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 3 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 70.7.

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	70.7	5±0%	76±0%
2	A. Zouhar Centre-back	Arsenal	18	67.1	0	75
3	J. Byfield Centre-back	Tottenham	18	61.6	0	69
4	J. Lienou Centre-back	Leeds	17	60.3	0	70
5	J. Martinez Centre-back	Real Madrid	18	59.6	0	72
6	J. Onstein Centre-back	Barcelona	18	58.4	9535.7%	428.9%
7	S. Mfuni Full-back	Manchester City	18	56.5	6	61
8	M. Llorente Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	17	54.8	0	71
9	Jorge Dominguez Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	16	51	1	71
10	H. Ahanor Centre-back	Atalanta	18	41.9	27568.3%	7814.4%
11	Nacho Pérez Centre-back	Levante	17	35.4	1±0%	67±0%
12	C. De Roa Centre-back	Real Betis	18	34.6	0	71
13	IfeanyiIfeanyi Ndukwe Centre-back	Liverpool	18	34.1	0	38
14	S. Fernandez Centre-back	Deportivo La Coruna	18	34.1	0	57
15	K. Antonio Full-back	Lens	18	33.2	627.1%	749.7%
16	K. Potulski Centre-back	FSV Mainz 05	18	32.3	12	72
17	Stephan Zagadou Centre-back	Le Havre	17	32	7	68
18	C. Garofalo Centre-back	Napoli	18	32	0	69
19	L. Reggiani Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	17	31.8	15	76
20	M. Palma Centre-back	Udinese	18	31	191.9%	6713.7%
21	C. De Paoli Centre-back	Como	18	30.8	0	69
22	G. Vezzosi Centre-back	Sassuolo	18	30.5	0	66
23	David Delgado Centre-back	Elche	17	30.4	0	67
24	M. Pellini Centre-back	Torino	18	30.3	0	66
25	Brad-Hamilton Mantsounga Centre-back	Nice	18	30	2	62
26	D. Drobnic Centre-back	Parma	18	30	0	65
27	Klisys Centre-back	Genoa	18	29.7	0	64
28	Mamedi Doucoure Centre-back	Genoa	18	29.7	0	64
29	P. N'Zinga Pambani Centre-back	Marseille	18	29.5	0	66
30	M. Goffi Full-back	Lille	18	29.4	0	67
31	Cassiano Kiala Centre-back	Bayern München	17	28.6	0	68
32	C. Neumann Centre-back	1. FC Köln	18	28.5	1	64
33	Mick Schmetgens Centre-back	Werder Bremen	18	28.2	1	63
34	D. S. Furst Centre-back	1. FC Köln	18	28.2	0	63
35	Junior Ake Centre-back	Rennes	18	28.1	0	66
36	F. O. Onambele Full-back	Estac Troyes	18	27.5	0	54
37	Noah Donkor Centre-back	Estac Troyes	18	27.5	0	54±0%
38	P. Zenga Centre-back	Estac Troyes	18	27.4	0	54
39	E. Legros Centre-back	Auxerre	18	26.8	1	61
40	Kauã Prates Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	18	26.7	0100%	607.2%
41	Sacha Lung Centre-back	Strasbourg	18	26.6	0	65
42	A. Gomes Centre-back	Venezia	17	25.8	7	56
43	Kris Gecaj Centre-back	Genoa	16	25.7	0	64
44	Y. Becker Centre-back	Strasbourg	17	24.8	0	65
45	D. Boly Centre-back	Paris Saint Germain	16	24.7	0	68
46	F. Pavic Centre-back	Bayern München	15	24.6	0	69
47	L. Lemke Centre-back	Hamburger SV	16	24.6	0	63
48	Pedro Gabriel Full-back	Gremio	18	23.3	18	66
49	M. Gernigon Centre-back	Angers	16	23.3	0	63
50	L. Herrington Centre-back	Hull City	18	22.5	36211.1%	51184%