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	97
2	Riccardo Calafiori	Bologna	ITA	D (CL)	22	94
3	Manuel Akanji	Man City	CHE	D (CR)	29	92
4	Rúben Dias	Man City	PRT	D, DM (C)	27	92
5	Mats Hummels		DEU	D (C)	35	92
6	Kim Minjae	Bayern	KOR	D (C)	27	90
7	William Saliba	Arsenal	FRA	D (C)	23	89
8	Antonio Raíllo	Mallorca	ESP	D (C)	32	89
9	Gabriel Magalhães	Arsenal	BRA	D (C)	26	89
10	Waldemar Anton	Dortmund	DEU	D (CR)	28	89

11	Cristian Romero	Tottenham	ARG	D (C)	26	87
12	Eric Garcia	Barcelona	ESP	D (CR)	23	87
13	Marcos Senesi	Bournemouth	ARG	D (C)	27	87
14	Jhon Lucumí	Bologna	COL	D (C)	26	86
15	Stefan de Vrij	Inter	NLD	D (C)	32	86
16	Jonathan Tah	Leverkusen	DEU	D (C)	28	86
17	Igor Zubeldía	Real Sociedad	ESP	D (C)	27	86
18	Patrick Mainka	Heidenheim	DEU	D (C)	29	86
19	Dayot Upamecano	Bayern	FRA	D (CL)	25	86
20	Alessandro Buongiorno	Napoli	ITA	D (CL)	25	86
21	Willi Orban	RB Leipzig	HUN	D (C)	31	86
22	Amir Rrahmani	Napoli	KVX	D (C)	30	86
23	Lewis Dunk	Brighton	GBR	D (C)	32	86
24	Marquinhos	PSG	BRA	D (CR)	30	86
25	Ibrahima Konaté	Liverpool	FRA	D (C)	25	85
26	Danilo Pereira	PSG	PRT	D (CL)	32	85
27	Sergio Ramos		ESP	D (C)	38	85
28	Sepp van den Berg	Liverpool	NLD	D (CR)	22	85
29	Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool	NLD	D (C)	33	85
30	Matthijs de Ligt	Bayern	NLD	D (CR)	24	85
31	Leonardo Balerdi	Marseille	ARG	D (CL)	25	85
32	Bremer	Juventus	BRA	D (C)	27	85
33	Jan Paul van Hecke	Brighton	NLD	D (C)	24	84
34	Alexsandro Ribeiro	Lille	BRA	D (C)	24	84
35	Timo Hübers	Köln	DEU	D (C)	28	84
36	Marco Friedl	W. Bremen	AUT	D (CL)	26	84
37	Micky van de Ven	Tottenham	NLD	D (CL)	23	84
38	Loïc Bade	Sevilla	FRA	D (CR)	24	84
39	Daley Blind	Girona	NLD	D (CL)	34	84
40	Carl Starfelt	Celta	SWE	D (C)	29	84
41	Dante	Nice	BRA	D (CL)	40	84
42	Thiago Silva	Fluminense	BRA	D (C)	39	83
43	Robin Le Normand	Real Sociedad	ESP	D (C)	27	83
44	Brendan Chardonnet	Brest	FRA	D (C)	29	83
45	Francesco Acerbi	Inter	ITA	D (CL)	36	83
46	Florian Lejeune	Rayo Vallecano	FRA	D (C)	33	83
47	Aitor Paredes	Athletic	ESP	D (C)	24	83
48	Niklas Süle	Dortmund	DEU	D (CR)	28	83
49	Alessio Romagnoli	Lazio	ITA	D (C)	29	82
50	Castello Lukeba	RB Leipzig	FRA	D (CL)	21	82