Top Rated Players — Defenders

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Alessandro Nesta90+2

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Enzo d'Alema89+9

4

Mirko Voges89+8

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6

Enrique Otero Bouzas88+8

7

Donato Vitaini88+8

8

Antonio Amato88+8

9

Hugues Gouron88+8

10

11

Cris88+1

12

Marcelo José Bordon88+-1

13

Jamie Carragher87+2

14

Rio Ferdinand87+2

15

Per Mertesacker87+2

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17

Marco Materazzi87+1

18

Sergio Ramos86+6

19

Gabriel Milito86+3

20

Ricardo Carvalho86+1

21

Kolo Touré86+1

22

Alex86+1

23

Javier Zanetti86+-1

24

Fabio Cannavaro85+7

25

Mario Yepes85+4

26

Nemanja Vidic85+3

27

Walter Adrián Samuel85+2

28

Rafael Márquez85+2

29

Fernando Meira85+2

30

William Gallas85+1

31

Kakhaber Kaladze85+1

32

Daniel Alves84+7

33

John Mensah84+5

34

Gianluca Zambrotta84+4

35

Christoph Metzelder84+4

36

Stephen McManus84+2

37

Cafu83+5

38

Willy Sagnol83+4

39

Eric Abidal83+4

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Pepe83+3

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Arne Friedrich83+2

44

Philippe Mexès83+2

45

Ledley King83+2

46

Daniel Alberto Díaz83+2

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Daniele Bonera83+0

49

Juan82+7

50

Philipp Lahm82+7

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Alessandro Nesta	CB	Italy	AC Milan	90	92	+2
2	John Terry	CB	England	Chelsea FC	90	91	+1
3	Enzo d'Alema	SW	Italy		89	98	+9
4	Mirko Voges	LB	Slovenia		89	97	+8
5	Jake Hinds	SW	Mexico		88	96	+8
6	Enrique Otero Bouzas	SW	Peru		88	96	+8
7	Donato Vitaini	SW	Italy		88	96	+8
8	Antonio Amato	SW	Italy		88	96	+8
9	Hugues Gouron	SW	France		88	96	+8
10	Puyol	CB	Spain	F.C. Barcelona	88	90	+2
11	Cris	CB	Brazil	Olympique Lyonnais	88	89	+1
12	Marcelo José Bordon	CB	Brazil	FC Schalke 04	88	87	+-1
13	Jamie Carragher	CB	England	Liverpool	87	89	+2
14	Rio Ferdinand	CB	England	Manchester United	87	89	+2
15	Per Mertesacker	CB	Germany	SV Werder Bremen	87	89	+2
16	Lúcio	CB	Brazil	Bayern Munich	87	88	+1
17	Marco Materazzi	CB	Italy	Inter Milan	87	88	+1
18	Sergio Ramos	RB	Spain	Real Madrid C.F.	86	92	+6
19	Gabriel Milito	CB	Argentina	F.C. Barcelona	86	89	+3
20	Ricardo Carvalho	CB	Portugal	Chelsea FC	86	87	+1
21	Kolo Touré	CB	Ivory Coast	Arsenal FC	86	87	+1
22	Alex	CB	Brazil	Chelsea FC	86	87	+1
23	Javier Zanetti	RWB	Argentina	Inter Milan	86	85	+-1
24	Fabio Cannavaro	CB	Italy	Real Madrid C.F.	85	92	+7
25	Mario Yepes	CB	Colombia	Paris Saint-Germain	85	89	+4
26	Nemanja Vidic	CB	Serbia	Manchester United	85	88	+3
27	Walter Adrián Samuel	CB	Argentina	Inter Milan	85	87	+2
28	Rafael Márquez	CB	Mexico	F.C. Barcelona	85	87	+2
29	Fernando Meira	CB	Portugal	VfB Stuttgart	85	87	+2
30	William Gallas	CB	France	Arsenal FC	85	86	+1
31	Kakhaber Kaladze	CB	Georgia	AC Milan	85	86	+1
32	Daniel Alves	RB	Brazil	Sevilla F.C.	84	91	+7
33	John Mensah	CB	Ghana	Stade Rennais	84	89	+5
34	Gianluca Zambrotta	RB	Italy	F.C. Barcelona	84	88	+4
35	Christoph Metzelder	CB	Germany	Real Madrid C.F.	84	88	+4
36	Stephen McManus	CB	Scotland	Celtic	84	86	+2
37	Cafu	RB	Brazil	AC Milan	83	88	+5
38	Willy Sagnol	RWB	France	Bayern Munich	83	87	+4
39	Eric Abidal	LB	France	F.C. Barcelona	83	87	+4
40	Igor Tudor	CB	Croatia	Croatia	83	86	+3
41	Pepe	CB	Brazil	Real Madrid C.F.	83	86	+3
42	Naldo	CB	Brazil	SV Werder Bremen	83	86	+3
43	Arne Friedrich	CB	Germany	Hertha BSC Berlin	83	85	+2
44	Philippe Mexès	CB	France	AS Roma	83	85	+2
45	Ledley King	CB	England	Tottenham Hotspur	83	85	+2
46	Daniel Alberto Díaz	CB	Argentina	Getafe C.F.	83	85	+2
47	Helguera	CB	Spain	Valencia C.F.	83	84	+1
48	Daniele Bonera	CB	Italy	AC Milan	83	83	+0
49	Juan	CB	Brazil	AS Roma	82	89	+7
50	Philipp Lahm	LWB	Germany	Bayern Munich	82	89	+7