The Premier League has a lot of CBs over the rating of 7. Despite the impact of the BIG 6 in England, Manchester United and Arsenal CBs are absent from the top performing list. This situation overlapps with the poor season from this clubs. On the other hand, Chelsea and Spurs had a more successful season using, primarly, a Back 5 formation, which is why so many players from these teams are present in the list below (5 and 4 respectively). Last but not least, we need to give a special mention to Salisu and Guéhi, players with top performances that played for teams that finished below the middle of the table.
| Player | Rating | Type of defense | Minutes Played | Team |
| Marc Cucurella | 8.29 | Back 5 | 810 | Brighton |
| Aymeric Laporte | 8.03 | Back 4 | 2828 | Manchester City |
| Joël Matip | 8.00 | Back 4 | 2790 | Liverpool |
| César Azpilicueta | 7.96 | Back 5 | 844 | Chelsea |
| Trevoh Chalobah | 7.93 | Back 5 | 1310 | Chelsea |
| Wesley Fofana | 7.80 | Back 4 | 450 | Leicester City |
| Rúben Dias | 7.77 | Back 4 | 2402 | Manchester City |
| Thiago Silva | 7.76 | Back 5 | 2290 | Chelsea |
| Antonio Rüdiger | 7.75 | Back 4 | 450 | Chelsea |
| Cristian Romero | 7.75 | Back 5 | 1401 | Tottenham |
| Virgil van Dijk | 7.67 | Back 4 | 3060 | Liverpool |
| Antonio Rüdiger | 7.48 | Back 5 | 2585 | Chelsea |
| Jöel Veltman | 7.32 | Back 5 | 1067 | Brighton |
| Ibrahima Konaté | 7.30 | Back 4 | 990 | Liverpool |
| Davinson Sánchez | 7.26 | Back 5 | 1159 | Tottenham |
| Max Kilman | 7.23 | Back 5 | 2687 | Wolves |
| Ben Davies | 7.15 | Back 5 | 2237 | Tottenham |
| Andreas Christensen | 7.12 | Back 5 | 1316 | Chelsea |
| Eric Dier | 7.11 | Back 5 | 2160 | Tottenham |
| Marc Guéhi | 7.03 | Back 4 | 3132 | Crystal Palace |
| Romain Saïss | 7.02 | Back 5 | 2705 | Wolves |
| Mohammed Salisu | 7.01 | Back 4 | 2484 | Southampton |
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.