highest rated 2026 defense

Marc Guéhi had the highest rating by a defender in the Premier League in 2025-26, with a rating of 7.43.

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NAMERatingSEASONCLUBMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Marc Guéhi
M. Guéhi
7.43
2025-26
Total
35
35
3,150
3
3
45
31
1
8
49
183
25
6
0
2Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
7.35
2025-26
38
38
3,420
6
0
23
15
1
4
26
308
19
4
0
3Gabriel Magalhães
G. Magalhães
7.34
2025-26
32
30
2,751
3
4
37
20
2
10
22
195
21
4
0
4Jurriën Timber
J. Timber
7.24
2025-26
30
28
2,454
3
5
65
35
1
3
24
51
38
5
0
5Daniel Muñoz
D. Muñoz
7.21
2025-26
29
29
2,399
4
3
72
48
0
7
24
102
34
7
0
6William Saliba
W. Saliba
7.20
2025-26
31
30
2,614
1
0
35
23
0
1
15
145
22
2
0
7Cristian Romero
C. Romero
7.20
2025-26
23
22
1,868
4
1
59
30
4
2
31
103
32
11
2
8Reece James
R. James
7.20
2025-26
29
20
1,963
2
4
47
33
2
9
32
38
26
4
0
9Jan Paul van Hecke
J. Paul van Hecke
7.20
2025-26
36
36
3,210
3
3
53
31
2
7
45
221
27
9
0
10Marcos Senesi
M. Senesi
7.17
2025-26
37
37
3,288
0
5
61
34
4
4
50
281
35
8
0
11Rúben Dias
R. Dias
7.15
2025-26
26
24
2,141
2
0
13
6
3
3
23
131
15
3
0
12Boubacar Kamara
B. Kamara
7.14
2025-26
18
17
1,411
1
3
34
16
0
3
15
20
16
5
0
13Joško Gvardiol
J. Gvardiol
7.14
2025-26
18
16
1,372
2
2
16
13
0
4
16
65
16
2
0
14Pedro Porro
P. Porro
7.13
2025-26
34
32
2,795
1
2
77
50
0
9
31
106
32
10
0
15Nordi Mukiele
N. Mukiele
7.12
2025-26
32
32
2,784
3
3
69
45
1
10
37
161
35
5
0
16Neco Williams
N. Williams
7.12
2025-26
37
36
3,204
2
3
93
61
0
18
46
95
29
6
1
17Ibrahima Konaté
I. Konaté
7.11
2025-26
36
36
3,090
1
0
54
31
2
3
28
194
33
7
0
18Adrien Truffert
A. Truffert
7.11
2025-26
38
38
3,379
1
5
103
51
1
5
43
146
39
5
0
19Trevoh Chalobah
T. Chalobah
7.11
2025-26
34
31
2,783
3
0
33
22
2
3
37
200
20
3
1
20James Tarkowski
J. Tarkowski
7.11
2025-26
37
37
3,330
2
3
52
30
3
5
29
268
32
8
0
21Patrick Dorgu
P. Dorgu
7.09
2025-26
26
15
1,449
4
4
47
30
0
5
16
32
23
5
0
22Maxence Lacroix
M. Lacroix
7.07
2025-26
35
35
3,085
1
2
60
38
3
7
45
281
34
4
1
23Piero Hincapié
P. Hincapié
7.06
2025-26
25
20
1,792
1
2
46
26
1
1
26
95
18
2
0
24Ola Aina
O. Aina
7.06
2025-26
18
18
1,587
0
0
31
21
0
3
26
77
13
3
0
25James Hill
J. Hill
7.05
2025-26
29
22
2,106
0
3
39
20
1
2
37
173
17
5
0

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21
4
10
5
3
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3
5
2
2
14
10
10
3
4
3
-3
13
11
10
3
3
4
-1
12
12
10
3
3
4
-3
12
13
10
2
5
3
0
11
14
10
3
2
5
-5
11
15
10
2
4
4
-2
10
16
10
2
3
5
-4
9
17
10
3
0
7
-9
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