2025-26 FPL Draft

Defenders

173 players · ranked by projected 2026-27 points

		2025-26 — what happened					2026-27 — projected
Player	Team	Pts	G	A	xG	xA	Rank	Pts	G	A	Min
Gabriel dos Santos Magalhães	ARS	209	3	5	2.9	1.8	DEF #1	205
Virgil van Dijk	LIV	175	6	1	3.8	1.4	DEF #2	158
Nico O'Reilly	MCI	160	5	4	6.1	2.7	DEF #3	151
Jurriën Timber	ARS	149	3	6	4.7	1.5	DEF #4	147
Marc Guéhi	MCI	179	3	5	4.0	2.4	DEF #5	147
Marcos Senesi Barón	BOU	175	0	6	1.5	4.7	DEF #6	145
James Tarkowski	EVE	170	2	3	2.5	2.1	DEF #7	143
Matheus Nunes	MCI	154	1	8	0.3	2.2	DEF #8	136
Maxence Lacroix	CRY	154	1	2	2.5	0.8	DEF #9	136
Adrien Truffert	BOU	165	1	6	1.4	3.1	DEF #10	131
William Saliba	ARS	137	1	0	0.9	1.2	DEF #11	128
Nordi Mukiele	SUN	151	3	5	1.6	2.6	DEF #12	124
Daniel Muñoz Mejía	CRY	136	4	4	2.5	3.9	DEF #13	117
Trevoh Chalobah	CHE	136	3	1	1.4	1.0	DEF #14	117
Nathan Collins	BRE	129	1	2	2.2	1.7	DEF #15	115
Jan Paul van Hecke	BHA	148	3	3	3.3	1.6	DEF #16	112
Nikola Milenković	NFO	119	0	1	0.8	0.7	DEF #17	109
Pedro Porro Sauceda	TOT	117	1	3	1.1	4.4	DEF #18	106
Keane Lewis-Potter	BRE	115	3	4	3.0	2.5	DEF #19	105
Michael Keane	EVE	131	3	1	2.3	0.5	DEF #20	104
Reece James	CHE	115	2	6	1.0	3.2	DEF #21	104
Chris Richards	CRY	128	1	0	2.4	1.6	DEF #22	103
Neco Williams	NFO	128	2	3	2.0	4.0	DEF #23	103
Rúben dos Santos Gato Alves Dias	MCI	113	2	0	0.6	0.7	DEF #24	103
James Hill	BOU	110	0	3	0.9	1.2	DEF #25	102
Malick Thiaw	NEW	126	4	0	4.8	1.0	DEF #26	102
Omar Alderete	SUN	125	1	1	1.6	0.9	DEF #27	102
Riccardo Calafiori	ARS	109	1	2	3.4	0.8	DEF #28	102
Joachim Andersen	FUL	123	0	1	1.4	1.8	DEF #29	101
Patrick Dorgu	MUN	95	4	4	2.4	1.8	DEF #30	100
Daniel Ballard	SUN	116	2	2	2.5	0.6	DEF #31	98
Jake O'Brien	EVE	116	1	3	1.7	1.0	DEF #32	98
Micky van de Ven	TOT	116	4	1	2.8	0.4	DEF #33	98
Sepp van den Berg	BRE	113	0	3	3.4	1.4	DEF #34	97
Diogo Dalot Teixeira	MUN	111	1	6	1.9	2.6	DEF #35	96
Pascal Struijk	LEE	108	0	1	3.1	0.8	DEF #36	94
Piero Hincapié	ARS	87	1	2	0.4	1.7	DEF #37	92
Jaka Bijol	LEE	99	1	3	0.9	0.8	DEF #38	91
Milos Kerkez	LIV	85	2	1	1.5	0.7	DEF #39	91
Murillo Costa dos Santos	NFO	83	1	0	0.7	0.5	DEF #40	90
Malo Gusto	CHE	96	2	3	1.6	3.0	DEF #41	89
Dan Burn	NEW	93	1	3	1.1	0.4	DEF #42	88
DiomandeNEW	NOT	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #43	88	0	0	1,970
PalestraNEW	CHE	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #44	88	0	0	1,970
Cristian Romero	TOT	91	4	1	1.4	1.2	DEF #45	87
Harry Maguire	MUN	90	1	2	1.1	0.5	DEF #46	87
Sven Botman	NEW	89	1	1	1.7	0.9	DEF #47	87
Joško Gvardiol	MCI	79	2	2	2.2	0.7	DEF #48	82
Lewis Hall	NEW	79	1	2	1.0	2.8	DEF #49	82
Tyrick Mitchell	CRY	135	1	3	1.6	2.5	DEF #50	80
Jaydee Canvot	CRY	72	0	0	1.5	0.3	DEF #51	79
Abdukodir Khusanov	MCI	67	0	0	0.7	1.2	DEF #52	77
Wesley Fofana	CHE	65	0	2	0.7	0.6	DEF #53	76
Jeremie Frimpong	LIV	63	0	5	0.5	1.6	DEF #54	75
Kevin Danso	TOT	63	0	0	0.6	0.3	DEF #55	75
Rayan Aït-Nouri	MCI	60	0	2	0.5	2.0	DEF #56	74
Tino Livramento	NEW	59	0	1	0.1	0.9	DEF #57	71
Ferdi Kadıoğlu	BHA	118	1	2	2.1	3.3	DEF #58	68
Matty Cash	AVL	117	3	3	1.1	2.9	DEF #59	68
Benjamin White	ARS	45	0	1	0.5	0.7	DEF #60	67
Levi Samuels Colwill	CHE	8	0	0	0.0	0.1	DEF #61	66	0	0	1,640
Luke Shaw	MUN	113	1	1	0.7	2.0	DEF #62	66
Michael Kayode	BRE	113	1	2	1.3	2.9	DEF #63	66
Cristhian Mosquera	ARS	40	0	0	0.1	0.6	DEF #64	65
Joe Rodon	LEE	109	2	0	1.4	0.6	DEF #65	65
Max Alleyne	MCI	5	0	0	0.3	0.1	DEF #66	65	0	0	1,640
SvobodaNEW	BRI	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #67	65	0	0	1,550
Trai Hume	SUN	110	2	1	2.3	2.0	DEF #68	65
Leny Yoro	MUN	56	0	1	1.3	0.6	DEF #69	64
MuharemovićNEW	LEE	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #70	63	0	0	1,520
Calvin Bassey	FUL	103	1	1	1.7	0.3	DEF #71	62
Felipe Rodrigues da Silva	NFO	53	1	0	1.3	0.1	DEF #72	62
Jarrad Branthwaite	EVE	32	1	1	0.3	0.1	DEF #73	62
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	AVL	100	0	1	1.3	0.6	DEF #74	61
Lewis Dunk	BHA	100	1	1	1.8	0.6	DEF #75	61
Lisandro Martínez	MUN	51	0	0	0.1	0.6	DEF #76	61
Myles Lewis-Skelly	ARS	29	0	0	0.1	0.2	DEF #77	61
Fabian Schär	NEW	51	0	0	1.0	0.6	DEF #78	59
Lucas Digne	AVL	97	0	7	0.7	3.3	DEF #79	59
Jayden Bogle	LEE	96	1	5	2.1	3.1	DEF #80	58
Bafodé Diakité	BOU	46	0	0	0.0	0.2	DEF #81	57
JacquetNEW	LIV	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #82	57	0	0	1,460
James Justin	LEE	94	2	1	1.8	1.2	DEF #83	57
Vitalii Mykolenko	EVE	95	0	1	0.3	2.5	DEF #84	57
Matthijs de Ligt	MUN	43	1	0	1.4	0.8	DEF #85	56
Conor Bradley	LIV	42	0	2	0.2	0.8	DEF #86	55
Lamare Bogarde	AVL	40	0	0	0.0	0.2	DEF #87	54
Maxim De Cuyper	BHA	84	2	3	1.7	4.1	DEF #88	53
El Hadji Malick Diouf	WHU	104	0	6	0.6	2.5	DEF #89	52
Joe Gomez	LIV	33	0	2	0.3	0.6	DEF #90	52
Kenny Tete	FUL	81	1	0	0.9	1.5	DEF #91	51
Djed Spence	TOT	78	0	0	0.9	1.8	DEF #92	50
Kristoffer Ajer	BRE	76	0	2	0.7	0.7	DEF #93	49
Reinildo Mandava	SUN	74	0	2	0.1	0.6	DEF #94	49
Gabriel Gudmundsson	LEE	68	0	0	1.1	2.9	DEF #95	46
Ola Aina	NFO	67	0	2	0.4	0.8	DEF #96	46
Antonee Robinson	FUL	65	1	0	1.1	1.6	DEF #97	45
Pau Torres	AVL	64	0	2	1.3	0.4	DEF #98	45
Timothy Castagne	FUL	61	0	2	1.5	1.5	DEF #99	43
Adam Smith	BOU	58	0	2	0.0	0.2	DEF #100	42
Andrew Robertson	LIV	55	1	0	1.1	1.4	DEF #101	40
ChavarriaNEW	CHE	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #102	40	0	0	1,050
Ian Maatsen	AVL	54	0	1	1.3	2.4	DEF #103	40
KhalailiNEW	CRY	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #104	40	0	0	1,050
Noussair Mazraoui	MUN	53	0	0	0.2	0.3	DEF #105	39
Rico Henry	BRE	52	0	2	0.2	0.5	DEF #106	38
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	WHU	67	0	3	0.0	1.0	DEF #107	37
Tyrone Mings	AVL	50	0	1	1.3	0.4	DEF #108	37
Ayden Heaven	MUN	42	0	1	0.3	0.2	DEF #109	33
Jorge Cuenca Barreno	FUL	39	0	0	0.1	0.5	DEF #110	31
Josh Acheampong	CHE	39	1	0	0.6	0.1	DEF #111	31
Nicolò Savona	NFO	39	2	0	1.3	0.5	DEF #112	31
Olivier Boscagli	BHA	39	0	1	0.1	0.5	DEF #113	31
Aaron Hickey	BRE	37	0	0	0.4	0.2	DEF #114	30
Axel Disasi	WHU	49	0	0	1.1	0.0	DEF #115	30
Tosin Adarabioyo	CHE	34	0	0	0.1	0.4	DEF #116	29
Destiny Udogie	TOT	29	0	1	0.2	0.7	DEF #117	27
Victor Lindelöf	AVL	29	0	1	0.3	0.1	DEF #118	27
Sebastiaan Bornauw	LEE	25	0	0	0.2	0.0	DEF #119	25
Chadi Riad Dnanou	CRY	20	0	1	0.3	0.1	DEF #120	23
Issa Diop	FUL	31	1	0	0.8	0.1	DEF #121	23
Jorrel Hato	CHE	19	0	0	0.3	0.6	DEF #122	23
Rico Lewis	MCI	19	0	1	0.2	1.4	DEF #123	23
Luke O'Nien	SUN	26	0	1	0.1	0.1	DEF #124	21
Ethan Pinnock	BRE	14	0	0	0.0	0.1	DEF #125	20	0	0	440
Nathan Patterson	EVE	22	0	0	0.0	0.0	DEF #126	20	0	0	440
Benoît Badiashile Mukinayi	CHE	7	0	0	0.0	0.1	DEF #127	17
Igor Julio dos Santos de Paulo	BHA	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	DEF #128	15	0	0	400
Aarón Anselmino	CHE	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	DEF #129	9	0	0	240
Alex Murphy	NEW	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	DEF #130	9	0	0	240
AmendaNEW	COV	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #131	9	0	0	240
Andrés García	AVL	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	DEF #132	9	0	0	240
AnselminoNEW	CHE	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #133	9	0	0	240
Arthur Masuaku	SUN	1	0	0	0.1	0.1	DEF #134	9	0	0	240
Ashley Phillips	TOT	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	DEF #135	9	0	0	240
Ben Davies	TOT	10	1	0	0.5	0.1	DEF #136	9	0	0	240
BidwellNEW	COV	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #137	9	0	0	240
BindonNEW	NOT	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #138	9	0	0	240
BrauNEW	COV	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #139	9	0	0	240
Calvin Ramsay	LIV	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	DEF #140	9	0	0	240
CostinhaNEW	BRI	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #141	9	0	0	240
CoyleNEW	HUL	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #142	9	0	0	240
DasilvaNEW	COV	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #143	9	0	0	240
DedićNEW	NEW	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #144	9	0	0	240
ElvediNEW	LEE	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #145	9	0	0	240
HadjamNEW	BRI	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #146	9	0	0	240
Harry Amass	MUN	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	DEF #147	9	0	0	240
HerringtonNEW	HUL	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #148	9	0	0	240
HughesNEW	HUL	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #149	9	0	0	240
JacobNEW	HUL	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #150	9	0	0	240
Julio Soler Barreto	BOU	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	DEF #151	9	0	0	240
Julián Araujo Zúñiga	BOU	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	DEF #152	9	0	0	240
Kim Ji-soo	BRE	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	DEF #153	9	0	0	240
KitchingNEW	COV	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #154	9	0	0	240
LatibeaudiereNEW	COV	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #155	9	0	0	240
Leo Fuhr Hjelde	SUN	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	DEF #156	9	0	0	240
Matt Targett	NEW	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	DEF #157	9	0	0	240
McCarthyNEW	HUL	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #158	9	0	0	240
McNairNEW	HUL	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #159	9	0	0	240
MendyNEW	HUL	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #160	9	0	0	240
MethalieNEW	SUN	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #161	9	0	0	240
MeunierNEW	SUN	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #162	9	0	0	240
MinguezaNEW	CRY	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #163	9	0	0	240
Omar Richards	NFO	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	DEF #164	9	0	0	240
OuattaraNEW	IPS	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #165	9	0	0	240
RuggeriNEW	AST	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #166	9	0	0	240
SanchezNEW	BOU	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #167	9	0	0	240
SchusterNEW	BRE	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #168	9	0	0	240
TomiyasuNEW	CRY	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #169	9	0	0	240
Tyler Fredricson	MUN	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	DEF #170	9	0	0	240
Vitor de Oliveira Nunes dos Reis	MCI	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	DEF #171	9	0	0	240
Zach Abbott	NFO	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	DEF #172	9	0	0	240
van EwijkNEW	COV	—	—	—	—	—	DEF #173	9	0	0	240