Most In-Form U21 defenders This Season

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

Most in-form goalkeepers Most in-form midfielders Most in-form attackers Best defenders Top-scoring defenders Most valuable defenders

At a glance

Abdulay Bah of FC Augsburg is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 77.9, and A. Koné has been the form player this season, grading 53.7, and A. Warneryd leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Warneryd has improved his Season rating most, up +28.8 on last season. 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 85.5.

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	Player	Team
1	A. Koné Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	543735.7%	655.7%
2	M. Tudose Centre-back	Arges Pitesti	21	50	37
3	Sergi Domínguez Centre-back	Dinamo Zagreb	21	491046.5%	4244.1%
4	S. Esposito Centre-back	Lecce	21	47	21
5	T. Johnson Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	21	4760.1%	497.7%
6	Xi Yang Alex Full-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	21	45	32
7	M. Duah Centre-back	San Diego	21	42301.9%	479.5%
8	A. Warneryd Full-back	Tromso	21	4285%	5062.1%
9	Ignacio Ovando Centre-back	Rosario Central	19	41986.8%	5824.8%
10	T. Blokzijl Full-back	Groningen	21	41±0%	76±0%
11	Joel Godoy Full-back	Sarmiento Junin	21	40	57
12	M. Cissé Full-back	Aston Villa	21	39	50
13	Juan Moran Full-back	Godoy Cruz	20	39273.3%	437.1%
14	F. Lissah Full-back	Swansea	21	3913.5%	49±0%
15	B. Freimann Centre-back	FC Luzern	20	37	47
16	J. Seys Full-back	Club Brugge KV	21	37±0%	634%
17	F. Luberecki Full-back	Motor Lublin	21	36±0%	40±0%
18	P. Petrović Centre-back	Sturm Graz	21	36	45
19	L. Herrington Centre-back	Hull City	19	36204.3%	48163%
20	H. Hilvenius Centre-back	BK Hacken	19	36212.3%	4123.7%
21	M. Laros Full-back	Den Bosch	20	35±0%	59±0%
22	N. Rapoo Full-back	Orlando Pirates	20	35	2
23	N. Simić Centre-back	FK Partizan	19	35	45
24	N. Stoioanov Centre-back	Dinamo Bucuresti	21	35	38
25	E. N'Gatta Centre-back	Sochaux	19	33	62
26	Allan De León Centre-back	Novi Pazar	18	32	46
27	A. Cardaklija Centre-back	Gais	21	32235.1%	355.2%
28	Maximilian Hennig Full-back	Bayern München	19	31538.8%	5026.9%
29	Amine Chabane Centre-back	Amiens	20	31272.3%	595.9%
30	T. Rodríguez Full-back	San Lorenzo	20	305940%	5118.7%
31	Arthur Centre-back	Palmeiras	21	30	70
32	L. Bombino Full-back	Stoke City	20	3032.6%	439.6%
33	K. Kita Centre-back	Real Sociedad	21	29±0%	697.1%
34	E. Amundsen-Day Centre-back	Ham-Kam	20	29150.9%	4619.3%
35	Thiago Silveor Full-back	Velez Sarsfield	20	29140.5%	5214.4%
36	S. Fernández Centre-back	Talleres Cordoba	21	2927.1%	5410.2%
37	Máximo Palazzo Centre-back	Huracan	21	29	51
38	B. Ndiaye Centre-back	Pharco	21	29	38
39	N. Fernandez-Veliz Centre-back	Nancy	21	29±0%	62±0%
40	S. Bukinac Full-back	Vojvodina	21	29	42
41	A. AvdiÄFull-back	FK Crvena Zvezda	19	28	43
42	Abdulay Bah Centre-back	FC Augsburg	20	28314.7%	7810.8%
43	Felipe Andrés Faúndez González Full-back	O'Higgins	20	28	26
44	Olof Matteo Perez Vinlöf Full-back	Dinamo Zagreb	20	2813750%	4040.2%
45	S. Diatara Centre-back	Degerfors IF	21	28	37
46	A. Madsen Centre-back	Silkeborg	21	27783.9%	4315.5%
47	L. Kirkegaard Centre-back	Viborg	21	2760.9%	4612.1%
48	N. Norris Centre-back	FC Dallas	21	27341%	4613.4%
49	M. Gurgul Full-back	Lech Poznan	20	27±0%	45±0%
50	F. Westfield Full-back	Philadelphia Union	20	2713.3%	485.7%