Most In-Form U18 defenders This Season

The most in-form U18 defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Stephenson of Crewe is the standout for raw talent across U18 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 71.8, and Allan De León has been the form player this season, grading 32.4, and Neil Pierre leads the scoring with 4 goals.

By our market-value index, X. Espart of Barcelona is the most valuable name in this group at 76.7.

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	Player	Team
1	Allan De León Centre-back	Novi Pazar	18	32	46
2	M. Muzungu Centre-back	Ajax	18	23±0%	5913%
3	Viggo Plantinga Full-back	Jong Utrecht	17	19±0%	56±0%
4	Pedro Gabriel Full-back	Gremio	18	18	66
5	L. Martes Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	17	18±0%	64±0%
6	T. Pališčák Centre-back	Plzen	18	16	31
7	Sadick Abubakar Centre-back	Radnik Surdulica	0	16	22
8	Sadick Abubakar Centre-back	Radnik Surdulica	0	16	22
9	A. Kay Full-back	Barnsley	18	15	48
10	M. Dos Santos Centre-back	New York Red Bulls	17	15	50
11	M. Dos Santos Centre-back	New York Red Bulls	18	14	48
12	T. Nhlapo Centre-back	Orbit College	0	13	1
13	W. Moller Centre-back	Silkeborg	18	13	45
14	R. Kumar Centre-back	Istra 1961	17	12	37
15	M. van de Wetering Full-back	Excelsior	17	11	54
16	Y. Faingezicht Full-back	Maccabi Haifa	18	11	39
17	Neil Pierre Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	18	102450%	4317.3%
18	K. Kasanwirjo Centre-back	Jong Ajax	17	10	46
19	A. Bolat Centre-forward	Adana Demirspor	17	10	36
20	S. Zulu Centre-back	Richards Bay	0	10	1
21	M. Verhaeghe Centre-back	RWDM	18	9	44
22	I. James Centre-back	Sporting Kansas City	18	966.7%	397.4%
23	E. Mbavu Full-back	Genk	16	9±0%	41±0%
24	F. Yrga-Alem Full-back	Fredrikstad	18	9	41
25	A. Natali Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	18	8±0%	538.2%
26	A. Mahroug Centre-back	RSC Anderlecht II	18	8	43
27	D. Banjaqui Full-back	Benfica B	17	7	45
28	A. Gomes Centre-back	Venezia	17	7	56
29	A. Chirila Full-back	FC Cincinnati	17	6	41
30	Olaoleng Mokgosi Centre-back	Orbit College	0	6	1
31	B. Szakos Full-back	Diosgyori VTK	18	6	32
32	Kayden Coulas Centre-back	Radnicki NIS	0	6	18
33	M. Cooper Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	18	6	19
34	Mansour Camara Full-back	Al Kholood	18	6±0%	48111.6%
35	Ramiz Hamouda Centre-back	Birmingham Legion	18	5	31
36	Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan Centre-back	Zamalek SC	0	5	19
37	K. Setlhodi Attacking midfielder	Orbit College	0	5	1
38	Y. A. Buz Centre-back	Iğdır FK	18	5	36
39	Seun Ndlovu Centre-back	Chippa United	0	5	1
40	A. Sarikaya Full-back	Adana Demirspor	16	5	34
41	N. Mabaso Centre-back	Golden Arrows	0	5	1
42	T. Landheer Centre-back	Helmond Sport	18	4	54
43	T. Durko Full-back	FK Košice	16	4	31
44	M. Cooper Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	18	4	19
45	Unax Larrañaga Centre-back	Real Sociedad II	0	4	31
46	B. Madingwana Centre-back	Chippa United	0	3	1
47	M. Thokolo Centre-back	Sekhukhune United	0	3	1
48	Alfa Boubakr Keita Centre-back	El Geish	0	3	18
49	Dusan Pavlovic Centre-back	Radnicki NIS	0	2	18
50	S. Ndebele Centre-back	Siwelele	0	1	1