U21 defenders with the Best Potential

The highest-potential 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 83.2.

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	Player	Team
1	Abdulay Bah Centre-back	FC Augsburg	20	28314.7%	7810.8%
2	N. Sangui Full-back	Paris FC	20	2286.6%	763.7%
3	I. Ogbus Centre-back	SC Freiburg	20	152416.7%	7410.5%
4	A. Matturro Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	21	146.3%	72±0%
5	A. Zehnter Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	21	874.3%	723.8%
6	E. Bitshiabu Centre-back	Galatasaray	21	1162.5%	724.7%
7	N. Äelik Centre-back	Lens	20	13	72
8	Gonçalo Oliveira Centre-back	Rennes	20	11	7063.5%
9	Arthur Centre-back	Palmeiras	21	30	70
10	K. Kita Centre-back	Real Sociedad	21	29±0%	697.1%
11	F. Chiarodia Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	21	17122.1%	684.1%
12	A. Núñez Full-back	Argentinos JRS	21	19	66
13	Maykon Centre-back	Vitoria	20	12	66
14	Pedro Gabriel Full-back	Gremio	18	18	66
15	Francisco Chissumba Full-back	SC Braga	21	20±0%	667.7%
16	A. Koné Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	543735.7%	655.7%
17	Kieran Morgan Full-back	Bradford	20	120.9%	653.6%
18	Tomas Galvez Full-back	GO Ahead Eagles	21	3282.2%	6517.1%
19	João Henrique Full-back	QPR	20	87500%	626.9%
20	S. Mfuni Full-back	Coventry	18	6	61
21	S. Bocoum Full-back	AC Milan	20	20	60
22	Lukas Larsen Full-back	Brondby	20	26	60
23	Kim Ji-Soo Centre-back	Brentford	21	19	6015.9%
24	Amine Chabane Centre-back	Amiens	20	31272.3%	595.9%
25	N. Zézé Centre-back	NEOM	21	19±0%	59±0%
26	S. Bonetti Centre-back	Reggiana	21	18	59
27	M. Muzungu Centre-back	Ajax	18	23±0%	5913%
28	Ignacio Ovando Centre-back	Rosario Central	19	38905.3%	5824.1%
29	C. Louis Full-back	Amiens	21	17	57
30	L. Vargas Full-back	Union Santa Fe	21	3416.2%	571.1%
31	A. Gomes Centre-back	Venezia	17	7	56
32	Viggo Plantinga Full-back	Jong Utrecht	17	19±0%	56±0%
33	R. Pereira Full-back	Zaragoza	20	9	56
34	A. Milani Centre-back	Avellino	21	4	56
35	S. Fernández Centre-back	Talleres Cordoba	21	3553.3%	5513.3%
36	M. van de Wetering Full-back	Excelsior	17	11	54
37	Y. Koré Centre-back	Paris FC	21	579.8%	549.7%
38	A. Maidana Centre-back	Talleres Cordoba	21	22	54
39	C. Østergaard Centre-back	Emmen	21	21	54
40	Y. Aradj Full-back	Aubagne	21	9	53
41	A. Natali Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	18	8±0%	538.2%
42	T. Vianello Full-back	Almere City FC	21	8	53
43	J. Zwart Full-back	Jong AZ	19	25±0%	53±0%
44	Ignacio Campo Full-back	Huracan	21	24	52
45	J. Mesbahi Full-back	Twente	20	8	5210.3%
46	Thiago Silveor Full-back	Velez Sarsfield	20	12±0%	5213.5%
47	Joel Godoy Full-back	Sarmiento Junin	21	27	52
48	M. Mariani Full-back	FC OSS	21	11	517.8%
49	E. Butera Centre-back	Jong Ajax	20	19±0%	51±0%
50	M. Cissé Full-back	Aston Villa	21	39	50