Most Valuable U21 defenders by Market Value in League One

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

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At a glance

R. Kpakio of Cardiff is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 51.2, and D. Lawlor has been the form player this season, grading 28.8, and James Dornelly leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Johnson has improved his Season rating most, up +12.8 on last season, while James Dornelly's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +1.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, D. Lawlor of Cardiff is the most valuable name in this group at 9.5.

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	Player	Team
1	D. Lawlor Full-back	Cardiff	20	9.5	292300%	507.6%
2	Joshua Feeney Centre-back	Huddersfield	21	9.2	192.1%	462.3%
3	James Dornelly Centre-back	Peterborough	21	9.1	16127.9%	452.5%
4	R. Kpakio Full-back	Cardiff	19	9.1	242109.1%	5112.2%
5	J. Johnson Full-back	Luton	20	8.7	16365.7%	4620.5%
6	C. Scanlon Centre-back	Cardiff	21	8.5	4±0%	4232.4%
7	Marvin Marvellous Kaleta Full-back	Rotherham	21	8.5	635.4%	427.9%
8	Kyle James McAdam Full-back	Northampton	21	8.4	8	42
9	O. Gallagher Centre-back	Lincoln	21	8.3	2	41
10	K. Casey Centre-back	Leyton Orient	21	8.2	7	4141.2%
11	H. Douglas Centre-back	Rotherham	21	8.2	5	41
12	L. Agbaire Centre-back	Rotherham	21	8.1	9	40
13	G. Nevett Centre-back	Peterborough	20	8.1	1055.6%	431.7%
14	F. Delap Centre-back	Burton Albion	21	8	4	40
15	E. James Centre-back	Exeter City	21	7.9	3250%	391.8%
16	T. Anderson Centre-back	Mansfield Town	21	7.9	0	391.3%
17	Christy Grogan Centre-back	Stockport County	20	7.8	0	41
18	Michael-John Kamson-Kamara Centre-back	Lincoln	20	7.8	0	41
19	C. Llyton Full-back	Wigan	20	7.7	4	41
20	Isaac Mabaya Centre-back	Wigan	21	7.7	0	38
21	Brodi Hughes Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	21	7.7	0	38
22	J. Robinson Centre-back	Wigan	21	7.7	0	38
23	S. Inwood Centre-back	Bolton	20	7.7	0	40
24	Jack Kingdon Centre-back	Cardiff	19	7.6	2	43
25	Omari Mrisho Centre-back	Huddersfield	20	7.6	1	40
26	L. Sousa Full-back	Rotherham	21	7.5	187.7%	3716.4%
27	Liam Oakes Full-back	Exeter City	19	7.4	10	425.6%
28	B. McCann Centre-back	Doncaster	20	7.4	0	39
29	Charlie Parks Centre-back	Lincoln	19	7.4	0	42
30	G. Goodman Centre-back	Bradford	19	7.3	0	41
31	C. Chigozie Centre-back	Luton	19	7.3	1	41
32	E. Bates Centre-back	Stevenage	19	7.3	0	41
33	K'Marni Miller Centre-back	Wigan	20	7.3	0	39
34	Makai Welch Centre-back	Leyton Orient	20	7.2	1	38
35	J. Smith-Sway Centre-back	Huddersfield	19	7.2	0	41
36	E. Osho Full-back	Reading	19	7.1	0	403.2%
37	A. Ahmed Full-back	Reading	18	7.1	42050%	422.7%
38	Ben Lomax Centre-back	Port Vale	20	7.1	1	38
39	P. Duah Centre-back	Reading	19	7.1	0	40
40	Kasper Williams Centre-back	Doncaster	19	7	0	39
41	J. Tomlinson Centre-back	Northampton	20	7	0	37
42	Nathaniel Mapengu Centre-back	Stockport County	18	7	0	42
43	J. Taroni Centre-back	Burton Albion	19	6.9	050%	390.5%
44	P. Chinedu Full-back	Leyton Orient	19	6.8	0	38
45	Lucca Mendonça Centre-back	Peterborough	18	6.8	3	41
46	Matthew Ireland Centre-back	Northampton	19	6.7	0	37
47	Junior Nkeng Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	18	6.6	0	39
48	Noah Williams Centre-back	Cardiff	17	6.5	0	42
49	Harrison Duncan Centre-back	Rotherham	18	6.4	0	38
50	A. Debono Centre-back	Cardiff	0	5.7	1	42