Want to know who the best Defenders in Football Manager 2024 are? We've got a shortlist of all the best Defenders with the highest ratings in FM24.
All FM24 Defenders Guides:
These are the best Defenders in Football Manager 2024 as rated by their current ability. Each Defender has a perfect defence rating meaning they are naturals at playing as a Defender. However not all of them will improve, if you want players that have the potential to improve still check out the list of wonderkid Defenders below.
| Name | Age | Position | Wage | Value | Cost | Expires | Rating | Potential | |
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Virgil van Dijk | 32 | D C | £240k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Rúben Dias | 26 | D C | £175k | £206m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ronald Araujo | 24 | D RC | £124k | £110m | £254m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Antonio Rüdiger | 30 | D C | £238k | £110m | £248m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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John Stones | 29 | D RC, DM | £200k | £172m | £179m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Éder Militão | 25 | D C | £153k | £39m | £89m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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William Saliba | 22 | D C | £190k | £150m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Kyle Walker | 33 | D/WB R | £180k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Marquinhos | 29 | D C, DM | £237k | £126m | £279m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Kim Min-Jae | 26 | D C | £197k | £117m | £258m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Trent Alexander-Arnold | 24 | D/WB R, DM | £192k | £123m | £272m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Cristian Romero | 25 | D C | £175k | £74m | £177m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Raphaël Varane | 30 | D C | £350k | £109m | £238m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Achraf Hakimi | 24 | D/WB/M R | £171k | £110m | £242m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Lucas Hernández | 27 | D LC | £263k | £137m | £300m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Reece James | 23 | D RC | £250k | £126m | £277m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Matthijs de Ligt | 23 | D C | £263k | £95m | £206m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Luke Shaw | 28 | D LC | £200k | £108m | £234m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Kieran Trippier | 32 | D/WB R | £100k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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David Alaba | 31 | D LC, M C | £370k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Theo Hernández | 25 | D/WB/M L | £85k | £106m | £228m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Milan Škriniar | 28 | D C | £92k | £47m | £101m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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João Cancelo | 29 | D/WB RL | £220k | £43m | £43m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jules Koundé | 24 | D RC | £157k | £74m | £74m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Dayot Upamecano | 24 | D C | £181k | £74m | £159m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Nicolás Otamendi | 35 | D C | £58k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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José Gayà | 28 | D/WB/AM L | £58k | £44m | £102m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Andrew Robertson | 29 | D/WB L | £160k | £135m | £288m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Federico Dimarco | 25 | D LC, M L | £127k | £78m | £166m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ferland Mendy | 28 | D/WB L | £171k | £66m | £65m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Benjamin Pavard | 27 | D RC | £125k | £77m | £164m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Pau Torres | 26 | D C | £120k | £51m | £66m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Ibrahima Konaté | 24 | D C | £70k | £95m | £237m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Sven Botman | 23 | D LC | £90k | £88m | £253m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Nathan Aké | 28 | D LC, DM | £165k | £42m | £41m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Alphonso Davies | 22 | D/WB/AM L | £132k | £107m | £300m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Gabriel | 25 | D C | £100k | £95m | £201m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Thiago Silva | 38 | D C | £99k | £9m | £19m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Gerard Piqué | 36 | D C | £0 | |||||
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Pervis Estupiñán | 25 | D/WB/M L | £60k | £51m | £65m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Oleksandr Zinchenko | 26 | D/WB L, DM | £120k | £126m | £267m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Dani Carvajal | 31 | D/WB R | £171k | £20m | £20m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Mats Hummels | 34 | D C | £140k | £10m | £22m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Benjamin White | 25 | D RC | £90k | £95m | £200m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Ben Chilwell | 26 | D/WB L | £225k | £94m | £197m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Bremer | 26 | D C | £153k | £64m | £134m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Lisandro Martínez | 25 | D LC | £120k | £87m | £183m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Manuel Akanji | 27 | D RC | £130k | £39m | £38m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Sebastián Coates | 32 | D C | £31k | £12m | £15m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Pedro Porro | 23 | D/WB/M R | £130k | £69m | £196m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Álex Grimaldo | 27 | D/WB/M L | £99k | £41m | £86m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Alessandro Bastoni | 24 | D C | £168k | £66m | £164m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Giovanni Di Lorenzo | 29 | D/WB R | £92k | £73m | £153m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Lewis Dunk | 31 | D C | £85k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Andreas Christensen | 27 | D C | £198k | £31m | £30m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Pepe | 40 | D C | £49k | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Joël Matip | 31 | D C | £140k | £18m | £17m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Nuno Mendes | 21 | D/WB L | £34k | £132m | £300m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Kieran Tierney | 26 | D LC | £110k | £56m | £115m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Francesco Acerbi | 35 | D C | £46k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Fikayo Tomori | 25 | D C | £74k | £60m | £125m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Alejandro Balde | 19 | D/WB/AM L | £123k | £53m | £169m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Álex Moreno | 30 | D/WB/AM L | £90k | £23m | £28m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Wesley Fofana | 22 | D C | £230k | £94m | £298m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Denzel Dumfries | 27 | D/WB/M R | £53k | £43m | £89m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Joe Gomez | 26 | D RLC | £95k | £51m | £49m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Marc Guéhi | 22 | D C | £45k | £58m | £72m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Yan Couto | 21 | D/WB/AM R | £5k | £67m | £163m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Danilo | 31 | D RLC | £85k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Sergio Ramos | 37 | D C | £40k | £8m | £17m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Niklas Süle | 27 | D RC | £181k | £55m | £112m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Presnel Kimpembe | 27 | D C | £164k | £15m | £14m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Aymeric Laporte | 29 | D C | £409k | £24m | £29m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Kurt Zouma | 28 | D RC | £100k | £44m | £54m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Kalidou Koulibaly | 32 | D C | £493k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Miguel Gutiérrez | 21 | D/WB L | £28k | £30m | £37m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Takehiro Tomiyasu | 24 | D RLC | £65k | £46m | £111m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Kostas Tsimikas | 27 | D/WB L | £80k | £46m | £44m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Joško Gvardiol | 21 | D LC | £200k | £98m | £238m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jonathan Tah | 27 | D RC | £58k | £17m | £35m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Willi Orbán | 30 | D C | £107k | £22m | £46m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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José Giménez | 28 | D C | £82k | £33m | £31m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jordi Alba | 34 | D/WB L | £19k | £300m | 31-12-2024 | |||
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Robin Le Normand | 26 | D C | £35k | £40m | £81m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Noussair Mazraoui | 25 | D/WB RL, DM, M RC | £132k | £20m | £19m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Nahuel Molina | 25 | D/WB/M R | £37k | £40m | £38m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Fabian Schär | 31 | D C | £70k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Raphaël Guerreiro | 29 | D/WB L, DM | £99k | £19m | £18m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Dani Vivian | 24 | D C, DM | £33k | £77m | £108m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Axel Disasi | 25 | D C | £75k | £77m | £156m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Alessio Romagnoli | 28 | D C | £92k | £25m | £50m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jurriën Timber | 22 | D RLC | £110k | £120m | £244m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Trevoh Chalobah | 24 | D RC, DM | £80k | £44m | £105m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Edmond Tapsoba | 24 | D C | £82k | £35m | £85m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Amir Rrahmani | 29 | D C | £53k | £34m | £68m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Raúl Albiol | 37 | D C | £34k | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Nacho | 33 | D RLC | £132k | £5m | £4m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Benoît Badiashile | 22 | D C | £120k | £78m | £158m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Jean-Clair Todibo | 23 | D C | £21k | £39m | £47m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Gianluca Mancini | 27 | D C | £107k | £28m | £57m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Micky van de Ven | 22 | D LC | £100k | £87m | £270m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Jan Paul van Hecke | 23 | D C | £45k | £54m | £66m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ezri Konsa | 25 | D C | £90k | £37m | £44m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Joachim Andersen | 27 | D C | £75k | £29m | £36m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Diego Carlos | 30 | D C | £100k | £33m | £40m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Axel Witsel | 34 | D C, DM | £103k | £3m | £3m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Matteo Darmian | 33 | D RLC, M R | £53k | £9m | £9m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Thomas Vermaelen | 37 | D C | £0 | |||||
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Federico Gatti | 25 | D C | £46k | £25m | £23m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Destiny Udogie | 20 | D/WB L | £80k | £86m | £300m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Davide Calabria | 26 | D/WB R | £61k | £38m | £35m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Lutsharel Geertruida | 22 | D RC, DM | £10k | £70m | £84m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Stefan de Vrij | 31 | D C | £116k | £10m | £9m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ivan Perišić | 34 | WB/AM L | £180k | £4m | £8m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Chris Smalling | 33 | D C | £74k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Jeremie Frimpong | 22 | D/WB/M R | £82k | £34m | £106m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Carlos Augusto | 24 | D/WB/M L | £47k | £6m | £8m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Reinildo | 29 | D LC | £32k | £11m | £11m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Nacho Monreal | 37 | D LC, WB L | £400 | |||||
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Nico Schlotterbeck | 23 | D LC | £74k | £63m | £169m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Benjamin Henrichs | 26 | D/WB RL | £66k | £24m | £48m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Jonathan Clauss | 30 | D/WB/M R | £47k | £25m | £51m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Merih Demiral | 25 | D C | £181k | £48m | £57m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Marc Cucurella | 24 | D LC, M L | £110k | £57m | £73m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Aritz Elustondo | 29 | D RC | £28k | £32m | £63m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Íñigo Martínez | 32 | D C | £148k | £9m | £8m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Mohamed Simakan | 23 | D RC | £74k | £46m | £124m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Giorgio Scalvini | 19 | D C | £24k | £79m | £249m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Joël Veltman | 31 | D RC | £55k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Rico Henry | 26 | D/WB L | £37k | £36m | £43m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Tyrone Mings | 30 | D LC | £100k | £21m | £25m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Harry Maguire | 30 | D C | £200k | £43m | £39m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Roger Ibañez | 24 | D C | £164k | £52m | £63m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Douglas Santos | 29 | D LC, DM | £26k | £12m | £23m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Juan Foyth | 25 | D RC, DM | £29k | £23m | £47m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Germán Pezzella | 32 | D C | £37k | £219m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Rico Lewis | 18 | D/WB R, DM | £25k | £114m | £300m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Malick Thiaw | 21 | D C | £17k | £63m | £147m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Diogo Dalot | 24 | D/WB RL | £85k | £38m | £49m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Gustavo Gómez | 30 | D C | £26k | £11m | £21m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Alfonso Pedraza | 27 | D/WB/AM L | £27k | £19m | £37m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Mario Hermoso | 28 | D LC | £141k | £10m | £9m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Sergi Roberto | 31 | D/WB R, DM, M RC | £74k | £8m | £7m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Iván Marcano | 36 | D LC | £34k | £275m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Nikola Milenković | 25 | D C | £92k | £14m | £14m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Nélson Semedo | 29 | D/WB R | £85k | £40m | £47m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Eric García | 22 | D C | £49k | £39m | £76m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Caio Henrique | 25 | D/WB/M L | £32k | £18m | £19m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Marcão | 27 | D C | £28k | £36m | £72m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Igor | 25 | D LC | £50k | £34m | £40m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Giorgio Chiellini | 39 | D C | £688k | £820k | ||||
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Jakub Kiwior | 23 | D LC, DM | £58k | £44m | £71m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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David Raum | 25 | D/WB/M L | £107k | £28m | £55m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Lukas Klostermann | 27 | D RLC | £90k | £21m | £41m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Matthias Ginter | 29 | D RC | £49k | £17m | £20m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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António Silva | 19 | D C | £11k | £50m | £206m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Gonçalo Inácio | 21 | D C | £23k | £40m | £97m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Igor Zubeldia | 26 | D C, DM | £19k | £16m | £31m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Marcos Alonso | 32 | D LC, M L | £100k | £6m | £3m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Julian Ryerson | 25 | D/WB RL | £58k | £20m | £39m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Evan N'Dicka | 23 | D LC | £85k | £27m | £73m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Andrea Cambiaso | 23 | D/WB/M RL | £31k | £27m | £44m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Alessandro Buongiorno | 24 | D C | £24k | £13m | £15m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Daley Blind | 33 | D LC, DM | £13k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Kyle Walker-Peters | 26 | D/WB RL | £36k | £20m | £24m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Aaron Wan-Bissaka | 25 | D R | £100k | £45m | £41m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Marcos Acuña | 31 | D/WB/M L | £26k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Ramy Bensebaïni | 28 | D LC | £99k | £35m | £68m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ousmane Diomande | 19 | D C | £23k | £48m | £149m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Victor Lindelöf | 28 | D C | £170k | £19m | £8m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Sead Kolašinac | 30 | D LC | £42k | £12m | £12m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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João Mário | 23 | D/WB/M R | £13k | £23m | £37m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Mathías Olivera | 25 | D/WB/M L | £32k | £18m | £17m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Javi Galán | 28 | D/WB L | £25k | £13m | £12m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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David García | 29 | D C | £20k | £17m | £20m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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David López | 33 | D C, DM | £58k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Patric | 30 | D C | £37k | £12m | £23m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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César Azpilicueta | 33 | D RLC | £115k | £3m | £2m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Dávid Hancko | 25 | D LC | £15k | £18m | £13m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Adam Marušić | 30 | D/WB RL | £28k | £12m | £23m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Stefan Savić | 32 | D C | £74k | £5m | £5m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Pierre Kalulu | 23 | D RC | £42k | £44m | £71m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Mouctar Diakhaby | 26 | D C, DM | £13k | £16m | £31m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Nordi Mukiele | 25 | D RC | £49k | £8m | £7m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Matteo Ruggeri | 21 | D/WB L | £3k | £31m | £75m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Leonardo Spinazzola | 30 | D/WB/M L | £92k | £12m | £24m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Robin Gosens | 29 | D/WB/M L | £49k | £14m | £16m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Josip Šutalo | 23 | D C | £26k | £40m | £108m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Lucas Veríssimo | 28 | D C | £64k | £11m | £13m | |||
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Gabriel Paulista | 32 | D C | £24k | £5m | £5m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Chancel Mbemba | 28 | D RC | £45k | £22m | £43m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Lucas Martínez Quarta | 27 | D C | £21k | £12m | £12m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Toby Alderweireld | 34 | D RC | £47k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Berat Djimsiti | 30 | D C | £24k | £9m | £9m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Lucas Digne | 29 | D/WB L | £130k | £32m | £37m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jorge Cuenca | 23 | D C | £22k | £37m | £98m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Mário Rui | 32 | D/WB/M L | £64k | £7m | £6m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Yukinari Sugawara | 23 | D/WB/AM R | £4k | £14m | £16m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Cristiano Biraghi | 30 | D/WB L | £52k | £8m | £8m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Jerry St. Juste | 26 | D RC | £23k | £14m | £14m | 30-06-2026 |
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