U18 defenders with the Best Potential

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

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At a glance

Davinchi of Getafe is the standout for raw talent across U18 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 80.9, and Allan De León has been the form player this season, grading 32.4, and T. Khumalo leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: H. Ahanor has improved his Season rating most, up +24.1 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Stephenson of Brentford is the most valuable name in this group at 64.6.

Atalanta · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

H. Ahanor+24.1SsN

Atalanta · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Davinchi Full-back	Getafe	18	23	81
2	T. Tati Centre-back	Nantes	18	27	79
3	H. Ahanor Full-back	Atalanta	18	28587.8%	7915.1%
4	K. Potulski Full-back	FSV Mainz 05	18	12	72
5	R. Nijstad Centre-back	Twente	18	17	72
6	L. Martes Full-back	Sparta Rotterdam	17	19	65
7	M. Palma Full-back	Sampdoria	18	227300%	633.8%
8	Rafael Pinto Pedrosa Full-back	Karlsruher SC	18	12148%	613.8%
9	S. Mfuni Full-back	Watford	18	6	60
10	F. Merién Centre-back	Jong PSV U21	17	3130400%	6035.8%
11	Unax Larrañaga Centre-back	Real Sociedad II	0	4	58
12	Viggo Plantinga Full-back	Jong Utrecht	17	19	56
13	A. Gomes Centre-back	Zaragoza	17	7	56
14	D. Opoku Defensive midfielder	OH Leuven	18	14	5413.9%
15	O. Renfrum Centre-back	FC Eindhoven	0	10	52
16	M. Muzungu Centre-back	Jong Ajax	18	23	52
17	S. Renders Centre-back	Antwerp	18	98.6%	511.6%
18	M. van de Wetering Full-back	FC Eindhoven	17	11	51
19	A. Natali Full-back	Jong AZ	18	8	49
20	P. Sondergaard Centre-back	Emmen	18	8	48
21	P. Miller Full-back	New England Revolution	18	29357.8%	4717.9%
22	K. Kasanwirjo Centre-back	Jong Ajax	17	10	46
23	D. Banjaqui Full-back	Benfica B	17	7	45
24	M. Verhaeghe Centre-back	RWDM	18	9	44
25	A. AvdiÄFull-back	FK Crvena Zvezda	18	28	43
26	Allan De León Centre-back	Novi Pazar	18	32	43
27	A. Mahroug Centre-back	RSC Anderlecht II	18	8	43
28	N. Engwanda Full-back	RSC Anderlecht II	18	1619%	434.3%
29	Jayden Onia Seke Full-back	RSC Anderlecht II	17	12236.1%	426.4%
30	P. Blondeel Centre-back	KAA Gent II	16	4	41
31	E. Mbavu Full-back	KRC Genk II	16	9363.2%	4112%
32	Brad Ryan Manguelle Full-back	KRC Genk II	18	937.4%	413.3%
33	Lazar Miladinović Centre-back	Napredak	18	12	41
34	B. Akomolede Centre-back	RSC Anderlecht II	18	10	40
35	Sadick Abubakar Centre-back	Radnik Surdulica	0	16	40
36	Y. Faingezicht Full-back	Maccabi Haifa	18	11	39
37	Ada Ibik Centre-back	Manisa F.K.	17	20	39
38	Dusan Pavlovic Centre-back	Radnicki NIS	0	2	38
39	R. Kumar Centre-back	Istra 1961	17	12	37
40	Kayden Coulas Centre-back	Radnicki NIS	0	6	37
41	Mert Menemencioglu Attacking midfielder	Adana Demirspor	18	0	36
42	A. Stoian Centre-forward	FCSB	18	13	36
43	Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan Centre-back	Zamalek SC	0	5	36
44	A. Bolat Centre-forward	Adana Demirspor	17	10	36
45	Hamdy Marcelo Centre-back	Future FC	0	10	35
46	Y. A. Buz Centre-back	Hatayspor	18	5	35
47	Alfa Boubakr Keita Centre-back	El Geish	0	3	35
48	Filip Ohman Full-back	BK Hacken	18	133150%	3412.3%
49	A. Sarikaya Full-back	Adana Demirspor	16	5	34
50	H. Hilvenius Centre-back	BK Hacken	18	11	33