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
1	Nico Schlotterbeck	Dortmund	DEU	D (C)	24	96
2	Riccardo Calafiori	Bologna	ITA	D (CL)	21	94
3	Mats Hummels	Dortmund	DEU	D (C)	35	93
4	Rúben Dias	Man City	PRT	D, DM (C)	27	92
5	Kim Minjae	Bayern	KOR	D (C)	27	92
6	Manuel Akanji	Man City	CHE	D, DM (C)	28	92
7	Jonathan Tah	Leverkusen	DEU	D (C)	28	90
8	William Saliba	Arsenal	FRA	D (C)	23	90
9	Gabriel Magalhães	Arsenal	BRA	D (C)	26	89
10	Dayot Upamecano	Bayern	FRA	D (CL)	25	88

11	Waldemar Anton	Stuttgart	DEU	D (CR)	27	88
12	Marquinhos	PSG	BRA	D (CR)	30	88
13	Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool	NLD	D (C)	32	88
14	Matthijs de Ligt	Bayern	NLD	D (CR)	24	88
15	Eric Garcia	Girona	ESP	D (CR)	23	87
16	Jhon Lucumí	Bologna	COL	D (C)	25	87
17	Stefan de Vrij	Inter	NLD	D (C)	32	87
18	Cristian Romero	Tottenham	ARG	D (CR)	26	87
19	Alessandro Buongiorno	Torino	ITA	D (CL)	24	87
20	Patrick Mainka	Heidenheim	DEU	D (C)	29	87
21	Lewis Dunk	Brighton	GBR	D (C)	32	86
22	Igor Zubeldía	Real Sociedad	ESP	D (C)	27	86
23	Danilo Pereira	PSG	PRT	D (CL)	32	86
24	Antonio Raíllo	Mallorca	ESP	D (C)	32	86
25	Marcos Senesi	Bournemouth	ARG	D (C)	27	86
26	Sergio Ramos	Sevilla	ESP	D (C)	38	86
27	Francesco Acerbi	Inter	ITA	D (CL)	36	86
28	Ibrahima Konaté	Liverpool	FRA	D (C)	24	85
29	Willi Orban	RB Leipzig	HUN	D (C)	31	85
30	Loïc Bade	Sevilla	FRA	D (C)	24	85
31	Amir Rrahmani	Napoli	KVX	D (C)	30	85
32	Bremer	Juventus	BRA	D (C)	27	85
33	Jan Paul van Hecke	Brighton	NLD	D (C)	23	85
34	Timo Hübers	Köln	DEU	D (C)	27	85
35	Jean-Clair Todibo	Nice	FRA	D (C)	24	84
36	Alexsandro Ribeiro	Lille	BRA	D (C)	24	84
37	Marco Friedl	W. Bremen	AUT	D (CL)	26	84
38	Robin Le Normand	Real Sociedad	ESP	D (C)	27	84
39	Dante	Nice	BRA	D (CL)	40	84
40	Micky van de Ven	Tottenham	NLD	D (C)	23	84
41	Sepp van den Berg	Mainz	NLD	D (CR)	22	84
42	Niklas Süle	Dortmund	DEU	D (CR)	28	84
43	Thiago Silva	Chelsea	BRA	D (C)	39	83
44	Leonardo Balerdi	Marseille	ARG	D (CL)	25	83
45	John Stones	Man City	GBR	D (CR)	29	83
46	Dan-Axel Zagadou	Stuttgart	FRA	D (CL)	24	83
47	Castello Lukeba	RB Leipzig	FRA	D (CL)	21	83
48	Patric	Lazio	ESP	D (CR)	31	83
49	Joseph Okumu	Reims	KEN	D (CR)	26	83
50	Eric Dier	Bayern	GBR	D (C)	30	82