Most Valuable U21 defenders by Market Value in Ligue 1 26/27

The most valuable U21 defenders in Ligue 1 in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

N. Sangui of Paris FC is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders in Ligue 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 75.9, and Y. Gomis has been the form player this season, grading 23.7, and Z. Athekame leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Sangui has improved his Season rating most, up +10.3 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Z. Athekame of Lyon is the most valuable name in this group at 42.4.

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	Player	Team
1	Z. Athekame Full-back	Lyon	21	42.4	15±0%	823.1%
2	N. Sangui Full-back	Paris FC	20	41.5	2286.6%	763.7%
3	J. Kalulu Full-back	Angers	21	37	39±0%	67±0%
4	Gonçalo Oliveira Centre-back	Rennes	20	36.1	11	7063.5%
5	T. Siwe Full-back	Auxerre	21	35.6	6	64
6	M. Nagida Full-back	Rennes	21	35.2	18±0%	71±0%
7	I. Ganiou Centre-back	Lens	21	35.1	42±0%	84±0%
8	N. Äelik Centre-back	Lens	20	34.8	13	72
9	A. Ait Boudlal Centre-back	Rennes	20	34.6	27±0%	78±0%
10	Izhak Hammoudi Full-back	Le Mans	21	34.5	3	54
11	C. Tapé Full-back	Toulouse	20	34.5	3	70
12	A. Ouzenadji Full-back	Estac Troyes	19	34.5	8±0%	60±0%
13	C. Mawissa Elebi Centre-back	Monaco	21	34.4	19±0%	73±0%
14	R. Mandengue Full-back	Auxerre	20	34.3	0	31
15	R. Le Guen Centre-back	Stade Brestois 29	20	34	8±0%	661.1%
16	G. Antwi Centre-back	Strasbourg	19	33.8	8	72
17	N. Boissé Centre-back	Le Mans	20	33.4	29±0%	60±0%
18	S. Sagnan Centre-back	Lens	21	33.3	0	65
19	D. Odogu Centre-back	Toulouse	20	33.2	0100%	672.1%
20	L. Zogbe Full-back	Stade Brestois 29	21	32.9	5±0%	65±0%
21	L. Høgsberg Centre-back	Strasbourg	20	32.7	256.3%	77±0%
22	J. Bourgault Centre-back	Stade Brestois 29	21	32.4	098.1%	6214.6%
23	F. Efuele Ngoyala Centre-back	Toulouse	21	32	0	62
24	Isiaka Soukouna Centre-back	Rennes	20	32	0	64
25	G. Bakhouche Centre-back	Toulouse	21	32	0	62
26	Steeve Kango Full-back	Lyon	19	31.6	1	66
27	Izhak Hammoudi Full-back	Le Mans	20	31.5	0	53
28	T. Akpakoun Centre-back	Estac Troyes	21	31.3	0	52
29	Stephan Zagadou Centre-back	Le Havre	17	31.2	7	68
30	Amadou Cissé Centre-back	Le Mans	20	31.2	0	53
31	N. Kamara Centre-back	Lyon	19	31.1	0100%	663.5%
32	X. Mandza Tsiendi Centre-back	Nice	17	31	13	76
33	M. Ndiaye Centre-back	Le Havre	21	30.9	0	49
34	I. Cossier Centre-back	Lille	19	30.7	379.2%	63±0%
35	D. Lucea Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	19	30.7	2	67
36	T. Garondo Centre-back	Toulouse	20	30.5	0	63
37	G. Bakhouche Piernas Centre-back	Toulouse	20	30.5	0	63
38	Y. Koré Centre-back	Paris FC	21	30.4	579.8%	549.7%
39	H. Koutoune Full-back	Nice	20	30.4	0100%	6113.8%
40	K. Antonio Centre-back	Lens	18	30.4	6±0%	74±0%
41	Y. Titi Full-back	Estac Troyes	20	30.3	19±0%	66±0%
42	M. Youssouf Centre-back	Nice	20	30.3	0	60
43	S. Koumbassa Centre-back	Toulouse	19	30.2	5±0%	71±0%
44	Marius Louër Centre-back	Angers	19	30.2	11±0%	67±0%
45	Abdoul Karim Coulibaly Centre-back	Strasbourg	19	30.1	22±0%	803%
46	K. Bezahaf Centre-back	Marseille	20	29.7	0	60
47	Hilan Hamzaoui Slimani Centre-back	Marseille	20	29.7	0	65
48	A. Petit Dol Centre-back	Auxerre	19	29.5	0	61
49	M. Goffi Full-back	Lille	18	29.3	0	67
50	Y. Gomis Full-back	Strasbourg	21	28.9	2420.9%	440.9%