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	Riccardo Calafiori	Bologna	ITA	D (CL)	22	94
3	Manuel Akanji	Man City	CHE	D (CR)	28	92
4	Rúben Dias	Man City	PRT	D, DM (C)	27	92
5	Mats Hummels	Dortmund	DEU	D (C)	35	91
6	Kim Minjae	Bayern	KOR	D (C)	27	90
7	William Saliba	Arsenal	FRA	D (C)	23	89
8	Waldemar Anton	Stuttgart	DEU	D (CR)	27	88
9	Gabriel Magalhães	Arsenal	BRA	D (C)	26	88
10	Antonio Raíllo	Mallorca	ESP	D (C)	32	88

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