Most In-Form U19 defenders This Season

The most in-form U19 defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Pedro Gabriel of Gremio is the standout for raw talent across U19 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 65.7, and Ignacio Ovando has been the form player this season, grading 38.2, and Neil Pierre leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Maximilian Hennig has improved his Season rating most, up +26.4 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Vušković of Brighton is the most valuable name in this group at 85.4.

Ignacio Ovando38.2SsN

Rosario Central

Rising potential

Maximilian Hennig+10.5RTG

Bayern München · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Maximilian Hennig+26.4SsN

Bayern München · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Ignacio Ovando Centre-back	Rosario Central	19	38905.3%	5824.1%
2	L. Herrington Centre-back	Hull City	19	36204.3%	48163%
3	H. Hilvenius Centre-back	BK Hacken	18	36212.3%	4123.7%
4	N. Simić Centre-back	FK Partizan	19	35	45
5	E. N'Gatta Centre-back	Sochaux	19	33	62
6	Allan De León Centre-back	Novi Pazar	18	32	46
7	Maximilian Hennig Full-back	Bayern München	19	31538.8%	5026.9%
8	A. AvdiÄFull-back	FK Crvena Zvezda	19	28	43
9	A. Pavlovic Centre-back	OFK Beograd	19	26	41
10	J. Zwart Full-back	Jong AZ	19	25±0%	53±0%
11	M. Muzungu Centre-back	Ajax	18	23±0%	5913%
12	U. Filipovic Full-back	Radnik Surdulica	19	23	38
13	W. Mońka Centre-back	Lech Poznan	19	21±0%	40±0%
14	Aleksa Milošević Full-back	Mladost Lucani	19	19	39
15	Viggo Plantinga Full-back	Jong Utrecht	17	19±0%	56±0%
16	Pedro Gabriel Full-back	Gremio	18	18	66
17	Harbor Miller Full-back	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	18311.6%	426.3%
18	L. Martes Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	17	18±0%	64±0%
19	N. Ilaș Centre-back	FC Botosani	19	17	34
20	T. Pališčák Centre-back	Plzen	18	16	31
21	Sadick Abubakar Centre-back	Radnik Surdulica	0	16	22
22	Sadick Abubakar Centre-back	Radnik Surdulica	0	16	22
23	A. Kay Full-back	Barnsley	18	15	48
24	M. Dos Santos Centre-back	New York Red Bulls	17	15	50
25	M. Dos Santos Centre-back	New York Red Bulls	18	14	48
26	David Vujević Centre-back	Carrarese	19	14	41
27	Finn Sundstrom Full-back	North Carolina	19	14	34
28	T. Nhlapo Centre-back	Orbit College	0	13	1
29	W. Moller Centre-back	Silkeborg	18	13	45
30	F. Riise Centre-back	Stabaek	19	12461.9%	3614.5%
31	R. Kumar Centre-back	Istra 1961	17	12	37
32	K. Konomi Centre-back	Consadole Sapporo	19	12	28
33	Enes Demirtas Full-back	Adana Demirspor	19	12	36
34	M. van de Wetering Full-back	Excelsior	17	11	54
35	Y. Faingezicht Full-back	Maccabi Haifa	18	11	39
36	C. May Full-back	FC ST. Gallen	19	11	44
37	O. Renfrum Centre-back	FC Eindhoven	19	10	33
38	W. Tamen Centre-back	Everton	19	10	29
39	L. Vrzić Full-back	HNK Gorica	19	10	34
40	Neil Pierre Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	18	102450%	4317.3%
41	K. Kasanwirjo Centre-back	Jong Ajax	17	10	46
42	A. Bolat Centre-forward	Adana Demirspor	17	10	36
43	S. Zulu Centre-back	Richards Bay	0	10	1
44	M. Verhaeghe Centre-back	RWDM	18	9	44
45	I. James Centre-back	Sporting Kansas City	18	966.7%	397.4%
46	W. Tamen Centre-back	Everton	19	9900%	3021.6%
47	E. Mbavu Full-back	Genk	16	9±0%	41±0%
48	M. Konecny Full-back	Slavia Praha	19	9	2
49	F. Yrga-Alem Full-back	Fredrikstad	18	9	41
50	A. Natali Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	18	8±0%	538.2%