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 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 42.9.

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C. Mawissa Elebi42.9val

Monaco

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	Player	Team
1	C. Mawissa Elebi Full-back	Monaco	21	42.9	1963.9%	737.1%
2	N. Sangui Full-back	Paris FC	20	39.6	2286.6%	763.7%
3	N. Äelik Centre-back	Lens	20	37.7	13	72
4	I. Ganiou Centre-back	Lens	21	36.5	42±0%	84±0%
5	L. Zogbe Full-back	Stade Brestois 29	21	36.3	572.9%	657.2%
6	Z. Athekame Full-back	Lyon	21	35.5	15±0%	823.1%
7	Gonçalo Oliveira Centre-back	Rennes	20	35.5	11	7063.5%
8	Izhak Hammoudi Full-back	Le Mans	21	35	3	54
9	S. Sagnan Centre-back	Lens	21	34.9	0	65
10	T. Siwe Full-back	Auxerre	21	34	6	64
11	S. Koumbassa Centre-back	Toulouse	19	33.6	5	71
12	M. Nagida Full-back	Rennes	21	33.5	18±0%	71±0%
13	M. Louãr Full-back	Angers	19	33.5	12	68
14	D. Odogu Centre-back	Toulouse	20	33.2	0100%	672.1%
15	K. Antonio Full-back	Lens	18	33.2	627.1%	749.7%
16	L. Leaudais Centre-back	Lorient	21	33.1	1	63
17	Hilan Hamzaoui Slimani Centre-back	Marseille	20	32.9	0	65
18	A. Ait Boudlal Centre-back	Rennes	20	32.1	27±0%	78±0%
19	N. Boissé Full-back	Le Mans	20	32.1	29±0%	60±0%
20	Stephan Zagadou Centre-back	Le Havre	17	32	7	68
21	T. Akpakoun Centre-back	Estac Troyes	21	32	0	52
22	Y. Titi Full-back	Estac Troyes	20	31.8	19±0%	66±0%
23	Izhak Hammoudi Full-back	Le Mans	20	31.8	0	53
24	R. Le Guen Full-back	Stade Brestois 29	19	31.6	8±0%	66±0%
25	Amadou Cissé Centre-back	Le Mans	20	31.6	0	53
26	F. Efuele Ngoyala Centre-back	Toulouse	21	31.5	0	62
27	G. Bakhouche Centre-back	Toulouse	21	31.5	0	62
28	Isiaka Soukouna Centre-back	Rennes	20	31.4	0	64
29	A. Ouzenadji Full-back	Estac Troyes	19	31.2	8±0%	60±0%
30	Steeve Kango Full-back	Lyon	19	31.2	1	66
31	K. Bezahaf Centre-back	Marseille	19	31.2	0	65
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	C. Tapé Full-back	Toulouse	20	30.7	0	62
35	M. Youssouf Centre-back	Nice	20	30.7	0	60
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	L. Høgsberg Centre-back	Strasbourg	20	30.1	256.3%	77±0%
39	D. Lucea Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	19	30.1	2	67
40	T. Garondo Centre-back	Toulouse	20	30.1	0	63
41	G. Bakhouche Piernas Centre-back	Toulouse	20	30.1	0	63
42	Brad-Hamilton Mantsounga Centre-back	Nice	18	29.9	2	62
43	P. N'Zinga Pambani Centre-back	Marseille	18	29.5	0	66
44	G. Antwi Centre-back	Strasbourg	19	29.4	1	63
45	M. Goffi Full-back	Lille	18	29.4	0	67
46	H. Koutoune Centre-back	Nice	19	29.2	0100%	6112.8%
47	Junior Ake Centre-back	Rennes	18	28.3	0	66
48	A. Petit Dol Centre-back	Auxerre	19	28.2	0	61
49	E. Diamalunda Centre-back	Auxerre	19	28.2	0	61
50	F. O. Onambele Full-back	Estac Troyes	18	27.5	0	54