Most Valuable U23 defenders by Market Value

The most valuable U23 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 U23 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 94.3, and Jacobo Ramón Naveros has been the form player this season, grading 76.4, 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 +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, M. Kayode of Brentford is the most valuable name in this group at 106.1.

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	M. Kayode Full-back	Brentford	22	106.1	45566.2%	9320.3%
2	M. Gusto Full-back	Chelsea	23	105.4	323.8%	881.6%
3	T. Livramento Full-back	Newcastle	23	103	2351.2%	868.2%
4	Álvaro Fernández Full-back	Real Madrid	23	100.5	5314.3%	9128.5%
5	M. Kerkez Full-back	Liverpool	22	100.3	2924.5%	8811.6%
6	C. Bradley Full-back	Liverpool	23	100	30141.5%	830.7%
7	Álex Jiménez Full-back	Bournemouth	21	98	4398.6%	9118.7%
8	A. Khusanov Centre-back	Manchester City	22	96.8	4273.4%	8518.7%
9	D. Udogie Full-back	Tottenham	23	95.6	295.2%	800.9%
10	Hugo Bueno Defensive midfielder	Wolves	23	94.7	39135.5%	7912.7%
11	N. Savona Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	23	94.6	1946.1%	791.6%
12	Cristhian Mosquera Full-back	Arsenal	22	93.7	351.4%	828.7%
13	L. Hall Full-back	Newcastle	21	93.6	3320.2%	877.6%
14	B. Humphreys Centre-back	Burnley	23	91.2	1663.6%	7610.8%
15	Rodrigo Gomes Attacking midfielder	Wolves	23	90.5	1978.1%	751.2%
16	L. Bogarde Defensive midfielder	Aston Villa	22	90.5	970.9%	794.1%
17	Alejandro Balde Full-back	Barcelona	22	90.3	3843.8%	865.8%
18	C. Riad Full-back	Crystal Palace	23	89.9	13712.5%	758.2%
19	Raúl Asencio Centre-back	Real Madrid	23	89.8	307.5%	812.2%
20	D. Huijsen Centre-back	Real Madrid	21	89	4621.8%	903.2%
21	L. Yoro Centre-back	Manchester United	20	88.9	2442.6%	8710.8%
22	R. Lewis Full-back	Manchester City	21	87.9	967.3%	818.5%
23	Marc Pubill Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	23	85.9	3129.9%	787.9%
24	L. Colwill Centre-back	Chelsea	23	85.8	1176.4%	7225.4%
25	Pau Navarro Centre-back	Villarreal	21	84.6	35236.9%	859.9%
26	L. Netz Full-back	Nottingham Forest	23	83.8	1112.9%	704.4%
27	Andrés García Full-back	Aston Villa	23	83.6	291.5%	702.4%
28	Max Alleyne Centre-back	Manchester City	21	82.8	9	77
29	Pau Cubarsí Paredes Centre-back	Barcelona	19	81.7	5134.3%	93±0%
30	J. Hato Full-back	Chelsea	20	81.3	2069.4%	803.2%
31	Joshua Kofi Acheampong Full-back	Chelsea	20	80.4	9141%	792.3%
32	Jon Martín Centre-back	Real Sociedad	20	78.8	2166.9%	8410.8%
33	A. Heaven Centre-back	Manchester United	19	78.4	11	8215.7%
34	Pedro Teixeira Centre-back	Free Agents	22	78.1	0	69
35	M. Lewis-Skelly Defensive midfielder	Arsenal	19	78	478%	815.9%
36	T. Fredricson Centre-back	Manchester United	21	77.9	0100%	723.1%
37	Henrique Peu Centre-back	Free Agents	22	77.9	0	68
38	J. Soler Centre-back	Bournemouth	21	77	099.4%	7121.3%
39	A. Murphy Centre-back	Newcastle	22	76.6	193.2%	6749.7%
40	A. Freeman Full-back	Villarreal	21	75.1	13	76103.8%
41	O. Scarles Full-back	West Ham	20	74.5	1458%	732.9%
42	Javier Boñar Full-back	Atletico Madrid	21	74	4	75
43	W. Omoruyi Centre-back	Liverpool	20	73.7	0	72
44	Isma Sierra Centre-back	Villarreal	23	73.2	0	66
45	A. Puric Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	23	73.1	099%	661.1%
46	C. Tasker Centre-back	Brighton	20	73	2	72
47	David Jiménez Centre-back	Real Madrid	22	71.9	0	69
48	Jaden Dixon Centre-back	Arsenal	19	71.5	1	75
49	Dani MartÃnez Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	22	71.2	1	68
50	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	71	761369.2%	8914.7%