Most Valuable U21 defenders by Market Value in Premier League 26/27

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

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At a glance

L. Vušković of Brighton is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 87, and M. Cissé has been the form player this season, grading 39.3, and Sergei Kozlovskiy leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: L. Vušković has improved his Season rating most, up +10.8 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 88.2.

Brighton · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

L. Vušković+10.8SsN

Brighton · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

Sergei Kozlovskiy3goals

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	Player	Team
1	J. Jacquet Centre-back	Liverpool	21	88.2	275%	837.6%
2	L. Vušković Centre-back	Brighton	19	86.6	304.2%	873%
3	A. Ouattara Full-back	Ipswich	21	86.1	22±0%	77±0%
4	Jannik Schuster Full-back	Brentford	20	82.9	2027.5%	46±0%
5	A. Anselmino Centre-back	Chelsea	21	82.7	2027.4%	7438.1%
6	Joshua Kofi Acheampong Full-back	Chelsea	20	81.3	9±0%	79±0%
7	R. Lewis Full-back	Manchester City	21	79.5	9±0%	81±0%
8	Jair Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	21	78.8	34117.9%	650.8%
9	E. Diouf Full-back	Brentford	21	78.7	42±0%	89±0%
10	J. Canvot Centre-back	Crystal Palace	20	78.1	1546%	780.8%
11	M. Palestra Full-back	Chelsea	21	77.8	423.2%	87±0%
12	A. Gray Full-back	Tottenham	20	77.4	25±0%	85±0%
13	Vitor Nunes Centre-back	Manchester City	20	75	352%	85±0%
14	W. Omoruyi Centre-back	Liverpool	20	73.7	0	72
15	J. Soler Centre-back	Bournemouth	21	73	0±0%	71±0%
16	L. Yoro Centre-back	Manchester United	20	72.7	23±0%	87±0%
17	Veljko Milosavljević Centre-back	Bournemouth	19	72.1	5	76
18	Kim Ji-Soo Centre-back	Brentford	21	72.1	19	6015.9%
19	A. Heaven Centre-back	Manchester United	20	71.5	11±0%	820.9%
20	Jaden Dixon Centre-back	Arsenal	19	71.1	1	75
21	A. Nallo Centre-back	Liverpool	19	70	1	73
22	O. Shield Centre-back	Brentford	19	69.4	0	71
23	Sergei Kozlovskiy Centre-back	Free Agents	18	69.3	0	77
24	James Rowswell Centre-back	Tottenham	20	69.1	0	67
25	D. Methalie Full-back	Sunderland	20	69	37±0%	78±0%
26	K. Braithwaite Centre-back	Manchester City	18	67.5	0	75
27	A. Zouhar Centre-back	Arsenal	18	67.1	0	75
28	R. Munro Centre-back	Manchester United	19	66.8	0	74
29	S. Mfuni Centre-back	Coventry	18	66.2	68.9%	611.5%
30	H. Ahanor Centre-back	Crystal Palace	18	64.9	27±0%	78±0%
31	J. Jones Centre-back	Sunderland	19	64.1	0	72
32	M. Cissé Full-back	Aston Villa	21	63.2	39	50
33	J. Byfield Centre-back	Tottenham	18	62.3	0	69
34	J. Lienou Centre-back	Leeds	17	61	0	70
35	T. Patterson Centre-back	Aston Villa	21	58.9	6113.8%	5488.4%
36	B. Fredrick Centre-back	Brentford	21	49.1	13	41
37	Kyle James McAdam Full-back	Nottingham Forest	21	48.1	10	45
38	A. Dorrington Centre-back	Tottenham	21	44.7	537%	416.3%
39	Y. Ozcan Centre-back	Aston Villa	20	36.4	0	36
40	H. Ogunneye Full-back	Manchester United	21	34.5	8	29
41	J. Mažionis Centre-back	Ipswich	20	29.8	5	28
42	W. Tamen Centre-back	Everton	19	29.7	10	29
43	W. Tamen Centre-back	Everton	19	29.2	9900%	3021.6%
44	Talla Ndiaye Centre-back	Liverpool	0	19.4	0	32