Most Valuable U21 defenders by Market Value in Championship 26/27

The most valuable U21 defenders in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Max Alleyne of Burnley is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 76.7, and F. Lissah has been the form player this season, grading 38.7, and L. Herrington leads the scoring with 1 goal.

By our market-value index, F. Lissah of Swansea is the most valuable name in this group at 28.3.

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	Player	Team
1	F. Lissah Full-back	Swansea	21	28.3	3913.5%	49±0%
2	Z. Abbott Full-back	Southampton	20	27.4	1	69
3	L. Eissat Centre-back	Bristol City	21	26.8	2217.1%	447.4%
4	Rio Cardines Full-back	Bristol City	20	26.7	0±0%	69±0%
5	Tyler Bindon Full-back	Charlton	21	26.7	249.7%	684%
6	A. Phillips Centre-back	Middlesbrough	21	26.4	33±0%	733.3%
7	João Henrique Full-back	QPR	20	26.4	87500%	626.9%
8	Ruairi McConville Centre-back	Norwich	21	25.3	18±0%	67±0%
9	Max Alleyne Full-back	Burnley	21	25.1	552.6%	7726.2%
10	O. Scarles Centre-back	West Ham	20	25	12±0%	72±0%
11	Tiago Parente Centre-back	Swansea	20	24.8	566.7%	6030.8%
12	Tom Atcheson Full-back	Blackburn	20	24.8	11±0%	60±0%
13	G. McCormick Centre-back	Middlesbrough	21	24.1	0	57
14	B. Powell Full-back	Blackburn	20	23.7	0	59
15	T. Anderson Centre-back	Bristol City	21	23.6	1	27
16	A. Mwamba Centre-back	Charlton	20	23.5	0	55
17	C. Wiley Centre-back	Preston	21	23.4	1±0%	561.3%
18	Benjamin Arthur Centre-back	Portsmouth	20	23.2	525.6%	420.5%
19	L. Mahovo Centre-back	Norwich	21	23.2	169.4%	573.7%
20	A. James Centre-back	Wrexham	21	23.1	1	57
21	Arthur Parker Centre-back	Swansea	20	23.1	0	56
22	M. Litherland Centre-back	Blackburn	20	23.1	3	56
23	J. Meghoma Centre-back	Portsmouth	20	22.6	3024.8%	555.4%
24	M. Diomande Centre-back	West Brom	20	22.6	0	54
25	Albert Eames Centre-back	Watford	21	22.6	0	552.3%
26	Jaden Mears Centre-back	Stoke City	20	22.6	1	56
27	J. Bickerton Centre-back	Stoke City	20	21.9	0	55
28	J. Griffin Centre-back	Stoke City	20	21.9	0	55
29	Gady Beyuku Full-back	Blackburn	20	21.7	17±0%	62±0%
30	J. Putman Centre-back	QPR	19	21.7	3	58
31	H. Hunt Centre-back	Middlesbrough	19	21.7	0	58
32	Branimir Mlačić Centre-back	Watford	20	21.5	576.7%	6883.3%
33	J. Mullins Centre-back	Watford	20	21.1	0	55
34	E. Mayers Centre-back	West Ham	18	21	0	69
35	J. Sanda Centre-back	Southampton	19	21	195.5%	5959%
36	Charlie Parks Centre-back	Lincoln	19	20.9	0	42
37	A. Golambeckis Centre-back	West Ham	18	20.9	1	61
38	T. Dobson-Ventura Centre-back	Southampton	19	20.8	0	59
39	L. Houghton Centre-back	Blackburn	19	20.5	0	56
40	L. Houghton Centre-back	Blackburn	19	20.5	0	56
41	M. Thelwell Centre-back	Bristol City	18	20.1	0	57
42	W. Burrell Centre-back	Birmingham	18	19.9	0	58
43	L. Herrington Centre-back	Hull City	19	19.4	36204.3%	48163%
44	T. Adelusi Centre-back	Norwich	18	19.3	0	58
45	D. Iddrisa Centre-back	West Brom	17	19	0	55
46	H. Pates Centre-back	Blackburn	17	18.1	0	56
47	R. Canoville Centre-back	Derby	17	17.6	0	58
48	L. Bombino Full-back	Stoke City	20	17.2	3032.6%	439.6%
49	Travis Akomeah Centre-back	Watford	20	12.1	8	29
50	F. Anderson Centre-back	Stoke City	19	10.3	3	28