Top-Scoring defenders in First League 26/27
The top-scoring defenders in First League in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
Y. Koledin of Nizhny Novgorod is the standout for raw talent across defenders in First League, with a Field Insider Rating of 30.8, and S. Karič has been the form player this season, grading 28.6, and Marcelo Alves leads the scoring with 2 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Y. Koledin has improved his Season rating most, up +21 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, E. Fariña of Nizhny Novgorod is the most valuable name in this group at 2.9.
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| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcelo AlvesCentre-back |  FC Sochi | 28 | 2 | 17130.6% | 223.7% |
| 2 | A. SoldatenkovCentre-back | FC Sochi | 29 | 1 | 2218.7% | 2219.8% |
| 3 | K. GotsukCentre-back |  Arsenal Tula | 34 | 1 | 2570.3% | 165.3% |
| 4 | G. ShilnikovCentre-back |  Nizhny Novgorod | 23 | 1 | 7 | 3026.6% |
| 5 | S. KaričCentre-back | Nizhny Novgorod | 28 | 1 | 2910.4% | 2510% |
| 6 | K. ZaikaCentre-back | FC Sochi | 33 | 1 | 1149.3% | 1027.3% |
| 7 | V. LystsovCentre-back |  Chelyabinsk | 31 | 1 | 0100% | 872.9% |