Most Valuable U21 defenders by Market Value

The most valuable U21 defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Abdulay Bah of FC Augsburg is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 77.9, and A. Koné has been the form player this season, grading 53.7, and A. Warneryd leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Warneryd has improved his Season rating most, up +28.8 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Jacquet of Liverpool is the most valuable name in this group at 85.5.

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	Player	Team
1	J. Jacquet Centre-back	Liverpool	21	85.5	275%	837.6%
2	L. Vušković Centre-back	Brighton	19	85.4	304.2%	873%
3	Jannik Schuster Full-back	Brentford	20	83.1	2027.5%	46±0%
4	A. Anselmino Centre-back	Chelsea	21	82.7	2027.4%	7438.1%
5	Jair Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	21	81.2	34117.9%	650.8%
6	R. Lewis Full-back	Manchester City	21	79.5	9±0%	81±0%
7	E. Diouf Centre-back	Brentford	21	78	42±0%	89±0%
8	X. Espart Full-back	Barcelona	18	76.7	5±0%	76±0%
9	Brodi Hughes Centre-back	Chelsea	21	76.2	1	71
10	D. Huijsen Centre-back	Real Madrid	21	76	35±0%	85±0%
11	J. Canvot Centre-back	Crystal Palace	20	75.7	1546%	780.8%
12	Vitor Nunes Centre-back	Manchester City	20	75	352%	85±0%
13	Joshua Kofi Acheampong Centre-back	Chelsea	20	74.6	9±0%	79±0%
14	W. Omoruyi Centre-back	Liverpool	20	73.3	0	72
15	A. Gray Centre-back	Tottenham	20	72.9	25±0%	85±0%
16	A. Ouattara Centre-back	Ipswich	20	72.8	22±0%	77±0%
17	J. Soler Centre-back	Bournemouth	21	72.5	099.6%	7120.9%
18	Kim Ji-Soo Centre-back	Brentford	21	72.1	19	6015.9%
19	Pau Cubarsí Paredes Centre-back	Barcelona	19	72	51±0%	953%
20	A. Heaven Centre-back	Manchester United	20	71.9	11±0%	82±0%
21	Veljko Milosavljević Centre-back	Bournemouth	19	71.3	5	76
22	D. Methalie Full-back	Sunderland	20	71.1	37±0%	78±0%
23	Jaden Dixon Centre-back	Arsenal	19	71.1	1	75
24	L. Yoro Full-back	Manchester United	20	71	23±0%	87±0%
25	Jon Martín Centre-back	Real Sociedad	20	70.8	19±0%	82±0%
26	O. Shield Centre-back	Brentford	19	70.2	0	71
27	Pau Navarro Full-back	Villarreal	21	69.9	32±0%	84±0%
28	A. Nallo Centre-back	Liverpool	19	69.6	1	73
29	M. Sarr Centre-back	Real Sociedad	21	68.9	196.8%	6412.3%
30	K. Kita Centre-back	Real Sociedad	21	68.3	29±0%	697.1%
31	James Rowswell Centre-back	Tottenham	20	67.5	0	67
32	K. Braithwaite Centre-back	Manchester City	18	67.5	0	75
33	R. Munro Centre-back	Manchester United	19	67.2	0	74
34	A. Zouhar Centre-back	Arsenal	18	67.1	0	75
35	Álvaro García Centre-back	Villarreal	21	66.5	0	66
36	J. Jones Centre-back	Sunderland	19	66.4	0	72
37	Javier Gil Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	20	65.9	0	67
38	Iker Ropero Centre-back	Real Sociedad	20	64.6	0	69
39	Héctor Fort Centre-back	Real Sociedad	20	63.9	6±0%	794.7%
40	H. Ahanor Centre-back	Crystal Palace	18	63.6	27±0%	78±0%
41	M. Cissé Full-back	Aston Villa	21	63.2	39	50
42	S. Mfuni Centre-back	Coventry	18	62.6	68.9%	611.5%
43	Diego Aguado Centre-back	Real Madrid	19	62.4	1	71
44	Jesús Fortea Centre-back	Real Madrid	19	62	0	71
45	L. Fati Centre-back	Real Madrid	19	62	0	71
46	J. Lienou Centre-back	Leeds	17	61.7	0	70
47	J. Byfield Centre-back	Tottenham	18	60.8	0	69
48	J. Onstein Centre-back	Barcelona	18	59.6	9535.7%	428.9%
49	J. Martinez Centre-back	Real Madrid	18	58.7	0	72
50	T. Patterson Centre-back	Aston Villa	20	56.1	6113.8%	5488.4%