highest rated defenders2026

Álex Grimaldo had the highest rating by a defender in the Champions League in 2025-26, with a rating of 7.55.

Interpreted as:
highest rated with a minimum of 30 min per team match defenders 2026
NAMERatingSEASONCLUBMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Álex Grimaldo
Á. Grimaldo
7.55
2025-26
Leverkusen Leverkusen
12
12
1,078
4
3
38
26
0
4
15
35
8
2
0
2Andy Robertson
A. Robertson
7.49
2025-26
Liverpool Liverpool
7
5
486
1
1
6
3
0
0
7
10
6
0
0
3Mauro Júnior
Mauro
7.48
2025-26
PSV PSV
7
7
629
0
2
16
6
0
4
7
13
7
3
2
4Joško Gvardiol
J. Gvardiol
7.43
2025-26
Man City Man City
5
5
439
0
1
8
4
1
2
9
24
7
0
0
5Achraf Hakimi
A. Hakimi
7.38
2025-26
PSG PSG
13
13
1,154
1
6
22
13
0
6
8
14
10
2
0
6John Stones
J. Stones
7.37
2025-26
Man City Man City
4
4
342
0
0
2
2
0
0
3
11
0
0
0
7Nuno Mendes
N. Mendes
7.35
2025-26
PSG PSG
17
17
1,397
2
2
27
16
0
5
18
35
14
4
0
8Jordan Teze
J. Teze
7.30
2025-26
Monaco Monaco
9
7
675
3
0
20
12
0
1
5
20
10
0
0
9Rayan Aït-Nouri
R. Aït-Nouri
7.21
2025-26
Man City Man City
6
4
341
0
0
11
4
0
0
1
4
6
1
0
10Francesco Acerbi
F. Acerbi
7.21
2025-26
Inter Inter
5
5
390
0
0
6
3
0
1
16
27
5
2
0
11Mathías Olivera
M. Olivera
7.18
2025-26
Napoli Napoli
6
3
328
0
2
11
7
1
2
6
3
4
0
0
12Edmond Tapsoba
E. Tapsoba
7.17
2025-26
Leverkusen Leverkusen
10
9
812
0
0
11
8
0
1
7
54
7
3
0
13Loïc Bade
L. Bade
7.17
2025-26
Leverkusen Leverkusen
8
7
607
0
0
17
9
0
1
6
47
9
0
0
14Miguel Gutiérrez
M. Gutiérrez
7.17
2025-26
Napoli Napoli
5
3
302
0
0
5
2
0
1
3
5
4
1
0
15Gabriel Magalhães
G. Magalhães
7.16
2025-26
Arsenal Arsenal
12
11
1,001
1
1
14
6
0
1
5
73
10
1
0
16Abdukodir Khusanov
A. Khusanov
7.16
2025-26
Man City Man City
6
6
514
0
0
13
6
1
1
16
14
1
1
0
17Federico Dimarco
F. Dimarco
7.15
2025-26
Inter Inter
9
8
712
1
0
19
15
0
5
11
18
5
1
0
18Sven Botman
S. Botman
7.11
2025-26
Newcastle Newcastle
8
6
545
1
0
4
3
0
1
5
30
1
0
0
19Jarrell Quansah
J. Quansah
7.11
2025-26
Leverkusen Leverkusen
11
11
990
0
0
7
2
1
2
10
36
2
0
0
20Mohammed Salisu
M. Salisu
7.11
2025-26
Monaco Monaco
5
5
442
0
0
1
1
0
1
4
43
3
2
0
21Reece James
R. James
7.11
2025-26
Chelsea Chelsea
8
7
563
0
2
9
5
0
3
12
3
4
1
0
22Pedro Porro
P. Porro
7.10
2025-26
Tottenham Tottenham
9
9
770
1
2
9
5
0
4
13
22
3
2
0
23Virgil van Dijk
V. van Dijk
7.07
2025-26
Liverpool Liverpool
12
12
1,080
2
3
6
4
0
4
7
69
15
2
0
24Piero Hincapié
P. Hincapié
7.06
2025-26
Arsenal Arsenal
10
7
693
0
0
23
14
1
1
9
14
2
0
0
25Denzel Dumfries
D. Dumfries
7.05
2025-26
Inter Inter
5
4
341
2
0
7
4
0
2
3
7
3
0
0
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2026-27 Table
CLUBMWDLGDPTS
10
Mainz Mainz
1
0
1
0
0
1
11
Paderborn Paderborn
1
0
1
0
0
1
12
Leverkusen Leverkusen
1
0
0
1
-1
0
13
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
1
0
0
1
-1
0
14
Hamburg Hamburg
1
0
0
1
-2
0

Champions League 2026-27 Table

Champions LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Bayern Bayern
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
Liverpool Liverpool
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
Barcelona Barcelona
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
Sporting CP Sporting CP
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
Man City Man City
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
Real Madrid Real Madrid
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
Inter Inter
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
PSG PSG
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
0
0
0
0
0
0
17
Dortmund Dortmund
0
0
0
0
0
0
19
Aston Villa Aston Villa
0
0
0
0
0
0
19
Club Brugge Club Brugge
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
Man United Man United
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
Galatasaray Galatasaray
0
0
0
0
0
0
21
Stuttgart Stuttgart
0
0
0
0
0
0
22
Lille Lille
0
0
0
0
0
0
23
Lens Lens
0
0
0
0
0
0
23
Bodø/Glimt Bodø/Glimt
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
Real Betis Real Betis
0
0
0
0
0
0
25
Roma Roma
0
0
0
0
0
0
26
Como Como
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
Shaktar Shaktar
0
0
0
0
0
0
28
PSV PSV
0
0
0
0
0
0
28
Feyenoord Feyenoord
0
0
0
0
0
0
29
Porto Porto
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
Napoli Napoli
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
Fenerbahçe Fenerbahçe
0
0
0
0
0
0
31
Viking Viking
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
LASK LASK
0
0
0
0
0
0
33
AEK AEK
0
0
0
0
0
0
34
Leipzig Leipzig
0
0
0
0
0
0
34
Slavia Prague Slavia Prague
0
0
0
0
0
0
35
Villarreal Villarreal
0
0
0
0
0
0
35
Slovan Bratislava Slovan Bratislava
0
0
0
0
0
0
36
Sabah Sabah
0
0
0
0
0
0