Most In-Form U23 defenders This Season

The most in-form U23 defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Kayode of Brentford is the standout for raw talent across U23 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 93.1, and Kaiki has been the form player this season, grading 72.3, and Š. Chaloupek leads the scoring with 9 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 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, M. Kayode of Brentford is the most valuable name in this group at 106.1.

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Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+63.1SsN

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	Player	Team
1	Kaiki Full-back	Cruzeiro	23	72202.5%	7921.7%
2	Alberto Baio Full-back	FC Porto	22	71321.3%	7117.4%
3	Wesley Full-back	AS Roma	22	7177.4%	9123%
4	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	681213.5%	8711.8%
5	E. Báez Full-back	San Lorenzo	21	67141.9%	5817%
6	W. Zaïre-Emery Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	6484.4%	9310.7%
7	I. Zabarnyi Centre-back	Paris Saint Germain	23	6461.2%	8311%
8	Rodrigo Pinheiro Full-back	Famalicao	23	6248.3%	663.1%
9	Álex Full-back	Burgos	22	62	73
10	S. Dahl Centre-back	Benfica	23	60165.2%	6984.5%
11	M. Young Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	20	5969.4%	757.6%
12	D. Tonoli Centre-back	Modena	23	56	70
13	O. Wójcik Centre-back	Cracovia Krakow	23	55	4024.2%
14	Y. Baas Centre-back	Ajax	23	545.7%	763.8%
15	S. Studer Centre-back	Independ. Rivadavia	23	5345.4%	521.1%
16	E. Skoglund Full-back	Hammarby FF	22	539.1%	401.3%
17	E. Herrera Full-back	San Lorenzo	23	5352500%	5317.6%
18	J. Schingtienne Centre-back	Venezia	23	52300.8%	701.9%
19	S. Varatynov Centre-back	Baltika	23	5168%	3729.3%
20	Álex Valle Full-back	Como	22	51401%	8415.6%
21	Pau Cubarsí Paredes Centre-back	Barcelona	19	5134.3%	93±0%
22	F. Terracciano Centre-back	Cremonese	23	51532.5%	8014.7%
23	Danilo Veiga Full-back	Lecce	23	50219%	8035%
24	G. Calvani Centre-back	Frosinone	22	50277.4%	7024.3%
25	L. Di Lollo Centre-back	Boca Juniors	22	5090.5%	5712.3%
26	M. Tudose Centre-back	Arges Pitesti	21	50	37
27	Sergi Domínguez Centre-back	Dinamo Zagreb	21	491046.5%	4244.1%
28	Yiğit Fidan Centre-back	Pendikspor	21	49	42
29	E. Bayram Centre-back	KVC Westerlo	23	49123.2%	629.4%
30	Z. Ariss Full-back	Bastia	22	497%	624.9%
31	A. Koné Centre-back	Reims	21	493392.9%	655.7%
32	Y. Kırtay Centre-back	Erzurumspor FK	23	48	42
33	F. Sjøvold Full-back	Bodo/Glimt	22	4827.8%	529.1%
34	J. Scally Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	23	4873.1%	793.9%
35	F. Wilfinger Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	22	48	48
36	N. Ngoy Full-back	Lille	23	4892.8%	8155.9%
37	M. Mendoza Centre-back	Godoy Cruz	21	48160.1%	569%
38	I. Rozhkov Full-back	Rubin	21	4860.5%	350.8%
39	O. Camara Centre-back	Angers	23	471067.5%	7823.7%
40	Álvaro Fernández Full-back	Real Madrid	23	4625.6%	8824.9%
41	Noah Tolf Full-back	IFK Goteborg	20	4622650%	4038.6%
42	Beraldo Centre-back	Paris Saint Germain	22	4578%	802.4%
43	L. Gechter Centre-back	Hertha BSC	22	45137.2%	665.4%
44	M. Kayode Full-back	Brentford	22	45566.2%	9320.3%
45	D. Bartesaghi Centre-back	AC Milan	20	452558.8%	8525.3%
46	A. Circati Centre-back	Parma	22	45971.4%	8020%
47	O. El Hilali Full-back	Espanyol	22	459%	852.8%
48	Xi Yang Alex Full-back	Qingdao Youth Island	21	45	32
49	G. Bracaglia Centre-back	Frosinone	23	45225.5%	6815.9%
50	L. Bombino Full-back	San Diego	20	44	48