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	Waldemar Anton	BVB	DEU	D (CR)	29	91
2	Amir Rrahmani	Napoli	KVX	D (C)	31	91
3	Rúben Dias	Man City	PRT	D (C)	28	90
4	Nico Schlotterbeck	BVB	DEU	D (CL)	26	90
5	Gabriel Magalhães	Arsenal	BRA	D (C)	28	90
6	Joško Gvardiol	Man City	HRV	D (CL)	24	89
7	Trevoh Chalobah	Chelsea	GBR	D (CR)	26	89
8	Malick Thiaw	Newcastle	DEU	D (C)	24	89
9	Maxence Lacroix	Crystal Palace	FRA	D (C)	25	88
10	Dayot Upamecano	Bayern	FRA	D (C)	27	88

11	Jeff Chabot	Stuttgart	DEU	D (C)	27	88
12	Jonathan Tah	Bayern	DEU	D (C)	29	88
13	Kim Minjae	Bayern	KOR	D (C)	29	87
14	Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool	NLD	D (C)	34	87
15	Eric Garcia	Barcelona	ESP	D, DM (C)	25	87
16	Cristian Romero	Tottenham	ARG	D (C)	27	87
17	William Saliba	Arsenal	FRA	D (C)	24	86
18	Illia Zabarnyi	PSG	UKR	D (C)	23	86
19	Michael Keane	Everton	GBR	D (C)	33	86
20	Berat Djimsiti	Atalanta	ALB	D (CR)	32	86
21	Jan Paul van Hecke	Brighton	NLD	D (C)	25	85
22	Alexsandro Ribeiro	Lille	BRA	D (C)	26	84
23	Ibrahima Konaté	Liverpool	FRA	D (C)	26	84
24	Robin Koch	Frankfurt	DEU	D (CL)	29	84
25	Loïc Bade	Bayer 04	FRA	D (C)	25	84
26	Lewis Dunk	Brighton	GBR	D (C)	34	84
27	Mario Gila	Lazio	ESP	D (C)	25	84
28	Gianluca Mancini	AS Roma	ITA	D (CR)	29	84
29	Manuel Akanji	Inter	CHE	D (CR)	30	83
30	Wesley Fofana	Chelsea	FRA	D (CR)	25	83
31	Willian Pacho	PSG	ECU	D (C)	24	83
32	Carl Starfelt	Celta	SWE	D (C)	30	82
33	Matteo Gabbia	Milan	ITA	D (C)	26	82
34	Joachim Andersen	Fulham	DNK	D (C)	29	82
35	Marcos Senesi	Bournemouth	ARG	D (C)	28	82
36	Willi Orban	RB Leipzig	HUN	D (C)	33	82
37	Marc Bartra	Betis	ESP	D (C)	35	82
38	Fabian Schär	Newcastle	CHE	D (C)	34	82
39	Catena	Osasuna	ESP	D (C)	31	82
40	James Tarkowski	Everton	GBR	D (C)	33	82
41	Florian Lejeune	Rayo Vallecano	FRA	D (C)	34	82
42	Marquinhos	PSG	BRA	D (C)	31	82
43	Moussa Niakhaté	Lyon	SEN	D (C)	29	81
44	Juan Foyth	Villarreal	ARG	D (CR)	28	81
45	José Maria Giménez	Atletico Madrid	URY	D (C)	31	81
46	Francesco Acerbi	Inter	ITA	D (C)	37	81
47	Alessio Romagnoli	Lazio	ITA	D (C)	31	81
48	Pablo Marí	Fiorentina	ESP	D (C)	32	81
49	Nathan Collins	Brentford	IRL	D (C)	24	81
50	Stefan de Vrij	Inter	NLD	D (CL)	33	81