Most Valuable U21 defenders by Market Value in 2. Bundesliga

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

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At a glance

M. Ayhan of FC Schalke 04 is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 67.3, and Mika Haas leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Rafael Pinto Pedrosa has improved his Season rating most, up +7.4 on last season, while Lukas Reich's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +13.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Vitalie Becker of FC Schalke 04 is the most valuable name in this group at 22.5.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Rafael Pinto Pedrosa+7.4SsN

Karlsruher SC · 24/25→25/26

Vitalie Becker22.5val

FC Schalke 04

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	Player	Team
1	Vitalie Becker Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	21	22.5	36	66
2	L. Morgalla Centre-back	VfL Bochum	21	22.1	273714.3%	6472.7%
3	Mika Haas Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	20	21.4	272610%	6624.6%
4	M. Ayhan Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	19	21	41	67
5	Julian Andreas Pauli Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	21	20.9	2421.2%	612.1%
6	Kim Ji-Soo Centre-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	21	20.5	17	6015.9%
7	P. Klemens Full-back	Hertha BSC	21	19.2	578.2%	5611.3%
8	Hendry Aron Blank Centre-back	Hannover 96	21	18.9	64.9%	5534.7%
9	Tidiane Toure Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	21	18.2	0	53
10	L. Seifert Centre-back	SV Elversberg	21	18.1	0	53
11	N. Mohr Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	21	18	0	53
12	Grayson Dettoni Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	21	18	1	52
13	K. Yalcin Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	21	18	0	52
14	Anton Bäuerle Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	21	18	0	52
15	F. Roslyng Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	21	17.9	4	52
16	Janne Berner Centre-back	Hertha BSC	21	17.7	1	52
17	T. Hoffmann Centre-back	Hertha BSC	21	17.6	0100%	5126.1%
18	T. Buchmann Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	21	17.6	1	51
19	P. Scholl Full-back	Karlsruher SC	19	17.6	8	58
20	K. Koscierski Full-back	VfL Bochum	19	17.4	3	577.3%
21	Daniel Hülsenbusch Centre-back	VfL Bochum	21	17.3	0	51
22	Rafael Pinto Pedrosa Full-back	Karlsruher SC	18	17.3	12148%	613.8%
23	Niclas Duhring Marc Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	21	17.2	0	50
24	Tim Arnold Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	20	17	0	52
25	Leon Parduzi Full-back	Holstein Kiel	19	16.9	0	55
26	Lukas Reich Full-back	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	19	16.9	104.8%	5531.4%
27	C. Meister Centre-back	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	21	16.6	0	48
28	M. Khadr Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	19	16.5	0	54
29	Paul Scholl Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	20	16.4	0	51
30	E. Porstner Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	19	16.1	0	531.7%
31	M. Pfister Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	19	16.1	0	53
32	Justin Lukas Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	20	16.1	0	5039.2%
33	D. Leonard Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	18	15.7	1	55
34	Boris Manuzah Lum Centre-back	Hertha BSC	18	15.2	2300%	533.1%
35	Raul Eliano Marita Full-back	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	19	15.1	0	50
36	Owono Darnell Keumo Full-back	VfL Bochum	18	15	0	52
37	K. Mandic Centre-back	1. FC Nürnberg	18	15	0	52
38	Ben Eze Centre-back	Fortuna Düsseldorf	19	15	0	49
39	N. Varelmann Centre-back	Preußen Münster	18	14.1	0	49
40	Semih Sarli Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	0	11.6	0	51
41	M. Scharlau Centre-back	Preußen Münster	0	11.2	0	49