Most Valuable U21 defenders by Market Value

The most valuable U21 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 U21 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 94.3, and Jacobo Ramón Naveros has been the form player this season, grading 76.4, and I. Baouf leads the scoring with 6 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, Álex Jiménez of Bournemouth is the most valuable name in this group at 98.

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

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	Player	Team
1	Álex Jiménez Full-back	Bournemouth	21	98	4398.6%	9118.7%
2	L. Hall Full-back	Newcastle	21	93.6	3320.2%	877.6%
3	D. Huijsen Centre-back	Real Madrid	21	89	4621.8%	903.2%
4	L. Yoro Centre-back	Manchester United	20	88.9	2442.6%	8710.8%
5	R. Lewis Full-back	Manchester City	21	87.9	967.3%	818.5%
6	Pau Navarro Centre-back	Villarreal	21	84.6	35236.9%	859.9%
7	Max Alleyne Centre-back	Manchester City	21	82.8	9	77
8	Pau Cubarsí Paredes Centre-back	Barcelona	19	81.7	5134.3%	93±0%
9	J. Hato Full-back	Chelsea	20	81.3	2069.4%	803.2%
10	Joshua Kofi Acheampong Full-back	Chelsea	20	80.4	9141%	792.3%
11	Jon Martín Centre-back	Real Sociedad	20	78.8	2166.9%	8410.8%
12	A. Heaven Centre-back	Manchester United	19	78.4	11	8215.7%
13	M. Lewis-Skelly Defensive midfielder	Arsenal	19	78	478%	815.9%
14	T. Fredricson Centre-back	Manchester United	21	77.9	0100%	723.1%
15	J. Soler Centre-back	Bournemouth	21	77	099.4%	7121.3%
16	A. Freeman Full-back	Villarreal	21	75.1	13	76103.8%
17	O. Scarles Full-back	West Ham	20	74.5	1458%	732.9%
18	Javier Boñar Full-back	Atletico Madrid	21	74	4	75
19	W. Omoruyi Centre-back	Liverpool	20	73.7	0	72
20	C. Tasker Centre-back	Brighton	20	73	2	72
21	Jaden Dixon Centre-back	Arsenal	19	71.5	1	75
22	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	71	761369.2%	8914.7%
23	Souza Full-back	Tottenham	20	70.6	1	69
24	R. Munro Centre-back	Manchester United	19	70.6	0	74
25	Z. Abbott Full-back	Nottingham Forest	20	70.2	1	69
26	A. Nallo Centre-back	Liverpool	19	70	1	73
27	Álvaro Cortés Moyano Centre-back	Barcelona	21	70	1	71
28	Willy Kambwala Ndengushi Centre-back	Villarreal	21	69.9	098%	7010.1%
29	M. Serrano Centre-back	Real Madrid	21	69.1	0	70
30	J. Jones Centre-back	Sunderland	19	69	0	72
31	James Rowswell Centre-back	Tottenham	20	68.6	0	67
32	G. Spina Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	21	68.3	0	69
33	O. Shield Centre-back	Brentford	19	68.3	0	71
34	S. Amissah Centre-back	Fulham	19	67.5	0	70
35	L. Shahar Centre-back	Newcastle	19	67.2	0	70
36	Daniel Budesca Centre-back	Villarreal	20	65.7	0	70
37	J. Valou Centre-back	Villarreal	20	65.5	0	70
38	J. Stephenson Centre-back	Brentford	18	64.6	0	72
39	Jofre Torrents Full-back	Barcelona	19	63.2	0	72
40	Diego Aguado Centre-back	Real Madrid	19	62.8	1	71
41	Jesús Fortea Centre-back	Real Madrid	19	62.6	0	71
42	L. Fati Centre-back	Real Madrid	19	62.6	0	71
43	X. Espart Full-back	Barcelona	18	62.5	5	76
44	E. Mayers Centre-back	West Ham	18	62.2	0	69
45	J. Byfield Centre-back	Tottenham	18	61.9	0	69
46	J. Martinez Centre-back	Real Madrid	18	59.3	0	72
47	J. Lienou Centre-back	Leeds	17	58.7	0	70
48	W. Zaïre-Emery Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	56.2	6896%	9412.3%
49	M. Llorente Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	17	54.9	0	71
50	N. Mendy Centre-back	Rayo Vallecano	21	48.9	334542.9%	8217%