highest rated defender performance since 2016

Since 2015-16, Álex Grimaldo has the highest rating by a defender in Bundesliga, with a rating of 7.52.

Interpreted as:

highest rated with a minimum of 15 min per team match defender performance since 2016

	NAME	Rating	M	START	MIN	G	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Álex Grimaldo Á. Grimaldo	7.52	94	91	7,944	20	27	120	65	0	52	57	124	40	12	1
2	Alphonso Davies A. Davies	7.52	110	92	8,006	5	17	163	94	2	20	87	114	50	4	0
3	João Cancelo J. Cancelo	7.46	15	11	1,013	1	4	21	12	0	5	14	17	10	3	0
4	Lucas Hernández L. Hernández	7.43	32	31	2,510	0	1	56	36	0	2	36	51	26	8	0
5	Raphaël Guerreiro R. Guerreiro	7.43	111	87	7,636	20	20	122	80	1	25	82	67	35	9	0
6	Benjamin Pavard B. Pavard	7.34	55	51	4,511	4	2	102	60	0	12	79	155	45	8	1
7	Kim Minjae K. Minjae	7.33	78	69	5,939	4	2	92	59	1	4	113	284	54	7	0
8	Ian Maatsen I. Maatsen	7.33	16	15	1,266	2	2	28	19	1	1	14	19	20	5	0
9	Miguel Gutiérrez M. Gutiérrez	7.33	1	1	90	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
10	Jano ter Horst J. ter Horst	7.32	1	1	90	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	8	1	0	0
11	Matthijs de Ligt M. de Ligt	7.32	53	43	3,792	5	1	46	36	1	9	37	157	31	9	0
12	Dayot Upamecano D. Upamecano	7.30	127	113	9,963	6	8	252	154	5	9	122	348	115	23	2
13	Noussair Mazraoui N. Mazraoui	7.23	38	26	2,268	1	7	59	38	0	8	31	47	26	3	0
14	Josip Stanišić J. Stanišić	7.22	88	51	5,226	6	6	118	72	3	3	50	147	24	6	0
15	Jonathan Tah J. Tah	7.16	159	147	12,993	12	4	113	73	1	19	164	752	116	26	0
16	Gideon Mensah G. Mensah	7.15	1	1	90	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	2	0	0
17	Manuel Akanji M. Akanji	7.15	26	25	2,263	1	0	33	23	0	1	36	56	19	3	0
18	Borna Sosa B. Sosa	7.13	55	50	4,500	3	15	50	32	0	11	43	94	25	9	0
19	Joško Gvardiol J. Gvardiol	7.11	59	52	4,584	3	2	69	49	0	6	91	141	61	9	0
20	Loïc Bade L. Bade	7.11	24	20	1,707	0	0	36	20	4	3	25	125	12	4	0
21	Nico Schlotterbeck N. Schlotterbeck	7.11	144	142	12,404	15	12	292	193	5	32	172	589	112	27	2
22	Facundo Medina F. Medina	7.10	1	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
23	Kouakou Gadou K. Gadou	7.09	1	1	90	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0
24	Willi Orban W. Orban	7.09	141	140	12,439	13	1	191	120	1	17	167	851	89	14	2
25	Jarrell Quansah J. Quansah	7.08	29	25	2,335	4	0	28	22	0	2	26	101	19	9	0

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