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

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

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At a glance

L. Yoro of Manchester United is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 86.9, and M. Cissé has been the form player this season, grading 39.3, and K. Takai leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Meghoma has improved his Season rating most, up +22 on last season, while Tyler Bindon's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +18.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Hato of Chelsea is the most valuable name in this group at 89.

Nottingham Forest · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Meghoma+22SsN

Brentford · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. Hato Centre-back	Chelsea	20	89	20±0%	80±0%
2	Vitor Nunes Centre-back	Manchester City	20	87.5	3520.3%	8519.8%
3	Joshua Kofi Acheampong Full-back	Chelsea	20	87.4	9±0%	79±0%
4	L. Yoro Centre-back	Manchester United	20	84.8	2338.5%	8710.4%
5	A. Anselmino Centre-back	Chelsea	21	82.7	2027.4%	7438.1%
6	A. Ouattara Centre-back	Ipswich	20	81.6	22±0%	77±0%
7	Abdulay Bah Centre-back	Manchester City	20	79.5	28314.7%	7810.8%
8	Tyler Bindon Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	21	79.4	2423.5%	6837.5%
9	L. Vušković Centre-back	Brighton	19	78.6	304.2%	873%
10	Brodi Hughes Centre-back	Chelsea	21	77.9	1	71
11	R. Lewis Full-back	Manchester City	21	77	9±0%	81±0%
12	J. Jacquet Full-back	Liverpool	21	75.9	275%	837.6%
13	L. Hall Full-back	Newcastle	21	75.8	30±0%	85±0%
14	C. Tasker Centre-back	Brighton	20	75.8	2	72
15	M. Sarr Centre-back	Chelsea	20	74.6	198.8%	6422.9%
16	Jair Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	21	74.1	34117.9%	650.8%
17	Adam Aznou Ben Cheikh Centre-back	Everton	20	74	0	69
18	J. Soler Centre-back	Bournemouth	21	73.7	099.6%	7120.9%
19	Veljko Milosavljević Centre-back	Bournemouth	19	72.6	5	76
20	Kim Ji-Soo Centre-back	Brentford	21	72.1	19	6015.9%
21	W. Omoruyi Centre-back	Liverpool	20	71.7	0	72
22	Z. Abbott Full-back	Nottingham Forest	20	71.7	1	69
23	Jaden Dixon Centre-back	Arsenal	19	71.1	1	75
24	O. Shield Centre-back	Brentford	19	70.6	0	71
25	Souza Full-back	Tottenham	20	70.2	0	69
26	J. Canvot Centre-back	Crystal Palace	20	69.9	1546%	780.8%
27	K. Nedeljković Full-back	Aston Villa	20	69.7	463.3%	701.5%
28	A. Gray Centre-back	Tottenham	20	69.5	25±0%	85±0%
29	A. Heaven Centre-back	Manchester United	19	68.8	11±0%	82±0%
30	James Rowswell Centre-back	Tottenham	20	68.2	0	67
31	A. Nallo Centre-back	Liverpool	19	68.1	1	73
32	L. Shahar Centre-back	Newcastle	19	67.6	0	70
33	S. Amissah Centre-back	Fulham	19	67.2	0	70
34	A. Zouhar Centre-back	Arsenal	18	67.1	0	75
35	Joshua Feeney Centre-back	Aston Villa	21	66.8	2427.4%	519.1%
36	J. Jones Centre-back	Sunderland	19	66.8	0	72
37	R. Munro Centre-back	Manchester United	19	65.7	0	74
38	K. Takai Centre-back	Tottenham	21	63.5	2582.7%	5910.7%
39	M. Cissé Full-back	Aston Villa	21	63.2	39	50
40	J. Byfield Centre-back	Tottenham	18	61.6	0	69
41	C. Wiley Full-back	Chelsea	21	60.9	189.7%	5631.7%
42	J. Lienou Centre-back	Leeds	17	60.3	0	70
43	S. Mfuni Full-back	Manchester City	18	56.5	6	61
44	J. Meghoma Full-back	Brentford	20	56.2	30285.7%	5511.3%
45	T. Patterson Centre-back	Aston Villa	20	56.1	6113.8%	5488.4%
46	Harvey Araujo Centre-back	Fulham	21	51.8	26120%	359.5%
47	Jannik Schuster Centre-back	Brentford	20	51.6	20	46
48	Kyle James McAdam Full-back	Nottingham Forest	21	48.1	10	45
49	L. De Fougerolles Centre-back	Fulham	20	47.5	25	44
50	B. Fredrick Centre-back	Brentford	21	47.4	13	41