Most In-Form U23 defenders This Season

The most in-form 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	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	68±0%	87±0%
2	F. Sjøvold Full-back	Bodo/Glimt	23	6228%	51±0%
3	E. Herrera Full-back	San Lorenzo	23	5912.4%	542.5%
4	E. Skoglund Centre-back	Hammarby FF	22	578%	40±0%
5	É. Ocampo Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	23	5445.8%	508.1%
6	A. Koné Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	543735.7%	655.7%
7	A. Resch Centre-back	Houston Dynamo	23	53	46
8	L. Di Lollo Centre-back	Boca Juniors	22	512.4%	561.8%
9	Y. Baas Centre-back	Ajax	23	50±0%	76±0%
10	M. Tudose Centre-back	Arges Pitesti	21	50	37
11	I. Vådebu Centre-back	Tromso	23	50275%	4510.6%
12	Sergi Domínguez Centre-back	Dinamo Zagreb	21	491046.5%	4244.1%
13	Daniel Herrera Centre-back	San Lorenzo	22	49544.7%	5322.2%
14	M. Larsson Full-back	Djurgardens IF	23	49370.2%	3946.1%
15	F. Wilfinger Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	23	48	48
16	S. Esposito Centre-back	Lecce	21	47	21
17	E. Bayram Centre-back	Başakşehir	23	474.9%	586.2%
18	T. Johnson Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	21	4760.1%	497.7%
19	António Silva Centre-back	Bournemouth	23	4714%	686.4%
20	Henry Fieldson Full-back	ST Mirren	21	46	50
21	Colby Donovan Centre-back	Celtic	20	45432.9%	508.3%
22	L. Gechter Centre-back	Hertha BSC	22	45±0%	66±0%
23	O. El Hilali Full-back	Espanyol	23	45±0%	851.7%
24	Xi Yang Alex Full-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	21	45	32
25	T. Palacios Full-back	Estudiantes L.P.	23	4423.7%	544.3%
26	K. Suwama Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	23	43	44
27	C. Hughes Centre-back	Hull City	23	43145.5%	7211.9%
28	David Ricardo Centre-back	Dynamo	23	4229.4%	3548.3%
29	M. Duah Centre-back	San Diego	21	42301.9%	479.5%
30	A. Warneryd Full-back	Tromso	21	4285%	5062.1%
31	M. Zanotti Defensive midfielder	FC Lugano	23	41	48
32	Ignacio Ovando Centre-back	Rosario Central	19	41986.8%	5824.8%
33	M. Smets Centre-back	Genk	22	417.3%	610.8%
34	B. Hills Centre-back	Stockport County	22	41127.6%	482.8%
35	Flávio Nazinho Full-back	Monaco	23	4113.9%	593.1%
36	M. de Ritis Full-back	San Lorenzo	23	41149.7%	5212.3%
37	T. Blokzijl Full-back	Groningen	21	41±0%	76±0%
38	M. Forbes Centre-back	Dundee Utd	22	41275%	5017.5%
39	H. Tanaka Centre-back	Tokushima Vortis	23	4013366.7%	5630.8%
40	Khaled Mohamed Awad Full-back	Pyramids FC	23	40	39
41	M. Elimbi Gilbert Centre-back	GIL Vicente	23	40±0%	65±0%
42	Cuiabano Full-back	Vasco DA Gama	23	4036.9%	666.7%
43	A. Castellini Full-back	Mantova	23	40±0%	67±0%
44	T. Muharemović Full-back	Leeds	23	403.4%	832%
45	Joel Godoy Full-back	Sarmiento Junin	21	40	57
46	M. Cissé Full-back	Aston Villa	21	39	50
47	W. Goes Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	22	39±0%	74±0%
48	Juan Moran Full-back	Godoy Cruz	20	39273.3%	445.4%
49	I. Baouf Centre-back	Cambuur	20	39±0%	653.8%
50	C. Ferreira Centre-back	Atletico Tucuman	23	39116.7%	5314.9%