U23 defenders with the Best Potential

The highest-potential U23 defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Pau Cubarsí Paredes of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U23 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 95.3, and F. Sjøvold has been the form player this season, grading 77.5, and Š. Chaloupek leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: I. Vådebu has improved his Season rating most, up +49.7 on last season, while A. Faye's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +53.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Gusto of Chelsea is the most valuable name in this group at 109.6.

Best talent

Pau Cubarsí Paredes95.3RTG

Celta Vigo · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Pau Cubarsí Paredes Centre-back	Barcelona	19	5134.3%	953.3%
2	Álex Jiménez Full-back	Fiorentina	21	425.1%	934.3%
3	Wesley Full-back	AS Roma	22	7166.5%	915.1%
4	N. Brown Full-back	Bayern München	23	3810.4%	88±0%
5	M. Gusto Full-back	Chelsea	23	32±0%	87±0%
6	L. Yoro Centre-back	Manchester United	20	2338.5%	8710.4%
7	J. Belocian Centre-back	Bayer Leverkusen	21	1717100%	8627.5%
8	Vitor Nunes Centre-back	Manchester City	20	3520.3%	8519.8%
9	M. Rots Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	20	44486.7%	8430.1%
10	Pau Navarro Centre-back	Villarreal	21	32210.7%	848.4%
11	A. Faye Centre-back	Celta Vigo	21	2122.9%	84176.5%
12	Alejandro Balde Full-back	Barcelona	22	3221%	848.6%
13	I. Zabarnyi Centre-back	Paris Saint Germain	23	6461.2%	8311%
14	S. Britschgi Full-back	Parma	20	30	82
15	J. Quansah Centre-back	Bayer Leverkusen	23	29147.8%	825.7%
16	R. Jansson Full-back	FC St. Pauli	22	17281.8%	81208.3%
17	A. Hajdari Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	23	42	81
18	L. Querfeld Centre-back	Union Berlin	22	3860.9%	817.3%
19	A. Circati Centre-back	Benfica	22	45971.4%	8020%
20	F. Terracciano Centre-back	AC Milan	23	51532.5%	8014.7%
21	C. Lukeba Centre-back	RB Leipzig	23	4114.6%	804%
22	Raúl Asencio Centre-back	Real Madrid	23	273.6%	803.9%
23	V. Gómez Centre-back	Real Betis	23	32±0%	80±0%
24	Kaiki Full-back	Como	23	3749.1%	801.7%
25	Juanlu Sánchez Full-back	Bournemouth	23	2218.6%	803.7%
26	Abdoul Karim Coulibaly Centre-back	Werder Bremen	19	22	80
27	J. Hato Centre-back	Chelsea	20	20±0%	80±0%
28	Z. Van Den Bosch Centre-back	Union Berlin	23	4626.1%	7934.8%
29	J. Scally Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	23	4873.1%	793.9%
30	M. Moreno Centre-back	Venezia	22	2828.3%	7950.2%
31	Joshua Kofi Acheampong Full-back	Chelsea	20	9±0%	79±0%
32	S. Baidoo Centre-back	Lens	22	39	79
33	K. Koulierakis Centre-back	AS Roma	22	201%	780.6%
34	H. Ahanor Centre-back	Atalanta	18	27568.3%	7814.4%
35	Abdulay Bah Centre-back	Manchester City	20	28314.7%	7810.8%
36	K. Peprah Oppong Centre-back	Nice	22	3476.8%	78172%
37	D. Rensch Full-back	AS Roma	23	297.3%	7816.5%
38	Noahkai Kai Daniel Banks Centre-back	FC Augsburg	19	21198.6%	7815.8%
39	A. Ouattara Centre-back	Ipswich	20	22±0%	77±0%
40	N. Collins Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	22	23±0%	772.7%
41	C. Bradley Full-back	Liverpool	23	1520.3%	778.8%
42	I. Doukouré Full-back	Strasbourg	23	2636.4%	768.4%
43	T. Livramento Full-back	Newcastle	23	1275.7%	7618.3%
44	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	39319.1%	7637.4%
45	N. Sangui Full-back	Paris FC	20	2286.6%	763.7%
46	Yarek Gasiorowski Full-back	PSV Eindhoven	21	28±0%	76±0%
47	Finn Jeltsch Centre-back	VfB Stuttgart	20	268.8%	7622.7%
48	Fellipe Jack Centre-back	Cremonese	20	8127.8%	7511.7%
49	Luca Marianucci Full-back	Napoli	22	1453.7%	753.6%
50	W. Mikelbrencis Full-back	Hamburger SV	22	1540.4%	7512.1%