Ranked: Top 50 Best Defenders in the world

Top 50 Best Defenders, Centre Back or Libero Players

This is FC's list of the Ranked: Top 50 Best Defenders in the world in the world at the moment according to our algorithm. We update this list every Monday. If you want more information on how our algorithm is calculated, please click here. Looking for transfervalues of Defenders? FootballTransfers.com published a list of most valuable Defenders in the world.

Rank	Name	Team	Nationality	Position	Age	Form
1	Dayot Upamecano	Bayern	FRA	D (C)	26	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	96
2	William Saliba	Arsenal	FRA	D (C)	24	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	91
3	Kim Minjae	Bayern	KOR	D (C)	28	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	91
4	Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool	NLD	D (C)	33	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	90
5	Nico Schlotterbeck	Dortmund	DEU	D (CL)	25	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	90
6	Íñigo Martínez	Barcelona	ESP	D (C)	33	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	90
7	Maxence Lacroix	Crystal Palace	FRA	D (CR)	25	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	89
8	Stefan de Vrij	Inter	NLD	D (CL)	33	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	89
9	Amir Rrahmani	Napoli	KVX	D (C)	31	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	89
10	Leonardo Balerdi	Marseille	ARG	D (CL)	26	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	88

11	Marquinhos	PSG	BRA	D (C)	30	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	88
12	Alessandro Buongiorno	Napoli	ITA	D (CL)	25	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	88
13	Jeffrey Gouweleeuw	Augsburg	NLD	D (C)	33	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	88
14	Daniel Vivian	Athletic	ESP	D (C)	25	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	87
15	Wilfried Singo	Monaco	CIV	D (CR)	24	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	87
16	James Tarkowski	Everton	GBR	D (C)	32	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	87
17	Cristian Romero	Tottenham	ARG	D (C)	26	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	86
18	Francesco Acerbi	Inter	ITA	D (CL)	37	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	86
19	Strahinja Pavlović	Milan	SRB	D (CL)	23	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	86
20	Diego Llorente	Betis	ESP	D (C)	31	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	86
21	Marco Friedl	W. Bremen	AUT	D (CL)	27	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	86
22	Emre Can	Dortmund	DEU	D, DM (C)	31	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	86
23	Lisandro Martínez	Man Utd	ARG	D (CL)	27	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	86
24	Willian Pacho	PSG	ECU	D (C)	23	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	86
25	José Maria Giménez	Atletico Madrid	URY	D (C)	30	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	85
26	Jonathan Tah	Leverkusen	DEU	D (C)	29	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	85
27	Gabriel Magalhães	Arsenal	BRA	D (C)	27	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	85
28	Emmanuel Agbadou	Wolves	CIV	D (CL)	27	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	85
29	Yeray Álvarez	Athletic	ESP	D (C)	30	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	85
30	Jeff Chabot	Stuttgart	DEU	D (C)	27	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	85
31	Mats Hummels	Roma	DEU	D (C)	36	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	85
32	Loïc Bade	Sevilla	FRA	D (CR)	25	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	85
33	Aitor Paredes	Athletic	ESP	D (C)	24	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	84
34	Alexsandro Ribeiro	Lille	BRA	D (C)	25	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	84
35	Denis Vavro	Wolfsburg	SVK	D (CR)	29	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	84
36	Eric Garcia	Barcelona	ESP	D (CR)	24	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	84
37	Carl Starfelt	Celta	SWE	D (C)	29	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	84
38	Riccardo Calafiori	Arsenal	ITA	D (CL)	22	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	84
39	Levi Colwill	Chelsea	GBR	D (CL)	22	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	84
40	Eric Dier	Bayern	GBR	D (C)	31	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	84
41	Rúben Dias	Man City	PRT	D, DM (C)	27	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	84
42	Antonio Raíllo	Mallorca	ESP	D (C)	33	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	84
43	Nico Elvedi	M'gladbach	CHE	D (CR)	28	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	84
44	Omar Alderete	Getafe	PRY	D (C)	28	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	83
45	Mario Gila	Lazio	ESP	D (CL)	24	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	83
46	Jubal	Auxerre	BRA	D (C)	31	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	83
47	Clément Lenglet	Atletico Madrid	FRA	D (C)	29	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	83
48	Abdul Mumin	Rayo Vallecano	GHA	D (C)	26	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	83
49	Waldemar Anton	Dortmund	DEU	D (CR)	28	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	83
50	Alessio Romagnoli	Lazio	ITA	D (C)	30	More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info"> More Info">	83

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