Top Rated Players — Defenders

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Alessandro Nesta91+1

2

Dan Lockwood90+7

3

Fabio Cannavaro90+2

4

5

Chris Barnett89+8

6

Dane Helveg89+8

7

Cris89+3

8

Enzo Donelli88+8

9

Bruno Cloutier88+8

10

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12

Rio Ferdinand87+2

13

Lilian Thuram87+1

14

Christoph Metzelder86+5

15

Gianluca Zambrotta86+3

16

Daniel Van Buyten86+3

17

Marcelo José Bordon86+3

18

Rafael Márquez86+2

19

Alex86+2

20

Javier Zanetti86+-1

21

Vincent Kompany85+7

22

23

Mario Yepes85+4

24

Juan85+4

25

Per Mertesacker85+4

26

William Gallas85+3

27

Fernando Meira85+3

28

Kakhaber Kaladze85+2

29

Walter Adrián Samuel85+2

30

Roberto Ayala85+1

31

Jamie Carragher85+1

32

Gaël Givet85+1

33

Sergio Ramos84+8

34

Willy Sagnol84+7

35

Mladen Krstajic84+3

36

37

Gabriel Milito84+2

38

Ledley King84+1

39

Gabriel Heinze84+0

40

Christian Wörns83+5

41

Cafu83+5

42

Eric Abidal83+5

43

Ricardo Carvalho83+4

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Valérien Ismaël83+3

47

Sami Hyypiä83+2

48

Philippe Mexès83+2

49

Daniel Majstorovic83+2

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#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Alessandro Nesta	CB	Italy	AC Milan	91	92	+1
2	Dan Lockwood	LB	Wales		90	97	+7
3	Fabio Cannavaro	CB	Italy	Real Madrid C.F.	90	92	+2
4	John Terry	CB	England	Chelsea	90	90	+0
5	Chris Barnett	LB	Denmark		89	97	+8
6	Dane Helveg	LB	Denmark		89	97	+8
7	Cris	CB	Brazil	Olympique Lyonnais	89	92	+3
8	Enzo Donelli	SW	Italy		88	96	+8
9	Bruno Cloutier	SW	France		88	96	+8
10	Lúcio	CB	Brazil	Bayern Munich	88	91	+3
11	Puyol	CB	Spain	F.C. Barcelona	88	90	+2
12	Rio Ferdinand	CB	England	Manchester United	87	89	+2
13	Lilian Thuram	CB	France	F.C. Barcelona	87	88	+1
14	Christoph Metzelder	CB	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	86	91	+5
15	Gianluca Zambrotta	RB	Italy	F.C. Barcelona	86	89	+3
16	Daniel Van Buyten	CB	Belgium	Bayern Munich	86	89	+3
17	Marcelo José Bordon	CB	Brazil	FC Schalke 04	86	89	+3
18	Rafael Márquez	CB	Mexico	F.C. Barcelona	86	88	+2
19	Alex	CB	Brazil	PSV Eindhoven	86	88	+2
20	Javier Zanetti	RWB	Argentina	Inter Milan	86	85	+-1
21	Vincent Kompany	CB	Belgium	Hamburger Sport Verein	85	92	+7
22	Jaap Stam	CB	Netherlands	Ajax	85	90	+5
23	Mario Yepes	CB	Colombia	Paris Saint-Germain	85	89	+4
24	Juan	CB	Brazil	Bayer Leverkusen	85	89	+4
25	Per Mertesacker	CB	Germany	SV Werder Bremen	85	89	+4
26	William Gallas	CB	France	Chelsea	85	88	+3
27	Fernando Meira	CB	Portugal	VfB Stuttgart	85	88	+3
28	Kakhaber Kaladze	CB	Georgia	AC Milan	85	87	+2
29	Walter Adrián Samuel	CB	Argentina	Inter Milan	85	87	+2
30	Roberto Ayala	CB	Argentina	Valencia	85	86	+1
31	Jamie Carragher	CB	England	Liverpool	85	86	+1
32	Gaël Givet	CB	France	AS Monaco	85	86	+1
33	Sergio Ramos	CB	Spain	Real Madrid C.F.	84	92	+8
34	Willy Sagnol	RWB	France	Bayern Munich	84	91	+7
35	Mladen Krstajic	CB	Serbia	FC Schalke 04	84	87	+3
36	Kolo Toure	CB	Ivory Coast	Arsenal	84	86	+2
37	Gabriel Milito	CB	Argentina	Real Zaragoza	84	86	+2
38	Ledley King	CB	England	Tottenham Hotspur	84	85	+1
39	Gabriel Heinze	CB	Argentina	Manchester United	84	84	+0
40	Christian Wörns	CB	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	83	88	+5
41	Cafu	RB	Brazil	AC Milan	83	88	+5
42	Eric Abidal	LB	France	Olympique Lyonnais	83	88	+5
43	Ricardo Carvalho	CB	Portugal	Chelsea	83	87	+4
44	Pablo	CB	Spain	Atlético Madrid	83	87	+4
45	Igor Tudor	CB	Croatia	Juventus	83	86	+3
46	Valérien Ismaël	CB	France	Bayern Munich	83	86	+3
47	Sami Hyypiä	CB	Finland	Liverpool	83	85	+2
48	Philippe Mexès	CB	France	AS Roma	83	85	+2
49	Daniel Majstorovic	CB	Sweden	FC Basel 1893	83	85	+2
50	Helguera	CB	Spain	Real Madrid C.F.	83	84	+1