Top-Scoring defenders in Premiership

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

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At a glance

J. Meghoma of Rangers is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 52.3, and P. McGinn has been the form player this season, grading 52.1, and J. Tavernier leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: P. McGinn has improved his Season rating most, up +47.6 on last season, while M. Freckleton's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +16.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Emmanuel of Motherwell is the most valuable name in this group at 17.8.

M. Freckleton+16.8RTG

ST Mirren · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

P. McGinn+47.6SsN

Motherwell · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. Tavernier Full-back	Rangers	34	8	3229.6%	1732.6%
2	M. Emmanuel Full-back	Motherwell	25	8	481160.5%	5123.3%
3	K. Tierney Full-back	Celtic	29	6	36624.5%	3539.7%
4	Luca Stephenson Full-back	Dundee Utd	22	5	1647.6%	521%
5	S. Findlay Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	30	5	47356.3%	3310.9%
6	E. Fernandez Centre-back	Rangers	24	5	32156.1%	506.8%
7	W. Ferry Full-back	Dundee Utd	25	4	3024.9%	506.7%
8	M. Freckleton Centre-back	ST Mirren	23	4	39112.1%	5050.8%
9	C. Halkett Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	31	4	47191.4%	273.1%
10	R. Bushiri Centre-back	Hibernian	26	3	2416.3%	4313%
11	R. Astley Centre-back	Dundee	24	3	2956.8%	482.1%
12	K. Keresztes Centre-back	Dundee Utd	26	3	34	43
13	M. Schjønning-Larsen Full-back	Kilmarnock	25	2	10	40
14	R. King Centre-back	ST Mirren	24	2	21	43
15	R. Graham Centre-back	Dundee Utd	25	2	1610.6%	436.4%
16	D. Sterling Full-back	Rangers	26	2	1239.6%	3910.6%
17	F. Lissah Full-back	Falkirk	21	2	34	49
18	Brooklyn Kabongolo Centre-back	Livingston	23	2	7	41
19	R. Deas Centre-back	Kilmarnock	26	2	326.3%	434.5%
20	C. Montaño Full-back	Livingston	34	2	1235.6%	1331.9%
21	S. Kingsley Full-back	Heart Of Midlothian	32	2	24235.2%	199.6%
22	A. Gogić Centre-back	ST Mirren	32	2	3017.5%	2226.3%
23	L. Graham Centre-back	Dundee	22	2	311247.8%	4930.7%
24	C. Robertson Full-back	Dundee	32	2	91.1%	1727%
25	G. Stanger Centre-back	Kilmarnock	25	2	142150%	41±0%
26	J. Araujo Centre-back	Celtic	24	1	12151%	4341.3%
27	T. Rommens Full-back	Rangers	23	1	1264.9%	4623.3%
28	M. Frame Full-back	Aberdeen	20	1	9	46
29	S. Welsh Centre-back	Motherwell	26	1	43266.4%	4313.5%
30	J. Meghoma Full-back	Rangers	20	1	24209.1%	5215.8%
31	R. Strain Centre-back	Dundee Utd	29	1	1162%	2635.4%
32	S. Tanser Full-back	ST Mirren	31	1	949.7%	1935.1%
33	N. Devlin Centre-back	Aberdeen	32	1	216.1%	2029.7%
34	F. Kent Centre-back	Heart Of Midlothian	30	1	182.3%	2328.6%
35	M. Fraser Centre-back	ST Mirren	32	1	301.7%	2134.2%
36	D. John Full-back	ST Mirren	31	1	1991.8%	2413%
37	B. Esselink Centre-back	Dundee Utd	26	1	1627.6%	3914.9%
38	L. Henderson Centre-back	Falkirk	29	1	29	34
39	M. Aarons Full-back	Rangers	26	1	101600%	3840%
40	L. Gordon Centre-back	Motherwell	30	1	1611.9%	2333%
41	J. Koutroumbis Full-back	Motherwell	28	1	29525.5%	325.3%
42	D. Wilson Centre-back	Livingston	34	1	1255.6%	1631%
43	B. Lyons Centre-back	Kilmarnock	29	1	1833.8%	2825.3%