Most Valuable U21 defenders by Market Value in Bundesliga 25/26

The most valuable U21 defenders in Bundesliga in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Belocian of Bayer Leverkusen is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 86.3, and K. Kosugi has been the form player this season, grading 54.2, and M. Rots leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. Kosugi has improved his Season rating most, up +40.1 on last season, while M. Rots's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +19.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Belocian of Bayer Leverkusen is the most valuable name in this group at 46.4.

1899 Hoffenheim · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

K. Kosugi+40.1SsN

Eintracht Frankfurt · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. Belocian Centre-back	Bayer Leverkusen	21	46.4	1717100%	8627.5%
2	A. Koné Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	43.8	543735.7%	655.7%
3	M. Rots Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	20	42.6	44486.7%	8430.1%
4	A. Zehnter Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	21	41.8	874.3%	723.8%
5	Finn Jeltsch Centre-back	VfB Stuttgart	20	40.6	268.8%	7622.7%
6	T. Rothe Full-back	Union Berlin	21	40.4	1371.4%	7211.8%
7	Abdoul Karim Coulibaly Centre-back	Werder Bremen	19	39	22	80
8	E. Bitshiabu Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	38.9	1162.5%	724.7%
9	F. Chiarodia Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	21	37.6	17122.1%	684.1%
10	S. Kumbedi Full-back	VfL Wolfsburg	21	37.5	16±0%	77±0%
11	I. Ogbus Centre-back	SC Freiburg	20	37.5	152416.7%	7410.5%
12	F. Mané Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	21	37.3	584%	6994.6%
13	Noahkai Kai Daniel Banks Centre-back	FC Augsburg	19	37.2	21198.6%	7815.8%
14	K. Schopp Centre-back	FSV Mainz 05	20	35.6	9	65
15	K. Kosugi Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	35.3	54284.4%	4217.5%
16	Jahmai Simpson-Pusey Full-back	1. FC Köln	20	35	92833.3%	697.9%
17	M. Angely Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	19	33.3	65.5%	6841%
18	A. Tape Full-back	Bayer Leverkusen	19	33.1	4236.4%	69±0%
19	Julian Andreas Pauli Centre-back	1. FC Köln	21	33	2632.3%	611.6%
20	Elias Baum Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	32.9	099.5%	6514.3%
21	K. Steinmann Centre-back	SC Freiburg	20	32.8	0	65
22	Adam Kölle Centre-back	1. FC Heidenheim	20	32.7	0	64
23	Jan Bürger Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	19	32.7	1	63
24	K. Potulski Centre-back	FSV Mainz 05	18	32.3	12	72
25	Elias Benkara Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	19	32.1	0	67
26	L. Reggiani Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	17	31.8	15	76
27	Mats Heitmann Centre-back	Werder Bremen	20	31.2	0	61
28	Andrik Markgraf Centre-back	Union Berlin	19	30.4	0	64
29	S. Nandja Centre-back	Hamburger SV	19	30.1	0	63
30	Otávio Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	29.9	19	59
31	Cassiano Kiala Centre-back	Bayern München	17	28.6	0	68
32	C. Neumann Centre-back	1. FC Köln	18	28.5	1	64
33	Mick Schmetgens Centre-back	Werder Bremen	18	28.2	1	63
34	D. S. Furst Centre-back	1. FC Köln	18	28.2	0	63
35	T. Buchmann Centre-back	Bayern München	21	27.6	1	51
36	Kauã Prates Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	18	26.7	0100%	607.2%
37	Kouakou Joane Gadou Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	19	24.9	23	52
38	F. Pavic Centre-back	Bayern München	15	24.6	0	69
39	L. Lemke Centre-back	Hamburger SV	16	24.6	0	63
40	Maximilian Hennig Full-back	Bayern München	19	23.7	31538.8%	5026.9%
41	Sean Dulic Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	21	21.6	1332.3%	402.2%
42	Oluwaseun God Power Osaro Ogbemudia Full-back	Union Berlin	20	20	8	39
43	J. Agyekum Centre-back	Hamburger SV	21	19.7	4	3731.7%
44	J. Leszczyński Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	19	16.2	6	34