Most In-Form U23 defenders This Season

The most in-form U23 defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

W. Zaïre-Emery of Paris Saint Germain is the standout for raw talent across U23 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 94.3, and Jacobo Ramón Naveros has been the form player this season, grading 76.4, 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 +71.2 on last season, while L. Høgsberg's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Kayode of Brentford is the most valuable name in this group at 106.1.

Best talent

W. Zaïre-Emery94.3RTG

Paris Saint Germain

In form

Jacobo Ramón Naveros76.4SsN

Como

Rising potential

L. Høgsberg+33.8RTG

Strasbourg · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+71.2SsN

50 players · ranked by best this seasonCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	761369.2%	8914.7%
2	Kaiki Full-back	Cruzeiro	23	74207.5%	8023.3%
3	Alberto Baio Full-back	FC Porto	22	71321.3%	7117.4%
4	Wesley Full-back	AS Roma	22	7177.4%	9123%
5	I. Zabarnyi Centre-back	Paris Saint Germain	23	6871.3%	849.8%
6	W. Zaïre-Emery Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	6896%	9412.3%
7	E. Báez Full-back	San Lorenzo	21	67141.9%	5817%
8	Rodrigo Pinheiro Full-back	Famalicao	23	6248.3%	663.1%
9	Álex Full-back	Burgos	22	62	73
10	S. Dahl Full-back	Benfica	23	60165.2%	6984.5%
11	M. Young Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	20	5969.4%	768.3%
12	D. Tonoli Full-back	Modena	23	56	70
13	S. Baidoo Centre-back	Lens	22	55	84
14	O. Wójcik Full-back	Cracovia Krakow	23	55	4127.4%
15	Flávio Nazinho Central midfielder	Cercle Brugge	23	55217.3%	605.5%
16	Álex Valle Full-back	Como	22	54429.4%	8516.7%
17	Y. Baas Centre-back	Ajax	23	545.7%	764.5%
18	S. Studer Full-back	Independ. Rivadavia	23	5345.4%	521.1%
19	G. Scalvini Full-back	Atalanta	22	53964%	8418.5%
20	Álvaro Fernández Full-back	Real Madrid	23	5314.3%	9128.5%
21	E. Skoglund Full-back	Hammarby FF	22	539.1%	401.3%
22	N. Ngoy Centre-back	Lille	23	53111.6%	8358.7%
23	E. Herrera Full-back	San Lorenzo	23	5352500%	5317.6%
24	A. Circati Full-back	Parma	22	521133.3%	8425.4%
25	J. Schingtienne Full-back	Venezia	23	52300.8%	701.9%
26	S. Varatynov Centre-back	Baltika	23	5168%	3729.3%
27	Danilo Veiga Full-back	Lecce	23	51225.3%	8035.8%
28	Pau Cubarsí Paredes Centre-back	Barcelona	19	5134.3%	93±0%
29	L. Bombino Full-back	San Diego	20	51	49
30	F. Terracciano Full-back	Cremonese	23	50530%	8115%
31	G. Calvani Centre-back	Frosinone	22	50277.4%	7024.3%
32	L. Di Lollo Centre-back	Boca Juniors	22	5090.5%	5712.3%
33	J. Scally Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	23	5078.5%	803.1%
34	C. Lukeba Centre-back	RB Leipzig	23	5039.2%	848.6%
35	M. Tudose Centre-back	Arges Pitesti	21	50	37
36	Sergi Domínguez Centre-back	Dinamo Zagreb	21	491046.5%	4244.1%
37	Yiğit Fidan Centre-back	Pendikspor	21	49	42
38	E. Bayram Centre-back	KVC Westerlo	23	49123.2%	629.4%
39	I. Rozhkov Full-back	Rubin	21	4965.9%	36±0%
40	Z. Ariss Full-back	Bastia	22	497%	624.9%
41	A. Koné Centre-back	Reims	21	493392.9%	655.7%
42	Y. Kırtay Centre-back	Erzurumspor FK	23	48	42
43	F. Sjøvold Full-back	Bodo/Glimt	22	4827.8%	529.1%
44	F. Wilfinger Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	22	48	48
45	C. Favasuli Defensive midfielder	Catanzaro	22	48129.3%	7216.4%
46	M. Mendoza Centre-back	Godoy Cruz	21	48160.1%	569%
47	O. Camara Centre-back	Angers	23	471082.5%	7924.5%
48	Noah Tolf Full-back	IFK Goteborg	20	4723300%	4139.7%
49	O. Makhanya Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	22	46	45
50	O. El Hilali Full-back	Espanyol	22	466.3%	862.3%