Most Valuable U21 defenders by Market Value

The most valuable U21 defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

W. Zaïre-Emery of Paris Saint Germain is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 93, and Jacobo Ramón Naveros has been the form player this season, grading 68.3, and A. Freeman leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +63.1 on last season, while Tiago Gabriel's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +27.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Hall of Newcastle is the most valuable name in this group at 92.2.

Jacobo Ramón Naveros68.3SsN

Como

Rising potential

Tiago Gabriel+27.7RTG

Lecce · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+63.1SsN

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	Player	Team
1	L. Hall Full-back	Newcastle	21	92.2	3026.5%	859%
2	L. Yoro Centre-back	Manchester United	20	88.6	2338.5%	8710.4%
3	R. Lewis Full-back	Manchester City	21	87.7	969%	818.8%
4	D. Huijsen Full-back	Real Madrid	21	84.9	357.2%	857.8%
5	Pau Navarro Centre-back	Villarreal	21	83.4	32210.7%	848.4%
6	Pau Cubarsí Paredes Centre-back	Barcelona	19	81.7	5134.3%	93±0%
7	J. Hato Centre-back	Chelsea	20	81.1	2069.4%	803.4%
8	Joshua Kofi Acheampong Full-back	Chelsea	20	80.4	9141%	792.3%
9	A. Heaven Full-back	Manchester United	19	78.6	11	8216%
10	M. Lewis-Skelly Full-back	Arsenal	19	78.2	1616.8%	825.6%
11	T. Fredricson Centre-back	Manchester United	21	77.9	0100%	723.1%
12	Jon Martín Centre-back	Real Sociedad	20	77.2	1948.8%	828.6%
13	J. Soler Centre-back	Bournemouth	21	76.8	099.6%	7120.9%
14	Javier Boñar Full-back	Atletico Madrid	21	74	4	75
15	W. Omoruyi Centre-back	Liverpool	20	73.7	0	72
16	O. Scarles Full-back	West Ham	20	73.5	1233%	724.1%
17	Veljko Milosavljević Centre-back	Bournemouth	19	73.2	5	76
18	C. Tasker Centre-back	Brighton	20	73	2	72
19	Jaden Dixon Centre-back	Arsenal	19	71.5	1	75
20	R. Munro Centre-back	Manchester United	19	70.6	0	74
21	Z. Abbott Full-back	Nottingham Forest	20	70.2	1	69
22	Álvaro Cortés Moyano Centre-back	Barcelona	21	70	1	71
23	A. Nallo Centre-back	Liverpool	19	70	1	73
24	Willy Kambwala Ndengushi Centre-back	Villarreal	21	69.3	099%	7010.9%
25	M. Serrano Centre-back	Real Madrid	21	69.1	0	70
26	J. Jones Centre-back	Sunderland	19	69	0	72
27	James Rowswell Centre-back	Tottenham	20	68.6	0	67
28	G. Spina Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	21	68.3	0	69
29	O. Shield Centre-back	Brentford	19	68.3	0	71
30	S. Amissah Centre-back	Fulham	19	67.5	0	70
31	L. Shahar Centre-back	Newcastle	19	67.2	0	70
32	Daniel Budesca Centre-back	Villarreal	20	65.7	0	70
33	J. Valou Centre-back	Villarreal	20	65.5	0	70
34	J. Stephenson Centre-back	Brentford	18	64.6	0	72
35	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	63.4	681213.5%	8711.8%
36	Jofre Torrents Full-back	Barcelona	19	63.2	0	72
37	Diego Aguado Centre-back	Real Madrid	19	62.8	1	71
38	Jesús Fortea Centre-back	Real Madrid	19	62.6	0	71
39	L. Fati Centre-back	Real Madrid	19	62.6	0	71
40	X. Espart Full-back	Barcelona	18	62.5	5	76
41	E. Mayers Centre-back	West Ham	18	62.2	0	69
42	J. Byfield Centre-back	Tottenham	18	61.9	0	69
43	J. Martinez Centre-back	Real Madrid	18	59.3	0	72
44	J. Lienou Centre-back	Leeds	17	58.7	0	70
45	M. Llorente Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	17	54.9	0	71
46	W. Zaïre-Emery Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	52.9	6484.4%	9310.7%
47	N. Mendy Centre-back	Rayo Vallecano	21	48.2	304185.7%	8115.4%
48	Vitor Nunes Centre-back	Girona	20	47.7	3417.9%	8519.8%
49	Tiago Gabriel Centre-back	Lecce	21	46.5	44205.6%	8349.7%
50	D. Bartesaghi Centre-back	AC Milan	20	44.8	452558.8%	8525.3%