Most Valuable U21 defenders by Market Value in Ligue 2

The most valuable U21 defenders in Ligue 2, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Kalulu of PAU is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders in Ligue 2, with a Field Insider Rating of 67.1, and A. Koné has been the form player this season, grading 48.9, and Y. Koré leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Kalulu has improved his Season rating most, up +23.6 on last season, while Y. Titi's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +21.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Koné of Reims is the most valuable name in this group at 27.5.

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	Player	Team
1	A. Koné Centre-back	Reims	21	27.5	493392.9%	655.7%
2	J. Kalulu Full-back	PAU	21	22.6	39155.3%	6717.3%
3	N. Fernandez-Veliz Full-back	Nancy	21	21	29168.9%	6210.8%
4	S. Bakayoko Centre-back	Amiens	21	21	2648.8%	621.8%
5	Y. Titi Full-back	Estac Troyes	20	20.8	1918.1%	6648.2%
6	I. M'Bahia Centre-back	Clermont Foot	21	20.6	23585.3%	6119.1%
7	K. Pedro Full-back	Saint Etienne	20	20.4	289300%	644.9%
8	I. Coulibaly Full-back	Clermont Foot	20	19.5	14193.9%	6118.1%
9	S. Bocoum Full-back	Estac Troyes	20	19.2	18	60
10	C. Louis Full-back	Amiens	21	19.2	17	57
11	N. Boissé Centre-back	Le Mans	20	19.1	29	60
12	I. Cossier Centre-back	Le Mans	19	18.8	34	63
13	V. Burlet Full-back	Boulogne	20	18.5	17	5869.4%
14	Izhak Hammoudi Full-back	Le Mans	21	18.3	3	54
15	Y. Koré Centre-back	Amiens	21	18.2	581.7%	549.7%
16	Y. Aradj Full-back	Laval	21	18	8	53
17	Amine Chabane Centre-back	Amiens	19	17.9	31272.3%	606.8%
18	J. Matumona Full-back	Guingamp	20	17.8	55000%	5662.7%
19	T. Akpakoun Centre-back	Estac Troyes	21	17.7	0	52
20	Naoufel El Hannach Full-back	Montpellier	19	17.5	22	59
21	J. Mouton Centre-back	Saint Etienne	21	17.5	0	52
22	T. Patterson Centre-back	Annecy	20	17.1	586.2%	5488.4%
23	M. Makhloufi Full-back	Dunkerque	20	16.9	1	53
24	Izhak Hammoudi Full-back	Le Mans	20	16.8	0	53
25	Amadou Cissé Centre-back	Le Mans	20	16.7	0	53
26	E. Sarıkaya Centre-back	Grenoble	20	16.6	4±0%	523%
27	B. Yaméogo Centre-back	Grenoble	21	16.5	0	4912.8%
28	L. Vangi Vungele Centre-back	Rodez	20	16.5	0	52
29	D. Vangi Centre-back	Rodez	20	16.5	0	52
30	S. Awudu Centre-back	Clermont Foot	21	16.4	0	49
31	N. Fondja Centre-back	Guingamp	20	15.9	0	50
32	S. StojkoviÄCentre-back	Saint Etienne	19	15.9	0	53
33	Mattéo Bebey Sake Centre-back	Dunkerque	20	15.9	0	50
34	Lassana Traoré Centre-back	Saint Etienne	19	15.8	0	53
35	F. O. Onambele Full-back	Estac Troyes	18	15.2	0	54
36	Noah Donkor Centre-back	Estac Troyes	18	15.2	0	54
37	Malone Boucard Centre-back	Dunkerque	19	15.2	0	51
38	P. Zenga Centre-back	Estac Troyes	18	15.2	0	54
39	I. Planeix Centre-back	Guingamp	19	15.1	0	50
40	Abdel Medroub Centre-back	Grenoble	19	15	0	50
41	A. Dodote Centre-back	Saint Etienne	18	15	0	53
42	M. Donavin Centre-back	Clermont Foot	19	14.9	0	50
43	N. Talbot Full-back	Amiens	18	14.8	31350%	533.3%
44	I. Mohamed Centre-back	Montpellier	18	14.6	0	52
45	Alfoussen Dramé Centre-back	Amiens	19	14.4	1	48
46	J. Mambuku Centre-back	Reims	17	13.7	0	52
47	Alexandre Ebener Centre-back	Montpellier	0	11.6	0	52
48	David Djédjé Centre-back	Bastia	0	11.1	0	50
49	D. Djedje Centre-back	Bastia	0	11	0	49