Top-Scoring U18 defenders

The top-scoring U18 defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Pedro Gabriel of Gremio is the standout for raw talent across U18 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 65.7, and H. Hilvenius has been the form player this season, grading 35.6, and Neil Pierre leads the scoring with 4 goals.

By our market-value index, X. Espart of Barcelona is the most valuable name in this group at 76.7.

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	Player	Team
1	Neil Pierre Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	18	4	102450%	4317.3%
2	T. Khumalo Centre-back	Golden Arrows	0	3	1	1
3	A. Bolat Centre-forward	Adana Demirspor	17	2	10	36
4	Wei Xiangxin Full-back	Auxerre	18	1	3	29
5	N. Engwanda Full-back	RSC Anderlecht II	18	1	16±0%	43±0%
6	J. Neto Centre-back	Benfica B	17	1	4	46
7	X. Espart Full-back	Barcelona	18	1	5±0%	76±0%
8	Sadick Abubakar Centre-back	Radnik Surdulica	0	1	16	22
9	A. Chirila Full-back	FC Cincinnati	17	1	6	41
10	M. van de Wetering Full-back	Excelsior	17	1	11	54
11	P. Cretì Centre-back	Grasshoppers	18	1	1	38
12	J. Stephenson Centre-back	Crewe	18	1	0	72
13	Holmes Zamorano Centre-back	Girona	16	1	1	58
14	H. Hilvenius Centre-back	BK Hacken	18	1	36212.3%	4123.7%
15	B. Dembele Centre-back	Granada CF	18	1	0	54
16	D. Bernabeu Full-back	Albacete	18	1	5±0%	60±0%
17	M. Zea Centre-back	CSKA Moscow	18	1	0	32±0%
18	R. Nijstad Centre-back	Twente	18	1	16±0%	71±0%
19	Vitão Centre-back	Atletico-MG	18	1	5	66
20	D. Opoku Full-back	OH Leuven	18	1	13±0%	525.1%
21	J. Arrayago Centre-back	Independiente	17	1	1	45
22	E. Veron Full-back	Rosario Central	18	1	7	48
23	Stephan Zagadou Centre-back	Le Havre	17	1	7	68
24	A. Mahroug Centre-back	RSC Anderlecht II	18	1	8	43
25	A. Stoian Centre-forward	FCSB	18	1	13	36
26	Dusan Pavlovic Centre-back	Radnicki NIS	0	1	2	18
27	B. Madingwana Centre-back	Chippa United	0	1	3	1
28	Allan De León Centre-back	Novi Pazar	18	1	32	46
29	M. Verhaeghe Centre-back	RWDM	18	1	9	44
30	Sadick Abubakar Centre-back	Radnik Surdulica	0	1	16	22
31	Kayden Coulas Centre-back	Radnicki NIS	0	1	6	18
32	G. Cadavi Centre-back	Águilas Doradas	0	1	0	11
33	Hamdy Marcelo Centre-back	Future FC	0	1	10	15
34	Peter Antoniou Full-back	Melbourne City	18	1	4	18
35	A. Milanovic Centre-back	IMT Novi Beograd	17	1	6	38