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

Z. Athekame of Lyon is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders in Ligue 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 82.2, and Y. Gomis has been the form player this season, grading 23.7.

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 43.9.

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	Player	Team
1	Z. Athekame Full-back	Lyon	21	43.9	15±0%	823.1%
2	N. Sangui Full-back	Paris FC	20	41.5	2286.6%	763.7%
3	I. Ganiou Centre-back	Lens	21	38	42±0%	84±0%
4	J. Kalulu Full-back	Angers	21	37.4	39±0%	67±0%
5	M. Nagida Full-back	Rennes	21	36.7	18±0%	71±0%
6	C. Tapé Full-back	Toulouse	20	36.6	8	74
7	N. Äelik Centre-back	Lens	20	36.4	13	72
8	Gonçalo Oliveira Centre-back	Rennes	20	35.9	11	7063.5%
9	T. Siwe Full-back	Auxerre	21	35.1	6	64
10	S. Sagnan Centre-back	Lens	21	34.8	0	65
11	A. Ouzenadji Full-back	Estac Troyes	19	34.3	8±0%	60±0%
12	R. Le Guen Centre-back	Stade Brestois 29	20	34.2	8±0%	661.1%
13	R. Mandengue Full-back	Auxerre	20	33.9	0	31
14	C. Mawissa Elebi Centre-back	Monaco	21	33.8	19±0%	73±0%
15	A. Ait Boudlal Centre-back	Rennes	20	33.8	27±0%	78±0%
16	G. Antwi Full-back	Strasbourg	19	33.7	10	72
17	D. Odogu Centre-back	Toulouse	20	33.2	0100%	672.1%
18	Izhak Hammoudi Full-back	Le Mans	21	33.1	3	54
19	L. Zogbe Full-back	Stade Brestois 29	21	33.1	5±0%	65±0%
20	K. Antonio Centre-back	Lens	18	33	6±0%	74±0%
21	N. Boissé Centre-back	Le Mans	20	32.7	29±0%	60±0%
22	J. Bourgault Centre-back	Stade Brestois 29	21	32.5	098.1%	6214.6%
23	Stephan Zagadou Centre-back	Le Havre	18	32.5	7	68
24	F. Efuele Ngoyala Centre-back	Toulouse	21	32.3	0	62
25	G. Bakhouche Centre-back	Toulouse	21	32.3	0	62
26	X. Mandza Tsiendi Full-back	Nice	17	32	15	78
27	K. Bezahaf Full-back	Marseille	20	32	1	65
28	Isiaka Soukouna Centre-back	Rennes	20	31.8	0	64
29	Steeve Kango Full-back	Lyon	19	31.8	1	66
30	L. Høgsberg Centre-back	Strasbourg	20	31.6	256.3%	77±0%
31	D. Lucea Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	19	31.4	2	67
32	N. Kamara Centre-back	Lyon	19	31.3	0100%	663.5%
33	Hilan Hamzaoui Slimani Centre-back	Marseille	20	31.3	0	65
34	S. Koumbassa Centre-back	Toulouse	19	31.2	5±0%	71±0%
35	T. Akpakoun Centre-back	Estac Troyes	21	31.1	0	52
36	M. Goffi Centre-back	Lille	18	31	0±0%	67±0%
37	T. Garondo Centre-back	Toulouse	20	30.9	0	63
38	G. Bakhouche Piernas Centre-back	Toulouse	20	30.9	0	63
39	M. Ndiaye Centre-back	Le Havre	21	30.9	0	49
40	I. Cossier Centre-back	Lille	19	30.7	379.2%	63±0%
41	H. Koutoune Full-back	Nice	20	30.6	0100%	6113.8%
42	M. Youssouf Centre-back	Nice	20	30.5	0	60
43	Y. Koré Centre-back	Paris FC	21	30.4	579.8%	549.7%
44	Y. Titi Full-back	Estac Troyes	20	30.1	19±0%	66±0%
45	Abdoul Karim Coulibaly Centre-back	Strasbourg	19	30.1	22±0%	803%
46	Izhak Hammoudi Full-back	Le Mans	20	30.1	0	53
47	Amadou Cissé Centre-back	Le Mans	20	29.9	0	53
48	K. Bezahaf Centre-back	Marseille	19	29.7	0	65
49	A. Petit Dol Centre-back	Auxerre	19	29.2	0	61
50	Marius Louër Centre-back	Angers	19	29	11±0%	67±0%