U23 defenders with the Best Potential

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

Best goalkeepers Best midfielders Best attackers Most in-form defenders Top-scoring defenders Most valuable defenders

At a glance

Raúl Asencio of Real Madrid is the standout for raw talent across U23 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 79.9, and T. Palacios has been the form player this season, grading 71, and Š. Chaloupek leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: L. Rivero has improved his Season rating most, up +47.4 on last season, while K. Peprah Oppong's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +49.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. Savona of Nottingham Forest is the most valuable name in this group at 100.9.

K. Peprah Oppong+49.2RTG

Fenerbahçe · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

L. Rivero+47.4SsN

River Plate · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Raúl Asencio Centre-back	Real Madrid	23	273.6%	803.9%
2	Juanlu Sánchez Full-back	Bournemouth	23	2218.6%	803.7%
3	S. Baidoo Centre-back	Lens	22	39	79
4	Abdulay Bah Centre-back	FC Augsburg	20	28314.7%	7810.8%
5	K. Peprah Oppong Centre-back	Fenerbahçe	22	348.9%	782%
6	N. Collins Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	22	23±0%	77±0%
7	C. Bradley Full-back	Liverpool	23	1520.3%	778.8%
8	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	39319.1%	7637.4%
9	N. Sangui Full-back	Paris FC	20	2286.6%	763.7%
10	Luca Marianucci Full-back	Napoli	22	1453.7%	753.6%
11	N. Savona Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	23	1266.1%	756.9%
12	A. Kaplan Centre-back	NEC Nijmegen	23	2364.1%	7417.3%
13	I. Ogbus Centre-back	SC Freiburg	20	152416.7%	7410.5%
14	Álex Full-back	Burgos	23	62	73
15	C. Hughes Centre-back	Hull City	22	43145.5%	7211.9%
16	M. Vitík Centre-back	Bologna	23	24	72
17	A. Matturro Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	21	146.3%	72±0%
18	A. Zehnter Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	21	874.3%	723.8%
19	E. Bitshiabu Centre-back	Galatasaray	21	1162.5%	724.7%
20	N. Äelik Centre-back	Lens	20	13	72
21	A. Giay Centre-back	Palmeiras	22	374.6%	71±0%
22	C. Doyle Centre-back	Wrexham	22	31±0%	71±0%
23	Gonçalo Oliveira Centre-back	Rennes	20	11	7063.5%
24	Jonathan Centre-back	Cruzeiro	22	39125%	706.1%
25	Arthur Centre-back	Palmeiras	21	30	70
26	C. Taylor Full-back	Millwall	23	39±0%	69±0%
27	K. Kita Centre-back	Real Sociedad	21	29±0%	697.1%
28	N. Veratschnig Full-back	Red Bull Salzburg	23	727.3%	691.2%
29	S. Lemkin Centre-back	Twente	23	22538.2%	6989.8%
30	B. Okoh Centre-back	Auxerre	23	20	69
31	Riyad Idrissi Full-back	Cagliari	23	116.9%	6920.1%
32	F. Chiarodia Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	21	17122.1%	684.1%
33	L. Jaquez Full-back	VfB Stuttgart	23	13219%	683.3%
34	R. van den Berg Full-back	1. FC Köln	22	962.4%	68±0%
35	D. Kasius Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	23	1638.8%	676.7%
36	David López Centre-back	Mallorca	23	854.9%	679.8%
37	Matia Barzic Gutiérrez Centre-back	Elche	22	20±0%	664.9%
38	Roman Gomez Full-back	Bahia	22	28±0%	6634.6%
39	D. Tarzia Full-back	Vitoria	23	25425%	6639.6%
40	A. Núñez Full-back	Argentinos JRS	21	19	66
41	Maykon Centre-back	Vitoria	20	12	66
42	D. Koswal Centre-back	Sandefjord	23	2140.2%	6617.5%
43	Cuiabano Full-back	Vasco DA Gama	23	4036.9%	666.7%
44	Pedro Gabriel Full-back	Gremio	18	18	66
45	Victor Gabriel Centre-back	Internacional	22	33147.7%	666.3%
46	Francisco Chissumba Full-back	SC Braga	21	20±0%	667.7%
47	A. Koné Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	543735.7%	655.7%
48	Kieran Morgan Full-back	Bradford	20	12±0%	65±0%
49	L. Morgalla Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	22	243300%	6573.7%
50	Tomas Galvez Full-back	GO Ahead Eagles	21	32±0%	651.3%