Most In-Form U21 defenders This Season

The most in-form U21 defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Pau Cubarsí Paredes of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 95.3, and K. Kosugi has been the form player this season, grading 54.2, and A. Warneryd leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. Kosugi has improved his Season rating most, up +40.1 on last season, while A. Faye's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +53.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Pau Navarro of Villarreal is the most valuable name in this group at 89.2.

Best talent

Pau Cubarsí Paredes95.3RTG

Celta Vigo · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

K. Kosugi+40.1SsN

Eintracht Frankfurt · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	K. Kosugi Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	54284.4%	4217.5%
2	A. Koné Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	543735.7%	655.7%
3	Pau Cubarsí Paredes Centre-back	Barcelona	19	5134.3%	953.3%
4	A. Warneryd Full-back	Tromso	21	50118.9%	5062.7%
5	M. Tudose Centre-back	Arges Pitesti	21	50	37
6	Sergi Domínguez Centre-back	Dinamo Zagreb	21	491046.5%	4244.1%
7	S. Esposito Centre-back	Lecce	21	47	21
8	M. Mendoza Centre-back	Godoy Cruz	21	47154.1%	478%
9	M. Mbokazi Centre-back	Chicago Fire	20	4682%	4480.4%
10	Noah Tolf Full-back	IFK Goteborg	21	46±0%	3316.8%
11	Xi Yang Alex Full-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	21	45	32
12	M. Rots Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	20	44486.7%	8430.1%
13	M. Duah Centre-back	San Diego	21	43305.7%	466.7%
14	T. Johnson Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	21	4245%	497.2%
15	M. Ayhan Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	19	41	69
16	L. Bombino Full-back	San Diego	20	408.6%	4310.3%
17	M. Cissé Full-back	Aston Villa	21	39	50
18	Juan Moran Full-back	Godoy Cruz	20	39273.3%	437.1%
19	Ignacio Ovando Centre-back	Rosario Central	19	38905.3%	5824.1%
20	B. Freimann Centre-back	FC Luzern	20	37	47
21	L. Herrington Centre-back	Hull City	18	36211.1%	51184%
22	H. Hilvenius Centre-back	BK Hacken	18	36215.8%	4228%
23	Vitalie Becker Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	21	36	66
24	P. Petrović Centre-back	Sturm Graz	21	36	45
25	S. Fernández Centre-back	Talleres Cordoba	21	3553.3%	5513.3%
26	Vitor Nunes Centre-back	Manchester City	20	3520.3%	8519.8%
27	N. Rapoo Full-back	Orlando Pirates	20	35	2
28	N. Simić Centre-back	FK Partizan	19	35	45
29	N. Stoioanov Centre-back	Dinamo Bucuresti	21	35	38
30	A. Cardaklija Centre-back	Gais	21	35267%	369.1%
31	M. Roganović Full-back	FK Partizan	20	34	46
32	R. Kofler Centre-back	Cagliari	21	3474.5%	644%
33	L. Vargas Full-back	Union Santa Fe	21	3416.2%	571.1%
34	A. Phillips Centre-back	Middlesbrough	21	33±0%	733.9%
35	Leonardo Barroso Centre-back	Chicago Fire	21	33219.4%	425.3%
36	J. Molle Centre-back	Francs Borains	21	33	45
37	Allan De León Centre-back	Novi Pazar	18	32	46
38	E. Amundsen-Day Centre-back	Ham-Kam	20	32176.7%	4619.3%
39	Pau Navarro Centre-back	Villarreal	21	32210.7%	848.4%
40	Tomas Galvez Full-back	GO Ahead Eagles	21	3282.2%	6517.1%
41	Maximilian Hennig Full-back	Bayern München	19	31538.8%	5026.9%
42	N. Calabrese Centre-back	Hellas Verona	21	31	62
43	Amine Chabane Centre-back	Amiens	20	31272.3%	595.9%
44	I. Krupskyi Full-back	FC Kharkiv	21	3181.1%	413.1%
45	Arthur Centre-back	Palmeiras	20	30	70
46	N. Norris Centre-back	FC Dallas	21	30393.4%	4512.7%
47	J. Meghoma Full-back	Brentford	20	30285.7%	5511.3%
48	S. Britschgi Full-back	Parma	19	30	82
49	K. Kita Centre-back	Real Sociedad	20	29±0%	696.3%
50	D. Lawlor Full-back	Cardiff	20	292300%	507.6%