Most In-Form U23 defenders This Season

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

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At a glance

Pau Cubarsí Paredes of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U23 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 95.3, and F. Sjøvold has been the form player this season, grading 77.5, 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 +49.7 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, T. Livramento of Newcastle is the most valuable name in this group at 103.4.

Best talent

Pau Cubarsí Paredes95.3RTG

Celta Vigo · 24/25→25/26

T. Livramento103.4val

Newcastle

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	Player	Team
1	F. Sjøvold Full-back	Bodo/Glimt	23	7860.5%	522.2%
2	T. Palacios Full-back	Estudiantes L.P.	23	71100%	556.6%
3	O. Wójcik Centre-back	Werder Bremen	23	70	4024.2%
4	I. Zabarnyi Centre-back	Paris Saint Germain	23	6461.2%	8311%
5	Álex Full-back	Burgos	22	62	73
6	E. Herrera Full-back	San Lorenzo	23	6014.3%	542.7%
7	E. Skoglund Centre-back	Hammarby FF	22	5911.4%	40±0%
8	L. Di Lollo Centre-back	Boca Juniors	22	5714.2%	57±0%
9	C. Ferreira Full-back	Atletico Tucuman	23	55206.1%	5313.9%
10	K. Kosugi Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	54284.4%	4217.5%
11	A. Koné Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	543735.7%	655.7%
12	L. Rivero Centre-back	River Plate	22	5423%	541.5%
13	I. Vådebu Centre-back	Tromso	23	53297.7%	4510.1%
14	Pau Cubarsí Paredes Centre-back	Barcelona	19	5134.3%	953.3%
15	F. Terracciano Centre-back	AC Milan	23	51532.5%	8014.7%
16	É. Ocampo Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	22	5136.1%	483.6%
17	A. Warneryd Full-back	Tromso	21	50118.9%	5062.7%
18	M. Tudose Centre-back	Arges Pitesti	21	50	37
19	Sergi Domínguez Centre-back	Dinamo Zagreb	21	491046.5%	4244.1%
20	M. de Ritis Full-back	San Lorenzo	23	49202.5%	5415.3%
21	A. Resch Centre-back	Houston Dynamo	23	49	46
22	J. Scally Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	23	4873.1%	793.9%
23	F. Wilfinger Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	23	48	48
24	S. Esposito Centre-back	Lecce	21	47	21
25	T. Silva Full-back	Platense	23	4757.2%	514.5%
26	M. Mendoza Centre-back	Godoy Cruz	21	47154.1%	478%
27	M. Mbokazi Centre-back	Chicago Fire	20	4682%	4480.4%
28	Z. Van Den Bosch Centre-back	Union Berlin	23	4626.1%	7934.8%
29	Noah Tolf Full-back	IFK Goteborg	21	46±0%	3316.8%
30	M. Larsson Full-back	Djurgardens IF	23	45335.6%	3944.9%
31	A. Circati Centre-back	Benfica	22	45971.4%	8020%
32	Xi Yang Alex Full-back	SHANGHAI SIPG	21	45	32
33	Xu Bin Defensive midfielder	Wolves	22	44	33
34	M. Rots Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	20	44486.7%	8430.1%
35	C. Favasuli Full-back	Napoli	22	44109.1%	7316.7%
36	C. Hughes Centre-back	Hull City	22	43145.5%	7211.9%
37	M. Duah Centre-back	San Diego	21	43305.7%	466.7%
38	A. Hajdari Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	23	42	81
39	T. Johnson Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	21	4245%	497.2%
40	M. Zanotti Defensive midfielder	FC Lugano	23	41	48
41	M. Ayhan Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	19	41	69
42	C. Lukeba Centre-back	RB Leipzig	23	4114.6%	804%
43	Khaled Mohamed Awad Full-back	Pyramids FC	23	40	39
44	L. Bombino Full-back	San Diego	20	408.6%	4310.3%
45	Cuiabano Full-back	Vasco DA Gama	23	4036.9%	666.7%
46	A. Hiim Full-back	Sarpsborg 08 FF	23	40645.3%	4630.5%
47	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	39319.1%	7637.4%
48	I. Galván Full-back	Atletico Tucuman	23	39556.7%	5214.4%
49	M. Cissé Full-back	Aston Villa	21	39	50
50	Juan Moran Full-back	Godoy Cruz	20	39273.3%	437.1%