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

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 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	42.6	152416.7%	7410.5%
3	J. Belocian Centre-back	Bayer Leverkusen	21	41.5	17±0%	8620.5%
4	E. Bitshiabu Centre-back	RB Leipzig	21	41.2	1162.5%	724.7%
5	F. Chiarodia Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	21	38.4	17122.1%	684.1%
6	Julian Andreas Pauli Centre-back	1. FC Köln	21	36.2	269.2%	610.5%
7	Elias Baum Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	36.2	0±0%	65±0%
8	L. Reggiani Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	17	35.9	15±0%	76±0%
9	Noahkai Kai Daniel Banks Centre-back	FC Augsburg	19	35.1	21±0%	78±0%
10	F. Mané Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	21	35	5±0%	69±0%
11	J. Maluze Centre-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	21	34.9	4	65
12	T. Rothe Full-back	Union Berlin	21	34.6	13±0%	72±0%
13	Kouakou Joane Gadou Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	19	34.5	2322.6%	5213.8%
14	L. Seifert Centre-back	SV Elversberg	21	34.4	0	53
15	N. Mohr Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	21	33.7	0±0%	53±0%
16	Jahmai Simpson-Pusey Centre-back	1. FC Köln	20	33.6	922.2%	691.9%
17	K. Kosugi Centre-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	33.2	5430%	42±0%
18	Andrik Markgraf Centre-back	Union Berlin	20	32.7	0	64
19	Otávio Centre-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	32.7	199.4%	59±0%
20	Mick Schmetgens Centre-back	Werder Bremen	19	32.4	1±0%	631.1%
21	A. Tape Full-back	Bayer Leverkusen	19	32.3	4236.4%	69±0%
22	Tidiane Toure Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	21	32.3	0	53
23	M. Rots Centre-back	1899 Hoffenheim	20	31.8	445.5%	84±0%
24	Elias Benkara Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	19	31.6	0	67
25	Finn Jeltsch Centre-back	VfB Stuttgart	20	31.2	26±0%	763.1%
26	Mats Heitmann Centre-back	Werder Bremen	20	31.2	0	61
27	M. Ayhan Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	20	31.1	41±0%	693.7%
28	C. Neumann Centre-back	1. FC Köln	18	30.2	1	64
29	Kauã Prates Full-back	Borussia Dortmund	18	29.9	0100%	607.2%
30	S. Nandja Centre-back	Hamburger SV	19	29.9	0	63±0%
31	D. S. Furst Centre-back	1. FC Köln	18	29.7	0	63
32	M. Khadr Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	19	29.3	0	54
33	K. Potulski Full-back	FSV Mainz 05	18	29	12±0%	72±0%
34	Cassiano Kiala Centre-back	Bayern München	17	28.6	0	68
35	T. Buchmann Centre-back	Bayern München	21	27.9	1	51
36	D. Leonard Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	18	27.8	1	55
37	F. Pavic Centre-back	Bayern München	15	24.6	0	69
38	Maximilian Hennig Full-back	Bayern München	19	24.3	31538.8%	5026.9%
39	Sean Dulic Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	21	22.9	1332.3%	402.2%
40	Oluwaseun God Power Osaro Ogbemudia Full-back	Union Berlin	20	21.3	8	39
41	K. Schopp Centre-back	FSV Mainz 05	20	20.7	9	65
42	J. Agyekum Centre-back	Hamburger SV	21	20.1	4	3731.7%
43	J. Leszczyński Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	19	16.5	628.6%	34±0%