Most Valuable U18 defenders by Market Value

The most valuable U18 defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

H. Ahanor of Atalanta is the standout for raw talent across U18 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 78, and L. Herrington has been the form player this season, grading 36.4, and Neil Pierre leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: H. Ahanor has improved his Season rating most, up +23.3 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, X. Espart of Barcelona is the most valuable name in this group at 71.1.

Atalanta · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

H. Ahanor+23.3SsN

Atalanta · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	X. Espart Full-back	Barcelona	18	71.1	5±0%	76±0%
2	K. Braithwaite Centre-back	Manchester City	18	67.5	0	75
3	A. Zouhar Centre-back	Arsenal	18	67.1	0	75
4	J. Byfield Centre-back	Tottenham	18	60.8	0	69
5	J. Lienou Centre-back	Leeds	17	60.6	0	70
6	J. Martinez Centre-back	Real Madrid	18	59.3	0	72
7	J. Onstein Centre-back	Barcelona	18	58.7	9535.7%	428.9%
8	S. Mfuni Full-back	Manchester City	18	56.5	6	61
9	M. Llorente Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	17	55.3	0	71
10	Jorge Dominguez Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	16	51.6	1	72
11	H. Ahanor Centre-back	Atalanta	18	42.1	27±0%	78±0%
12	Nacho Pérez Centre-back	Levante	17	37.1	1±0%	67±0%
13	L. Reggiani Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	17	35.9	15±0%	76±0%
14	C. De Roa Centre-back	Real Betis	18	34.6	0	71
15	S. Fernandez Centre-back	Deportivo La Coruna	18	34.5	0	57
16	K. Antonio Full-back	Lens	18	32.2	6±0%	74±0%
17	Stephan Zagadou Centre-back	Le Havre	17	31.8	7	68
18	M. Palma Centre-back	Udinese	18	31.6	191.9%	6713.7%
19	C. De Paoli Centre-back	Como	18	31.2	0	69
20	C. Garofalo Centre-back	Napoli	18	30.8	0	69
21	G. Vezzosi Centre-back	Sassuolo	18	30.7	0	66
22	C. Neumann Centre-back	1. FC Köln	18	30.2	1	64
23	David Delgado Centre-back	Elche	17	30.2	0	67
24	D. Drobnic Centre-back	Parma	18	30.2	0	65
25	M. Pellini Centre-back	Torino	18	30.2	0	66
26	Kauã Prates Full-back	Borussia Dortmund	18	29.9	0100%	607.2%
27	Mamedi Doucoure Centre-back	Genoa	18	29.9	0	64
28	Klisys Centre-back	Genoa	18	29.8	0	64
29	D. S. Furst Centre-back	1. FC Köln	18	29.7	0	63
30	M. Goffi Full-back	Lille	18	29.4	0	67
31	X. Mandza Tsiendi Full-back	Nice	17	29	11	71
32	K. Potulski Full-back	FSV Mainz 05	18	29	12±0%	72±0%
33	Brad-Hamilton Mantsounga Centre-back	Nice	18	28.9	2±0%	62±0%
34	Noah Donkor Full-back	Estac Troyes	18	28.9	0	54±0%
35	Junior Ake Centre-back	Rennes	18	28.8	0	66
36	F. O. Onambele Full-back	Estac Troyes	18	28.7	0	54
37	Cassiano Kiala Centre-back	Bayern München	17	28.6	0	68
38	P. Zenga Centre-back	Estac Troyes	18	28.6	0	54
39	P. N'Zinga Pambani Centre-back	Marseille	18	28.3	0	66
40	Sacha Lung Centre-back	Strasbourg	18	27.9	0	65
41	D. Leonard Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	18	27.8	1	55
42	E. Legros Centre-back	Auxerre	18	27	2	62
43	Y. Becker Centre-back	Strasbourg	17	26.1	0	65
44	A. Gomes Centre-back	Venezia	17	25.8	7	56
45	Kris Gecaj Centre-back	Genoa	16	25.8	0	64
46	F. Pavic Centre-back	Bayern München	15	24.6	0	69
47	M. Gernigon Centre-back	Angers	16	24.4	0	63
48	D. Boly Centre-back	Paris Saint Germain	16	24.1	0	68
49	Pedro Gabriel Full-back	Gremio	18	23.3	18	66
50	R. Nijstad Centre-back	Twente	18	23	16±0%	71±0%