Top-Scoring defenders in Premier League

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

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At a glance

I. Krupskyi of Metalist 1925 Kharkiv is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 40.5, and H. Pasich has been the form player this season, grading 47.4, and E. Sarapiy leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Muravskyi has improved his Season rating most, up +29.7 on last season, while V. Salyuk's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +8.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, O. Drambaev of LNZ Cherkasy is the most valuable name in this group at 10.

Best talent

I. Krupskyi40.5RTG

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

N. Muravskyi+29.7SsN

LNZ Cherkasy · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	E. Sarapiy Centre-back	Polessya	27	5	44182.1%	3411.7%
2	V. Roman Full-back	Ruh Lviv	23	4	774.8%	3516.4%
3	Y. Misyura Centre-back	SK Poltava	32	2	978.2%	1434.6%
4	I. Perduta Full-back	Zorya Luhansk	35	2	1318.9%	924.4%
5	T. Mykhavko Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	21	2	683.2%	4011.4%
6	G. Maisuradze Full-back	Polessya	24	1	1576.7%	371.6%
7	Vinícius Tobias Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	22	1	761.6%	3712.7%
8	A. Thiare Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	22	1	489.6%	3716.5%
9	Y. Kopyna Centre-back	Ruh Lviv	30	1	476.2%	1827.2%
10	O. Veremienko Centre-back	SK Poltava	27	1	379.1%	269.1%
11	Jean Pedroso Centre-back	Karpaty	22	1	2121.7%	3710.8%
12	V. Baboglo Centre-back	Karpaty	27	1	2828.9%	3026%
13	A. JanjiÄCentre-back	Zorya Luhansk	24	1	13	35
14	N. Muravskyi Centre-back	LNZ Cherkasy	26	1	46181.1%	365.8%
15	Juninho Full-back	Zorya Luhansk	30	1	1789%	2221.2%
16	Jordan Centre-back	Zorya Luhansk	27	1	2028.3%	3028.1%
17	H. Pasich Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	33	1	47125.7%	1430%
18	Miguel Campos Centre-back	Oleksandria	29	1	781.9%	2141.9%
19	S. Sukhanov Centre-forward	Obolon'-Brovar	31	1	642.7%	1535.8%
20	V. Kurko Centre-back	Obolon'-Brovar	31	1	563.7%	1532.9%
21	V. Pryymak Full-back	Obolon'-Brovar	29	1	1049.5%	2234%
22	V. Vilivald Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	21	1	20104.1%	395.4%
23	I. Krasniqi Centre-back	Kolos Kovalivka	26	1	2610.6%	3312.9%
24	E. Kozik Centre-back	Kolos Kovalivka	23	1	2419%	383.8%
25	M. Burda Centre-back	Kolos Kovalivka	31	1	161.3%	1625.2%
26	Y. Konoplya Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	26	1	167.7%	356.7%
27	V. Tanchyk Defensive midfielder	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	34	1	666%	648.8%
28	A. Ghram Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	25	1	72.8%	351.1%
29	I. Putrya Centre-back	LNZ Cherkasy	28	1	195.6%	2439.5%
30	V. Bondar Centre-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	27	1	2528.4%	3028%
31	I. Kotsyumaka Full-back	SK Poltava	30	1	5	18