Liverpool stars dominates ESPN 2019 Best Defenders In The World

ESPN gives their ranking for best defenders in 2019, including centre-backs, right-backs and left-backs.

Top 10 centre-backs

10. Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan/Slovakia)

9. Jose Gimenez (Atletico Madrid/Uruguay)

8. Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain/Brazil)

7. Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus/Italy)

6. Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus/Italy)

5. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid/Spain)

4. Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City/France)

3. Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus/Netherlands)

2. Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli/Senegal)

1. Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool/Netherlands)

Top-10 left-backs

10. Nicolas Tagliafico (Ajax/Argentina)

9. Alexander Kolarov (Roma/Serbia)

8. Alex Grimaldo (Benfica/Portugal)

7. Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid/France)

6. Lucas Digne (Everton/France)

5. Lucas Hernandez (Bayern Munich/France)

4. Alex Sandro (Juventus/Brazil)

3. Jordi Alba (Barcelona/Spain)

2. David Alaba (Bayern Munich/Austria)

1. Andrew Robertson (Liverpool/Scotland)

Top-10 right-backs

10. Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Manchester United/England)

9. Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea/Spain)

8. Kieran Trippier (Atletico Madrid/England)

7. Joao Cancelo (Manchester City/Portugal)

6. Dani Alves (Sao Paulo/Brazil)

5. Kyle Walker (Manchester City/England)

4. Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid/Spain)

3. Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City/Portugal)

2. Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich/Germany)

1. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool/England)