PL Top 5 Defender Rankings Week 8

PL Top 5 Defender Rankings Week 8

The Official Premier League rankings are produced by EA Sports and as part of the Player Ranking Series we'll take a look at the official rankings for goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and forwards. We also look each week at the official Top 10 players and where all the Spurs players appear in the official statistics.

Having looked at the goalkeepers, it is now the turn of the defenders in Week 8 and cumulative. Two players figure this week with Eric Dier ranked number one overall. While Dier is playing as a defensive midfielder, he is listed officially as a defender and thus appears in the defender rankings.


Top 5 Premier League Defenders in Week 7

1. Virgil van Dijk (Southampton)
2. Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur)
3. Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur)
4. Nacho Monreal (Arsenal)
5. Richie de Laet (Leicester City)

Top 5 Premier League Defenders in Week 8

1. Carl Jenkinson (West Ham)
2. Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City)
3. Glen Johnson (Southampton)
4. Ryan Bertrand (Southampton)
5. Wes Morgan (Leicester City)

There is not a Tottenham Hotspur defender in the Top 20 this week.

Top 5 Premier League Defenders (Last Week)

1. Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur)
2. Russell Martin (Norwich City)
3. Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City)
4. Bacary Sagna (Manchester City)
5. Richie de Laet (Leicester City)

Top 5 Premier League Defenders (This Week)

1. Aleksandar Kolarov (Manchester City)
2. Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur)
3. Russell Martin (Norwich City)
4. Scott Dann (Crystal Palace)
5. Nacho Monreal (Arsenal)

Toby Alderweireld is 7th, Kyle Walker is 15th and they are the only other two Tottenham Hotspur defenders in the Top 20.

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