Best defensive U21 players from Germany

The best defensive U21 players from Germany, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

A. Ouédraogo of RB Leipzig is the standout for raw talent across U21 players from Germany, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.1, and N. Tresoldi has been the form player this season, grading 56.4.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Aséko Nkili has improved his Season rating most, up +41.7 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Bischof of Bayern München is the most valuable name in this group at 128.2.

N. Aséko Nkili+35.4RTG

Hannover 96 · 24/25→25/26

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Hannover 96 · 24/25→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	CS	Season	Rating
1	D. Seimen Goalkeeper	SC Paderborn 07	20	9	23438.1%	7372.4%
2	N. Tresoldi Centre-forward	Club Brugge KV	21	8	5681.9%	661%
3	Maximilian Hennig Full-back	TSV Hartberg	19	7	26422.4%	4823.3%
4	N. Aséko Nkili Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	20	7	441603.8%	7395.2%
5	Vitalie Becker Full-back	FC Schalke 04	21	7	36	66
6	L. Ulrich Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	21	6	43137.4%	6445.5%
7	L. Morgalla Full-back	VfL Bochum	21	6	273714.3%	6573.5%
8	Francis-Ikechukwu Onyeka Attacking midfielder	VfL Bochum	19	6	36	68
9	Mika Haas Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	20	6	272610%	6624.6%
10	Cajetan Benjamin Lenz Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	6	32	65
11	Hartmut von Kameke Central midfielder	Ismaily SC	0	5	18	35
12	I. Badjie Winger	VfL Osnabrück	20	5	19416.7%	4617.4%
13	N. Brdar Goalkeeper	SV Wehen	20	5	12	43
14	Leopold Wurm Full-back	SSV Jahn Regensburg	20	5	2021.7%	4328.5%
15	I. Maza Attacking midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	20	5	289.3%	8625.4%
16	Finn Jeltsch Centre-back	VfB Stuttgart	19	5	3127.6%	8130.8%
17	L. Karl Attacking midfielder	Bayern München	18	5	35	87
18	Max Marie Central midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	21	5	44491.9%	6622.1%
19	Berkay Yilmaz Full-back	1. FC Nürnberg	21	5	2755.5%	7117.8%
20	M. Pannewig Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	21	5	28711.4%	621.4%
21	T. Bischof Full-back	Bayern München	21	5	2967.1%	86±0%
22	Kofi Jeremy Amoako Defensive midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	21	4	33257%	6357%
23	K. Wiethaup Central midfielder	VfL Osnabrück	20	4	71033.3%	4318.9%
24	Lukas Michelbrink Central midfielder	Energie Cottbus	21	4	15	44
25	A. Ouédraogo Central midfielder	RB Leipzig	20	4	42	8731.6%
26	Reno Münz Full-back	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	20	4	24218.9%	6111.9%
27	K. Eichhorn Defensive midfielder	Hertha BSC	16	4	18	60
28	A. Kemlein Defensive midfielder	Union Berlin	21	4	27131.6%	779.6%
29	Ilyas Ansah Attacking midfielder	Union Berlin	21	4	2715.9%	8017%
30	Abdoul Karim Coulibaly Centre-back	Werder Bremen	19	4	24	79
31	Julian Andreas Pauli Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	20	4	2524.7%	620.8%
32	Marko Mladenovic Attacking midfielder	Vojvodina	21	3	9	3941%
33	U. Tohumcu Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	21	3	15120.9%	5714.8%
34	M. Krattenmacher Winger	Hertha BSC	20	3	583.3%	5813%
35	Sean Dulic Full-back	TSV 1860 München	21	3	118.1%	402.2%
36	D. Zeitler Winger	Hoffenheim II	19	3	36152.1%	455.1%
37	B. Zank Centre-forward	FC Viktoria Köln	21	3	13	42
38	B. Schlicke Full-back	MSV Duisburg	20	3	980.9%	4215.3%
39	Max Plath Defensive midfielder	FC Ingolstadt 04	21	3	15145%	400.5%
40	J. Quarshie Centre-back	Southampton	21	3	91720%	6323.3%
41	K. WÃ¤tjen Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	3	22397.8%	6256.1%
42	Y. Moukoko Centre-forward	FC Copenhagen	21	3	34311%	4640%
43	Baris Kalayci Attacking midfielder	Fatih Karagümrük	20	3	13	45
44	H. Chakroun Winger	Hannover 96	21	3	1257.3%	6050.6%
45	Rafael Lubach Attacking midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	21	3	2842.6%	6610.9%
46	Ruben Müller Centre-forward	SC Paderborn 07	20	3	8	61
47	Farid Alfa-Ruprecht Attacking midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	3	18	64
48	T. Drexler Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	21	2	930.8%	4327%
49	M. Palma Full-back	Sampdoria	18	2	227300%	633.8%
50	L. Engelns Defensive midfielder	Hoffenheim II	19	2	13149%	3932.4%