2026-27 FPL Draft

Defenders

181 players · ranked by 2026-27 points scored

		2026-27 — this season					2025-26	2026-27 — projected
Player	Team	Pts	Min	St	Pts/90	By GW	Pts	Rank	Pts
Maxim De Cuyper	BHA	60	670	8	8.1		84	DEF #90	49
Gabriel dos Santos Magalhães	ARS	52	720	8	6.5		209	DEF #1	205
Jayden Bogle	LEE	50	630	8	7.1		96	DEF #82	54
James Tarkowski	EVE	48	720	8	6.0		170	DEF #7	143
Riccardo Calafiori	ARS	45	609	7	6.7		109	DEF #28	102
Joško Gvardiol	MCI	42	577	6	6.6		79	DEF #48	83
Benjamin White	ARS	42	532	7	7.1		45	DEF #55	67
Lewis Hall	NEW	40	719	8	5.0		79	DEF #49	83
James Justin	LEE	40	708	8	5.1		94	DEF #84	53
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	AVL	39	551	6	6.4		100	DEF #77	58
Virgil van Dijk	LIV	38	720	8	4.8		175	DEF #2	158
Jan Paul van Hecke	BHA	38	720	8	4.8		148	DEF #15	112
Marc Guéhi	MCI	37	675	8	4.9		179	DEF #5	147
Keane Lewis-Potter	BRE	35	625	8	5.0		115	DEF #19	105
Timothy Castagne	FUL	35	588	7	5.4		61	DEF #100	40
Calvin Bassey	FUL	33	720	8	4.1		103	DEF #73	60
Olivier Boscagli	BHA	33	629	8	4.7		39	DEF #111	30
James Hill	BOU	32	720	8	4.0		110	DEF #25	102
Kristoffer Ajer	BRE	32	720	8	4.0		76	DEF #93	46
Neco Williams	NFO	31	713	8	3.9		128	DEF #23	103
Jarrad Branthwaite	EVE	31	630	7	4.4		32	DEF #69	62
Lewis Dunk	BHA	30	569	6	4.7		100	DEF #78	58
Tyrick Mitchell	CRY	29	689	8	3.8		135	DEF #52	76
Ferdi Kadıoğlu	BHA	29	517	7	5.0		118	DEF #56	67
Murillo Costa dos Santos	NFO	28	719	8	3.5		83	DEF #47	84
Michael Kayode	BRE	28	564	7	4.5		113	DEF #64	65
Vitalii Mykolenko	EVE	28	613	7	4.1		95	DEF #85	53
Andrew Robertson	LIV	28	498	6	5.1		55	DEF #103	37
Sven Botman	NEW	26	630	7	3.7		89	DEF #45	87
Antonee Robinson	FUL	26	609	7	3.8		65	DEF #97	41
Adrien Truffert	BOU	25	713	8	3.2		165	DEF #10	131
Rúben dos Santos Gato Alves Dias	MCI	25	720	8	3.1		113	DEF #24	103
Gabriel Gudmundsson	LEE	25	522	6	4.3		68	DEF #95	43
Jorrel Hato	CHE	25	412	6	5.5		19	DEF #126	21
Maxence Lacroix	CRY	24	634	7	3.4		154	DEF #9	136
Micky van de Ven	TOT	24	556	6	3.9		116	DEF #33	98
Chris Richards	CRY	23	720	8	2.9		128	DEF #22	103
Milos Kerkez	LIV	22	652	7	3.0		85	DEF #46	85
Victor Lindelöf	AVL	22	720	8	2.8		29	DEF #122	25
Jaka Bijol	LEE	21	258	3	—		99	DEF #37	91
Ethan Pinnock	BRE	21	552	6	3.4		14	DEF #150	9
Nordi Mukiele	SUN	20	591	7	3.0		151	DEF #12	124
Trai Hume	SUN	20	476	5	3.8		110	DEF #68	63
Matheus Nunes	MCI	19	378	4	4.5		154	DEF #8	136
Tyrone Mings	AVL	18	441	4	3.7		50	DEF #107	35
Issa Diop	FUL	18	720	8	2.2		31	DEF #123	23
Matty Cash	AVL	17	566	6	2.7		117	DEF #57	67
Malick Thiaw	NEW	16	631	7	2.3		126	DEF #26	102
Harry Maguire	MUN	16	720	8	2.0		90	DEF #44	87
Adam Smith	BOU	16	682	8	2.1		58	DEF #101	39
Daniel Muñoz Mejía	CRY	15	527	6	2.6		136	DEF #14	117
Reinildo Mandava	SUN	15	612	7	2.2		74	DEF #94	45
Josh Acheampong	CHE	15	491	5	2.7		39	DEF #110	30
Nikola Milenković	NFO	14	360	4	3.5		119	DEF #17	107
Daniel Ballard	SUN	14	450	5	2.8		116	DEF #31	98
Levi Samuels Colwill	CHE	14	611	7	2.1		8	DEF #61	65
Nico O'Reilly	MCI	13	288	4	4.1		160	DEF #3	152
Diogo Dalot Teixeira	MUN	13	557	6	2.1		111	DEF #35	96
Abdukodir Khusanov	MCI	13	372	4	3.1		67	DEF #51	77
Myles Lewis-Skelly	ARS	13	400	6	2.9		29	DEF #72	61
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	WHU	13	273	3	4.3		67	DEF #102	37
Jaydee Canvot	CRY	12	630	7	1.7		72	DEF #50	79
Cristhian Mosquera	ARS	12	168	2	—		40	DEF #60	65
Luke Shaw	MUN	12	425	5	2.5		113	DEF #62	65
Lisandro Martínez	MUN	11	520	6	1.9		51	DEF #75	60
Ian Maatsen	AVL	11	425	5	2.3		54	DEF #104	37
Luke O'Nien	SUN	11	187	2	—		26	DEF #127	21
Nathan Collins	BRE	10	196	3	—		129	DEF #16	111
Pedro Porro Sauceda	TOT	10	223	3	—		117	DEF #18	106
Patrick Dorgu	MUN	10	171	2	—		95	DEF #30	100
Leny Yoro	MUN	10	260	3	—		56	DEF #70	62
Fabian Schär	NEW	9	115	1	—		51	DEF #74	60
Destiny Udogie	TOT	9	159	2	—		29	DEF #121	25
Dan Burn	NEW	8	92	1	—		93	DEF #40	88
Wesley Fofana	CHE	8	312	4	2.3		65	DEF #58	67
Ola Aina	NFO	8	388	5	1.9		67	DEF #96	42
Aaron Hickey	BRE	8	277	2	2.6		37	DEF #115	28
Ben Davies	TOT	8	22	0	—		10	DEF #138	9
Joe Rodon	LEE	7	123	2	—		109	DEF #66	63
Jake O'Brien	EVE	6	118	1	—		116	DEF #32	98
Pau Torres	AVL	6	290	4	1.9		64	DEF #98	41
Noussair Mazraoui	MUN	6	142	1	—		53	DEF #105	37
Marcos Senesi Barón	BOU	5	178	2	—		175	DEF #6	145
Pascal Struijk	LEE	5	154	2	—		108	DEF #36	95
Malo Gusto	CHE	5	274	3	1.6		96	DEF #39	89
El Hadji Malick Diouf	WHU	5	154	1	—		104	DEF #86	52
Jeremie Frimpong	LIV	4	199	2	—		63	DEF #53	75
Tino Livramento	NEW	4	33	0	—		59	DEF #67	63
Axel Disasi	WHU	4	229	3	—		49	DEF #109	30
Jurriën Timber	ARS	3	155	1	—		149	DEF #4	147
Reece James	CHE	3	292	3	0.9		115	DEF #21	105
Joachim Andersen	FUL	3	190	2	—		123	DEF #29	101
Sepp van den Berg	BRE	3	160	2	—		113	DEF #34	97
Piero Hincapié	ARS	3	40	0	—		87	DEF #38	90
Jorge Cuenca Barreno	FUL	3	90	1	—		39	DEF #113	29
Tosin Adarabioyo	CHE	3	75	1	—		34	DEF #120	27
Bafodé Diakité	BOU	2	4	0	—		46	DEF #76	58
Joe Gomez	LIV	2	13	0	—		33	DEF #88	52
Kenny Tete	FUL	2	126	1	—		81	DEF #91	48
Ayden Heaven	MUN	2	155	2	—		42	DEF #108	31
Rico Lewis	MCI	2	101	1	—		19	DEF #128	20
Michael Keane	EVE	1	90	1	—		131	DEF #20	105
Omar Alderete	SUN	1	119	1	—		125	DEF #27	102
Kevin Danso	TOT	1	376	5	0.2		63	DEF #59	66
Lamare Bogarde	AVL	1	16	0	—		40	DEF #83	54
Rico Henry	BRE	1	2	0	—		52	DEF #106	36
Chadi Riad Dnanou	CRY	1	72	1	—		20	DEF #125	21
Julio Soler Barreto	BOU	1	6	0	—		3	DEF #157	9
Matt Targett	NEW	1	5	0	—		0	DEF #163	9
Vitor de Oliveira Nunes dos Reis	MCI	1	1	0	—		0	DEF #179	9
William Saliba	ARS	—	—	—	—		137	DEF #11	126
Trevoh Chalobah	CHE	—	—	—	—		136	DEF #13	118
DiomandeNEW	NOT	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #41	88
PalestraNEW	CHE	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #42	88
Cristian Romero	TOT	—	—	—	—		91	DEF #43	87
Rayan Aït-Nouri	MCI	—	—	—	—		60	DEF #54	74
Max Alleyne	MCI	—	—	—	—		5	DEF #63	65
SvobodaNEW	BRI	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #65	65
Felipe Rodrigues da Silva	NFO	—	—	—	—		53	DEF #71	61
Matthijs de Ligt	MUN	—	—	—	—		43	DEF #79	56
Conor Bradley	LIV	—	—	—	—		42	DEF #80	55
Lucas Digne	AVL	—	—	—	—		97	DEF #81	55
JacquetNEW	LIV	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #87	52
MuharemovićNEW	LEE	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #89	52
Djed Spence	TOT	—	—	—	—		78	DEF #92	47
ChavarriaNEW	CHE	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #99	40
BardNEW	LEE	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #112	29
Nicolò Savona	NFO	—	—	—	—		39	DEF #114	29
AhanorNEW	CRY	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #116	28
ChilwellNEW	CRY	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #117	28
KhalailiNEW	CRY	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #118	28
Maitland-NilesNEW	EVE	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #119	28
Sebastiaan Bornauw	LEE	—	—	—	—		25	DEF #124	23
Nathan Patterson	EVE	—	—	—	—		22	DEF #129	15
Benoît Badiashile Mukinayi	CHE	—	—	—	—		7	DEF #130	13
Aarón Anselmino	CHE	—	—	—	—		0	DEF #131	9
Alex Murphy	NEW	—	—	—	—		2	DEF #132	9
AmendaNEW	COV	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #133	9
Andrés García	AVL	—	—	—	—		5	DEF #134	9
AnselminoNEW	CHE	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #135	9
Arthur Masuaku	SUN	—	—	—	—		1	DEF #136	9
Ashley Phillips	TOT	—	—	—	—		0	DEF #137	9
Benjamin Fredrick	BRE	—	—	—	—		0	DEF #139	9
BidwellNEW	COV	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #140	9
BindonNEW	NOT	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #141	9
BraithwaiteNEW	MAN	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #142	9
BrauNEW	COV	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #143	9
Calvin Ramsay	LIV	—	—	—	—		0	DEF #144	9
CostinhaNEW	BRI	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #145	9
CoyleNEW	HUL	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #146	9
DasilvaNEW	COV	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #147	9
DedićNEW	NEW	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #148	9
ElvediNEW	LEE	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #149	9
HadjamNEW	BRI	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #151	9
Harry Amass	MUN	—	—	—	—		0	DEF #152	9
HerringtonNEW	HUL	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #153	9
HughesNEW	HUL	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #154	9
Igor Julio dos Santos de Paulo	BHA	—	—	—	—		6	DEF #155	9
JacobNEW	HUL	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #156	9
Julián Araujo Zúñiga	BOU	—	—	—	—		0	DEF #158	9
Kim Ji-soo	BRE	—	—	—	—		0	DEF #159	9
KitchingNEW	COV	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #160	9
LatibeaudiereNEW	COV	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #161	9
Leo Fuhr Hjelde	SUN	—	—	—	—		0	DEF #162	9
McCarthyNEW	HUL	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #164	9
McNairNEW	HUL	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #165	9
MendyNEW	HUL	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #166	9
MethalieNEW	SUN	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #167	9
MeunierNEW	SUN	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #168	9
MinguezaNEW	CRY	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #169	9
Miodrag Pivaš	NEW	—	—	—	—		0	DEF #170	9
Omar Richards	NFO	—	—	—	—		0	DEF #171	9
OuattaraNEW	IPS	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #172	9
PivasNEW	NEW	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #173	9
RuggeriNEW	AST	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #174	9
SanchezNEW	BOU	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #175	9
SchusterNEW	BRE	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #176	9
TomiyasuNEW	CRY	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #177	9
Tyler Fredricson	MUN	—	—	—	—		1	DEF #178	9
Zach Abbott	NFO	—	—	—	—		3	DEF #180	9
van EwijkNEW	COV	—	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #181	9

88 defenders who left the Premier League — last in 2025-26, no 2026-27 projection

Their records stay up: every gameweek they played, season by season. They are not ranked here because there is no 2026-27 projection to rank them by.

Adam WebsterBrighton
Aji AleseSunderland
Alfie PondWolves
Amara NalloLiverpool
Axel TuanzebeBurnley
Bashir HumphreysBurnley
Bastien Meupiyou MenadjouWolves
Benjamin ArthurBrentford
Brayden ClarkeArsenal
Caleb KporhaCrystal Palace
Charlie TaskerBrighton
Chris MephamBournemouth
Connor RobertsBurnley
David Møller WolfeWolves
Dennis CirkinSunderland
Eiran CashinBrighton
Elijah CampbellEverton
Emerson Palmieri dos SantosWest Ham
Emil KrafthNewcastle
Emmanuel AgbadouWolves
Ezra MayersWest Ham
Freddie SimmondsBrighton
Godwill KukonkiMan Utd
Hannes DelcroixBurnley
Harrison AshbyNewcastle
Hjalmar EkdalBurnley
Hugo Bueno LópezWolves
Ibrahima KonatéLiverpool
Illia ZabarnyiBournemouth
Jackson TchatchouaWolves
Jacob SlaterBrighton
Jakub KiwiorArsenal
Jamaal LascellesNewcastle
Jayden MeghomaBrentford
Jean-Clair TodiboWest Ham
Joe WorrallBurnley
John StonesMan City
Jordan BeyerBurnley
Josh NicholsArsenal
Joël VeltmanBrighton
Kaelan CaseyWest Ham
Ki-Jana HoeverWolves
Kieran TrippierNewcastle
Konstantinos MavropanosWest Ham
Konstantinos TsimikasLiverpool
Kyle WalkerBurnley
Kyle Walker-PetersWest Ham
Ladislav KrejcíWolves
Lino da Cruz SousaAston Villa
Lucas Pires SilvaBurnley
Lutsharel GeertruidaSunderland
Mads Roerslev RasmussenBrentford
Maldini KacurriArsenal
Manuel AkanjiMan City
Marc Cucurella SasetaChelsea
Matai AkinmboniBournemouth
Matt DohertyWolves
Maxime EstèveBurnley
Maximilian KilmanWest Ham
Nathan AkéMan City
Nathaniel ClyneCrystal Palace
Nayef AguerdWest Ham
Niall HugginsSunderland
Oleksandr ZinchenkoNott'm Forest
Ollie ScarlesWest Ham
Owen BevanBournemouth
Owen DodgsonBurnley
Pedro Cardoso de LimaWolves
Pervis Estupiñán TenorioBrighton
Quilindschy HartmanBurnley
Radu DrăgușinSpurs
Reece WelchEverton
Rhys WilliamsLiverpool
Rob HoldingCrystal Palace
Rodrigo Martins GomesWolves
Roman DixonEverton
Sam ByramLeeds
Samuel AmissahFulham
Santiago Ignacio BuenoWolves
Séamus ColemanEverton
Tariq LampteyBrighton
Toti GomesWolves
Travis PattersonAston Villa
Tyrell MalaciaMan Utd
Willy BolyNott'm Forest
Yerson Mosquera ValdelamarWolves
Álex Jiménez SánchezBournemouth
Álex Moreno LoperaAston Villa