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

Abdoul Karim Coulibaly of Strasbourg is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders in Ligue 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 79.6, and Y. Gomis has been the form player this season, grading 23.7, and Y. Koré 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, C. Mawissa Elebi of Monaco is the most valuable name in this group at 44.

Best talent

Abdoul Karim Coulibaly79.6RTG

Paris FC · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

N. Sangui+10.3SsN

Paris FC · 24/25→25/26

C. Mawissa Elebi44val

Monaco

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	Player	Team
1	C. Mawissa Elebi Full-back	Monaco	21	44	19±0%	73±0%
2	N. Sangui Full-back	Paris FC	20	41.7	2286.6%	763.7%
3	Abdoul Karim Coulibaly Centre-back	Strasbourg	19	39	22±0%	803%
4	Z. Athekame Full-back	Lyon	21	38.8	15±0%	823.1%
5	N. Äelik Centre-back	Lens	20	36.6	13	72
6	Gonçalo Oliveira Centre-back	Rennes	20	36.1	11	7063.5%
7	I. Ganiou Centre-back	Lens	21	36.1	42±0%	84±0%
8	L. Zogbe Full-back	Stade Brestois 29	21	35.2	5±0%	65±0%
9	S. Sagnan Centre-back	Lens	21	34.5	0	65
10	M. Nagida Full-back	Rennes	21	34.2	18±0%	71±0%
11	T. Siwe Full-back	Auxerre	21	33.8	6	64
12	Izhak Hammoudi Full-back	Le Mans	21	33.7	3	54
13	A. Ouzenadji Full-back	Estac Troyes	19	33.4	8±0%	60±0%
14	T. Akpakoun Centre-back	Estac Troyes	21	33.4	0	52
15	A. Ait Boudlal Centre-back	Rennes	20	33.3	27±0%	78±0%
16	J. Mitchell Centre-back	Strasbourg	21	33.2	23±0%	44±0%
17	D. Odogu Centre-back	Toulouse	20	33.2	0100%	672.1%
18	L. Høgsberg Centre-back	Strasbourg	20	32.3	256.3%	77±0%
19	C. Tapé Full-back	Toulouse	20	32.3	2	65
20	L. Leaudais Centre-back	Lorient	21	32.2	1	63
21	Y. Titi Full-back	Estac Troyes	20	32.2	19±0%	66±0%
22	K. Antonio Full-back	Lens	18	32.2	6±0%	74±0%
23	R. Le Guen Centre-back	Stade Brestois 29	20	32.1	8±0%	661.1%
24	Isiaka Soukouna Centre-back	Rennes	20	32	0	64
25	Stephan Zagadou Centre-back	Le Havre	17	31.8	7	68
26	N. Boissé Centre-back	Le Mans	20	31.7	29±0%	60±0%
27	G. Antwi Centre-back	Strasbourg	19	31.5	1	68
28	Hilan Hamzaoui Slimani Centre-back	Marseille	20	31.5	0	65
29	F. Efuele Ngoyala Centre-back	Toulouse	21	31.3	0	62
30	G. Bakhouche Centre-back	Toulouse	21	31.3	0	62
31	Steeve Kango Full-back	Lyon	19	31.2	1	66
32	I. Cossier Centre-back	Lille	19	30.9	379.2%	63±0%
33	N. Kamara Centre-back	Lyon	19	30.7	0100%	663.5%
34	Izhak Hammoudi Full-back	Le Mans	20	30.7	0	53
35	Amadou Cissé Centre-back	Le Mans	20	30.5	0	53
36	Y. Aradj Full-back	Toulouse	21	30.4	9	53
37	Y. Koré Centre-back	Paris FC	21	30.4	579.8%	549.7%
38	H. Koutoune Full-back	Nice	20	30.1	0100%	6113.8%
39	T. Garondo Centre-back	Toulouse	20	29.9	0	63
40	G. Bakhouche Piernas Centre-back	Toulouse	20	29.9	0	63
41	K. Bezahaf Centre-back	Marseille	19	29.9	0	65
42	Marius Louër Centre-back	Angers	19	29.8	11±0%	67±0%
43	M. Youssouf Centre-back	Nice	20	29.8	0	60
44	D. Lucea Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	19	29.5	2	67
45	M. Goffi Full-back	Lille	18	29.4	0	67
46	X. Mandza Tsiendi Full-back	Nice	17	29	11	71
47	Brad-Hamilton Mantsounga Centre-back	Nice	18	28.9	2±0%	62±0%
48	Noah Donkor Full-back	Estac Troyes	18	28.9	0	54±0%
49	Junior Ake Centre-back	Rennes	18	28.8	0	66
50	F. O. Onambele Full-back	Estac Troyes	18	28.7	0	54