Top Rated Players — Defenders

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Achraf Hakimi89+1

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Nuno Mendes88+3

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William Saliba88+2

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Willian Pacho88+2

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Virgil van Dijk88+0

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Irene Paredes88+0

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Alessandro Bastoni87+2

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Leah Williamson87+1

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Jonathan Tah87+0

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Lucy Bronze87+0

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Millie Bright87+0

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Rúben Dias87+0

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Katie McCabe87+0

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Selma Bacha86+4

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Dayot Upamecano86+2

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Nico Schlotterbeck86+2

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Jules Koundé86+1

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Federico Dimarco86+0

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Joško Gvardiol85+3

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Trent Alexander-Arnold85+1

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Marcos Llorente85+0

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Wendie Renard85+0

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Marc Cucurella85+0

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Maya Le Tissier84+5

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Olga Carmona84+4

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Naomi Girma84+4

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Ellie Carpenter84+3

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Jurriën Timber84+3

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Reece James84+2

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Éder Militão84+2

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Marc Guéhi84+2

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Ingrid Syrstad Engen84+2

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Giulia Gwinn84+2

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Ibrahima Konaté84+1

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Iñigo Martínez84+0

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Antonio Rüdiger84+0

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João Cancelo84+0

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Konrad Laimer84+0

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Fridolina Rolfö84+0

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Lisa Boattin84+0

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Steph Catley84+0

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Alex Greenwood84+0

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Ashley Lawrence84+0

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Gabriel	CB	Brazil	Arsenal	89	90	+1
2	Achraf Hakimi	RB	Morocco	Paris Saint-Germain	89	90	+1
3	Mapi León	CB	Spain	FC Barcelona	89	89	+0
4	Nuno Mendes	LB	Portugal	Paris Saint-Germain	88	91	+3
5	William Saliba	CB	France	Arsenal	88	90	+2
6	Willian Pacho	CB	Ecuador	Paris Saint-Germain	88	90	+2
7	Virgil van Dijk	CB	Netherlands	Liverpool	88	88	+0
8	Irene Paredes	CB	Spain	FC Barcelona	88	88	+0
9	Alessandro Bastoni	CB	Italy	Inter	87	89	+2
10	Leah Williamson	CB	England	Arsenal	87	88	+1
11	Marquinhos	CB	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain	87	87	+0
12	Jonathan Tah	CB	Germany	Bayern München	87	87	+0
13	Lucy Bronze	RB	England	Chelsea	87	87	+0
14	Millie Bright	CB	England		87	87	+0
15	Rúben Dias	CB	Portugal	Manchester City	87	87	+0
16	Katie McCabe	LB	Republic of Ireland	Arsenal	87	87	+0
17	Selma Bacha	LB	France	OL Lyonnes	86	90	+4
18	Ona Batlle	RB	Spain	FC Barcelona	86	89	+3
19	Dayot Upamecano	CB	France	Bayern München	86	88	+2
20	Nico Schlotterbeck	CB	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	86	88	+2
21	Jules Koundé	RB	France	FC Barcelona	86	87	+1
22	Federico Dimarco	LB	Italy	Inter	86	86	+0
23	Bremer	CB	Brazil	Juventus	86	86	+0
24	Joško Gvardiol	CB	Croatia	Manchester City	85	88	+3
25	Trent Alexander-Arnold	RB	England	Real Madrid	85	86	+1
26	Marcos Llorente	RB	Spain	Atlético de Madrid	85	85	+0
27	Wendie Renard	CB	France	OL Lyonnes	85	85	+0
28	Marc Cucurella	LB	Spain	Chelsea	85	85	+0
29	Maya Le Tissier	CB	England	Manchester United	84	89	+5
30	Olga Carmona	LB	Spain	Paris Saint-Germain	84	88	+4
31	Naomi Girma	CB	United States	Chelsea	84	88	+4
32	Ellie Carpenter	RB	Australia	Chelsea	84	87	+3
33	Jurriën Timber	RB	Netherlands	Arsenal	84	87	+3
34	Reece James	RB	England	Chelsea	84	86	+2
35	Éder Militão	CB	Brazil	Real Madrid	84	86	+2
36	Marc Guéhi	CB	England	Manchester City	84	86	+2
37	Ingrid Syrstad Engen	CB	Norway	OL Lyonnes	84	86	+2
38	Giulia Gwinn	RB	Germany	Bayern München	84	86	+2
39	Ezri Konsa	CB	England	Aston Villa	84	85	+1
40	Ibrahima Konaté	CB	France	Liverpool	84	85	+1
41	Iñigo Martínez	CB	Spain	Al Nassr	84	84	+0
42	Carvajal	RB	Spain	Real Madrid	84	84	+0
43	Antonio Rüdiger	CB	Germany	Real Madrid	84	84	+0
44	João Cancelo	RB	Portugal	FC Barcelona	84	84	+0
45	Konrad Laimer	RB	Austria	Bayern München	84	84	+0
46	Fridolina Rolfö	LB	Sweden	Manchester United	84	84	+0
47	Lisa Boattin	LB	Italy	Houston Dash	84	84	+0
48	Steph Catley	CB	Australia	Arsenal	84	84	+0
49	Alex Greenwood	CB	England	Manchester City	84	84	+0
50	Ashley Lawrence	RB	Canada	OL Lyonnes	84	84	+0