Best FPL defenders by defensive contributions

Defensive contribution actions counted by FPL. Showing defenders only.

Top defenders by defensive contributions

#	Player	Club	Price	Min	Own%
1	De Cuyper	BHA	£5.1m	490	36.3%
2	Tarkowski	EVE	£6.2m	540	18.4%
3	Bogle	LEE	£4.7m	450	9.1%
4	Gvardiol	MCI	£5.8m	458	28.3%
5	Vuskovic	BHA	£5.1m	527	4.8%
6	Calafiori	ARS	£5.9m	497	52.5%
7	Guéhi	MCI	£6.0m	540	17.9%
8	Justin	LEE	£4.5m	528	1.7%
9	Hall	NEW	£5.3m	539	20.6%
10	Branthwaite	EVE	£5.5m	540	2.6%
11	Muharemović	LEE	£5.0m	540	4.6%
12	Thomas	COV	£4.0m	527	8.9%
13	Ajayi	HUL	£4.2m	513	13.7%
14	Mitchell	CRY	£4.5m	509	5.9%
15	Mendy	HUL	£4.1m	339	6.2%
16	Mykolenko	EVE	£4.6m	450	3.2%
17	Van Hecke	TOT	£4.9m	540	6.4%
18	Jacquet	LIV	£5.0m	502	3.8%
19	Gabriel	ARS	£7.9m	540	21.7%
20	Egan	HUL	£4.1m	527	7.3%
21	Ajer	BRE	£4.5m	540	3.8%
22	White	ARS	£5.4m	377	4.4%
23	Davis	IPS	£4.0m	540	7.7%
24	Giles	HUL	£4.0m	507	2.9%
25	Virgil	LIV	£6.5m	540	15.7%
26	Murillo	NFO	£5.5m	539	2.1%
27	Maitland-Niles	EVE	£4.5m	254	1.5%
28	Dasilva	COV	£4.0m	534	1.0%
29	Boscagli	BHA	£4.5m	504	0.3%
30	Kayode	BRE	£4.6m	384	7.3%
31	Botman	NEW	£5.0m	540	0.8%
32	Rúben	MCI	£5.5m	540	1.9%
33	Dunk	BHA	£4.5m	390	1.5%
34	F.Kadıoğlu	BHA	£4.4m	422	1.6%
35	Schuster	BRE	£4.5m	298	0.6%
36	Araujo	LIV	£5.4m	358	3.1%
37	O'Shea	IPS	£4.0m	540	2.6%
38	Khalaili	CRY	£5.0m	469	0.3%
39	Castagne	FUL	£4.5m	408	1.2%
40	N.Williams	NFO	£5.0m	540	6.7%
41	Gudmundsson	LEE	£4.5m	342	0.1%
42	Richards	CRY	£4.9m	540	0.6%
43	Robertson	TOT	£4.4m	366	2.3%
44	Van de Ven	TOT	£5.0m	376	3.7%
45	Matheus N.	MCI	£5.9m	303	1.0%
46	Bassey	FUL	£4.5m	540	1.0%
47	Pinnock	COV	£4.5m	372	0.1%
48	Mukiele	SUN	£5.4m	450	1.8%
49	Konsa	ARS	£4.6m	371	17.3%
50	Ouattara	IPS	£4.0m	221	0.9%

Data last updated 16 Oct 2026, 03:50. Source: the official Fantasy Premier League API.