjone Full-back	Ham-Kam	20	3	23	48
12	S. Jarl Centre-back	Valerenga	26	2	1318.7%	339.7%
13	E. Reitan Centre-back	Start	29	2	174.2%	2920.2%
14	A. Pereira Full-back	Rosenborg	27	2	2132.3%	332.9%
15	A. Witry Full-back	Rosenborg	30	2	25197.6%	2313.4%
16	L. Ranger Full-back	Lillestrom	27	2	45175.2%	3850.2%
17	S. Owusu Centre-back	Fredrikstad	30	2	914.6%	207%
18	J. Norheim Centre-back	Start	31	2	17315%	1957.4%
19	D. Eid Full-back	Fredrikstad	28	2	2720%	3712%
20	H. Falchener Full-back	Viking	23	2	2237.6%	4411.8%
21	C. Niyukuri Full-back	Sarpsborg 08 FF	26	2	3168.5%	4114.9%
22	V. Dragsnes Centre-back	Brann	32	1	13371.4%	1828.4%
23	I. Näsberg Centre-back	Valerenga	30	1	143.7%	2417.2%
24	P. Metcalfe Full-back	Ham-Kam	27	1	2327.8%	364.7%
25	R. Holten Centre-back	Sandefjord	21	1	54500%	371.7%
26	M. Sinyan Centre-back	KFUM Oslo	27	1	097.4%	277.8%
27	F. Lino Full-back	Viking	21	1	7	20
28	M. Linnes Full-back	Molde	35	1	1816.5%	123.3%
29	J. Mortensen Centre-back	Rosenborg	25	1	2016.1%	372.5%
30	H. Aleesami Centre-back	Bodo/Glimt	35	1	389.3%	135.6%
31	R. Gabrielsen Centre-back	Lillestrom	34	1	3225.7%	1664.9%
32	S. Bjørshol Centre-back	Viking	32	1	1037.4%	158.2%
33	T. Børkeeiet Centre-back	Sandefjord	27	1	7366.7%	282.9%
34	S. Rafn Full-back	Fredrikstad	34	1	1234.1%	1214.7%
35	I. Määttä Full-back	Bodo/Glimt	25	1	31187.9%	412%
36	S. Foss Centre-back	Lillestrom	27	1	1713.7%	3224.3%
37	S. Mørk Centre-back	Sandefjord	25	1	3638.5%	420.9%
38	E. Wichne Centre-back	Sarpsborg 08 FF	29	1	1342.7%	2223.8%
39	F. Berglie Centre-back	KFUM Oslo	29	1	203200%	2614.8%
40	U. Fredriksen Centre-back	Fredrikstad	27	1	2728.2%	365%
41	J. Ørsahl Full-back	Aalesund	25	1	6	3635.3%
42	A. Ujkani Centre-back	Start	26	1	821.4%	328.6%
43	A. Kiil Olsen Centre-back	Valerenga	25	1	206.6%	4211.8%
44	V. Skjærvik Full-back	Tromso	26	1	424.3%	397.5%
45	I. Vådebu Centre-back	Tromso	23	1	50275%	4510.6%
46	A. Hiim Full-back	Sarpsborg 08 FF	24	1	38611.3%	4530.8%
47	E. Amundsen-Day Centre-back	Ham-Kam	20	1	29150.9%	4619.3%
48	D. Schneider Centre-back	KFUM Oslo	24	1	367100%	4330.5%
49	D. Dashaev Full-back	Start	21	1	2150%	3621.4%
50	S. Kabini Full-back	Molde	22	1	2714.3%	455.6%