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Rúben Dias89+1

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Virgil van Dijk89+0

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Irene Paredes88+0

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Wendie Renard88+0

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Ronald Araujo86+5

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Selma Bacha86+5

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Éder Militão86+3

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Trent Alexander-Arnold86+2

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Antonio Rüdiger86+0

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João Cancelo86+0

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Andrew Robertson86+0

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Fridolina Rolfö86+0

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Sakina Karchaoui86+0

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Alessandro Bastoni85+5

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Jules Koundé85+4

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William Saliba85+4

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Theo Hernández85+3

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Leah Williamson85+3

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John Stones85+1

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Kieran Trippier85+0

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David Alaba85+0

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Giovanni Di Lorenzo85+0

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Kathrin Hendrich85+0

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Lucy Bronze85+0

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Ashley Lawrence85+0

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Millie Bright85+0

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Katie McCabe85+0

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Matthijs de Ligt84+5

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Fikayo Tomori84+4

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Jeremie Frimpong84+4

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Lisandro Martínez84+3

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Nico Schlotterbeck84+3

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Kadeisha Buchanan84+2

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Achraf Hakimi84+2

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Kim Min Jae84+2

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Jonathan Tah84+1

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Lisa Boattin84+1

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Mats Hummels84+0

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Kyle Walker84+0

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Chris Smalling84+0

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Kalidou Koulibaly84+0

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Lucas Hernández84+0

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Becky Sauerbrunn84+0

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Mapi León	CB	Spain	FC Barcelona	89	90	+1
2	Rúben Dias	CB	Portugal	Manchester City	89	90	+1
3	Virgil van Dijk	CB	Netherlands	Liverpool	89	89	+0
4	Irene Paredes	CB	Spain	FC Barcelona	88	88	+0
5	Wendie Renard	CB	France	Olympique Lyonnais	88	88	+0
6	Marquinhos	CB	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain	87	87	+0
7	Ronald Araujo	CB	Uruguay	FC Barcelona	86	91	+5
8	Selma Bacha	LB	France	Olympique Lyonnais	86	91	+5
9	Éder Militão	CB	Brazil	Real Madrid	86	89	+3
10	Trent Alexander-Arnold	RB	England	Liverpool	86	88	+2
11	Antonio Rüdiger	CB	Germany	Real Madrid	86	86	+0
12	Grimaldo	LWB	Spain	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	86	86	+0
13	João Cancelo	RB	Portugal	FC Barcelona	86	86	+0
14	Andrew Robertson	LB	Scotland	Liverpool	86	86	+0
15	Fridolina Rolfö	LB	Sweden	FC Barcelona	86	86	+0
16	Sakina Karchaoui	LB	France	Paris Saint-Germain	86	86	+0
17	Alessandro Bastoni	CB	Italy	Inter	85	90	+5
18	Jules Koundé	CB	France	FC Barcelona	85	89	+4
19	William Saliba	CB	France	Arsenal	85	89	+4
20	Ona Batlle	RB	Spain	FC Barcelona	85	89	+4
21	Theo Hernández	LB	France	Milan	85	88	+3
22	Bremer	CB	Brazil	Juventus	85	88	+3
23	Leah Williamson	CB	England	Arsenal	85	88	+3
24	Gabriel	CB	Brazil	Arsenal	85	87	+2
25	John Stones	CB	England	Manchester City	85	86	+1
26	Kieran Trippier	RB	England	Newcastle United	85	85	+0
27	David Alaba	CB	Austria	Real Madrid	85	85	+0
28	Giovanni Di Lorenzo	RB	Italy	Napoli	85	85	+0
29	Kathrin Hendrich	CB	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg	85	85	+0
30	Lucy Bronze	RB	England	FC Barcelona	85	85	+0
31	Ashley Lawrence	RB	Canada	Chelsea	85	85	+0
32	Millie Bright	CB	England	Chelsea	85	85	+0
33	Katie McCabe	LB	Republic of Ireland	Arsenal	85	85	+0
34	Matthijs de Ligt	CB	Netherlands	Bayern München	84	89	+5
35	Fikayo Tomori	CB	England	Milan	84	88	+4
36	Jeremie Frimpong	RWB	Netherlands	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	84	88	+4
37	Lisandro Martínez	CB	Argentina	Manchester United	84	87	+3
38	Nico Schlotterbeck	CB	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	84	87	+3
39	Kadeisha Buchanan	CB	Canada	Chelsea	84	86	+2
40	Achraf Hakimi	RB	Morocco	Paris Saint-Germain	84	86	+2
41	Kim Min Jae	CB	Republic of Korea	Bayern München	84	86	+2
42	Jonathan Tah	CB	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	84	85	+1
43	Lisa Boattin	LB	Italy	Juventus	84	85	+1
44	Mats Hummels	CB	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	84	84	+0
45	Kyle Walker	RB	England	Manchester City	84	84	+0
46	Chris Smalling	CB	England	Roma	84	84	+0
47	Kalidou Koulibaly	CB	Senegal	Al Hilal	84	84	+0
48	Carvajal	RB	Spain	Real Madrid	84	84	+0
49	Lucas Hernández	LB	France	Paris Saint-Germain	84	84	+0
50	Becky Sauerbrunn	CB	United States	Portland Thorns FC	84	84	+0