Top-Scoring defenders in Premier League 26/27

The top-scoring defenders in Premier League in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Zea of CSKA Moscow is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 38.7, and A. Filin has been the form player this season, grading 55, and Jubal leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: David Ricardo has improved his Season rating most, up +37.8 on last season, while I. Lepskiy's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, David Ricardo of Dynamo is the most valuable name in this group at 6.3.

Krylia Sovetov · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

David Ricardo+37.8SsN

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	Player	Team
1	Jubal Centre-back	FC Krasnodar	33	3	33347.3%	1357.3%
2	A. Arroyo Full-back	Rubin	27	3	781.5%	272.6%
3	N. Chernov Centre-back	Krylia Sovetov	30	2	1831.4%	185.2%
4	L. Olaza Full-back	FC Krasnodar	32	2	3032.5%	1613.3%
5	J. Palacios Centre-back	FC Orenburg	27	1	2265.9%	2720.7%
6	A. Alarcón Centre-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	25	1	1228.6%	3021.8%
7	E. Tsenov Centre-back	FC Orenburg	24	1	22166.3%	3215.1%
8	Y. Rocha Full-back	Akron	23	1	825%	306%
9	K. Andrade Centre-back	Zenit	27	1	1576.8%	2512.9%
10	Clayton Centre-back	Fakel	26	1	910.9%	2452.2%
11	Robert Renan Centre-back	Zenit	23	1	1713.7%	3740.1%
12	A. Filin Centre-back	Baltika	30	1	55132.1%	2024.9%
13	Gedson Fernandes Full-back	Spartak Moscow	27	1	2825.6%	278.5%
14	D. Skopintsev Full-back	Dynamo	29	1	169.6%	1912.2%
15	R. Fernández Full-back	Akron	27	1	1441.6%	267.3%
16	C. Montes Centre-back	Lokomotiv	29	1	1155.8%	1728.4%
17	D. Oroz Centre-back	Krylia Sovetov	25	1	1047.7%	285.7%
18	C. Wooh Centre-back	Spartak Moscow	25	1	3260.5%	314%
19	M. Osipenko Full-back	Dynamo	32	1	4282.2%	165.3%
20	D. Krugovoy Full-back	CSKA Moscow	28	1	2439.2%	2610.3%
21	E. Ćivić Centre-back	Baltika	30	1	1329.4%	158.4%
22	R. Fernández Centre-back	Dynamo	26	1	1698.8%	3016.3%
23	O. Sako Centre-back	FC Rostov	30	1	1821.7%	180.5%
24	T. Sundukov Centre-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	25	1	1165.5%	313.7%
25	A. Sandrachuk Full-back	Dinamo Makhachkala	24	1	241.7%	2812.2%
26	A. Siljanov Full-back	Lokomotiv	25	1	1934.5%	319.9%
27	Gustavo Mantuan Centre-back	Zenit	25	1	2251.4%	327.8%
28	T. Ibishev Centre-back	Akhmat	24	1	1111.7%	301%
29	S. Varatynov Full-back	Baltika	23	1	2158.8%	3310.9%
30	E. Pogostnov Centre-back	Lokomotiv	22	1	178.4%	285.1%
31	M. Bardachev Centre-back	Fakel	20	1	13392.6%	3020%
32	V. Melekhin Centre-back	FC Rostov	22	1	2717.7%	336%
33	M. Zea Centre-back	CSKA Moscow	18	1	23	3921.7%