Top-Scoring U23 defenders

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

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At a glance

Renato Veiga of Villarreal is the standout for raw talent across U23 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 85, and T. Palacios has been the form player this season, grading 71, and Š. Chaloupek leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: L. Rivero has improved his Season rating most, up +47.4 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, N. Savona of Nottingham Forest is the most valuable name in this group at 100.9.

Benfica · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

L. Rivero+47.4SsN

River Plate · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Š. Chaloupek Full-back	Slavia Praha	23	9	30	2
2	A. Warneryd Full-back	Tromso	21	5	4285%	5062.1%
3	Neil Pierre Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	18	4	102450%	4317.3%
4	V. Roman Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	23	4	774.8%	3711.9%
5	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	4	39319.1%	7637.4%
6	Mohamed Soumah Centre-back	Sirius	23	4	37117.9%	402.4%
7	L. Fila Winger	Ružomberok	22	4	16	33
8	P. Petrović Centre-back	Sturm Graz	21	4	36	45
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	C. Ferreira Centre-back	Atletico Tucuman	23	3	55206.1%	5313.9%
12	B. Okoh Centre-back	Auxerre	23	3	20	69
13	L. Audoor Full-back	Club Brugge II	22	3	1167.8%	4016.2%
14	R. Jansson Full-back	FC St. Pauli	22	3	11150%	3740.5%
15	V. Lässig Centre-back	Hoffenheim II	23	3	13	40
16	Lukas Larsen Full-back	Brondby	20	3	26	60
17	J. Ordoñez Centre-back	Club Brugge KV	22	3	3314.8%	590.5%
18	Lewis Shipley Centre-back	Barrow	22	3	11127.7%	317%
19	A. Maidana Centre-back	Talleres Cordoba	21	3	22	54
20	O. Toure Full-back	Start	23	3	18259.2%	4042.7%
21	F. Sjøvold Full-back	Bodo/Glimt	23	3	6228%	51±0%
22	M. Gjone Full-back	Ham-Kam	20	3	23	48
23	A. Troelsen Centre-back	IF Brommapojkarna	23	3	11	39
24	E. Bilsel Full-back	Bodrum FK	22	3	6±0%	35±0%
25	T. Khumalo Centre-back	Golden Arrows	0	3	1	1
26	Abdel Karim Shehata Centre-back	Ismaily SC	23	3	14	36
27	S. Mayo Attacking midfielder	Internacional de Bogota	23	3	15	26
28	Ibrahim Abdel Hakeem Centre-back	Haras El Hodood	23	3	29	38
29	B. Ndiaye Centre-back	Pharco	21	3	29	38
30	B. Babos Full-back	Zalaegerszegi TE	22	3	5	31
31	V. Đurđević Full-back	FK Partizan	22	3	25	40
32	A. Traoré Defensive midfielder	Baník Ostrava	22	3	18	2
33	J. Schöller Full-back	Rapid Vienna	20	3	17	44
34	L. Lurvink Full-back	Sigma Olomouc	23	3	11	2
35	I. Diakite Centre-back	Ashdod	22	3	12	43
36	Ahmed Ibrahim Salman Winger	Bnei Sakhnin	22	3	18	43
37	F. Wilfinger Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	23	3	48	48
38	B. Freimann Centre-back	FC Luzern	20	3	37	47
39	P. Dithejane Full-back	Chicago Fire	22	2	479.1%	4172.1%
40	N. Đeković Centre-back	Napredak	23	2	6	36
41	J. Hadjam Full-back	Brighton	23	2	14526.1%	4330.1%
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	22	2	6	40
45	B. Fink Full-back	Dundee	23	2	6±0%	41±0%
46	D. Tarzia Full-back	Vitoria	23	2	25425%	6639.6%
47	K. Takai Centre-back	St. Truiden	22	2	2582.7%	5910.7%
48	A. Bozzolan Full-back	Palermo	22	2	23	59
49	Kauã Moraes Full-back	Cruzeiro	20	2	5±0%	6912.5%
50	Mario García Full-back	Widzew Łódź	22	2	1115.7%	3445.9%