U23 defenders with the Best Potential

The highest-potential U23 defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

L. Vušković of Brighton is the standout for raw talent across U23 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 87, and Jacobo Ramón Naveros has been the form player this season, grading 68.3, and Š. Chaloupek leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +63.1 on last season, while O. Provstgaard's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +31.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Bradley of Liverpool is the most valuable name in this group at 100.

Jacobo Ramón Naveros68.3SsN

Como

Rising potential

O. Provstgaard+31.5RTG

Lazio · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+63.1SsN

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	Player	Team
1	L. Vušković Centre-back	Brighton	19	304.2%	873%
2	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	68±0%	87±0%
3	L. Hall Full-back	Newcastle	22	30±0%	851.8%
4	O. El Hilali Full-back	Espanyol	23	45±0%	851.7%
5	Renato Veiga Full-back	Villarreal	23	26±0%	85±0%
6	T. Muharemović Full-back	Leeds	23	403.4%	832%
7	Jon Martín Full-back	Real Sociedad	20	19±0%	82±0%
8	Z. Athekame Full-back	Lyon	21	15±0%	823.1%
9	Raúl Asencio Centre-back	Real Madrid	23	273.6%	803.9%
10	X. Mandza Tsiendi Full-back	Nice	17	15	78
11	Jorge Salinas Full-back	Racing Santander	19	35±0%	783.1%
12	Max Alleyne Full-back	Burnley	21	813.7%	7726.2%
13	C. Bradley Full-back	Liverpool	23	1520.3%	778.8%
14	O. Braude Centre-back	Heerenveen	22	30±0%	76±0%
15	N. Sangui Full-back	Paris FC	20	2286.6%	763.7%
16	T. Blokzijl Full-back	Groningen	21	41±0%	76±0%
17	Y. Baas Centre-back	Ajax	23	50±0%	76±0%
18	X. Espart Full-back	Barcelona	18	5±0%	76±0%
19	Luca Marianucci Full-back	Napoli	22	1453.7%	753.6%
20	N. Savona Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	23	1266.1%	756.9%
21	Yoel Lago Centre-back	Celta Vigo	22	15±0%	74±0%
22	O. Provstgaard Centre-back	Lazio	23	28±0%	74±0%
23	J. Schreuders Full-back	Groningen	22	33±0%	741.5%
24	C. Tapé Full-back	Toulouse	20	8	74
25	I. Ogbus Centre-back	SC Freiburg	20	152416.7%	7410.5%
26	Sadibou Sané Centre-back	Monaco	22	34±0%	743.2%
27	W. Goes Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	22	39±0%	74±0%
28	M. Troilo Centre-back	Parma	23	318.5%	731.2%
29	D. Coppola Centre-back	Paris FC	22	13±0%	73±0%
30	C. Hughes Centre-back	Hull City	23	43145.5%	7211.9%
31	M. Vitík Centre-back	Bologna	23	24	72
32	G. Antwi Full-back	Strasbourg	19	10	72
33	Andrés Castrín Centre-back	Sevilla	23	15±0%	72±0%
34	A. Zehnter Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	22	874.3%	723.8%
35	J. Stephenson Centre-back	Crewe	18	18	72
36	E. Bitshiabu Centre-back	Galatasaray	21	1162.5%	724.7%
37	N. Äelik Centre-back	Lens	20	13	72
38	C. Widell Centre-back	Excelsior	23	28±0%	71±0%
39	M. Diaz Centre-back	Estac Troyes	23	288.5%	71±0%
40	R. Nijstad Centre-back	Twente	18	16±0%	71±0%
41	A. Giay Centre-back	Palmeiras	22	374.6%	71±0%
42	C. Doyle Centre-back	Wrexham	23	1939.3%	711.7%
43	M. Willemsen Centre-back	Heerenveen	23	22±0%	71±0%
44	Buba Sangaré Full-back	Elche	19	8±0%	70±0%
45	Gonçalo Oliveira Centre-back	Rennes	20	11	7063.5%
46	Jonathan Centre-back	Cruzeiro	22	39125%	706.1%
47	Arthur Centre-back	Palmeiras	21	30	70
48	Zak Norton Sturge Full-back	Millwall	22	3115.7%	70±0%
49	C. Taylor Full-back	Millwall	23	3219.1%	69±0%
50	K. Kita Centre-back	Real Sociedad	21	29±0%	697.1%