Best defensive U21 players in 3. Liga

The best defensive U21 players in 3. Liga, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

I. Badjie of VfL Osnabrück is the standout for raw talent across U21 players in 3. Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 45.9, and D. Zeitler has been the form player this season, grading 35.8.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Zeitler has improved his Season rating most, up +21.6 on last season, while M. Wörner's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +7.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Lukas Michelbrink of Energie Cottbus is the most valuable name in this group at 20.6.

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#	Player	Team	Age	CS	Season	Rating
1	I. Badjie Winger	VfL Osnabrück	20	5	19416.7%	4617.4%
2	N. Brdar Goalkeeper	SV Wehen	20	5	12	43
3	Leopold Wurm Full-back	SSV Jahn Regensburg	20	5	2021.7%	4328.5%
4	G. Christensen Central midfielder	FC Ingolstadt 04	21	4	14396.4%	426.9%
5	K. Wiethaup Central midfielder	VfL Osnabrück	20	4	71033.3%	4318.9%
6	C. Lippmann Full-back	TSV 1860 München	20	4	10	42
7	Lukas Michelbrink Central midfielder	Energie Cottbus	21	4	15	44
8	Y. Hor Full-back	Hoffenheim II	20	3	9	41
9	Sean Dulic Full-back	TSV 1860 München	21	3	118.1%	402.2%
10	D. Zeitler Winger	Hoffenheim II	19	3	36152.1%	455.1%
11	B. Zank Centre-forward	FC Viktoria Köln	21	3	13	42
12	B. Schlicke Full-back	MSV Duisburg	20	3	980.9%	4215.3%
13	Max Plath Defensive midfielder	FC Ingolstadt 04	21	3	15145%	400.5%
14	L. Engelns Defensive midfielder	Hoffenheim II	19	2	13149%	3932.4%
15	Y. Tonye Central midfielder	FC Viktoria Köln	21	2	6	39
16	Nick Seidel Full-back	SSV Jahn Regensburg	21	2	984%	3929%
17	M. Ouro-Tagba Winger	Stuttgart II	21	2	14	4116.4%
18	M. Wörner Full-back	Verl	21	2	4	4319.6%
19	Noah Darvich Winger	Stuttgart II	19	2	21	43
20	F. Ademi Full-back	Alemannia Aachen	20	2	9745.5%	4418.9%
21	P. Hennrich Attacking midfielder	Hoffenheim II	21	2	2311500%	4429.6%
22	M. Catovic Central midfielder	Stuttgart II	19	2	11189.7%	406.3%
23	Luca Erlein Full-back	Hoffenheim II	19	2	8	42
24	Maximilian Tobias Herwerth Full-back	Stuttgart II	20	2	9111.6%	39±0%
25	Florian Hellstern Goalkeeper	Stuttgart II	18	2	2	42
26	Christopher Olivier Full-back	Stuttgart II	20	2	85.5%	426.9%
27	Jan-Simon Symalla Winger	MSV Duisburg	21	2	11	4322.9%
28	Florian Micheler Central midfielder	Hoffenheim II	21	1	8	4036.2%
29	M. Scholze Central midfielder	SSV Ulm 1846	21	1	83900%	381.6%
30	A. Amaimouni Winger	Hoffenheim II	20	1	16	41
31	J. Luers Central midfielder	Stuttgart II	19	1	1	37
32	M. Nejad Defensive midfielder	SV Wehen	21	1	2	37
33	E. Elekwa Winger	Alemannia Aachen	20	1	3	39
34	B. Riesselmann Winger	VfL Osnabrück	20	1	7	44
35	L. Penna Central midfielder	Stuttgart II	19	1	9	40
36	B. O. Labes Centre-forward	Hoffenheim II	21	1	5	37
37	L. Bierschenk Attacking midfielder	Waldhof Mannheim	20	1	8	42
38	Natnael Abraha Full-back	Hoffenheim II	17	1	3	37
39	J. Sachse Centre-forward	FC Viktoria Köln	19	1	5	40
40	O. Hencke Central midfielder	Hoffenheim II	18	1	4	39
41	Dustin Forkel Winger	FC Schweinfurt 05	21	1	0	3532.9%
42	P. Lehmann Centre-back	Verl	21	1	4	393.2%
43	Matti Wagner Central midfielder	Alemannia Aachen	21	1	595.8%	393.5%
44	Can Yaha Moustfa Central midfielder	Energie Cottbus	21	1	4	40
45	J. Agyekum Centre-back	FC Viktoria Köln	21	1	3	3731.7%
46	A. Kamara Central midfielder	FC Saarbrücken	21	1	5455.6%	3832.1%
47	Tim Köhler Centre-back	Stuttgart II	21	1	432.7%	389.2%
48	J. PotoÄnik Centre-forward	Rot-Weiß Essen	21	1	3	4026.2%
49	M. Schmitt Goalkeeper	SSV Ulm 1846	20	1	1	37
50	Oluwaseun God Power Osaro Ogbemudia Full-back	Waldhof Mannheim	19	1	7	39