highest rated defender performance since 2016

Since 2015-16, Semi Ajayi has the highest rating by a defender in the Premier League, with a rating of 7.82.

Interpreted as:
highest rated with a minimum of 15 min per team match defender performance since 2016
NAMERatingMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Semi Ajayi
S. Ajayi
7.82
2
2
153
1
0
2
1
0
0
2
10
0
0
0
2Nobel Mendy
N. Mendy
7.66
2
2
121
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
17
1
0
0
3João Cancelo
J. Cancelo
7.55
53
52
4,502
3
8
108
71
0
42
75
40
47
10
1
4Aymeric Laporte
A. Laporte
7.53
46
44
3,833
4
0
41
21
2
9
22
106
19
5
1
5Manuel Akanji
M. Akanji
7.37
85
75
6,811
2
1
95
63
1
14
46
169
58
9
1
6Oleksandr Zinchenko
O. Zinchenko
7.37
89
65
5,767
2
9
124
67
0
30
63
93
33
6
0
7Joško Gvardiol
J. Gvardiol
7.35
85
80
7,141
12
4
131
85
0
20
87
232
54
7
0
8Amar Dedić
A. Dedić
7.35
2
2
180
0
1
4
1
0
1
0
11
3
0
0
9John Stones
J. Stones
7.33
73
56
5,016
6
2
38
22
1
7
38
139
19
5
0
10Rúben Dias
R. Dias
7.29
140
128
11,551
4
4
121
73
3
24
115
464
95
15
0
11Trent Alexander-Arnold
T. Alexander-Arnold
7.28
130
119
10,300
10
31
206
138
4
62
144
160
54
18
0
12Thiago Silva
T. Silva
7.26
90
82
7,529
6
3
99
61
1
15
102
406
32
8
0
13Nathan Aké
N. Aké
7.22
97
70
6,212
5
2
85
49
2
13
49
191
36
3
0
14Reece James
R. James
7.20
102
74
6,667
9
17
131
95
3
34
79
105
68
16
3
15Gabriel Magalhães
G. Magalhães
7.18
171
167
14,810
18
5
211
123
5
33
116
669
127
26
1
16William Saliba
W. Saliba
7.18
131
130
11,489
7
2
168
102
6
6
84
466
91
12
1
17Joël Matip
J. Matip
7.17
55
52
4,662
4
3
73
50
0
10
71
202
30
7
0
18Andreas Christensen
A. Christensen
7.17
19
17
1,496
0
0
15
9
0
0
32
52
11
2
0
19Jérémy Jacquet
J. Jacquet
7.17
2
2
145
0
0
4
2
0
0
4
5
1
0
0
20Antonio Rüdiger
A. Rüdiger
7.16
34
34
3,035
3
0
46
27
0
12
26
96
35
9
0
21Rico Lewis
R. Lewis
7.15
70
44
4,068
3
3
62
38
0
4
31
65
35
9
1
22Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
7.15
179
179
16,002
17
5
144
84
5
31
174
1,013
80
19
1
23Ben White
B. White
7.15
138
127
11,002
6
13
187
108
0
13
122
346
82
18
0
24Andy Robertson
A. Robertson
7.13
145
118
10,628
7
21
163
100
2
20
85
212
66
13
2
25Thomas Meunier
T. Meunier
7.13
2
2
180
0
0
2
1
0
1
3
7
1
0
0
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2
0
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3
6
4
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2
2
0
0
2
6
5
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1
1
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3
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2

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1
Man City Man City
2
2
0
0
4
6
2
Arsenal Arsenal
2
2
0
0
4
6
3
Hull City Hull City
2
2
0
0
3
6
4
Chelsea Chelsea
2
2
0
0
2
6
5
Brentford Brentford
2
1
1
0
3
4
6
Newcastle Newcastle
2
1
1
0
2
4
7
Everton Everton
2
1
1
0
2
4
8
Leeds Leeds
2
1
1
0
1
4
9
Brighton Brighton
2
1
0
1
3
3
10
Man United Man United
2
1
0
1
1
3
11
Sunderland Sunderland
2
1
0
1
0
3
12
Ipswich Ipswich
2
1
0
1
-2
3
13
Liverpool Liverpool
2
0
2
0
0
2
14
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
2
0
1
1
-1
1
15
Bournemouth Bournemouth
2
0
1
1
-1
1
16
Fulham Fulham
2
0
0
2
-2
0
17
Coventry Coventry
2
0
0
2
-4
0
18
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
2
0
0
2
-5
0
19
Aston Villa Aston Villa
2
0
0
2
-5
0
20
Tottenham Tottenham
2
0
0
2
-5
0