Most improved U23 defenders

The most improved U23 defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

W. Zaïre-Emery of Paris Saint Germain is the standout for raw talent across U23 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 94.3, and Jacobo Ramón Naveros has been the form player this season, grading 76.4, 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 +71.2 on last season, while T. Hansemon's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +66.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Hansemon of Gefle IF is the most valuable name in this group at 184.4.

Best talent

W. Zaïre-Emery94.3RTG

Paris Saint Germain

In form

Jacobo Ramón Naveros76.4SsN

Como

Rising potential

T. Hansemon+66.8RTG

Gefle IF · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+71.2SsN

50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →

#	Player	Team	Age	ΔSsN	Season	Rating
1	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	+71.2 24/25→25/26	761369.2%	8914.7%
2	Alberto Baio Full-back	FC Porto	22	+54.3 24/25→25/26	71321.3%	7117.4%
3	Kaiki Full-back	Cruzeiro	23	+49.6 24/25→25/26	74207.5%	8023.3%
4	G. Scalvini Full-back	Atalanta	22	+48.2 24/25→25/26	53964%	8418.5%
5	A. Circati Full-back	Parma	22	+47.6 24/25→25/26	521133.3%	8425.4%
6	Álex Valle Full-back	Como	22	+43.8 24/25→25/26	54429.4%	8516.7%
7	O. Camara Centre-back	Angers	23	+43.3 24/25→25/26	471082.5%	7924.5%
8	F. Terracciano Full-back	Cremonese	23	+42.4 24/25→25/26	50530%	8115%
9	E. Báez Full-back	San Lorenzo	21	+39.3 24/25→25/26	67141.9%	5817%
10	Lee Tae-Seok Defensive midfielder	Austria Vienna	23	+39.2 24/25→25/26	47490%	4910.8%
11	J. Schingtienne Full-back	Venezia	23	+38.8 24/25→25/26	52300.8%	701.9%
12	M. Kayode Full-back	Brentford	22	+38.5 24/25→25/26	45566.2%	9320.3%
13	S. Dahl Full-back	Benfica	23	+37.5 24/25→25/26	60165.2%	6984.5%
14	L. Rivero Centre-back	Central Cordoba de Santiago	22	+37.4 24/25→25/26	44613.1%	5520.5%
15	M. Perković Full-back	Cracovia Krakow	23	+37.2 24/25→25/26	411033.3%	397.8%
16	G. Calvani Centre-back	Frosinone	22	+36.9 24/25→25/26	50277.4%	7024.3%
17	Flávio Nazinho Central midfielder	Cercle Brugge	22	+35.9 24/25→25/26	53207.5%	617.3%
18	Danilo Veiga Full-back	Lecce	23	+35.6 24/25→25/26	51225.3%	8035.8%
19	M. Elimbi Gilbert Centre-back	GIL Vicente	23	+34.9 24/25→25/26	40646.3%	6522.6%
20	Z. Smajlović Centre-back	Sandefjord	22	+34.9 24/25→25/26	40634.5%	4771%
21	M. Tønnessen Full-back	KFUM Oslo	22	+34.4 24/25→25/26	42464.9%	4419%
22	Marco Pellegrino Centre-back	Huracan	23	+34.3 24/25→25/26	49230.2%	508.2%
23	M. Rots Full-back	Twente	20	+34.2 24/25→25/26	42456%	8430.1%
24	A. Dedić Full-back	Benfica	23	+33.2 24/25→25/26	38772.1%	668.3%
25	W. Zaïre-Emery Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	+33 24/25→25/26	6894.3%	9412.3%
26	H. Falchener Centre-back	Viking	23	+32.7 24/25→25/26	361127.6%	5135.4%
27	Zak Norton Sturge Full-back	Millwall	22	+32.5 24/25→25/26	36855.3%	7016.9%
28	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	+32.5 24/25→25/26	42345.7%	7739.1%
29	M. Hokke Full-back	ADO Den Haag	22	+32.4 24/25→25/26	37790.2%	5920.8%
30	J. Ekomié Full-back	Angers	22	+31.9 24/25→25/26	44270.3%	7815.2%
31	G. Bracaglia Full-back	Frosinone	22	+30.9 24/25→25/26	45225.5%	7018%
32	Wesley Full-back	AS Roma	22	+30.8 24/25→25/26	7177.4%	9123%
33	R. Lipinski Centre-back	Rodez	23	+30.8 24/25→25/26	36603.9%	6835.3%
34	J. Jacquet Centre-back	Rennes	21	+30.2 24/25→25/26	43235.9%	8647.9%
35	S. Swinkels Centre-back	Chesterfield	22	+30.1 24/25→25/26	38376.3%	3812.4%
36	Tiago Gabriel Centre-back	Lecce	21	+29.4 24/25→25/26	44205.6%	8450.8%
37	M. Mendoza Centre-back	Godoy Cruz	21	+29.3 24/25→25/26	48160.1%	569%
38	K. Kosugi Full-back	Djurgardens IF	20	+29.1 24/25→25/26	43206.4%	4218.6%
39	J. Lawrence Centre-back	WSG Wattens	23	+28.6 23/24→25/26	35440%	4710.6%
40	I. Zabarnyi Centre-back	Paris Saint Germain	23	+28.3 24/25→25/26	6871.3%	849.8%
41	Noah Markmann Full-back	FC Nordsjaelland	19	+28 24/25→25/26	32636.4%	4522%
42	T. Pouilly Centre-back	PAU	23	+27.9 24/25→25/26	32754.1%	643.2%
43	N. Ngoy Centre-back	Lille	23	+27.8 24/25→25/26	53111.6%	8358.7%
44	E. Bayram Centre-back	KVC Westerlo	23	+27.1 24/25→25/26	49123.2%	629.4%
45	E. Tchato Full-back	Montpellier	23	+26.9 24/25→25/26	44157.3%	667.7%
46	C. Hughes Full-back	Hull City	22	+26.5 24/25→25/26	44150.6%	7312.8%
47	A. Obert Full-back	Cagliari	23	+26.5 24/25→25/26	43159.6%	8115.1%
48	C. Favasuli Defensive midfielder	Catanzaro	22	+26.5 24/25→25/26	47127.4%	7216.4%
49	Ü. Akdağ Full-back	Alanyaspor	22	+26.4 24/25→25/26	39216.4%	5223.6%
50	A. Ait Boudlal Centre-back	Rennes	20	+26.3 24/25→25/26	37257.8%	8240.1%