Most In-Form U23 defenders This Season

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

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At a glance

L. Hall of Newcastle is the standout for raw talent across U23 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 85.4, and F. Sjøvold has been the form player this season, grading 61.8, and Š. Chaloupek leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: I. Vådebu has improved his Season rating most, up +46.7 on last season, while S. Dahl's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +31.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, C. Hughes of Hull City is the most valuable name in this group at 107.2.

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	Player	Team
1	F. Sjøvold Full-back	Bodo/Glimt	23	6228%	51±0%
2	E. Herrera Full-back	San Lorenzo	23	5912.4%	542.5%
3	E. Skoglund Centre-back	Hammarby FF	22	578%	40±0%
4	É. Ocampo Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	23	5445.8%	508.1%
5	A. Koné Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	543735.7%	655.7%
6	A. Resch Centre-back	Houston Dynamo	23	53	46
7	L. Di Lollo Centre-back	Boca Juniors	22	512.4%	561.8%
8	Y. Baas Centre-back	Ajax	23	50±0%	76±0%
9	M. Tudose Centre-back	Arges Pitesti	21	50	37
10	I. Vådebu Centre-back	Tromso	23	50275%	4510.6%
11	Sergi Domínguez Centre-back	Dinamo Zagreb	21	491046.5%	4244.1%
12	Daniel Herrera Centre-back	San Lorenzo	22	49544.7%	5322.2%
13	M. Larsson Full-back	Djurgardens IF	23	49370.2%	3946.1%
14	F. Wilfinger Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	23	48	48
15	S. Esposito Centre-back	Lecce	21	47	21
16	T. Johnson Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	21	4760.1%	497.7%
17	Henry Fieldson Full-back	ST Mirren	21	46	50
18	L. Gechter Centre-back	Hertha BSC	22	45±0%	66±0%
19	O. El Hilali Full-back	Espanyol	23	45±0%	851.7%
20	Xi Yang Alex Full-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	21	45	32
21	T. Palacios Full-back	Estudiantes L.P.	23	4423.7%	544.3%
22	E. Pye Centre-back	Stockport County	23	44±0%	54±0%
23	K. Suwama Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	23	43	44
24	C. Hughes Centre-back	Hull City	23	43145.5%	7211.9%
25	David Ricardo Centre-back	Dynamo	23	4229.4%	3548.3%
26	M. Duah Centre-back	San Diego	21	42301.9%	479.5%
27	A. Warneryd Full-back	Tromso	21	4285%	5062.1%
28	M. Zanotti Defensive midfielder	FC Lugano	23	41	48
29	Ignacio Ovando Centre-back	Rosario Central	19	41986.8%	5824.8%
30	M. Smets Centre-back	Genk	22	417.3%	610.8%
31	M. de Ritis Full-back	San Lorenzo	23	41149.7%	5212.3%
32	T. Blokzijl Full-back	Groningen	21	41±0%	76±0%
33	M. Forbes Centre-back	Dundee Utd	22	41275%	5017.5%
34	H. Tanaka Centre-back	Tokushima Vortis	22	4013366.7%	5630.8%
35	Khaled Mohamed Awad Full-back	Pyramids FC	23	40	39
36	M. Elimbi Gilbert Centre-back	GIL Vicente	23	40±0%	65±0%
37	Cuiabano Full-back	Vasco DA Gama	23	4036.9%	666.7%
38	A. Castellini Full-back	Mantova	23	40±0%	67±0%
39	Joel Godoy Full-back	Sarmiento Junin	21	40	57
40	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	39319.1%	7637.4%
41	M. Cissé Full-back	Aston Villa	21	39	50
42	W. Goes Full-back	AZ Alkmaar	22	39±0%	74±0%
43	Juan Moran Full-back	Godoy Cruz	20	39273.3%	445.4%
44	I. Baouf Centre-back	Cambuur	20	39±0%	653.8%
45	C. Ferreira Centre-back	Atletico Tucuman	23	39116.7%	5314.9%
46	Jonathan Centre-back	Cruzeiro	22	39125%	706.1%
47	A. Dony Centre-back	Patro Eisden	22	38932.4%	467.5%
48	T. Silva Full-back	Platense	23	3827.8%	513.9%
49	S. Dahl Full-back	Benfica	23	38±0%	69±0%
50	A. Giay Centre-back	Palmeiras	22	374.6%	71±0%