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 (CL)	24	96
2	Rúben Dias	Man City	PRT	D, DM (C)	27	92
3	Manuel Akanji	Man City	CHE	D, DM (C)	29	91
4	Riccardo Calafiori	Arsenal	ITA	D (CL)	22	91
5	William Saliba	Arsenal	FRA	D (C)	23	88
6	Cristian Romero	Tottenham	ARG	D (C)	26	88
7	Mats Hummels	Roma	DEU	D (C)	35	88
8	Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool	NLD	D (C)	33	88
9	Waldemar Anton	Dortmund	DEU	D (CR)	28	87
10	Gabriel Magalhães	Arsenal	BRA	D (C)	26	87

11	Kim Minjae	Bayern	KOR	D (C)	27	86
12	Alessandro Buongiorno	Napoli	ITA	D (CL)	25	86
13	Lewis Dunk	Brighton	GBR	D (C)	32	85
14	Antonio Raíllo	Mallorca	ESP	D (C)	32	85
15	Niklas Süle	Dortmund	DEU	D (CR)	29	85
16	Alexsandro Ribeiro	Lille	BRA	D (C)	25	84
17	Eric Garcia	Barcelona	ESP	D (CR)	23	84
18	Bremer	Juventus	BRA	D (C)	27	84
19	Willi Orban	RB Leipzig	HUN	D (C)	31	84
20	Jan Paul van Hecke	Brighton	NLD	D (C)	24	84
21	Ibrahima Konaté	Liverpool	FRA	D (C)	25	83
22	Marcos Senesi	Bournemouth	ARG	D (C)	27	83
23	Jhon Lucumí	Bologna	COL	D (C)	26	83
24	Jonathan Tah	Leverkusen	DEU	D (C)	28	83
25	Matthijs de Ligt	Man Utd	NLD	D (CR)	25	83
26	Daley Blind	Girona	NLD	D (CL)	34	83
27	Leonardo Balerdi	Marseille	ARG	D (CL)	25	82
28	Dayot Upamecano	Bayern	FRA	D (C)	25	82
29	Marco Friedl	W. Bremen	AUT	D (CL)	26	82
30	Stefan de Vrij	Inter	NLD	D (C)	32	82
31	Patrick Mainka	Heidenheim	DEU	D (C)	29	82
32	Sergio Ramos		ESP	D (C)	38	82
33	Loïc Bade	Sevilla	FRA	D (CR)	24	82
34	Micky van de Ven	Tottenham	NLD	D (CL)	23	82
35	Francesco Acerbi	Inter	ITA	D (CL)	36	82
36	Daniel Vivian	Athletic	ESP	D (C)	25	82
37	Amir Rrahmani	Napoli	KVX	D (C)	30	82
38	Sepp van den Berg	Brentford	NLD	D (CR)	22	82
39	Marquinhos	PSG	BRA	D (CR)	30	81
40	Thilo Kehrer	Monaco	DEU	D (CR)	27	81
41	José Maria Giménez	Atletico Madrid	URY	D (C)	29	81
42	Antonio Rüdiger	Real Madrid	DEU	D (C)	31	81
43	Danilo Pereira	Al Ittihad	PRT	D (CL)	33	81
44	Timo Hübers	Köln	DEU	D (C)	28	81
45	Jon Pacheco	Real Sociedad	ESP	D (C)	23	81
46	John Stones	Man City	GBR	D (CR)	30	81
47	Carl Starfelt	Celta	SWE	D (C)	29	81
48	Aitor Paredes	Athletic	ESP	D (C)	24	81
49	Robin Le Normand	Atletico Madrid	ESP	D (C)	27	81
50	Igor Zubeldía	Real Sociedad	ESP	D (C)	27	81