Top Rated Players — Defenders

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1

Wendie Renard90+0

2

Lucy Bronze89+0

3

María Pilar León Cebrián88+3

4

Rúben Santos Gato Alves Dias88+3

5

Marcos Aoás Corrêa88+1

6

Virgil van Dijk88+0

7

Irene Paredes Hernández88+0

8

Ashley Lawrence87+1

9

João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo87+0

10

Millie Bright87+0

11

Selma Bacha86+7

12

Aymeric Laporte86+1

13

Sakina Karchaoui86+1

14

David Alaba86+0

15

Antonio Rüdiger86+0

16

Andrew Robertson86+0

17

Becky Sauerbrunn86+0

18

Ona Batlle Pascual85+6

19

Theo Hernández85+5

20

Matthijs de Ligt85+4

21

Éder Gabriel Militão85+4

22

Kadeisha Buchanan85+3

23

Trent Alexander-Arnold85+3

24

Niklas Süle85+2

25

Thiago Emiliano da Silva85+0

26

Jordi Alba Ramos85+0

27

Raphaël Varane85+0

28

Marcos Acuña85+0

29

Milan Škriniar85+0

30

Alphonso Davies84+5

31

Alessandro Bastoni84+5

32

Jules Koundé84+5

33

Leah Williamson84+5

34

Fikayo Tomori84+4

35

Reece James84+4

36

Paulina Dudek84+4

37

38

Achraf Hakimi84+3

39

Griedge Mbock84+2

40

Lucas Hernández84+1

41

Katie McCabe84+1

42

Sergio Ramos García84+0

43

Kieran Trippier84+0

44

Kyle Walker84+0

45

Kalidou Koulibaly84+0

46

Stefan Savić84+0

47

Daniel Carvajal Ramos84+0

48

Kathrin Hendrich84+0

49

Amanda Ilestedt84+0

50

Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir84+0

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Wendie Renard	CB	France	Olympique Lyonnais	90	90	+0
2	Lucy Bronze	RB	England	England Women	89	89	+0
3	María Pilar León Cebrián	CB	Spain	Spain Women	88	91	+3
4	Rúben Santos Gato Alves Dias	CB	Portugal	Manchester City	88	91	+3
5	Marcos Aoás Corrêa	CB	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain	88	89	+1
6	Virgil van Dijk	CB	Netherlands	Liverpool	88	88	+0
7	Irene Paredes Hernández	CB	Spain	Spain Women	88	88	+0
8	Ashley Lawrence	RB	Canada	Paris Saint-Germain	87	88	+1
9	João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo	LB	Portugal	Manchester City	87	87	+0
10	Millie Bright	CB	England	Chelsea	87	87	+0
11	Selma Bacha	LB	France	Olympique Lyonnais	86	93	+7
12	Aymeric Laporte	CB	Spain	Manchester City	86	87	+1
13	Sakina Karchaoui	LB	France	Paris Saint-Germain	86	87	+1
14	David Alaba	CB	Austria	Real Madrid	86	86	+0
15	Antonio Rüdiger	CB	Germany	Real Madrid	86	86	+0
16	Andrew Robertson	LB	Scotland	Liverpool	86	86	+0
17	Becky Sauerbrunn	CB	United States	Portland Thorns FC	86	86	+0
18	Ona Batlle Pascual	RB	Spain	Manchester United	85	91	+6
19	Theo Hernández	LB	France	Milan	85	90	+5
20	Matthijs de Ligt	CB	Netherlands	Bayern München	85	89	+4
21	Éder Gabriel Militão	CB	Brazil	Real Madrid	85	89	+4
22	Kadeisha Buchanan	CB	Canada	Chelsea	85	88	+3
23	Trent Alexander-Arnold	RB	England	Liverpool	85	88	+3
24	Niklas Süle	CB	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	85	87	+2
25	Thiago Emiliano da Silva	CB	Brazil	Chelsea	85	85	+0
26	Jordi Alba Ramos	LB	Spain	FC Barcelona	85	85	+0
27	Raphaël Varane	CB	France	Manchester United	85	85	+0
28	Marcos Acuña	LB	Argentina	Sevilla FC	85	85	+0
29	Milan Škriniar	CB	Slovakia	Inter	85	85	+0
30	Alphonso Davies	LB	Canada	Bayern München	84	89	+5
31	Alessandro Bastoni	CB	Italy	Inter	84	89	+5
32	Jules Koundé	RB	France	FC Barcelona	84	89	+5
33	Leah Williamson	CB	England	Arsenal	84	89	+5
34	Fikayo Tomori	CB	England	Milan	84	88	+4
35	Reece James	RWB	England	Chelsea	84	88	+4
36	Paulina Dudek	CB	Poland	Paris Saint-Germain	84	88	+4
37	Boattin	LB	Italy	Juventus	84	87	+3
38	Achraf Hakimi	RB	Morocco	Paris Saint-Germain	84	87	+3
39	Griedge Mbock	CB	France	Olympique Lyonnais	84	86	+2
40	Lucas Hernández	CB	France	Bayern München	84	85	+1
41	Katie McCabe	LB	Republic of Ireland	Arsenal	84	85	+1
42	Sergio Ramos García	CB	Spain	Paris Saint-Germain	84	84	+0
43	Kieran Trippier	RB	England	Newcastle United	84	84	+0
44	Kyle Walker	RB	England	Manchester City	84	84	+0
45	Kalidou Koulibaly	CB	Senegal	Chelsea	84	84	+0
46	Stefan Savić	CB	Montenegro	Atlético de Madrid	84	84	+0
47	Daniel Carvajal Ramos	RB	Spain	Real Madrid	84	84	+0
48	Kathrin Hendrich	CB	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg	84	84	+0
49	Amanda Ilestedt	CB	Sweden	Paris Saint-Germain	84	84	+0
50	Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir	CB	Iceland	Iceland Women	84	84	+0