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

Harvey Araujo of Burton Albion is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 34.5, and Jayden Joseph leads the scoring with 1 goal.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Harvey Araujo has improved his Season rating most, up +14.4 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Harvey Araujo of Burton Albion is the most valuable name in this group at 9.6.

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	Player	Team
1	Harvey Araujo Centre-back	Burton Albion	21	9.6	2638.2%	353.6%
2	G. Otegbayo Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	21	8.8	13±0%	63±0%
3	Finley Munroe Centre-back	Blackpool	21	8.7	099.5%	5867.6%
4	Guilherme Leal Siqueira Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	21	8.7	2	56
5	Cole McGhee Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	20	8.6	3	56
6	F. Delap Centre-back	Burton Albion	21	8.6	4±0%	40±0%
7	S. Gale Centre-back	Barnsley	21	8.4	2910.4%	34±0%
8	D. Lipsiuc Centre-back	Notts County	21	8.4	2	42
9	Reece Johnson Full-back	Sheffield Wednesday	20	8.3	3	55
10	Mackenzie Maltby Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	21	8.1	0	53
11	T. Anderson Centre-back	Mansfield Town	21	8.1	0	391.3%
12	L. Browne Centre-back	Notts County	20	8.1	0	30
13	Ernie Weaver Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	19	8	3±0%	55±0%
14	Jonathan Bland Centre-back	Barnsley	20	8	24±0%	48±0%
15	Jayden Joseph Centre-back	Leicester	20	7.9	2825.1%	65102.2%
16	B. McCann Full-back	Peterborough	20	7.9	0100%	384.7%
17	Christy Grogan Centre-back	Stockport County	20	7.8	0	41
18	C. Waller Centre-back	Milton Keynes Dons	21	7.8	1	29
19	Callum Perry Centre-back	Cambridge United	20	7.8	0	29
20	C. Headman Centre-back	Bromley	20	7.8	8±0%	30±0%
21	S. German Centre-back	Bromley	21	7.7	0	29
22	Emeka Adeile Full-back	Burton Albion	19	7.7	4±0%	5816.5%
23	James Dornelly Centre-back	Peterborough	21	7.7	16±0%	45±0%
24	I. Samuels-Smith Centre-back	Notts County	20	7.6	510.6%	62±0%
25	A. Ahmed Full-back	Reading	19	7.6	42050%	422.7%
26	P. Chinedu Centre-back	Leyton Orient	19	7.6	096.6%	3822.8%
27	C. Tripp Centre-back	Milton Keynes Dons	20	7.5	2	315.9%
28	Archie Harris Centre-back	Wigan	21	7.5	1	38
29	J. Johnson Full-back	Luton	20	7.5	16±0%	46±0%
30	J. Emery Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	19	7.4	1	54
31	C. Chigozie Centre-back	Luton	19	7.4	1	42
32	Nathaniel Mapengu Centre-back	Stockport County	19	7.4	0	42
33	Makai Welch Centre-back	Leyton Orient	20	7.3	1	38
34	S. Boniface Centre-back	Leyton Orient	20	7.3	0	38
35	G. Nevett Centre-back	Peterborough	20	7.3	10±0%	43±0%
36	Lucca Mendonça Centre-back	Peterborough	18	7.3	3	41
37	Sam Parker Full-back	Wycombe	20	7.2	410.9%	59±0%
38	Calum Hudson Centre-back	Barnsley	19	7.2	0	40
39	B. Benagr Centre-back	Luton	19	7.2	1	40
40	C. Llyton Centre-back	Wigan	20	7.1	4±0%	41±0%
41	K'Marni Miller Full-back	Wigan	20	7.1	0	392.8%
42	J. Taroni Centre-back	Burton Albion	19	7.1	050%	390.5%
43	F. Taylor Centre-back	Bromley	19	7	0	29
44	Keon Lewis-Burgess Centre-back	Milton Keynes Dons	19	7	1	29
45	C. McFarlane Centre-back	Leicester	19	6.9	097.9%	391%
46	O. Aluko Full-back	Leicester	19	6.9	0±0%	55±0%
47	Kasper Williams Centre-back	Doncaster	19	6.8	0	39
48	E. Bates Centre-back	Stevenage	19	6.8	0	41
49	E. Osho Full-back	Reading	19	6.7	0	403.2%
50	P. Duah Centre-back	Reading	19	6.7	0	40