highest rated on ball defender

Maxim De Cuyper has the highest rating by a defender in the Premier League this season, with a rating of 9.04.

Interpreted as:
highest rated with a minimum of 30 min per team match on ball defender this season
NAMERatingSEASONCLUBMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKINTCLRFOULYCRC
1Maxim De Cuyper
M. De Cuyper
9.04
2026-27
Brighton Brighton
1
1
77
1
0
4
3
0
1
1
0
4
0
0
2Myles Lewis-Skelly
M. Lewis-Skelly
8.47
2026-27
Arsenal Arsenal
1
1
90
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3Marc Guéhi
M. Guéhi
8.44
2026-27
Man City Man City
2
2
180
1
0
4
4
0
0
3
3
2
0
0
4Michael Kayode
M. Kayode
8.31
2026-27
Brentford Brentford
1
1
75
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
5Ben White
B. White
8.29
2026-27
Arsenal Arsenal
1
1
90
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
3
1
0
0
6Nobel Mendy
N. Mendy
8.01
2026-27
Hull City Hull City
1
1
63
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
1
0
0
7Semi Ajayi
S. Ajayi
7.95
2026-27
Hull City Hull City
1
1
63
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
5
0
0
0
8Noah Sadiki
N. Sadiki
7.94
2026-27
Sunderland Sunderland
1
1
90
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
9Olivier Boscagli
O. Boscagli
7.92
2026-27
Brighton Brighton
1
1
90
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
3
0
0
0
10Dara O'Shea
D. O'Shea
7.91
2026-27
Ipswich Ipswich
1
1
90
0
0
3
1
0
0
1
13
0
0
0
11John Egan
J. Egan
7.72
2026-27
Hull City Hull City
1
1
90
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
19
0
0
0
12Kristoffer Ajer
K. Ajer
7.64
2026-27
Brentford Brentford
1
1
90
0
0
2
1
0
0
2
8
1
0
0
13Leif Davis
L. Davis
7.58
2026-27
Ipswich Ipswich
1
1
90
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
0
0
0
14Riccardo Calafiori
R. Calafiori
7.55
2026-27
Arsenal Arsenal
1
1
80
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
4
0
0
0
15Cristhian Mosquera
C. Mosquera
7.51
2026-27
Arsenal Arsenal
1
1
90
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
6
1
0
0
16Lewis Dunk
L. Dunk
7.48
2026-27
Brighton Brighton
1
1
90
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
17Sven Botman
S. Botman
7.48
2026-27
Newcastle Newcastle
1
1
90
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
18Vitalii Mykolenko
V. Mykolenko
7.42
2026-27
Everton Everton
1
1
90
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
19Jarrad Branthwaite
J. Branthwaite
7.36
2026-27
Everton Everton
1
1
90
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
20Gabriel Magalhães
G. Magalhães
7.33
2026-27
Arsenal Arsenal
1
1
90
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
21Rúben Dias
R. Dias
7.30
2026-27
Man City Man City
2
2
180
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
14
0
0
0
22Nathan Collins
N. Collins
7.24
2026-27
Brentford Brentford
1
1
90
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
23Lewie Coyle
L. Coyle
7.24
2026-27
Hull City Hull City
1
1
69
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
24Abdukodir Khusanov
A. Khusanov
7.24
2026-27
Man City Man City
2
2
178
0
0
6
5
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
25Luka Vušković
L. Vušković
7.22
2026-27
Brighton Brighton
1
1
90
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
1
0
0
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1
0
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3
3
5
Everton Everton
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1
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Premier LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Man City Man City
2
2
0
0
4
6
2
Brighton Brighton
1
1
0
0
4
3
3
Arsenal Arsenal
1
1
0
0
3
3
4
Brentford Brentford
1
1
0
0
3
3
5
Everton Everton
1
1
0
0
2
3
6
Hull City Hull City
1
1
0
0
2
3
7
Chelsea Chelsea
1
1
0
0
1
3
8
Ipswich Ipswich
1
1
0
0
1
3
9
Leeds Leeds
1
1
0
0
1
3
10
Liverpool Liverpool
1
0
1
0
0
1
11
Newcastle Newcastle
1
0
1
0
0
1
12
Fulham Fulham
1
0
0
1
-1
0
13
Sunderland Sunderland
1
0
0
1
-1
0
14
Bournemouth Bournemouth
1
0
0
1
-1
0
15
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
1
0
0
1
-1
0
16
Man United Man United
1
0
0
1
-2
0
17
Tottenham Tottenham
1
0
0
1
-3
0
18
Coventry Coventry
1
0
0
1
-3
0
19
Aston Villa Aston Villa
1
0
0
1
-4
0
20
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
2
0
0
2
-5
0