Most valuable U18 defenders

The most valuable U18 defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

Davinchi of Getafe is the standout for raw talent across U18 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 80.9, and Allan De León has been the form player this season, grading 32.4, and C. Pavey leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: H. Ahanor has improved his Season rating most, up +24.1 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Routh of Aston Villa U21 is the most valuable name in this group at 145.1.

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#	Player	Team	Age	val	Season	Rating
1	L. Routh Centre-back	Aston Villa U21	18	145.1	10	97
2	C. Pavey Centre-back	Sweden U17	18	143.1	0	95
3	G. King Centre-back	Crystal Palace U21	18	126.9	13	85
4	V. Vladimirov Centre-back	Bulgaria U17	18	121.5	0	81
5	I. Salhi Centre-back	Mallorca	18	120.2	9	80
6	W. Valenza Centre-back	Norway U17	18	111.6	0	74
7	Davinchi Full-back	Getafe	18	111.6	23	81
8	C. De Paoli Centre-back	Udinese	18	107.1	0	71
9	Deiro Ochoa Centre-back	Envigado	18	107.1	0	71
10	A. Velilla Centre-back	Albacete	18	107.1	0	71
11	X. Espart Full-back	Barcelona	18	104.2	5	76
12	E. Mayers Centre-back	West Ham	18	103.7	0	69
13	J. Byfield Centre-back	Tottenham	18	103.2	0	69
14	H. Ahanor Full-back	Atalanta	18	101.3	28587.8%	7915.1%
15	Buba Sangaré Full-back	Elche	18	98.3	8460%	7126.7%
16	T. Tati Centre-back	Nantes	18	95.7	27	79
17	M. Llorente Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	17	91.6	0	71
18	K. Antonio Full-back	Lens	18	91.2	987.5%	7510.8%
19	L. Orejuela Full-back	Mallorca	18	91.2	0	66
20	J. Olaizola Centre-back	Mallorca	18	90.9	0	66
21	K. Potulski Full-back	FSV Mainz 05	18	89.8	12	72
22	L. Reggiani Full-back	Borussia Dortmund	17	88.4	15	76
23	A. Tape Full-back	Bayer Leverkusen	18	87.1	5336.4%	701.7%
24	Nacho Pérez Centre-back	Levante	17	86.7	1	67
25	D. Ofli Centre-back	Bayern München	18	85	0	68
26	W. L. Ouedraogo Full-back	Genoa	18	83.3	2	65
27	M. Goffi Full-back	Lille	18	81.4	0	67
28	Cassiano Kiala Centre-back	Bayern München	17	79.4	0	68
29	Stephan Zagadou Centre-back	Le Havre	17	79.3	9	70
30	C. Neumann Centre-back	1. FC Köln	18	79.2	1	64
31	Mick Schmetgens Centre-back	Werder Bremen	18	78.3	1	63
32	Brad-Hamilton Mantsounga Centre-back	Nice	18	75.5	2	62
33	M. Calatayud Full-back	Mallorca	0	72.6	1	66
34	R. Nijstad Centre-back	Twente	18	68.7	17	72
35	L. Lemke Centre-back	Hamburger SV	16	68.4	0	63
36	Cauê Nascimento Santos Full-back	RB Bragantino	18	63	1	64
37	Vitão Centre-back	Atlético Mineiro U17	18	62.8	0	63
38	Kauã Prates Full-back	Cruzeiro	17	59.3	10	64
39	Marquinhos Centre-back	Botafogo	18	58.6	0	59
40	L. Martes Full-back	Sparta Rotterdam	17	57.8	19	65
41	S. Mfuni Full-back	Watford	18	57.5	6	60
42	D. Bernabeu Full-back	Albacete	18	53.3	5	60
43	M. Palma Full-back	Sampdoria	18	52.2	227300%	633.8%
44	P. Fidel Cedillo Segura Centre-back	Almeria	18	51.2	1	58
45	S. Fernandez Centre-back	Deportivo La Coruna	18	50.8	0	57
46	Juan José Flores Castro Centre-back	Granada CF	18	50.3	4	57
47	Dani Albuera Centre-back	Cordoba	18	48.8	0	55
48	Rafael Pinto Pedrosa Full-back	Karlsruher SC	18	48.2	12148%	613.8%
49	Alejandro Galdeano Centre-back	Valladolid	18	47.2	0	53
50	A. Gomes Centre-back	Zaragoza	17	46.3	7	56