Premier League Defender Rankings - Sleeper BPL 2025

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Defenders only, Sleeper BPL 2025.

PK	Player	Pos	Club	Sleeper	FPL	G	A	Min	CS	Tck	£	BK Value
1	Gabriel Magalhães DEF · ARS · £8.0	DEF	ARS	258.6	209	3	5	2750	18	38	£8.0	12,000
2	Nico O'Reilly DEF · MCI · £6.5	DEF	MCI	211.0	160	5	4	2643	14	67	£6.5	10,873
3	Marc Guéhi DEF · MCI · £6.0	DEF	MCI	205.8	179	3	5	3150	14	46	£6.0	10,228
4	Jurriën Timber DEF · ARS · £6.5	DEF	ARS	198.8	149	3	6	2452	13	66	£6.5	9,769
5	Marcos Senesi Barón DEF · TOT · £6.0	DEF	TOT	190.8	175	0	6	3288	11	62	£6.0	9,409
6	Adrien Truffert DEF · BOU · £5.5	DEF	BOU	187.6	165	1	6	3378	11	102	£5.5	9,111
7	Matheus N. DEF · MCI · £6.0	DEF	MCI	184.2	154	1	8	2861	12	57	£6.0	8,855
8	James Tarkowski DEF · EVE · £6.0	DEF	EVE	176.0	170	2	3	3330	11	51	£6.0	8,629
9	Nordi Mukiele DEF · SUN · £5.5	DEF	SUN	174.6	151	3	5	2784	9	69	£5.5	8,426
10	Daniel Muñoz Mejía DEF · CRY · £5.5	DEF	CRY	169.6	136	4	4	2400	10	72	£5.5	8,241
11	Virgil van Dijk DEF · LIV · £6.5	DEF	LIV	167.6	175	6	1	3420	10	23	£6.5	8,070
12	Maxence Lacroix DEF · CHE · £6.0	DEF	CHE	165.0	154	1	2	3085	11	60	£6.0	7,912
13	Jan Paul van Hecke DEF · TOT · £5.0	DEF	TOT	158.6	148	3	3	3210	10	53	£5.0	7,764
14	Tyrick Mitchell DEF · CRY · £4.5	DEF	CRY	155.0	135	1	3	3253	12	100	£4.5	7,624
15	William Saliba DEF · ARS · £6.0	DEF	ARS	154.2	137	1	0	2614	15	35	£6.0	7,492
16	Reece James DEF · CHE · £5.5	DEF	CHE	142.0	115	2	6	1957	8	48	£5.5	7,367
17	Chris Richards DEF · CRY · £5.0	DEF	CRY	140.8	128	1	0	2825	11	54	£5.0	7,247
18	Neco Williams DEF · NFO · £5.0	DEF	NFO	136.4	128	2	3	3203	9	96	£5.0	7,132
19	Riccardo Calafiori DEF · ARS · £5.5	DEF	ARS	136.0	109	1	2	1697	13	32	£5.5	7,023
20	Michael Keane DEF · EVE · £5.0	DEF	EVE	129.0	131	3	1	2588	7	37	£5.0	6,917
21	Omar Alderete DEF · SUN · £5.0	DEF	SUN	129.0	125	1	1	2797	10	32	£5.0	6,815
22	James Hill DEF · BOU · £5.5	DEF	BOU	128.4	110	0	3	2102	8	39	£5.5	6,717
23	Trevoh Chalobah DEF · CHE · £5.5	DEF	CHE	125.0	136	3	1	2780	9	35	£5.5	6,621
24	Mats Wieffer DEF · BHA · £5.0	DEF	BHA	122.4	94	2	4	1901	6	66	£5.0	6,529
25	Matty Cash DEF · AVL · £4.5	DEF	AVL	119.0	117	3	3	3016	8	66	£4.5	6,440
26	Nathan Collins DEF · BRE · £5.5	DEF	BRE	117.8	129	1	2	2971	9	32	£5.5	6,353
27	Pedro Porro DEF · TOT · £5.5	DEF	TOT	117.8	117	1	3	2793	9	76	£5.5	6,268
28	Rúben Dias DEF · MCI · £5.5	DEF	MCI	116.6	113	2	0	2139	12	13	£5.5	6,186
29	Ryan Sessegnon DEF · FUL · £4.5	DEF	FUL	115.4	95	3	3	1816	6	48	£4.5	6,105
30	Daniel Ballard DEF · SUN · £5.0	DEF	SUN	110.4	116	2	2	2144	6	33	£5.0	6,027
31	James Justin DEF · LEE · £4.5	DEF	LEE	109.2	94	2	1	1893	6	55	£4.5	5,951
32	Diogo Dalot Teixeira DEF · MUN · £5.0	DEF	MUN	107.8	111	1	6	2609	7	53	£5.0	5,876
33	Jake O'Brien DEF · EVE · £5.0	DEF	EVE	106.6	116	1	3	3118	10	57	£5.0	5,803
34	Lucas Digne DEF · AVL · £4.5	DEF	AVL	105.8	97	0	7	1842	7	36	£4.5	5,732
35	Van den Berg DEF · BRE · £5.0	DEF	BRE	105.6	113	0	3	2761	8	23	£5.0	5,662
36	Piero Hincapié DEF · ARS · £5.5	DEF	ARS	104.2	87	1	2	1787	5	48	£5.5	5,593
37	Luke Shaw DEF · MUN · £4.5	DEF	MUN	103.6	113	1	1	3220	10	75	£4.5	5,526
38	Jaka Bijol DEF · LEE · £5.0	DEF	LEE	103.6	99	1	3	1888	5	25	£5.0	5,460
39	Joachim Andersen DEF · FUL · £5.0	DEF	FUL	102.6	123	0	1	2882	8	45	£5.0	5,396
40	Malick Thiaw DEF · NEW · £5.0	DEF	NEW	101.2	126	4	0	2963	5	44	£5.0	5,333
41	Kenny Tete DEF · FUL · £4.5	DEF	FUL	97.0	81	1	0	1791	6	65	£4.5	5,271
42	Trai Hume DEF · SUN · £4.5	DEF	SUN	96.0	110	2	1	3032	9	68	£4.5	5,210
43	Michael Kayode DEF · BRE · £4.5	DEF	BRE	93.4	113	1	2	3258	10	68	£4.5	5,150
44	Cristian Romero DEF · TOT · £5.0	DEF	TOT	92.6	91	4	1	1869	5	58	£5.0	5,091
45	Ferdi Kadıoğlu DEF · BHA · £4.5	DEF	BHA	92.2	118	1	2	3130	10	57	£4.5	5,033
46	Jayden Bogle DEF · LEE · £4.5	DEF	LEE	91.8	96	1	5	2795	6	66	£4.5	4,976
47	Joško Gvardiol DEF · MCI · £5.5	DEF	MCI	91.4	79	2	2	1370	6	17	£5.5	4,920
48	Calvin Bassey DEF · FUL · £4.5	DEF	FUL	88.2	103	1	1	2532	7	62	£4.5	4,865
49	Harry Maguire DEF · MUN · £5.0	DEF	MUN	86.6	90	1	2	1649	7	22	£5.0	4,811
50	Pascal Struijk DEF · BHA · £5.0	DEF	BHA	85.2	108	0	1	2935	7	39	£5.0	4,758
51	Nikola Milenković DEF · NFO · £5.5	DEF	NFO	84.4	119	0	1	3375	9	30	£5.5	4,706
52	Dan Burn DEF · NEW · £5.0	DEF	NEW	84.0	93	1	3	2195	6	40	£5.0	4,654
53	Van de Ven DEF · TOT · £5.0	DEF	TOT	83.6	116	4	1	3041	9	38	£5.0	4,603
54	Sven Botman DEF · NEW · £5.0	DEF	NEW	83.0	89	1	1	1834	5	21	£5.0	4,553
55	Murillo Santos DEF · NFO · £5.5	DEF	NFO	78.2	83	1	0	2130	6	35	£5.5	4,504
56	Ola Aina DEF · NFO · £4.5	DEF	NFO	76.6	67	0	2	1587	6	31	£4.5	4,455
57	Joe Rodon DEF · LEE · £4.5	DEF	LEE	75.8	109	2	0	2952	6	37	£4.5	4,408
58	Malo Gusto DEF · CHE · £5.0	DEF	CHE	74.6	96	2	3	2255	7	52	£5.0	4,360
59	Lewis Dunk DEF · BHA · £4.5	DEF	BHA	72.4	100	1	1	2837	7	35	£4.5	4,314
60	Rayan Aït-Nouri DEF · MCI · £5.5	DEF	MCI	71.8	60	0	2	971	5	35	£5.5	4,268
61	Abdukodir Khusanov DEF · MCI · £5.5	DEF	MCI	71.4	67	0	0	1427	6	27	£5.5	4,223
62	Vitalii Mykolenko DEF · EVE · £4.5	DEF	EVE	71.2	95	0	1	2959	9	48	£4.5	4,178
63	Kristoffer Ajer DEF · BRE · £4.5	DEF	BRE	71.0	76	0	2	1805	5	37	£4.5	4,134
64	Jaydee Canvot DEF · CRY · £5.0	DEF	CRY	69.6	72	0	0	1331	5	40	£5.0	4,091
65	Antonee Robinson DEF · FUL · £4.5	DEF	FUL	69.2	65	1	0	1487	4	48	£4.5	4,048
66	Reinildo Mandava DEF · SUN · £4.5	DEF	SUN	64.0	74	0	2	1966	6	39	£4.5	4,006
67	Lewis Hall DEF · NEW · £5.0	DEF	NEW	63.6	79	1	2	2176	4	54	£5.0	3,964
68	Maxim De Cuyper DEF · BHA · £4.5	DEF	BHA	59.8	84	2	3	1404	5	22	£4.5	3,923
69	Milos Kerkez DEF · LIV · £5.5	DEF	LIV	59.2	85	2	1	2251	6	41	£5.5	3,882
70	Noussair Mazraoui DEF · MUN · £4.5	DEF	MUN	58.4	53	0	0	977	5	28	£4.5	3,842
71	Wesley Fofana DEF · CHE · £5.0	DEF	CHE	57.8	65	0	2	1718	4	19	£5.0	3,803
72	Ezri Konsa Ngoyo DEF · AVL · £4.5	DEF	AVL	57.6	100	0	1	3035	9	22	£4.5	3,764
73	Pau Torres DEF · AVL · £4.5	DEF	AVL	57.0	64	0	2	1673	5	22	£4.5	3,725
74	Djed Spence DEF · TOT · £4.5	DEF	TOT	56.8	78	0	0	2049	9	44	£4.5	3,687
75	Jeremie Frimpong DEF · LIV · £5.5	DEF	LIV	55.6	63	0	5	1032	5	11	£5.5	3,650
76	Benjamin White DEF · ARS · £5.5	DEF	ARS	55.2	45	0	1	699	5	15	£5.5	3,613
77	Tino Livramento DEF · NEW · £5.0	DEF	NEW	53.4	59	0	1	1326	6	22	£5.0	3,576
78	Cristhian Mosquera DEF · ARS · £5.5	DEF	ARS	51.2	40	0	0	986	3	32	£5.5	3,540
79	Kevin Danso DEF · TOT · £5.0	DEF	TOT	51.0	63	0	0	1489	4	27	£5.0	3,504
80	Fabian Schär DEF · NEW · £5.0	DEF	NEW	50.4	51	0	0	1089	4	14	£5.0	3,469
81	Adam Smith DEF · BOU · £4.5	DEF	BOU	49.0	58	0	2	1073	6	15	£4.5	3,434
82	Timothy Castagne DEF · FUL · £4.5	DEF	FUL	44.4	61	0	2	1838	3	40	£4.5	3,399
83	Axel Disasi DEF · CHE · £4.5	DEF	CHE	43.6	0	0	0	0	0	14	£4.5	3,365
84	Olivier Boscagli DEF · BHA · £4.5	DEF	BHA	41.8	39	0	1	799	3	16	£4.5	3,331
85	Felipe Silva DEF · NFO · £5.0	DEF	NFO	41.6	53	1	0	1340	2	30	£5.0	3,298
86	Lisandro Martínez DEF · MUN · £5.0	DEF	MUN	41.4	51	0	0	1229	5	19	£5.0	3,265
87	Conor Bradley DEF · LIV · £5.0	DEF	LIV	39.4	42	0	2	928	4	19	£5.0	3,233
88	Jarrad Branthwaite DEF · EVE · £5.5	DEF	EVE	38.2	32	1	1	678	1	14	£5.5	3,201
89	Ian Maatsen DEF · AVL · £4.5	DEF	AVL	38.0	54	0	1	1590	2	43	£4.5	3,169
90	Jorge Barreno DEF · FUL · £4.5	DEF	FUL	34.4	39	0	0	935	2	16	£4.5	3,138
91	Nicolò Savona DEF · NFO · £4.5	DEF	NFO	32.8	39	2	0	1025	3	20	£4.5	3,106
92	Gabriel Gudmundsson DEF · LEE · £4.5	DEF	LEE	32.6	68	0	0	2637	5	65	£4.5	3,076
93	Leny Yoro DEF · MUN · £5.0	DEF	MUN	31.4	56	0	1	1730	2	30	£5.0	3,046
94	Andrew Robertson DEF · TOT · £4.5	DEF	TOT	31.2	55	1	0	1165	4	12	£4.5	3,016
95	Ayden Heaven DEF · MUN · £4.5	DEF	MUN	30.4	42	0	1	920	2	22	£4.5	2,986
96	Matthijs de Ligt DEF · MUN · £5.0	DEF	MUN	30.2	43	1	0	1170	1	19	£5.0	2,957
97	Tosin Adarabioyo DEF · CHE · £4.5	DEF	CHE	29.0	34	0	0	788	2	17	£4.5	2,928
98	Bafodé Diakité DEF · BOU · £5.0	DEF	BOU	26.8	46	0	0	1275	4	20	£5.0	2,899
99	Nathan Patterson DEF · EVE · £4.5	DEF	EVE	26.4	22	0	0	238	2	10	£4.5	2,871
100	Rico Henry DEF · BRE · £4.5	DEF	BRE	26.2	52	0	2	1322	4	15	£4.5	2,843
101	Sebastiaan Bornauw DEF · LEE · £4.5	DEF	LEE	24.4	25	0	0	429	2	8	£4.5	2,815
102	Tyrone Mings DEF · AVL · £4.5	DEF	AVL	22.8	50	0	1	1322	3	5	£4.5	2,788
103	Aaron Hickey DEF · BRE · £4.5	DEF	BRE	21.4	37	0	0	679	2	15	£4.5	2,760
104	Josh Acheampong DEF · CHE · £4.5	DEF	CHE	18.2	39	1	0	657	2	11	£4.5	2,734
105	Luke O'Nien DEF · SUN · £4.0	DEF	SUN	16.8	26	0	1	565	2	6	£4.0	2,707
106	Chadi Riad DEF · CRY · £4.5	DEF	CRY	15.8	20	0	1	550	1	8	£4.5	2,681
107	Joe Gomez DEF · LIV · £5.0	DEF	LIV	14.4	33	0	2	594	2	10	£5.0	2,655
108	Issa Diop DEF · IPS · £4.0	DEF	IPS	14.0	31	1	0	812	1	6	£4.0	2,629
109	Veljko Milosavljevic DEF · BOU · £5.0	DEF	BOU	12.6	19	0	0	367	1	5	£5.0	2,604
110	Ben Davies DEF · TOT · £4.0	DEF	TOT	10.6	10	1	0	136	0	5	£4.0	2,579
111	Jair Cunha DEF · NFO · £4.5	DEF	NFO	10.2	13	0	0	514	0	9	£4.5	2,554
112	Victor Lindelöf DEF · AVL · £4.5	DEF	AVL	8.8	29	0	1	942	1	7	£4.5	2,529
113	Ethan Pinnock DEF · BRE · £4.5	DEF	BRE	8.8	14	0	0	318	1	5	£4.5	2,505
114	Luca Netz DEF · NFO · £4.5	DEF	NFO	8.0	11	0	0	353	0	12	£4.5	2,481
115	Rico Lewis DEF · MCI · £4.5	DEF	MCI	5.6	19	0	1	401	1	5	£4.5	2,457
116	Diego Coppola DEF · BHA · £4.5	DEF	BHA	4.4	10	0	0	193	1	2	£4.5	2,434
117	Max Alleyne DEF · MCI · £5.0	DEF	MCI	4.2	5	0	0	135	0	3	£5.0	2,410
118	Levi Colwill DEF · CHE · £5.0	DEF	CHE	3.8	8	0	0	225	0	3	£5.0	2,387
119	Jenson Seelt DEF · SUN · £4.5	DEF	SUN	3.2	2	0	0	133	0	4	£4.5	2,365
120	Andrés García DEF · AVL · £4.0	DEF	AVL	1.0	5	0	0	83	0	5	£4.0	2,342

Defence points graph

Sleeper BPL 2025 defence, top 12

Same Sleeper table as The Pitch, this position only.

#1 Gabriel Magalhães

258.6

#2 Nico O'Reilly

211

#3 Marc Guéhi

205.8

#4 Jurriën Timber

198.8

#5 Marcos Senesi Barón

190.8

#6 Adrien Truffert

187.6

#7 Matheus N.

184.2

#8 James Tarkowski

176

#9 Nordi Mukiele

174.6

#10 Daniel Muñoz Mejía

169.6

#11 Virgil van Dijk

167.6

#12 Maxence Lacroix

165

Defence value graph

BK Value, top 12

Rank 1 is 12,000. The curve decays so mid-board names still trade, they just do not trade like 1.01.

#1 Gabriel Magalhães

12,000

#2 Nico O'Reilly

10,873

#3 Marc Guéhi

10,228

#4 Jurriën Timber

9,769

#5 Marcos Senesi Barón

9,409

#6 Adrien Truffert

9,111

#7 Matheus N.

8,855

#8 James Tarkowski

8,629

#9 Nordi Mukiele

8,426

#10 Daniel Muñoz Mejía

8,241

#11 Virgil van Dijk

8,070

#12 Maxence Lacroix

7,912

Sources

Boards we track

Sleeper BPL 2025 - Default Sleeper soccer scoring on 2025/26 Premier League counting stats. This is The Pitch, and half of The Premier.
FPL 2025/26 Points - Official last-season total points.
FPL Price Board - 2026/27 starting prices.
FPL ICT Index - Influence / Creativity / Threat composite.
FPL xGI - Expected goal involvements.
FPL EP Next - Official expected points for Gameweek 1.
FPL Form - Recent form score on the FPL app.
FPL Ownership - Official selected-by percent, the public board.
RotoWire FPL 400 - Season-long official-game top 400, Aug 21.
RotoWire Fantrax / Sleeper 400 - Draft-scoring Fantrax and Sleeper top 400, Aug 21.
RotoWire GW1 - Gameweek 1 projected board.
RotoWire Premiums - Elite assets the FPL 400 is built around.
RotoWire Value - Points-per-million enablers.
RotoWire DEFCON - Defensive-contribution specialists.
RotoWire Bounce-backs - Lost-season names the draft room fades.
RotoWire Draft values - Early-ADP steals.
RotoWire GW1 captains - Opening-week armband tape.
The Athletic PL 50 - Phil Hay and Tim Spiers, August 2026.
ESPN PL 50 - ESPN Premier League Top 50, 2026-27.
The Independent Watchlist - 44-name 2026/27 FPL watchlist.
Premier League Scout Selection - Official Scout best squad for GW1.
Premier League Scout Must-Haves - Four names The Scout says you need.
Premier League Scout Club Picks - Best FPL pick from each of the 20 clubs.
Premier League Scout Key Prices - Fifteen key 2026/27 price tags.
Fantasy Football Fix Elite - Elite-manager GW1 board.
Fantasy Football Fix GW1 - Five key GW1 picks.
Fantasy Football Fix Captains - GW1 captain three.
Yahoo Cheat Sheet - 2026-27 best-player cheat sheet.
Yahoo GW1 XI - Template XI for Gameweek 1.
Football Faithful - Must-haves and value gems, August.
Football Faithful Premiums - Five priciest 2026/27 assets.
Fantasy Football Hub - Premium-asset public tape.
BBC Sport FPL - BBC 2026-27 FPL questions board.

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