Ranked: Top 50 Best Defenders in the world

Top 50 Best Defenders, Centre Back or Libero Players

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Rank	Name	Team	Nationality	Position	Age
1	Rúben Dias	Man City	PRT	D (C)	28	90
2	Gabriel Magalhães	Arsenal	BRA	D (C)	28	89
3	Nico Schlotterbeck	BVB	DEU	D (CL)	26	89
4	Trevoh Chalobah	Chelsea	GBR	D (CR)	26	89
5	Amir Rrahmani	Napoli	KVX	D (C)	32	89
6	Cristian Romero	Tottenham	ARG	D (C)	27	88
7	Joško Gvardiol	Man City	HRV	D (CL)	24	88
8	Jonathan Tah	Bayern	DEU	D (C)	30	88
9	Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool	NLD	D (C)	34	87
10	Jan Paul van Hecke	Brighton	NLD	D (C)	25	87

11	Loïc Bade	Bayer 04	FRA	D (C)	25	87
12	Waldemar Anton	BVB	DEU	D (CR)	29	86
13	Edmond Tapsoba	Bayer 04	BFA	D (CL)	27	86
14	William Saliba	Arsenal	FRA	D (C)	24	86
15	Wesley Fofana	Chelsea	FRA	D (CR)	25	86
16	Maxence Lacroix	Crystal Palace	FRA	D (C)	25	85
17	Manuel Akanji	Inter	CHE	D (CR)	30	85
18	Lewis Dunk	Brighton	GBR	D (C)	34	85
19	Kim Minjae	Bayern	KOR	D (C)	29	85
20	Jeff Chabot	Stuttgart	DEU	D (C)	28	85
21	Alexsandro Ribeiro	Lille	BRA	D (C)	26	84
22	Eric Garcia	Barcelona	ESP	D, DM (C)	25	84
23	Berat Djimsiti	Atalanta	ALB	D (CR)	33	84
24	Ibrahima Konaté	Liverpool	FRA	D (C)	26	84
25	Dayot Upamecano	Bayern	FRA	D (C)	27	84
26	Florian Lejeune	Rayo Vallecano	FRA	D (C)	34	83
27	Malang Sarr	Lens	FRA	D (CL)	27	83
28	Moussa Niakhaté	Lyon	SEN	D (C)	29	83
29	Michael Keane	Everton	GBR	D (C)	33	83
30	Illia Zabarnyi	PSG	UKR	D (C)	23	83
31	Malick Thiaw	Newcastle	DEU	D (C)	24	83
32	Matteo Gabbia	Milan	ITA	D (C)	26	82
33	Willian Pacho	PSG	ECU	D (C)	24	82
34	Willi Orban	RB Leipzig	HUN	D (C)	33	82
35	Marc Bartra	Betis	ESP	D (C)	35	82
36	Mario Gila	Lazio	ESP	D (C)	25	82
37	Gianluca Mancini	AS Roma	ITA	D (CR)	29	82
38	Isak Hien	Atalanta	SWE	D (C)	27	81
39	Dávid Hancko	Atletico Madrid	SVK	D (CL)	28	81
40	Matthias Ginter	Freiburg	DEU	D (C)	32	81
41	Pablo Marí	Al Hilal Saudi	ESP	D (C)	32	81
42	Fabian Schär	Newcastle	CHE	D (C)	34	81
43	Alessio Romagnoli	Lazio	ITA	D (C)	31	81
44	Carl Starfelt	Celta	SWE	D (C)	30	81
45	Francesco Acerbi	Inter	ITA	D (C)	38	81
46	Tosin Adarabioyo	Chelsea	GBR	D (C)	28	80
47	James Tarkowski	Everton	GBR	D (C)	33	80
48	Robin Le Normand	Atletico Madrid	ESP	D (C)	29	80
49	Abduqodir Xusanov	Man City	UZB	D (CR)	21	80
50	Marcos Senesi	Bournemouth	ARG	D (C)	28	80

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