Top-Scoring defenders in Premier League 26/27
The top-scoring defenders in Premier League in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
E. Kozik of Shakhtar Donetsk is the standout for raw talent across defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 38.5, and S. Repaj has been the form player this season, grading 27.8, and V. Kulbachuk leads the scoring with 1 goal.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: O. Syrota has improved his Season rating most, up +9.6 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, E. Kozik of Shakhtar Donetsk is the most valuable name in this group at 7.3.
14 players · ranked by top scorersCustomise →
| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V. KulbachukCentre-back |  Kryvbas KR | 22 | 1 | 4 | 33 |
| 2 | I. KrupskyiFull-back |  FC Kharkiv | 22 | 1 | 31±0% | 411.8% |
| 3 | E. KozikFull-back |  Shakhtar Donetsk | 23 | 1 | 24±0% | 392.1% |
| 4 | V. TanchykFull-back |  Epitsentr Dunayivtsi | 35 | 1 | 567.9% | 650.4% |
| 5 | M. MatvienkoCentre-back | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30 | 1 | 25±0% | 20±0% |
| 6 | V. BabogloCentre-back |  Karpaty | 27 | 1 | 28±0% | 31±0% |
| 7 | R. VantukhCentre-back | Karpaty | 28 | 1 | 18±0% | 285.7% |
| 8 | H. PasichFull-back |  LNZ Cherkasy | 33 | 1 | 47±0% | 14±0% |
| 9 | R. LyakhCentre-back | Karpaty | 26 | 1 | 13±0% | 358.8% |
| 10 | Artem MachelyukCentre-back |  Zorya Luhansk | 27 | 1 | 10±0% | 3312.2% |
| 11 | Vinícius TobiasCentre-back | Shakhtar Donetsk | 22 | 1 | 7±0% | 37±0% |
| 12 | PedrinhoCentre-back | Shakhtar Donetsk | 24 | 1 | 19±0% | 38±0% |
| 13 | V. VilivaldCentre-back | Kryvbas KR | 22 | 1 | 20±0% | 391.8% |
| 14 | V. BondarFull-back | Shakhtar Donetsk | 27 | 1 | 25±0% | 30±0% |