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	Kim Minjae	Bayern	KOR	D (C)	27	95
3	Cristian Romero	Tottenham	ARG	D (CR)	26	93
4	Riccardo Calafiori	Bologna	ITA	D (CL)	21	93
5	Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool	NLD	D (C)	32	92
6	Dayot Upamecano	Bayern	FRA	D (CL)	25	92
7	Gabriel Magalhães	Arsenal	BRA	D (C)	26	91
8	Rúben Dias	Man City	PRT	D, DM (C)	26	91
9	Mats Hummels	Dortmund	DEU	D (C)	35	91
10	Jonathan Tah	Leverkusen	DEU	D (C)	28	90

11	Lewis Dunk	Brighton	GBR	D (C)	32	89
12	Waldemar Anton	Stuttgart	DEU	D (CR)	27	89
13	Alessandro Buongiorno	Torino	ITA	D (CL)	24	89
14	Manuel Akanji	Man City	CHE	D, DM (C)	28	88
15	Jhon Lucumí	Bologna	COL	D (C)	25	88
16	Igor Zubeldía	Real Sociedad	ESP	D (C)	27	87
17	Danilo Pereira	PSG	PRT	D (CL)	32	87
18	Marquinhos	PSG	BRA	D (CR)	29	87
19	William Saliba	Arsenal	FRA	D (C)	23	87
20	Daley Blind	Girona	NLD	D (CL)	34	87
21	Jean-Clair Todibo	Nice	FRA	D (C)	24	87
22	Alexsandro Ribeiro	Lille	BRA	D (C)	24	87
23	Willi Orban	RB Leipzig	HUN	D (C)	31	87
24	Loïc Bade	Sevilla	FRA	D (C)	24	87
25	Stefan de Vrij	Inter	NLD	D (C)	32	86
26	Sergio Ramos	Sevilla	ESP	D (C)	38	86
27	Jan Paul van Hecke	Brighton	NLD	D (C)	23	86
28	Francesco Acerbi	Inter	ITA	D (CL)	36	86
29	Matthijs de Ligt	Bayern	NLD	D (CR)	24	86
30	Micky van de Ven	Tottenham	NLD	D (C)	23	86
31	Ibrahima Konaté	Liverpool	FRA	D (C)	24	86
32	Amir Rrahmani	Napoli	KVX	D (C)	30	86
33	Eric Garcia	Girona	ESP	D (CR)	23	86
34	Dante	Nice	BRA	D (CL)	40	85
35	Leonardo Balerdi	Marseille	ARG	D (CL)	25	85
36	Sepp van den Berg	Mainz	NLD	D (CR)	22	85
37	Niklas Süle	Dortmund	DEU	D (CR)	28	85
38	Patrick Mainka	Heidenheim	DEU	D (C)	29	85
39	Milan Škriniar	PSG	SVK	D (CR)	29	85
40	Willian Pacho	Frankfurt	ECU	D (CL)	22	84
41	Robin Le Normand	Real Sociedad	ESP	D (C)	27	84
42	Castello Lukeba	RB Leipzig	FRA	D (CL)	21	84
43	Bremer	Juventus	BRA	D (C)	27	84
44	Dan-Axel Zagadou	Stuttgart	FRA	D (CL)	24	84
45	Timo Hübers	Köln	DEU	D (C)	27	83
46	Joseph Okumu	Reims	KEN	D (CR)	26	83
47	Antonio Raíllo	Mallorca	ESP	D (C)	32	83
48	Fikayo Tomori	Milan	GBR	D (CL)	26	83
49	John Stones	Man City	GBR	D (CR)	29	83
50	Andreas Christensen	Barcelona	DNK	D, M (C)	28	83