Top 5 Best Defenders in Saudi Pro League 2023-24

The Saudi Pro League since its very beginning has been a home to various star players. For the 2023-24 season, multiple star defenders throughout the world have been recruited by the teams participating in the league. Among the various defenders playing this season, here is a list of the top five defenders of the Saudi Pro League.

1. Roger Ibañez – Al Ahli

Roger Ibañez is a Brazilian center-back player representing Al Ahli club in the 2023-24 season. He is 24 years of age and has an overall height of 184 cm. He is a right-footed player, and he plays in the Jersey No. 3. He was hired at a cost of 29M € by the club.

In the 2023-24 season, Roger had made appearances in all 6 games. Out of these games, he has a clean sheet in 2 games, with an average interception of 1.8 per game. Apart from that, he also has an average tackle per-game record of 2.5. Ibañez also holds an average of 6 under the category of balls recovered per game.

Roger, also has an outstanding record of 88% accuracy while passing. he had scored 1 goal in the past 6 games. However, his aggressive gameplay has cost him quite many times, and therefore he also has received 3 yellow cards in the past 6 matches.

2. Aymeric Laporte – Al Nassr

Aymeric Laporte is a Spanish center-back player representing Al Nassr club in the 2023-24 season. He is 29 years of age and has an overall height of 191 cm. He is a left-footed player. Laporte was hired at a cost of 26M € by the club.

In the 2023-24 season, Aymeric had made appearances in 4 games out of the 6. He has a clean sheet in 1 game, with an average interception of 0.8 per game. Apart from that, he also has an average tackles per-game record of 0.3. He also holds an average of 5.3 under the category of balls recovered per game.

Aymeric also has an outstanding record of 91% accuracy while passing. He has been quite a disciplined and cool-minded player while he’s on the field, and thus he has not gotten any yellow or red cards this season.

3. Merih Demiral – Al Ahli

Merih Demiral is a Turkish center-back player representing Al-Ahli club in the 2023-24 season. He is 25 years of age and has an overall height of 192 cm. He is a right-footed player. He was hired at a cost of 19.4 M € by the club.

In the 2023-24 season, Merih had made appearances in 3 games out of the 6. He has a clean sheet in 2 games, with an average interception of 1.3 per game. Apart from that, he also has an average tackles per-game record of 1.7. He also holds an average of 7 under the category of balls recovered per game.

Merih also has an outstanding record of 88% accuracy while passing. However, his aggressive gameplay has cost him quite many times, and therefore he also has received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card in the past 3 matches.

4. Kalidou Koulibaly – Al Hilal

Kalidou Koulibaly is a center-back player from Senegal representing Al Hilal club in the 2023-24 season. He is 32 years of age and has an overall height of 187 cm. He is a right-footed player and was hired at a cost of 14.5 M € by the club

In the 2023-24 season, Kalidou made appearances in 3 games out of the 6. He has a clean sheet in 1 game, with an average interception of 1 per game. Apart from that, he also has an average tackle-per-game record of 2.3. He also holds an average of 8.3 under the category of balls recovered per game.

Kalidou also has an outstanding record of 90% accuracy while passing. He has been quite a disciplined and cool-minded player while he’s on the field, and thus he has not gotten any yellow or red cards this season.

5. Luiz Felipe – Al Ittihad

Luiz Felipe is a center-back player from Italy representing Al Ittihad club in the 2023-24 season. He is 26 years of age and has an overall height of 187 cm. He is a right-footed player. He was hired at a cost of 15.5 M € by the club.

In the 2023-24 season, Luiz had made appearances in only 1 game out of the 6. He doesn’t have a clean sheet yet. Apart from that, he also has an average tackles per-game record of 4. He also holds an average of 5 under the category of balls recovered per game.

Luiz also has an outstanding record of 92% accuracy while passing. He has been quite a disciplined and cool-minded player while he’s on the field, and thus he has not gotten any yellow or red cards this season.