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 85.5.

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	Player	Team
1	Abdulay Bah Centre-back	FC Augsburg	20	28314.7%	7810.8%
2	Max Alleyne Full-back	Burnley	21	552.6%	7726.2%
3	N. Sangui Full-back	Paris FC	20	2286.6%	763.7%
4	T. Blokzijl Full-back	Groningen	21	41±0%	76±0%
5	I. Ogbus Centre-back	SC Freiburg	20	152416.7%	7410.5%
6	A. Matturro Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	21	146.3%	72±0%
7	A. Zehnter Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	21	874.3%	723.8%
8	J. Stephenson Centre-back	Crewe	18	0	72
9	E. Bitshiabu Centre-back	Galatasaray	21	1162.5%	724.7%
10	N. Äelik Centre-back	Lens	20	13	72
11	Gonçalo Oliveira Centre-back	Rennes	20	11	7063.5%
12	Arthur Centre-back	Palmeiras	21	30	70
13	K. Kita Centre-back	Real Sociedad	21	29±0%	697.1%
14	Rio Cardines Full-back	Bristol City	20	0±0%	69±0%
15	F. Chiarodia Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	21	17122.1%	684.1%
16	Maykon Centre-back	Vitoria	20	12	66
17	Pedro Gabriel Full-back	Gremio	18	18	66
18	Francisco Chissumba Full-back	SC Braga	21	20±0%	667.7%
19	A. Koné Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	543735.7%	655.7%
20	L. Martes Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	17	18±0%	64±0%
21	J. Seys Full-back	Club Brugge KV	21	37±0%	634%
22	N. Fernandez-Veliz Centre-back	Nancy	21	29±0%	62±0%
23	E. N'Gatta Centre-back	Sochaux	19	33	62
24	João Henrique Full-back	QPR	20	87500%	626.9%
25	Marc Bombardó Centre-back	FC Andorra	20	13±0%	61±0%
26	S. Bocoum Full-back	AC Milan	20	20	60
27	Lukas Larsen Full-back	Brondby	20	26	60
28	Kim Ji-Soo Centre-back	Brentford	21	19	6015.9%
29	Amine Chabane Centre-back	Amiens	20	31272.3%	595.9%
30	N. Zézé Centre-back	NEOM	21	19±0%	59±0%
31	Wallace Centre-back	Gremio	21	2	59
32	S. Bonetti Centre-back	Reggiana	21	18	59
33	M. Muzungu Centre-back	Ajax	18	23±0%	5913%
34	J. Plug Centre-back	Excelsior	21	18±0%	5915.3%
35	M. Laros Full-back	Den Bosch	20	35±0%	59±0%
36	R. Besselink Centre-back	De Graafschap	21	26±0%	58±0%
37	Ignacio Ovando Centre-back	Rosario Central	19	41986.8%	5824.8%
38	E. Tacafred Full-back	Nancy	21	20±0%	57±0%
39	C. Louis Full-back	Amiens	21	17	57
40	Joel Godoy Full-back	Sarmiento Junin	21	40	57
41	E. Kabeya Centre-back	Clermont Foot	20	25	56
42	Valentín Pezzolesi Full-back	Las Palmas	19	0±0%	56±0%
43	A. Gomes Centre-back	Venezia	17	7	56
44	Viggo Plantinga Full-back	Jong Utrecht	17	19±0%	56±0%
45	R. Pereira Full-back	Zaragoza	20	9	56
46	A. Milani Centre-back	Avellino	21	4	56
47	P. Ugwu Full-back	FC Volendam	20	168.3%	5616.5%
48	A. Maamar Full-back	Anderlecht	21	17±0%	550.7%
49	T. Landheer Centre-back	Helmond Sport	18	4	54
50	M. van de Wetering Full-back	Excelsior	17	11	54