Top-Scoring U23 defenders

The top-scoring U23 defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

L. Hall of Newcastle is the standout for raw talent across U23 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 85.4, and F. Sjøvold has been the form player this season, grading 61.8, and Š. Chaloupek leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: I. Vådebu has improved his Season rating most, up +46.7 on last season, while S. Dahl's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +31.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Hughes of Hull City is the most valuable name in this group at 107.2.

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	Player	Team
1	Š. Chaloupek Full-back	Slavia Praha	23	9	30	2
2	Neil Pierre Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	19	4	102450%	4317.3%
3	A. Warneryd Full-back	Tromso	21	4	4285%	5062.1%
4	Mohamed Soumah Centre-back	Sirius	23	4	37117.9%	402.4%
5	E. Bilsel Full-back	Bodrum FK	22	4	28346%	35±0%
6	L. Fila Winger	Ružomberok	22	4	16	33
7	P. Petrović Centre-back	Sturm Graz	21	4	36	45
8	Sergei Kozlovskiy Centre-back	Free Agents	18	3	0	77
9	Sekou Fofana Full-back	Auxerre	23	3	1213.9%	4515.5%
10	R. Roberts Centre-back	San Jose Earthquakes	22	3	35311.9%	4724.5%
11	B. Fink Full-back	Dundee	23	3	1171.4%	4510%
12	C. Ferreira Centre-back	Atletico Tucuman	23	3	39116.7%	5314.9%
13	B. Okoh Centre-back	Auxerre	23	3	20	69
14	Lukas Larsen Full-back	Brondby	20	3	26	60
15	R. Jansson Full-back	FC St. Pauli	22	3	11150%	3740.5%
16	Lewis Shipley Centre-back	Barrow	22	3	11127.7%	317%
17	J. Ordoñez Centre-back	Club Brugge KV	22	3	3314.8%	590.5%
18	L. Audoor Full-back	Club Brugge II	23	3	1167.8%	4016.2%
19	A. Maidana Centre-back	Talleres Cordoba	21	3	18	53
20	F. Delap Centre-back	Burton Albion	21	3	4±0%	40±0%
21	É. Clancy Centre-back	VVV Venlo	22	3	29	57
22	O. Toure Full-back	Start	23	3	18259.2%	4042.7%
23	F. Sjøvold Full-back	Bodo/Glimt	23	3	6228%	51±0%
24	M. Gjone Full-back	Ham-Kam	20	3	23	48
25	A. Troelsen Centre-back	IF Brommapojkarna	23	3	11	39
26	S. Mayo Attacking midfielder	Internacional de Bogota	23	3	15	26
27	T. Khumalo Centre-back	Golden Arrows	0	3	1	1
28	Abdel Karim Shehata Centre-back	Ismaily SC	23	3	14	36
29	Ibrahim Abdel Hakeem Centre-back	Haras El Hodood	23	3	29	38
30	B. Ndiaye Centre-back	Pharco	22	3	29	38
31	B. Babos Full-back	Zalaegerszegi TE	22	3	5	31
32	V. Đurđević Full-back	FK Partizan	22	3	25	40
33	A. Traoré Defensive midfielder	Baník Ostrava	22	3	18	2
34	J. Schöller Full-back	Rapid Vienna	20	3	17	44
35	L. Lurvink Full-back	Sigma Olomouc	23	3	11	2
36	I. Diakite Centre-back	Ashdod	22	3	12	43
37	Ahmed Ibrahim Salman Winger	Bnei Sakhnin	22	3	18	43
38	F. Wilfinger Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	23	3	48	48
39	B. Freimann Centre-back	FC Luzern	20	3	37	47
40	P. Dithejane Full-back	Chicago Fire	22	2	479.1%	4172.1%
41	N. Đeković Centre-back	Napredak	23	2	6	36
42	T. Avilés Centre-back	O'Higgins	22	2	1212.9%	434.7%
43	K. Franklin Full-back	Toronto FC	23	2	19119.3%	4416.8%
44	Raphael Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	23	2	6	40
45	R. Baker-Whiting Full-back	Nashville SC	21	2	21165.8%	448.9%
46	D. Tarzia Full-back	Vitoria	23	2	25425%	6639.6%
47	A. Bozzolan Full-back	Palermo	22	2	23	59
48	Kauã Moraes Full-back	Cruzeiro	20	2	5±0%	6912.5%
49	Mario García Full-back	Widzew Łódź	23	2	1616.4%	3444.8%
50	C. Taylor Full-back	Millwall	23	2	3219.1%	69±0%