We evaluate the players of the Bundesliga 23/24 and their performances so that it is possible to understand which were the best and the worst performing players in the League. This analysis takes into account matches played up to 26-09-2023. All players shown played, at least, 225 minutes in one of the predefined types of defense.
GOALKEEPERS (GKs):
Player Rating Defense Minutes Played Team Janis Blaswich 8.18 Back 4 450 RB Leipzig Oliver Baumann 7.85 Back 5 450 Hoffenheim Kevin Trapp 7.63 Back 5 450 Eintracht Frankfurt Alexander Nübel 7.38 Back 4 450 Stuttgart Sven Ulreich 7.24 Back 4 450 Bayern Munich
Player Rating Defense Minutes Played Team Robin Zentner 4.66 Back 4 450 Mainz 05 Finn Dahmen 5.24 Back 5 270 Augsburg Noah Atubolu 5.25 Back 4 360 Freiburg Marvin Schwäbe 5.47 Back 4 450 Köln Marcel Schuhen 5.59 Back 4 450 Darmstadt 98
CENTRE-BACKS (CBs):
Player Rating Defense Minutes Played Team Mohamed Simakan 8.43 Back 4 420 RB Leipzig Edmond Tapsoba 8.34 Back 5 449 Bayer Leverkusen Willi Orban 8.30 Back 4 270 RB Leipzig Mats Hummels 8.21 Back 4 225 Dortmund William Pacho 8.19 Back 5 450 Eintracht Frankfurt
Player Rating Defense Minutes Played Team Miloš Veljković 4.48 Back 5 225 Werder Bremen Stefan Bell 4.52 Back 5 281 Mainz 05 Sepp van den Berg 4.65 Back 5 323 Mainz 05 Erhan Mašović 4.83 Back 5 450 Bochum Ivan Ordets 4.94 Back 5 450 Bochum
FULL-BACKS & WING-BACKS (FBs & WBs):
BEST PERFORMING FBs & WBs:
Player Rating Defense Minutes Played Team Alphonso Davies 8.42 Back 4 424 Bayern Munich David Raum 8.03 Back 4 436 RB Leipzig Benjamin Henrichs 7.81 Back 4 447 RB Leipzig Álex Grimaldo 7.64 Back 5 444 Bayer Leverkusen Joakim Mæhle 7.51 Back 4 426 Wolfsburg
WORST PERFORMING FBs & WBs:
Player Rating Defense Minutes Played Team Felix Passlack 4.80 Back 5 385 Bochum Jonas Föhrenbach 5.05 Back 4 360 Heidenheim Fabian Nürnberger 5.26 Back 5 255 Darmstadt 98 Arne Engels 5.32 Back 4 249 Augsburg Maximilian Wittek 5.37 Back 5 324 Bochum
MIDFIELDERS & WINGERS (Ms & Ws):
Player Rating Defense Minutes Played Team Exequiel Palacios 8.56 Back 5 338 Bayer Leverkusen Florian Wirtz 8.45 Back 5 402 Bayer Leverkusen Leroy Sané 8.42 Back 4 430 Bayern Munich Enzo Millot 8.41 Back 4 279 Stuttgart Angelo Stiller 8.35 Back 4 270 Stuttgart
WORST PERFORMING Ms & Ws:
Player Rating Defense Minutes Played Team Yannick Gerhardt 4.79 Back 4 254 Wolfsburg Matúš Bero 4.80 Back 5 350 Bochum Maximilian Arnold 4.85 Back 4 299 Wolfsburg Alex Král 5.10 Back 5 360 Union Berlin Anthony Losilla 5.43 Back 5 372 Bochum
CENTRE-FOWARDS (CFs):
Player Rating Defense Minutes Played Team Serhou Guirassy 9.52 Back 5 431 Stuttgart Victor Boniface 9.11 Back 4 439 Bayer Leverkusen Harry Kane 8.72 Back 5 436 Bayern Munich Jonas Wind 8.16 Back 4 426 Wolfsburg Lucas Höler 7.45 Back 4 250 Freiburg
Player Rating Defense Minutes Played Team Luca Pfeiffer 4.72 Back 5 365 Darmstadt 98 Philipp Hofmann 5.16 Back 5 391 Bochum Yussuf Poulsen 5.62 Back 4 417 RB Leipzig Wout Weghorst 5.79 Back 5 484 Hoffenheim Sébastien Haller 6.11 Back 4 423 Dortmund
Data from FBref.
