Most In-Form U18 defenders This Season

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

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At a glance

Pedro Gabriel of Gremio is the standout for raw talent across U18 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 65.7, and H. Hilvenius has been the form player this season, grading 35.6, 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 77.2.

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	Player	Team
1	H. Hilvenius Centre-back	BK Hacken	18	36212.3%	4123.7%
2	Allan De León Centre-back	Novi Pazar	18	32	46
3	A. AvdiÄFull-back	FK Crvena Zvezda	18	28	43
4	M. Muzungu Centre-back	Ajax	18	23±0%	5913%
5	Viggo Plantinga Full-back	Jong Utrecht	17	19±0%	56±0%
6	Pedro Gabriel Full-back	Gremio	18	18	66
7	T. Pališčák Centre-back	Plzen	18	16	31
8	Sadick Abubakar Centre-back	Radnik Surdulica	0	16	22
9	M. Dos Santos Centre-back	New York Red Bulls	17	15	50
10	M. Dos Santos Centre-back	New York Red Bulls	18	14	48
11	T. Nhlapo Centre-back	Orbit College	0	13	1
12	R. Kumar Centre-back	Istra 1961	17	12	37
13	M. van de Wetering Full-back	Excelsior	17	11	54
14	Y. Faingezicht Full-back	Maccabi Haifa	18	11	39
15	Neil Pierre Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	18	102450%	4317.3%
16	K. Kasanwirjo Centre-back	Jong Ajax	17	10	46
17	A. Bolat Centre-forward	Adana Demirspor	17	10	36
18	S. Zulu Centre-back	Richards Bay	0	10	1
19	M. Verhaeghe Centre-back	RWDM	18	9	44
20	I. James Centre-back	Sporting Kansas City	18	966.7%	397.4%
21	E. Mbavu Full-back	Genk	16	9±0%	41±0%
22	F. Yrga-Alem Full-back	Fredrikstad	18	9	41
23	A. Natali Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	18	8±0%	538.2%
24	A. Mahroug Centre-back	RSC Anderlecht II	18	8	43
25	D. Banjaqui Full-back	Benfica B	17	7	45
26	A. Gomes Centre-back	Venezia	17	7	56
27	A. Chirila Full-back	FC Cincinnati	17	6	41
28	Olaoleng Mokgosi Centre-back	Orbit College	0	6	1
29	S. Mfuni Full-back	Coventry	18	6	61
30	B. Szakos Full-back	Diosgyori VTK	18	6	32
31	Kayden Coulas Centre-back	Radnicki NIS	0	6	18
32	M. Cooper Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	18	6	19
33	Mansour Camara Full-back	Al Kholood	18	6±0%	48111.6%
34	Ramiz Hamouda Centre-back	Birmingham Legion	18	5	31
35	Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan Centre-back	Zamalek SC	0	5	19
36	K. Setlhodi Attacking midfielder	Orbit College	0	5	1
37	Y. A. Buz Centre-back	Iğdır FK	18	5	36
38	Seun Ndlovu Centre-back	Chippa United	0	5	1
39	A. Sarikaya Full-back	Adana Demirspor	16	5	34
40	N. Mabaso Centre-back	Golden Arrows	0	5	1
41	T. Durko Full-back	FK Košice	16	4	31
42	M. Cooper Centre-back	Newcastle Jets	18	4	19
43	Unax Larrañaga Centre-back	Real Sociedad II	0	4	31
44	B. Madingwana Centre-back	Chippa United	0	3	1
45	M. Thokolo Centre-back	Sekhukhune United	0	3	1
46	Alfa Boubakr Keita Centre-back	El Geish	0	3	18
47	C. Uribe Centre-back	Atletico Nacional	18	3	25
48	Dusan Pavlovic Centre-back	Radnicki NIS	0	2	18
49	S. Ndebele Centre-back	Siwelele	0	1	1
50	Sinclair de Falco Centre-back	Jong Ajax	18	1±0%	44124.1%