Mateo Kovačić had the highest rating in the Premier League in 2024-25, with a rating of 7.96.

Interpreted as:

highest defensiive ratings with a minimum of 30 min per team match by a player in 2025

	NAME	Rating	SEASON	CLUB	M	MIN	START	G	G/M	A	G+A	PK	FK	SH	SOT	WOOD	TCH	TCH-BOX	OFF
1	Mateo Kovačić M. Kovačić	7.96	2024-25	Man City	31	2,203	25	6	0.19	2	8	0	0	45	12	0	2,215	19	0
2	Mohamed Salah M. Salah	7.50	2024-25	Liverpool	38	3,380	38	29	0.76	18	47	9	0	130	61	6	1,856	393	18
3	Martin Ødegaard M. Ødegaard	7.50	2024-25	Arsenal	30	2,333	26	3	0.10	8	11	1	0	49	17	2	1,792	119	1
4	Dwight McNeil D. McNeil	7.48	2024-25	Everton	21	1,371	15	4	0.19	6	10	0	0	24	10	0	836	28	1
5	Cole Palmer C. Palmer	7.43	2024-25	Chelsea	37	3,200	36	15	0.41	8	23	4	1	126	51	5	1,975	156	7
6	Ilkay Gündogan I. Gündogan	7.43	2024-25	Man City	33	2,229	25	1	0.03	6	7	0	0	27	7	2	1,947	69	1
7	James Maddison J. Maddison	7.43	2024-25	Tottenham	31	1,818	21	9	0.29	7	16	0	1	39	17	1	1,560	78	4
8	Declan Rice D. Rice	7.42	2024-25	Arsenal	35	2,832	33	4	0.11	7	11	0	0	48	15	0	2,008	85	2
9	Amad Diallo A. Diallo	7.41	2024-25	Man United	26	1,903	20	8	0.31	6	14	0	0	47	17	0	1,316	150	9
10	Moisés Caicedo M. Caicedo	7.39	2024-25	Chelsea	38	3,356	38	1	0.03	2	3	0	0	20	3	1	2,721	16	0
11	Alexis Mac Allister A. Mac Allister	7.37	2024-25	Liverpool	35	2,607	30	5	0.14	5	10	0	0	38	14	2	1,954	63	2
12	Joško Gvardiol J. Gvardiol	7.37	2024-25	Man City	37	3,280	36	5	0.14	0	5	0	0	40	12	2	3,210	101	3
13	Phil Foden P. Foden	7.30	2024-25	Man City	28	1,780	20	7	0.25	2	9	0	0	54	16	1	1,208	88	3
14	Bernardo Silva B. Silva	7.30	2024-25	Man City	33	2,668	29	4	0.12	4	8	0	0	32	12	0	2,135	148	3
15	Alexander Isak A. Isak	7.28	2024-25	Newcastle	34	2,774	34	23	0.68	6	29	4	0	99	46	3	1,120	212	20
16	Jérémy Doku J. Doku	7.28	2024-25	Man City	29	1,515	16	3	0.10	6	9	0	0	29	9	0	1,190	174	5
17	Luis Díaz L. Díaz	7.25	2024-25	Liverpool	36	2,412	28	13	0.36	5	18	0	0	71	30	2	1,309	178	10
18	Ryan Gravenberch R. Gravenberch	7.24	2024-25	Liverpool	37	3,169	37	0	0.00	4	4	0	0	20	5	0	2,448	28	0
19	Gabriel Magalhães G. Magalhães	7.24	2024-25	Arsenal	28	2,365	28	3	0.11	1	4	0	0	22	5	1	1,929	41	0
20	Bukayo Saka B. Saka	7.24	2024-25	Arsenal	25	1,737	20	6	0.24	10	16	1	0	67	23	0	1,095	176	7
21	Youri Tielemans Y. Tielemans	7.23	2024-25	Aston Villa	36	3,032	35	3	0.08	7	10	0	0	41	13	1	2,528	46	0
22	Erling Haaland E. Haaland	7.23	2024-25	Man City	31	2,742	31	22	0.71	3	25	3	0	109	60	4	696	203	4
23	Kevin De Bruyne K. De Bruyne	7.22	2024-25	Man City	28	1,705	19	4	0.14	7	11	0	1	57	18	4	1,413	81	5
24	Callum Hudson-Odoi C. Hudson-Odoi	7.20	2024-25	Nottm Forest	31	2,204	25	5	0.16	2	7	0	0	37	17	2	1,104	77	8
25	Sávio	7.18	2024-25	Man City	29	1,772	21	1	0.03	8	9	0	0	55	21	1	1,202	160	3