With several players having very good seasons, the most notable performance goes to Enzo Le Fée, Lorient’s midfielder and one of the most promising players in this position.
Player
Rating
Defense
Minutes Played
Team
Lionel Messi
8.84
Back 5
1065
PSG
Rémy Cabella
8.25
Back 4
2346
Lille
Neymar
8.23
Back 5
844
PSG
Enzo Le Fée
8.20
Back 4
2418
Lorient
Marco Verratti
8.18
Back 5
1386
PSG
Marco Verratti
8.12
Back 4
808
PSG
Romain Faivre
7.99
Back 5
704
Lorient
Youssouf Fofana
7.99
Back 5
630
Monaco
Martin Terrier
7.94
Back 4
976
Rennes
Téji Savanier
7.93
Back 4
2212
Montpellier
B. van den Boomen
7.82
Back 4
2569
Toulouse
Himad Abdelli
7.81
Back 5
780
Angers
Florian Tardieu
7.80
Back 5
870
Troyes
Maxence Caqueret
7.80
Back 5
616
Lyon
Johan Gastien
7.79
Back 4
628
Clermont
Vitinha
7.71
Back 5
1806
PSG
Seko Fofana
7.65
Back 5
2822
Lens
Benjamin André
7.64
Back 4
2646
Lille
Nabil Bentaleb
7.58
Back 5
1297
Angers
Laurent Abergel
7.57
Back 5
623
Lorient
Fabián Ruiz
7.52
Back 5
1070
PSG
Benjamin Bourigeaud
7.47
Back 4
2795
Rennes
Bradley Barcola
7.44
Back 4
1020
Lyon
Gaëtan Laborde
7.44
Back 4
976
Nice
Nabil Bentaleb
7.44
Back 4
1192
Angers
Corentin Tolisso
7.40
Back 5
484
Lyon
Florian Sotoca
7.40
Back 5
1948
Lens
Nicolas Pépé
7.39
Back 4
504
Nice
Valentin Rongier
7.39
Back 5
2762
Marseille
Dango Ouattara
7.36
Back 4
1368
Lorient
Sofiane Boufal
7.32
Back 4
491
Angers
Pierre Lees-Melou
7.31
Back 4
2628
Brest
Enzo Le Fée
7.29
Back 5
610
Lorient
Aleksandr Golovin
7.25
Back 4
1944
Monaco
Amine Gouiri
7.24
Back 4
941
Rennes
Azor Matusiwa
7.24
Back 4
2061
Reims
Maxence Caqueret
7.24
Back 4
2151
Lyon
Jonathan Bamba
7.21
Back 4
2513
Lille
Youcef Belaïli
7.15
Back 4
905
Ajaccio
Youssouf Fofana
7.15
Back 4
2366
Monaco
Junya Ito
7.14
Back 4
2095
Reims
Ludovic Blas
7.14
Back 4
1766
Nantes
Fabián Ruiz
7.13
Back 4
791
PSG
Hicham Boudaoui
7.13
Back 4
1332
Nice
Karl Toko Ekambi
7.10
Back 4
1193
Lyon
André Gomes
7.08
Back 4
1506
Lille
Khéphren Thuram
7.08
Back 4
1512
Nice
Salis Abdul Samed
7.04
Back 5
2624
Lens
Edon Zhegrova
7.01
Back 4
894
Lille
Johan Gastien
7.01
Back 5
1975
Clermont
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);