Ligue 1

With his move to Chelsea already confirmed since January, Malo Gusto was the FB with the highest average rating in this season.

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Malo Gusto	7.65	Back 4	1170	Lyon
Achraf Hakimi	7.40	Back 4	661	PSG
Issiaga Sylla	7.31	Back 4	1215	Montpellier
Nuno Mendes	7.18	Back 5	1153	PSG
Vanderson	7.17	Back 4	1436	Monaco
Gabriel Suazo	7.13	Back 4	1150	Toulouse
Jonathan Clauss	7.13	Back 5	2565	Marseille
Paul Joly	7.11	Back 4	810	Auxerre
Nicolás Tagliafico	7.08	Back 5	714	Lyon
Melvin Bard	7.04	Back 4	1484	Nice
P. Frankowski	7.03	Back 5	2546	Lens
Mikkel Desler	7.00	Back 4	2008	Toulouse

Conditions for the presented data: 

– Minimum minutes played in the season: 450 minutes (equivalent to 5 full games) per type of defense played (Back 4 or Back 5);

Data from FBref.

Averaging ratings over the 8 mark, Todibo (Nice) and Medina (Lens) had incredible stretches of the seasons.

Player	Rating	Defense	Minutes Played	Team
Jean-Clair Todibo	8.09	Back 4	1791	Nice
Facundo Medina	8.04	Back 5	2779	Lens
Dante	7.81	Back 4	2070	Nice
Yunis Abdelhamid	7.75	Back 4	2430	Reims
Danilo Pereira	7.73	Back 5	1758	PSG
Sergio Ramos	7.70	Back 5	1941	PSG
Jonathan Gradit	7.61	Back 5	2553	Lens
Alexsandro Ribeiro	7.45	Back 4	1559	Lille
Arthur Theate	7.36	Back 4	2767	Rennes
Sinaly Diomande	7.36	Back 4	922	Lyon
Dejan Lovren	7.35	Back 4	966	Lyon
Emmanuel Agbadou	7.33	Back 4	1636	Reims
Kevin Danso	7.32	Back 5	2962	Lens
Castello Lukeba	7.27	Back 5	809	Lyon
Sinaly Diomande	7.25	Back 5	667	Lyon
Cheick Konaté	7.24	Back 5	450	Clermont
Axel Disasi	7.23	Back 5	720	Monaco
Castello Lukeba	7.19	Back 4	2177	Lyon
Marquinhos	7.16	Back 5	1970	PSG
Massadio Haïdara	7.13	Back 5	848	Lens
Dante	7.08	Back 5	1229	Nice
Jean-Clair Todibo	7.08	Back 5	1079	Nice

Conditions for the presented data: 

– Minimum minutes played in the season: 450 minutes (equivalent to 5 full games) per type of defense played (Back 4 or Back 5);

Data from FBref.