highest average rating for a defender in a single season

Joško Gvardiol has the highest rating by a defender in the Champions League in a season, with a rating of 8.14 in 2023-24.

Interpreted as:
highest average rating with a minimum of 30 min per team match for a defender in a single season
NAMERatingSEASONCLUBMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Joško Gvardiol
J. Gvardiol
8.14
2023-24
Man City Man City
6
6
570
1
1
7
6
0
1
8
8
8
1
0
2Kyle Walker
K. Walker
7.75
2023-24
Man City Man City
6
6
505
0
0
8
3
0
1
4
4
2
0
0
3Manuel Akanji
M. Akanji
7.73
2023-24
Man City Man City
8
7
665
2
0
12
7
0
0
2
12
5
2
0
4Nathan Aké
N. Aké
7.70
2023-24
Man City Man City
7
3
384
0
0
4
2
1
0
0
10
2
0
0
5Álex Grimaldo
Á. Grimaldo
7.68
2024-25
Leverkusen Leverkusen
10
10
865
2
1
18
14
0
8
3
16
1
0
0
6Achraf Hakimi
A. Hakimi
7.65
2024-25
PSG PSG
17
17
1,540
4
5
37
22
0
11
16
24
21
3
0
7Rúben Dias
R. Dias
7.65
2023-24
Man City Man City
9
9
765
0
0
12
8
0
0
8
21
8
2
0
8Marcos Alonso
M. Alonso
7.63
2022-23
Barcelona Barcelona
5
5
405
1
0
4
1
0
0
7
20
3
0
0
9Rico Lewis
R. Lewis
7.60
2023-24
Man City Man City
7
6
548
0
3
8
5
0
3
3
3
5
0
0
10John Stones
J. Stones
7.58
2022-23
Man City Man City
8
8
685
1
1
2
2
0
1
4
11
2
0
0
11Davide Zappacosta
D. Zappacosta
7.58
2024-25
Atalanta Atalanta
9
8
697
0
5
8
4
0
6
2
5
5
0
0
12Álex Grimaldo
Á. Grimaldo
7.55
2025-26
Leverkusen Leverkusen
12
12
1,078
4
3
38
26
0
4
15
35
8
2
0
13Atakan Karazor
A. Karazor
7.55
2024-25
Stuttgart Stuttgart
7
7
553
0
0
16
5
0
0
5
11
10
1
0
14Álex Grimaldo
Á. Grimaldo
7.52
2022-23
Benfica Benfica
10
10
900
2
4
26
11
0
1
15
15
3
0
0
15John Stones
J. Stones
7.52
2024-25
Man City Man City
6
5
363
1
2
5
2
1
0
1
9
2
1
0
16Andreas Christensen
A. Christensen
7.52
2022-23
Barcelona Barcelona
3
3
218
0
0
4
1
0
0
3
4
2
0
0
17Andy Robertson
A. Robertson
7.49
2025-26
Liverpool Liverpool
7
5
486
1
1
6
3
0
0
7
10
6
0
0
18Rúben Dias
R. Dias
7.49
2022-23
Man City Man City
12
11
1,048
1
0
25
18
1
3
7
35
8
2
0
19Giovanni Di Lorenzo
G. Di Lorenzo
7.48
2022-23
Napoli Napoli
10
10
890
2
2
17
10
0
1
12
20
12
2
0
20Mauro Júnior
Mauro
7.48
2025-26
PSV PSV
7
7
629
0
2
16
6
0
4
7
13
7
3
2
21Dávid Hancko
D. Hancko
7.46
2023-24
Feyenoord Feyenoord
6
6
540
1
0
3
2
0
3
5
14
1
0
0
22Alphonso Davies
A. Davies
7.45
2024-25
Bayern Bayern
9
8
701
2
0
17
9
0
6
5
11
4
0
0
23Joško Gvardiol
J. Gvardiol
7.43
2025-26
Man City Man City
5
5
439
0
1
8
4
1
2
9
24
7
0
0
24Achraf Hakimi
A. Hakimi
7.41
2023-24
PSG PSG
11
11
983
1
1
20
14
0
7
12
14
16
4
0
25Achraf Hakimi
A. Hakimi
7.38
2025-26
PSG PSG
13
13
1,154
1
6
22
13
0
6
8
14
10
2
0
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2
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Champions League 2026-27 Table

Champions LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Bayern Bayern
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
Liverpool Liverpool
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
Barcelona Barcelona
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
Sporting CP Sporting CP
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
Man City Man City
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
Real Madrid Real Madrid
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
Inter Inter
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
PSG PSG
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
0
0
0
0
0
0
17
Dortmund Dortmund
0
0
0
0
0
0
19
Aston Villa Aston Villa
0
0
0
0
0
0
19
Club Brugge Club Brugge
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
Man United Man United
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
Galatasaray Galatasaray
0
0
0
0
0
0
21
Stuttgart Stuttgart
0
0
0
0
0
0
22
Lille Lille
0
0
0
0
0
0
23
Lens Lens
0
0
0
0
0
0
23
Bodø/Glimt Bodø/Glimt
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
Real Betis Real Betis
0
0
0
0
0
0
25
Roma Roma
0
0
0
0
0
0
26
Como Como
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
Shaktar Shaktar
0
0
0
0
0
0
28
PSV PSV
0
0
0
0
0
0
28
Feyenoord Feyenoord
0
0
0
0
0
0
29
Porto Porto
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
Napoli Napoli
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
Fenerbahçe Fenerbahçe
0
0
0
0
0
0
31
Viking Viking
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
LASK LASK
0
0
0
0
0
0
33
AEK AEK
0
0
0
0
0
0
34
Leipzig Leipzig
0
0
0
0
0
0
34
Slavia Prague Slavia Prague
0
0
0
0
0
0
35
Villarreal Villarreal
0
0
0
0
0
0
35
Slovan Bratislava Slovan Bratislava
0
0
0
0
0
0
36
Sabah Sabah
0
0
0
0
0
0