Most In-Form U18 defenders This Season

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

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At a glance

X. Mandza Tsiendi of Nice is the standout for raw talent across U18 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 78.5, and Allan De León has been the form player this season, grading 32.4, and Sergei Kozlovskiy leads the scoring with 3 goals.

By our market-value index, X. Espart of Barcelona is the most valuable name in this group at 78.5.

Best talent

X. Mandza Tsiendi78.5RTG

Sergei Kozlovskiy3goals

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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	M. Zea Centre-back	CSKA Moscow	18	23	3921.7%
4	K. Kasanwirjo Centre-back	Jong Ajax	17	20	46
5	J. Arango Centre-back	Girona	17	19	65
6	Pedro Gabriel Full-back	Gremio	18	18	66
7	J. Stephenson Centre-back	Crewe	18	18	72
8	L. Martes Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	17	18±0%	64±0%
9	A. Kay Full-back	Barnsley	18	17	48
10	R. Nijstad Centre-back	Twente	18	16±0%	71±0%
11	Sinclair de Falco Centre-back	Jong Ajax	18	163100%	44124.1%
12	F. Merién Centre-back	Jong PSV U21	18	1648.9%	659.1%
13	Sadick Abubakar Centre-back	Radnik Surdulica	0	16	22
14	Sadick Abubakar Centre-back	Radnik Surdulica	0	16	22
15	X. Mandza Tsiendi Full-back	Nice	17	15	78
16	M. Dos Santos Centre-back	New York Red Bulls	17	15	50
17	M. Dos Santos Centre-back	New York Red Bulls	18	14	48
18	T. Nhlapo Centre-back	Orbit College	0	13	1
19	S. Escobar Full-back	Velez Sarsfield	16	13	49
20	W. Moller Centre-back	Silkeborg	18	13	45
21	R. Kumar Centre-back	Istra 1961	17	12	37
22	M. van de Wetering Full-back	Excelsior	17	11	54
23	Y. Faingezicht Full-back	Maccabi Haifa	18	11	39
24	J. Arrayago Centre-back	Independiente	17	11	50
25	Viggo Plantinga Full-back	Jong Utrecht	17	1045%	56±0%
26	A. Bolat Centre-forward	Adana Demirspor	17	10	36
27	S. Zulu Centre-back	Richards Bay	0	10	1
28	M. Verhaeghe Centre-back	RWDM	18	9	44
29	I. James Centre-back	Sporting Kansas City	18	966.7%	397.4%
30	E. Mbavu Full-back	Genk	17	9±0%	41±0%
31	F. Yrga-Alem Full-back	Fredrikstad	18	9	41
32	A. Natali Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	18	8±0%	538.2%
33	Mansour Camara Full-back	Al Kholood	18	852.7%	48111.6%
34	A. Mahroug Centre-back	RSC Anderlecht II	18	8	43
35	D. Banjaqui Full-back	Benfica B	17	7	45
36	Ada Ibik Centre-back	Manisa F.K.	17	766.5%	39±0%
37	A. Gomes Centre-back	Venezia	17	7	56
38	K. Pascini Full-back	Atletico-MG	17	7	62
39	A. Chirila Full-back	FC Cincinnati	17	6	41
40	Olaoleng Mokgosi Centre-back	Orbit College	0	6	1
41	B. Szakos Full-back	Diosgyori VTK	18	6	32
42	Y. A. Buz Centre-back	Iğdır FK	18	6	36
43	T. Landheer Centre-back	Helmond Sport	18	6	54
44	Kayden Coulas Centre-back	Radnicki NIS	0	6	18
45	M. Cooper Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	18	6	19
46	X. Espart Full-back	Barcelona	18	5±0%	76±0%
47	Ramiz Hamouda Centre-back	Birmingham Legion	18	5	31
48	Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan Centre-back	Zamalek SC	0	5	19
49	K. Setlhodi Attacking midfielder	Orbit College	0	5	1
50	Seun Ndlovu Centre-back	Chippa United	0	5	1