Top Rated Players — Defenders

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Alessandro Nesta88+3

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Rio Ferdinand87+2

5

Philipp Lahm87+2

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Nemanja Vidić86+2

8

Marcelo José Bordon86+1

9

Javier Zanetti86+0

10

Giorgio Chiellini85+7

11

Sergio Ramos85+7

12

Fabio Cannavaro85+6

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Cristian Chivu85+4

15

Per Mertesacker85+4

16

Ricardo Carvalho85+2

17

Philippe Mexès85+2

18

Kolo Touré85+2

19

Martín Demichelis85+2

20

Jamie Carragher85+1

21

Juan84+5

22

Gabriel Milito84+5

23

Eric Abidal84+5

24

Alessandro Gamberini84+4

25

William Gallas84+2

26

Pepe84+2

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Patrice Evra84+0

29

Marc Planus84+0

30

Gianluca Zambrotta83+5

31

Rafael Márquez83+4

32

Gaël Clichy83+4

33

Iván Ramiro Córdoba83+3

34

Walter Adrián Samuel83+3

35

César Fabián Ortega Momparlet83+3

36

Hans Balabaster83+2

37

Ashley Cole83+1

38

Jolean Lescott82+6

39

Willy Sagnol82+5

40

Cris82+5

41

Micah Richards82+5

42

Heiko Westermann82+4

43

Daniel Agger82+4

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Nicola Legrottaglie82+3

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Diego Lugano82+3

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Ezequiel Garay82+3

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Alex82+2

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Alessandro Nesta	CB	Italy	AC Milan	88	91	+3
2	Puyol	CB	Spain	F.C. Barcelona	88	90	+2
3	John Terry	CB	England	Chelsea	88	90	+2
4	Rio Ferdinand	CB	England	Manchester United	87	89	+2
5	Philipp Lahm	RWB	Germany	Bayern München	87	89	+2
6	Lúcio	CB	Brazil	Bayern München	87	88	+1
7	Nemanja Vidić	CB	Serbia	Manchester United	86	88	+2
8	Marcelo José Bordon	CB	Brazil	FC Schalke 04	86	87	+1
9	Javier Zanetti	RWB	Argentina	Inter Milan	86	86	+0
10	Giorgio Chiellini	CB	Italy	Juventus	85	92	+7
11	Sergio Ramos	RB	Spain	Real Madrid C.F.	85	92	+7
12	Fabio Cannavaro	CB	Italy	Real Madrid C.F.	85	91	+6
13	Dani Alves	RWB	Brazil	F.C. Barcelona	85	91	+6
14	Cristian Chivu	LB	Romania	Inter Milan	85	89	+4
15	Per Mertesacker	CB	Germany	Werder Bremen	85	89	+4
16	Ricardo Carvalho	CB	Portugal	Chelsea	85	87	+2
17	Philippe Mexès	CB	France	AS Roma	85	87	+2
18	Kolo Touré	CB	Ivory Coast	Arsenal	85	87	+2
19	Martín Demichelis	CB	Argentina	Bayern München	85	87	+2
20	Jamie Carragher	CB	England	Liverpool	85	86	+1
21	Juan	CB	Brazil	AS Roma	84	89	+5
22	Gabriel Milito	CB	Argentina	F.C. Barcelona	84	89	+5
23	Eric Abidal	LB	France	F.C. Barcelona	84	89	+5
24	Alessandro Gamberini	CB	Italy	Fiorentina	84	88	+4
25	William Gallas	CB	France	Arsenal	84	86	+2
26	Pepe	CB	Portugal	Real Madrid C.F.	84	86	+2
27	Maicon	RB	Brazil	Inter Milan	84	86	+2
28	Patrice Evra	LWB	France	Manchester United	84	84	+0
29	Marc Planus	CB	France	FCGB	84	84	+0
30	Gianluca Zambrotta	RB	Italy	AC Milan	83	88	+5
31	Rafael Márquez	CB	Mexico	F.C. Barcelona	83	87	+4
32	Gaël Clichy	LWB	France	Arsenal	83	87	+4
33	Iván Ramiro Córdoba	CB	Colombia	Inter Milan	83	86	+3
34	Walter Adrián Samuel	CB	Argentina	Inter Milan	83	86	+3
35	César Fabián Ortega Momparlet	LWB	Brazil		83	86	+3
36	Hans Balabaster	CB	Netherlands	Holland	83	85	+2
37	Ashley Cole	LWB	England	Chelsea	83	84	+1
38	Jolean Lescott	CB	England	Everton	82	88	+6
39	Willy Sagnol	RWB	France	Bayern München	82	87	+5
40	Cris	CB	Brazil	Olympique Lyonnais	82	87	+5
41	Micah Richards	CB	England	Manchester City	82	87	+5
42	Heiko Westermann	CB	Germany	FC Schalke 04	82	86	+4
43	Daniel Agger	CB	Denmark	Liverpool	82	86	+4
44	Naldo	CB	Brazil	Werder Bremen	82	86	+4
45	Nicola Legrottaglie	CB	Italy	Juventus	82	85	+3
46	Marchena	CB	Spain	Valencia C.F.	82	85	+3
47	Diego Lugano	CB	Uruguay	Fenerbahçe SK	82	85	+3
48	Ezequiel Garay	CB	Argentina	Real Racing Club	82	85	+3
49	Bosingwa	RWB	Portugal	Chelsea	82	84	+2
50	Alex	CB	Brazil	Chelsea	82	84	+2