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

Abdulay Bah of FC Augsburg is the standout for raw talent across U21 defenders in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 77.9, and A. Koné has been the form player this season, grading 53.7, and A. Zehnter leads the scoring with 2 goals.

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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Bayern München · 24/25→25/26

42 players · ranked by highest valueCustomise →

	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	A. Zehnter Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	21	41.8	874.3%	723.8%
4	Abdulay Bah Centre-back	FC Augsburg	20	39.6	28314.7%	7810.8%
5	F. Chiarodia Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	21	37.9	17122.1%	684.1%
6	S. Kumbedi Full-back	VfL Wolfsburg	21	37.9	16±0%	77±0%
7	J. Maluze Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	21	37.5	7	70
8	Kouakou Joane Gadou Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	19	37.1	2322.6%	5213.8%
9	T. Rothe Full-back	Union Berlin	21	36.6	13±0%	72±0%
10	Elias Baum Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	36.1	0±0%	65±0%
11	M. Angely Full-back	VfL Wolfsburg	19	36	65.5%	6841%
12	F. Mané Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	21	36	5±0%	69±0%
13	Noahkai Kai Daniel Banks Centre-back	FC Augsburg	19	35.9	21±0%	78±0%
14	Adam Kölle Centre-back	1. FC Heidenheim	20	35.6	0	64
15	Finn Jeltsch Full-back	VfB Stuttgart	20	35.4	26±0%	763.1%
16	Berkay Yilmaz Full-back	SC Freiburg	21	35.2	519.2%	71±0%
17	K. Kosugi Centre-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	34.7	5430%	42±0%
18	K. Potulski Full-back	FSV Mainz 05	18	34.4	12±0%	72±0%
19	Jahmai Simpson-Pusey Full-back	1. FC Köln	20	34.1	922.2%	691.9%
20	Tidiane Toure Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	21	33.5	0	53
21	N. Mohr Centre-back	SC Paderborn 07	21	33.3	0±0%	53±0%
22	M. Rots Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	20	32.9	445.5%	84±0%
23	Mats Heitmann Centre-back	Werder Bremen	20	32.6	0	61
24	Otávio Centre-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	32.3	199.4%	59±0%
25	M. Ayhan Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	20	32.2	41±0%	693.7%
26	Mick Schmetgens Centre-back	Werder Bremen	19	31.8	1±0%	631.1%
27	Andrik Markgraf Centre-back	Union Berlin	20	30.8	0	64
28	Kauã Prates Full-back	Borussia Dortmund	18	30.7	0100%	607.2%
29	M. Khadr Centre-back	FC Schalke 04	19	30.4	0	54
30	S. Nandja Centre-back	Hamburger SV	19	30.2	0	63±0%
31	J. Leszczyński Centre-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	19	29.7	628.6%	34±0%
32	C. Neumann Centre-back	1. FC Köln	18	29	1	64
33	L. Reggiani Centre-back	Borussia Dortmund	17	28.7	15±0%	76±0%
34	D. S. Furst Centre-back	1. FC Köln	18	28.4	0	63
35	Cassiano Kiala Centre-back	Bayern München	17	28.4	0	68
36	T. Buchmann Centre-back	Bayern München	21	27.9	1	51
37	F. Pavic Centre-back	Bayern München	15	24.4	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	K. Schopp Centre-back	FSV Mainz 05	20	20.7	9	65
41	J. Agyekum Centre-back	Hamburger SV	21	20.1	4	3731.7%
42	R. Nakuzola Centre-back	FSV Mainz 05	0	8.8	0	29