Top Rated Players — Defenders

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Virgil van Dijk90+0

2

3

Antonio Rüdiger88+0

4

Irene Paredes88+0

5

Wendie Renard88+0

6

Alessandro Bastoni87+2

7

William Saliba87+2

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9

10

Jonathan Tah87+0

11

Sakina Karchaoui87+0

12

13

Selma Bacha86+4

14

Jules Koundé86+3

15

Achraf Hakimi86+2

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17

Trent Alexander-Arnold86+1

18

Theo Hernández86+1

19

Rúben Dias86+1

20

21

Lucy Bronze86+0

22

Millie Bright86+0

23

Katie McCabe86+0

24

Ronald Araujo85+5

25

Naomi Girma85+4

26

Dayot Upamecano85+3

27

Éder Militão85+3

28

Nico Schlotterbeck85+3

29

Ibrahima Konaté85+2

30

Leah Williamson85+2

31

Federico Dimarco85+1

32

João Cancelo85+0

33

Fridolina Rolfö85+0

34

Alphonso Davies84+3

35

Joško Gvardiol84+3

36

Ingrid Syrstad Engen84+2

37

Giulia Gwinn84+2

38

Kadeisha Buchanan84+1

39

Vanessa Gilles84+1

40

David Alaba84+0

41

Francesco Acerbi84+0

42

Iñigo Martínez84+0

43

Benjamin Pavard84+0

44

Alex Greenwood84+0

45

Ashley Lawrence84+0

46

Benjamin White84+0

47

Dominique Janssen84+0

48

Sara Doorsoun84+0

49

Hannah Blundell84+0

50

Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir84+0

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Virgil van Dijk	CB	Netherlands	Liverpool	90	90	+0
2	Mapi León	CB	Spain	FC Barcelona	89	90	+1
3	Antonio Rüdiger	CB	Germany	Real Madrid	88	88	+0
4	Irene Paredes	CB	Spain	FC Barcelona	88	88	+0
5	Wendie Renard	CB	France	Olympique Lyonnais	88	88	+0
6	Alessandro Bastoni	CB	Italy	Inter	87	89	+2
7	William Saliba	CB	France	Arsenal	87	89	+2
8	Gabriel	CB	Brazil	Arsenal	87	88	+1
9	Marquinhos	CB	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain	87	87	+0
10	Jonathan Tah	CB	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	87	87	+0
11	Sakina Karchaoui	LB	France	Paris Saint-Germain	87	87	+0
12	Ona Batlle	RB	Spain	FC Barcelona	86	90	+4
13	Selma Bacha	LB	France	Olympique Lyonnais	86	90	+4
14	Jules Koundé	RB	France	FC Barcelona	86	89	+3
15	Achraf Hakimi	RB	Morocco	Paris Saint-Germain	86	88	+2
16	Bremer	CB	Brazil	Juventus	86	88	+2
17	Trent Alexander-Arnold	RB	England	Liverpool	86	87	+1
18	Theo Hernández	LB	France	Milano FC	86	87	+1
19	Rúben Dias	CB	Portugal	Manchester City	86	87	+1
20	Carvajal	RB	Spain	Real Madrid	86	86	+0
21	Lucy Bronze	RB	England	Chelsea	86	86	+0
22	Millie Bright	CB	England	Chelsea	86	86	+0
23	Katie McCabe	LB	Republic of Ireland	Arsenal	86	86	+0
24	Ronald Araujo	CB	Uruguay	FC Barcelona	85	90	+5
25	Naomi Girma	CB	United States	Chelsea	85	89	+4
26	Dayot Upamecano	CB	France	Bayern München	85	88	+3
27	Éder Militão	CB	Brazil	Real Madrid	85	88	+3
28	Nico Schlotterbeck	CB	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	85	88	+3
29	Ibrahima Konaté	CB	France	Liverpool	85	87	+2
30	Leah Williamson	CB	England	Arsenal	85	87	+2
31	Federico Dimarco	LB	Italy	Inter	85	86	+1
32	João Cancelo	RB	Portugal	Al Hilal	85	85	+0
33	Fridolina Rolfö	LB	Sweden	FC Barcelona	85	85	+0
34	Alphonso Davies	LB	Canada	Bayern München	84	87	+3
35	Joško Gvardiol	LB	Croatia	Manchester City	84	87	+3
36	Ingrid Syrstad Engen	CB	Norway	FC Barcelona	84	86	+2
37	Giulia Gwinn	RB	Germany	Bayern München	84	86	+2
38	Kadeisha Buchanan	CB	Canada	Canada Women	84	85	+1
39	Vanessa Gilles	CB	Canada	Canada Women	84	85	+1
40	David Alaba	CB	Austria	Real Madrid	84	84	+0
41	Francesco Acerbi	CB	Italy	Inter	84	84	+0
42	Iñigo Martínez	CB	Spain	FC Barcelona	84	84	+0
43	Benjamin Pavard	CB	France	Inter	84	84	+0
44	Alex Greenwood	CB	England	Manchester City	84	84	+0
45	Ashley Lawrence	RB	Canada	Canada Women	84	84	+0
46	Benjamin White	RB	England	Arsenal	84	84	+0
47	Dominique Janssen	CB	Netherlands	Manchester United	84	84	+0
48	Sara Doorsoun	CB	Germany	Eintracht Frankfurt	84	84	+0
49	Hannah Blundell	LB	England	Manchester United	84	84	+0
50	Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir	CB	Iceland	Bayern München	84	84	+0