U18 defenders with the Best Potential

The highest-potential U18 defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Stephenson of Crewe is the standout for raw talent across U18 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 71.8, and Allan De León has been the form player this season, grading 32.4, 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	J. Stephenson Centre-back	Crewe	18	0	72
2	Pedro Gabriel Full-back	Gremio	18	18	66
3	L. Martes Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	17	18±0%	64±0%
4	M. Muzungu Centre-back	Ajax	18	23±0%	5913%
5	A. Gomes Centre-back	Venezia	17	7	56
6	Viggo Plantinga Full-back	Jong Utrecht	17	19±0%	56±0%
7	T. Landheer Centre-back	Helmond Sport	18	4	54
8	M. van de Wetering Full-back	Excelsior	17	11	54
9	A. Natali Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	18	8±0%	538.2%
10	M. Dos Santos Centre-back	New York Red Bulls	17	15	50
11	M. Dos Santos Centre-back	New York Red Bulls	18	14	48
12	A. Kay Full-back	Barnsley	18	15	48
13	Mansour Camara Full-back	Al Kholood	18	6±0%	48111.6%
14	K. Kasanwirjo Centre-back	Jong Ajax	17	10	46
15	Allan De León Centre-back	Novi Pazar	18	32	46
16	D. Banjaqui Full-back	Benfica B	17	7	45
17	W. Moller Centre-back	Silkeborg	18	13	45
18	M. Verhaeghe Centre-back	RWDM	18	9	44
19	Sinclair de Falco Centre-back	Jong Ajax	18	1±0%	44124.1%
20	Neil Pierre Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	18	102450%	4317.3%
21	A. Mahroug Centre-back	RSC Anderlecht II	18	8	43
22	E. Mbavu Full-back	Genk	16	9±0%	41±0%
23	A. Chirila Full-back	FC Cincinnati	17	6	41
24	F. Yrga-Alem Full-back	Fredrikstad	18	9	41
25	I. James Centre-back	Sporting Kansas City	18	966.7%	397.4%
26	Y. Faingezicht Full-back	Maccabi Haifa	18	11	39
27	R. Kumar Centre-back	Istra 1961	17	12	37
28	Mert Menemencioglu Attacking midfielder	Adana Demirspor	18	0	36
29	Y. A. Buz Centre-back	Iğdır FK	18	5	36
30	A. Bolat Centre-forward	Adana Demirspor	17	10	36
31	A. Sarikaya Full-back	Adana Demirspor	16	5	34
32	M. Zea Centre-back	CSKA Moscow	18	0	32±0%
33	B. Szakos Full-back	Diosgyori VTK	18	6	32
34	T. Pališčák Centre-back	Plzen	18	16	31
35	T. Durko Full-back	FK Košice	16	4	31
36	Unax Larrañaga Centre-back	Real Sociedad II	0	4	31
37	Ramiz Hamouda Centre-back	Birmingham Legion	18	5	31
38	Sadick Abubakar Centre-back	Radnik Surdulica	0	16	22
39	Sadick Abubakar Centre-back	Radnik Surdulica	0	16	22
40	Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan Centre-back	Zamalek SC	0	5	19
41	M. Cooper Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	18	6	19
42	M. Cooper Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	18	4	19
43	Dusan Pavlovic Centre-back	Radnicki NIS	0	2	18
44	Kayden Coulas Centre-back	Radnicki NIS	0	6	18
45	Alfa Boubakr Keita Centre-back	El Geish	0	3	18
46	S. Zulu Centre-back	Richards Bay	0	10	1
47	B. Madingwana Centre-back	Chippa United	0	3	1
48	T. Nhlapo Centre-back	Orbit College	0	13	1
49	N. Mabaso Centre-back	Golden Arrows	0	5	1
50	S. Ndebele Centre-back	Siwelele	0	1	1