Most Valuable U21 defenders by Market Value in Bundesliga 26/27

The most valuable U21 defenders in Bundesliga in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

I. Ogbus of SC Freiburg is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 73.8, and A. Koné has been the form player this season, grading 53.7.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Maximilian Hennig has improved his Season rating most, up +26.4 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Koné of RB Leipzig is the most valuable name in this group at 53.2.

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	Player	Team
1	A. Koné Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	53.2	543735.7%	655.7%
2	I. Ogbus Centre-back	SC Freiburg	20	42.4	152416.7%	7410.5%
3	Elias Baum Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	21	39.2	0±0%	65±0%
4	T. Rothe Full-back	Union Berlin	21	38.4	13±0%	72±0%
5	Kouakou Joane Gadou Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	19	38	2322.6%	5213.8%
6	Finn Jeltsch Full-back	VfB Stuttgart	20	37.4	26±0%	763.1%
7	J. Maluze Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	21	37.3	7	69
8	K. Potulski Centre-back	FSV Mainz 05	19	36.5	12±0%	72±0%
9	K. Kosugi Centre-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	35.9	5430%	42±0%
10	F. Mané Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	21	35.8	5±0%	69±0%
11	Jahmai Simpson-Pusey Centre-back	1. FC Köln	20	35.6	922.2%	691.9%
12	Berkay Yilmaz Full-back	SC Freiburg	21	35.2	519.2%	71±0%
13	L. Seifert Centre-back	SV Elversberg	21	34.6	0	53
14	Noahkai Kai Daniel Banks Centre-back	FC Augsburg	19	34.6	21±0%	78±0%
15	Abdulay Bah Centre-back	FC Augsburg	20	33.1	284.8%	785.1%
16	M. Rots Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	20	32.9	445.5%	84±0%
17	Tidiane Toure Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	21	32.6	0	53
18	Mats Heitmann Centre-back	Werder Bremen	20	32.6	0	61
19	N. Mohr Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	21	32.5	0±0%	53±0%
20	F. Chiarodia Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	21	32.1	17±0%	68±0%
21	Otávio Centre-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	32.1	199.4%	59±0%
22	Mick Schmetgens Centre-back	Werder Bremen	19	31.9	1±0%	631.1%
23	S. Nandja Centre-back	Hamburger SV	19	31.6	0	63±0%
24	M. Ayhan Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	20	31.4	41±0%	693.7%
25	Andrik Markgraf Centre-back	Union Berlin	20	30.8	0	64
26	Kauã Prates Full-back	Borussia Dortmund	18	30.5	0100%	607.2%
27	J. Leszczyński Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	19	30.3	628.6%	34±0%
28	M. Khadr Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	19	29.6	0	54
29	C. Neumann Centre-back	1. FC Köln	18	29.1	1	64
30	Cassiano Kiala Centre-back	Bayern München	17	28.6	0	68
31	D. S. Furst Centre-back	1. FC Köln	18	28.6	0	63
32	L. Reggiani Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	17	28.5	15±0%	76±0%
33	T. Buchmann Centre-back	Bayern München	21	27.9	1	51
34	Maximilian Hennig Full-back	Bayern München	20	24.9	31538.8%	5026.9%
35	F. Pavic Centre-back	Bayern München	15	24.6	0	69
36	Sean Dulic Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	21	22.9	1322.4%	40±0%
37	K. Schopp Centre-back	FSV Mainz 05	20	20.7	9	65
38	J. Agyekum Centre-back	Hamburger SV	21	20.1	4	3731.7%
39	R. Nakuzola Centre-back	FSV Mainz 05	0	8.8	0	30