highest rated 2026 defense

Nuno Mendes had the highest rating by a defender in Ligue 1 in 2025-26, with a rating of 7.58.

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NAMERatingSEASONCLUBMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Nuno Mendes
N. Mendes
7.58
2025-26
PSG PSG
20
13
1,254
4
5
26
20
0
7
14
17
12
1
0
2Lucas Beraldo
L. Beraldo
7.35
2025-26
PSG PSG
20
18
1,568
2
1
31
21
1
3
18
82
15
2
0
3Guela Doué
G. Doué
7.31
2025-26
Strasbourg Strasbourg
24
23
2,061
2
6
50
38
0
3
27
120
42
3
0
4Moussa Niakhaté
M. Niakhaté
7.29
2025-26
Lyon Lyon
32
30
2,759
0
2
38
22
3
2
32
212
38
3
0
5Malang Sarr
M. Sarr
7.27
2025-26
Lens Lens
33
33
2,925
0
1
65
44
4
4
76
141
21
4
0
6Jonathan Clauss
J. Clauss
7.26
2025-26
Nice Nice
30
28
2,530
1
6
66
38
0
7
47
64
22
0
0
7Ismaëlo Ganiou
I. Ganiou
7.26
2025-26
Lens Lens
23
22
2,014
3
0
37
27
0
5
29
129
25
4
1
8Achraf Hakimi
A. Hakimi
7.25
2025-26
PSG PSG
18
15
1,375
2
2
18
13
0
7
11
11
9
3
1
9Matthieu Udol
M. Udol
7.22
2025-26
Lens Lens
34
33
3,002
1
7
48
21
0
9
51
66
30
2
0
10Diego Moreira
D. Moreira
7.18
2025-26
Strasbourg Strasbourg
27
23
2,034
4
6
45
25
0
11
20
29
17
4
0
11Emerson
Emerson
7.18
2025-26
Marseille Marseille
28
23
2,114
0
3
47
32
0
6
33
64
16
3
0
12Nayef Aguerd
N. Aguerd
7.18
2025-26
Marseille Marseille
16
16
1,396
1
0
21
16
1
4
21
85
21
4
0
13Samson Baidoo
S. Baidoo
7.17
2025-26
Lens Lens
23
20
1,827
2
1
35
23
0
4
25
89
20
2
0
14Lucas Hernández
L. Hernández
7.15
2025-26
PSG PSG
25
20
1,747
0
3
24
14
1
3
21
43
22
4
0
15Aïssa Mandi
A. Mandi
7.15
2025-26
Lille Lille
29
28
2,424
1
0
30
21
1
5
44
121
17
8
0
16Arsène Kouassi
A. Kouassi
7.12
2025-26
Lorient Lorient
31
30
2,605
2
6
27
18
0
1
24
53
15
4
0
17Illia Zabarnyi
I. Zabarnyi
7.10
2025-26
PSG PSG
28
26
2,387
1
0
32
20
2
1
20
107
18
6
0
18Charlie Cresswell
C. Cresswell
7.08
2025-26
Toulouse Toulouse
29
28
2,533
3
2
26
14
1
6
30
193
31
8
0
19Willian Pacho
W. Pacho
7.08
2025-26
PSG PSG
23
21
1,914
0
0
40
26
2
2
26
79
6
0
0
20Thomas Meunier
T. Meunier
7.07
2025-26
Lille Lille
25
21
1,909
2
2
33
18
0
6
17
48
29
3
0
21Gautier Lloris
G. Lloris
7.06
2025-26
Le Havre Le Havre
29
28
2,399
1
1
43
24
1
2
43
161
27
2
1
22Jordan Teze
J. Teze
7.03
2025-26
Monaco Monaco
33
28
2,489
1
2
62
45
0
3
30
60
32
8
0
23Ruben Aguilar
R. Aguilar
7.03
2025-26
Lens Lens
26
20
1,721
2
2
39
24
0
3
24
31
26
6
1
24Marquinhos
Marquinhos
7.03
2025-26
PSG PSG
14
11
1,052
0
0
11
9
0
2
7
39
8
0
0
25Mohammed Salisu
M. Salisu
7.02
2025-26
Monaco Monaco
12
12
1,080
1
0
25
11
1
2
19
96
17
3
0
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More PSG Stats

Team Leaders

G

4

Torres

Ferrán Torres

A

2

Hakimi

Achraf Hakimi

RTG

7.77

Zabarnyi

Illia Zabarnyi
Team Rankings

GF

22

1st

GA

10

5th

GD

12

1st

FORM

WWWWW

last 5

2026-27 Table
CLUBMWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
10
7
2
1
12
23
2
Lille Lille
10
6
3
1
7
21
3
Paris FC Paris FC
10
6
2
2
7
20
4
Marseille Marseille
10
6
0
4
8
18
5
Lyon Lyon
10
5
2
3
6
17

Ligue 1 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

9

Sinayoko

Lassine Sinayoko

7

Gouiri

Amine Gouiri

7

Lepaul

Esteban Lepaul
Assists Leaders

7

Thauvin

Florian Thauvin

6

Cásseres Yepes

Cristian Cásseres Jr.

5

Sinayoko

Lassine Sinayoko
Rating Leaders

8.43

Cásseres Yepes

Cristian Cásseres Jr.

8.16

Sinayoko

Lassine Sinayoko

7.96

Thauvin

Florian Thauvin
Take-ons Leaders

29

Yassine

Gessime Yassine

17

Sbaï

Amine Sbaï

17

Danois

Kévin Danois
Big Chances Created Leaders

8

Cásseres Yepes

Cristian Cásseres Jr.

8

Thauvin

Florian Thauvin

7

Calodat

Lucas Calodat

Ligue 1 2026-27 Rankings

Goals For Rankings
PSG

22

Marseille

22

Rennes

21

Strasbourg

18

Brest

18

Paris FC

17
Goals Against Rankings
Lille

7

Lorient

8

Paris FC

9

Lyon

9

PSG

10

Monaco

11
Goal Difference Rankings
PSG

12

Paris FC

8

Marseille

8

Lille

7

Brest

6

Lyon

6

Ligue 1 2026-27 Table

Ligue 1MWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
10
7
2
1
12
23
2
Lille Lille
10
6
3
1
7
21
3
Paris FC Paris FC
10
6
2
2
7
20
4
Marseille Marseille
10
6
0
4
8
18
5
Lyon Lyon
10
5
2
3
6
17
6
Nice Nice
10
5
2
3
3
17
7
Monaco Monaco
10
4
4
2
2
16
8
Rennes Rennes
10
5
1
4
0
16
9
Brest Brest
10
4
3
3
6
15
10
Lorient Lorient
10
4
3
3
1
15
11
Lens Lens
10
4
1
5
2
13
12
Toulouse Toulouse
10
3
4
3
1
13
13
Strasbourg Strasbourg
10
3
1
6
-4
10
14
Auxerre Auxerre
10
3
1
6
-11
10
15
Le Mans Le Mans
10
1
5
4
-7
8
16
Angers Angers
10
2
2
6
-10
8
17
Troyes Troyes
10
2
2
6
-10
8
18
Le Havre Le Havre
10
0
2
8
-13
2

Ligue 1 2026-27 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
8/21
STR STR
@
MAR MAR
0-4
Sat
8/22
AUX AUX
@
LEN LEN
2-5
Sat
8/22
LYO LYO
@
TOU TOU
2-0
Sat
8/22
LOR LOR
@
NIC NIC
0-0
Sat
8/22
PFC PFC
@
TRO TRO
0-0

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
5/17
TOU TOU
@
NAN NAN
3:00 PM