Most In-Form U21 defenders This Season

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

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At a glance

L. Vušković of Brighton is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 87, and Jacobo Ramón Naveros has been the form player this season, grading 68.3, and Neil Pierre leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +63.1 on last season, while L. Vušković's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +25.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Jacquet of Liverpool is the most valuable name in this group at 88.2.

Jacobo Ramón Naveros68.3SsN

Como

Rising potential

L. Vušković+25.2RTG

Brighton · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+63.1SsN

50 players · ranked by best this seasonCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	68±0%	87±0%
2	A. Koné Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	543735.7%	655.7%
3	M. Tudose Centre-back	Arges Pitesti	21	50	37
4	Sergi Domínguez Centre-back	Dinamo Zagreb	21	491046.5%	4244.1%
5	S. Esposito Centre-back	Lecce	21	47	21
6	T. Johnson Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	21	4760.1%	497.7%
7	Henry Fieldson Full-back	ST Mirren	21	46	50
8	Colby Donovan Centre-back	Celtic	20	45432.9%	508.3%
9	Xi Yang Alex Full-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	21	45	32
10	M. Duah Centre-back	San Diego	21	42301.9%	479.5%
11	A. Warneryd Full-back	Tromso	21	4285%	5062.1%
12	Ignacio Ovando Centre-back	Rosario Central	19	41986.8%	5824.8%
13	T. Blokzijl Full-back	Groningen	21	41±0%	76±0%
14	Joel Godoy Full-back	Sarmiento Junin	21	40	57
15	M. Cissé Full-back	Aston Villa	21	39	50
16	Juan Moran Full-back	Godoy Cruz	20	39273.3%	445.4%
17	I. Baouf Centre-back	Cambuur	20	39±0%	653.8%
18	B. Freimann Centre-back	FC Luzern	20	37	47
19	J. Seys Full-back	Club Brugge KV	21	37±0%	634%
20	P. Petrović Centre-back	Sturm Graz	21	36	45
21	L. Herrington Centre-back	Hull City	19	36204.3%	48163%
22	H. Hilvenius Centre-back	BK Hacken	19	36212.3%	4124.8%
23	Amine Chabane Centre-back	Amiens	20	35324.1%	595.9%
24	N. Rapoo Full-back	Orlando Pirates	20	35	2
25	Jorge Salinas Full-back	Racing Santander	19	35±0%	783.1%
26	N. Simić Centre-back	FK Partizan	19	35	45
27	N. Stoioanov Centre-back	Dinamo Bucuresti	21	35	38
28	F. Lissah Full-back	Swansea	21	341.5%	49±0%
29	C. McCarthy Centre-back	Kilmarnock	20	33645.5%	4525.5%
30	Allan De León Centre-back	Novi Pazar	18	32	46
31	E. N'Gatta Centre-back	Sochaux	19	32	63
32	Valentín Pezzolesi Full-back	Las Palmas	19	3215800%	56±0%
33	A. Cardaklija Centre-back	Gais	21	32235.1%	355.2%
34	Maximilian Hennig Full-back	Bayern München	20	31538.8%	5026.9%
35	M. Frame Full-back	Aberdeen	20	31	54
36	T. Rodríguez Full-back	San Lorenzo	21	305940%	5119.8%
37	Arthur Centre-back	Palmeiras	21	30	70
38	Pedro Francisco Full-back	Famalicao	21	30±0%	61±0%
39	L. Vušković Centre-back	Brighton	19	304.2%	873%
40	L. Bombino Full-back	Stoke City	20	3032.6%	439.6%
41	E. Zidane Full-back	RED Star FC 93	20	30	64
42	K. Kita Centre-back	Real Sociedad	21	29±0%	697.1%
43	E. Amundsen-Day Centre-back	Ham-Kam	20	29150.9%	4619.3%
44	Thiago Silveor Full-back	Velez Sarsfield	20	29140.5%	5214.4%
45	S. Fernández Centre-back	Talleres Cordoba	21	2927.1%	5410.2%
46	Máximo Palazzo Centre-back	Huracan	21	29	51
47	N. Fernandez-Veliz Centre-back	Nancy	21	29±0%	62±0%
48	Noah Markmann Centre-back	FC Nordsjaelland	19	293.1%	432.7%
49	S. Bukinac Full-back	Vojvodina	21	29	42
50	Joel McGregor Full-back	Swindon Town	20	28132%	334.5%