Most Valuable U21 defenders by Market Value in Bundesliga

The most valuable U21 defenders in Bundesliga, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Cissé of Lask Linz is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 50.1, and J. Schöller leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Maximilian Hennig has improved his Season rating most, up +20.7 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Cissé of Lask Linz is the most valuable name in this group at 9.

Maximilian Hennig+9.1RTG

TSV Hartberg · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Maximilian Hennig+20.7SsN

TSV Hartberg · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	M. Cissé Full-back	Lask Linz	21	9	31	50
2	J. Mitchell Centre-back	Sturm Graz	21	7.7	23	4425%
3	Jannik Schuster Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	20	7.6	15	46
4	D. Kovacevic Defensive midfielder	TSV Hartberg	21	7.5	18	43
5	T. Drexler Full-back	Red Bull Salzburg	21	7.5	930.8%	4327%
6	Maximilian Hennig Full-back	TSV Hartberg	19	7.5	26422.4%	4823.3%
7	L. Pazourek Full-back	TSV Hartberg	21	7.5	24	43
8	L. Vraa-Jensen Full-back	Grazer AK	21	7.3	13	42
9	F. Demir Full-back	Rapid Vienna	21	7.3	8	42
10	J. Schöller Full-back	Rapid Vienna	20	7.2	17	44
11	A. Malic Defensive midfielder	Sturm Graz	20	7.2	17	44
12	Kouakou Joane Gadou Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	19	7.1	19	46
13	Matteo Schablas Full-back	Austria Vienna	21	7.1	5	40
14	D. Radonjic Centre-back	Austria Vienna	20	6.9	13	42
15	E. Michael Full-back	Lask Linz	20	6.5	4	39
16	Amìn-Elias Gröller Centre-back	Rapid Vienna	21	6.5	2	37
17	J. Mellberg Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	20	6.4	1	39
18	K. Schopp Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	20	6.4	8	39
19	A. Ilić Centre-back	Austria Vienna	21	6.4	0	37
20	P. Weissenbacher Full-back	Ried	21	6.2	1	35
21	T. Gruber Centre-back	Wolfsberger AC	21	6.2	1	35
22	A. Balde Centre-back	Lask Linz	20	6.2	0	38
23	A. Drame Full-back	Wolfsberger AC	21	6.1	0	35
24	Matthias Wetschka Centre-back	FC BW Linz	21	6	0	34
25	E. Chukwu Full-back	Wolfsberger AC	19	6	4	38
26	L. Traoré Centre-back	Red Bull Salzburg	19	6	0	38
27	J. Brunnhofer Centre-back	Rapid Vienna	19	5.8	0	37
28	IfeanyiIfeanyi Ndukwe Centre-back	Austria Vienna	18	5.5	0	38
29	E. Roka Centre-back	Rapid Vienna	18	5.5	0	38
30	Austin Uzondu Centre-back	Wolfsberger AC	19	5.5	0	36
31	F. Kunst Centre-back	Grazer AK	19	5.5	0	35
32	Timothy Muller Centre-back	SCR Altach	17	5	0	37