Top-Scoring U21 defenders

The top-scoring 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	A. Warneryd Full-back	Tromso	21	5	4285%	5062.1%
2	Neil Pierre Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	18	4	102450%	4317.3%
3	P. Petrović Centre-back	Sturm Graz	21	4	36	45
4	Lukas Larsen Full-back	Brondby	20	3	26	60
5	A. Maidana Centre-back	Talleres Cordoba	21	3	22	54
6	M. Gjone Full-back	Ham-Kam	20	3	23	48
7	T. Khumalo Centre-back	Golden Arrows	0	3	1	1
8	B. Ndiaye Centre-back	Pharco	21	3	29	38
9	J. Schöller Full-back	Rapid Vienna	20	3	17	44
10	B. Freimann Centre-back	FC Luzern	20	3	37	47
11	Kauã Moraes Full-back	Cruzeiro	20	2	5±0%	6912.5%
12	Z. Athekame Full-back	Lyon	21	2	15±0%	823.1%
13	E. Agnikoi Centre-back	Marumo Gallants	20	2	5	2
14	T. Mykhavko Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	21	2	683.2%	4011.4%
15	M. Mariani Full-back	FC OSS	21	2	11	517.8%
16	S. Esposito Centre-back	Lecce	21	2	47	21
17	Y. Hor Full-back	Waldhof Mannheim	20	2	9	42
18	Y. Koré Centre-back	Paris FC	21	2	579.8%	549.7%
19	M. Cissé Full-back	Aston Villa	21	2	39	50
20	M. Wörner Full-back	SSV Jahn Regensburg	21	2	4	4319.6%
21	D. Valkanis Centre-back	Brisbane Roar	20	2	25	20
22	A. Zehnter Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	21	2	874.3%	723.8%
23	Ignacio Ovando Centre-back	Rosario Central	19	2	38905.3%	5824.1%
24	F. Delap Centre-back	Burton Albion	21	2	4±0%	40±0%
25	N. Fernandez-Veliz Centre-back	Nancy	21	2	29±0%	62±0%
26	Tiago Gabriel Centre-back	Lecce	21	2	44±0%	83±0%
27	F. Al Mazyani Full-back	Waalwijk	21	2	4±0%	50±0%
28	M. Agyemang Centre-back	Charlotte	21	2	18	45
29	O. Renfrum Centre-back	FC Eindhoven	19	2	10	33
30	C. Roubiou Full-back	Rodez	21	2	0	52±0%
31	M. Walker Centre-back	FC Nordsjaelland	19	2	9141.7%	429.7%
32	J. Kongolo Centre-back	Genk	20	2	14±0%	520.8%
33	Leopold Wurm Full-back	SSV Jahn Regensburg	20	2	2021.7%	4328.5%
34	José Sampaio Centre-back	Vizela	21	2	6	46
35	A. Ivanov Central midfielder	Spartak Varna	21	2	18	32
36	T. Palacios Winger	America de Cali	20	2	7	26
37	M. Pető Central midfielder	Paks	21	2	11	32
38	L. Stancu Full-back	FCSB	21	2	10	36
39	Sergi Domínguez Centre-back	Dinamo Zagreb	21	2	491046.5%	4244.1%
40	L. Pazourek Full-back	TSV Hartberg	21	2	24	43
41	A. Bolat Centre-forward	Adana Demirspor	17	2	10	36
42	P. Kikianis Centre-back	Adelaide United	21	2	23	22
43	F. Krušelj Full-back	NK Slaven Belupo	21	2	22	39
44	L. Herrington Centre-back	Hull City	19	1	36204.3%	48163%
45	Wei Xiangxin Full-back	Auxerre	18	1	3	29
46	A. Victory Centre-back	FC Basel 1893	20	1	8	36
47	L. Eissat Centre-back	Bristol City	21	1	2217.1%	447.4%
48	E. Gyotoku Centre-back	Nagoya Grampus	21	1	8	26
49	N. Verschuren Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	21	1	29±0%	69±0%
50	H. Ogunneye Full-back	Manchester United	20	1	8	29