Most Valuable U21 defenders by Market Value in League One 26/27

The most valuable U21 defenders in League One in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

A. Kay of Barnsley is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 47.7, and F. Delap leads the scoring with 3 goals.

By our market-value index, F. Delap of Burton Albion is the most valuable name in this group at 9.3.

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	Player	Team
1	F. Delap Centre-back	Burton Albion	21	9.3	4±0%	40±0%
2	G. Otegbayo Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	21	9.2	13±0%	63±0%
3	Callum Perry Full-back	Cambridge United	21	9.1	0	29
4	Finley Munroe Full-back	Blackpool	21	8.7	099.5%	5867.6%
5	K. Casey Centre-back	Stevenage	21	8.7	8	43
6	Guilherme Leal Siqueira Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	21	8.7	2	56
7	Cole McGhee Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	20	8.6	3	56
8	Cathal Heffernan Centre-back	Cambridge United	21	8.6	10±0%	30±0%
9	James Dornelly Full-back	Peterborough	21	8.4	16±0%	45±0%
10	Jayden Joseph Full-back	Leicester	20	8.3	2825.1%	65102.2%
11	Reece Johnson Full-back	Sheffield Wednesday	20	8.3	3	55
12	P. Chinedu Centre-back	Leyton Orient	20	8.3	096.6%	3822.8%
13	A. Ahmed Full-back	Reading	19	8.2	42050%	422.7%
14	Harvey Araujo Centre-back	Burton Albion	21	8.1	2638.2%	353.6%
15	Joshua Feeney Centre-back	Peterborough	21	8.1	2424.7%	5111.8%
16	Mackenzie Maltby Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	21	8.1	0	53
17	D. Lipsiuc Full-back	Notts County	21	8.1	8	41
18	L. Browne Centre-back	Notts County	21	8	0	30
19	A. Kay Full-back	Barnsley	18	8	15	48
20	B. McCann Full-back	Peterborough	20	7.9	0100%	384.7%
21	S. Curtis Centre-back	Cambridge United	20	7.8	2225.4%	330.6%
22	Christy Grogan Centre-back	Stockport County	20	7.8	0	41
23	Jonathan Bland Centre-back	Barnsley	20	7.8	24±0%	48±0%
24	Ernie Weaver Full-back	Sheffield Wednesday	20	7.8	3±0%	55±0%
25	Sam Parker Full-back	Wycombe	20	7.7	410.9%	59±0%
26	Emeka Adeile Full-back	Burton Albion	19	7.7	4±0%	5816.5%
27	Archie Harris Centre-back	Wigan	21	7.7	1	38
28	C. Waller Centre-back	Milton Keynes Dons	21	7.6	1	29
29	S. German Centre-back	Bromley	21	7.6	0	29
30	S. Boniface Centre-back	Leyton Orient	20	7.6	0	38
31	E. Osho Full-back	Reading	20	7.6	0	403.2%
32	T. Anderson Centre-back	Mansfield Town	21	7.6	0	391.3%
33	C. McFarlane Full-back	Leicester	19	7.5	622.9%	427.5%
34	C. Headman Centre-back	Bromley	20	7.5	8±0%	30±0%
35	J. Johnson Full-back	Luton	20	7.5	16±0%	46±0%
36	J. Emery Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	19	7.4	1	54
37	O. Aluko Full-back	Leicester	19	7.4	0±0%	55±0%
38	C. Tripp Centre-back	Milton Keynes Dons	20	7.3	2	315.9%
39	Nathaniel Mapengu Centre-back	Stockport County	19	7.3	0	42
40	I. Samuels-Smith Full-back	Notts County	20	7.2	510.6%	62±0%
41	F. Taylor Centre-back	Bromley	20	7.2	0	29
42	J. Taroni Centre-back	Burton Albion	19	7.2	050%	390.5%
43	P. Duah Centre-back	Reading	19	7.2	0	40
44	C. Llyton Centre-back	Wigan	20	7.1	4±0%	41±0%
45	B. Benagr Centre-back	Luton	19	7.1	1	40
46	K'Marni Miller Full-back	Wigan	20	7.1	0	392.8%
47	I. Kangasniemi Centre-back	Leicester	19	7	0	39
48	E. Bates Centre-back	Stevenage	19	7	0	41
49	C. Chigozie Centre-back	Luton	19	7	1	42
50	F. Simmonds Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	18	6.9	0	41