Top-Scoring U18 defenders

The top-scoring U18 defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Davinchi of Getafe is the standout for raw talent across U18 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 80.9, and Allan De León has been the form player this season, grading 32.4, and T. Khumalo leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: H. Ahanor has improved his Season rating most, up +24.1 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Stephenson of Brentford is the most valuable name in this group at 64.6.

Atalanta · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

H. Ahanor+24.1SsN

Atalanta · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	T. Khumalo Centre-back	Golden Arrows	0	3	1	2
2	A. Bolat Centre-forward	Adana Demirspor	17	2	10	36
3	Hamdy Marcelo Centre-back	Future FC	0	2	10	35
4	P. Miller Full-back	New England Revolution	18	2	29357.8%	4717.9%
5	M. Palma Full-back	Sampdoria	18	1	227300%	633.8%
6	A. Bouwman Centre-back	Jong Ajax	18	1	469.6%	482.3%
7	M. Verhaeghe Centre-back	RWDM	18	1	9	44
8	A. Mahroug Centre-back	RSC Anderlecht II	18	1	8	43
9	L. Herrington Centre-back	Brisbane Roar	18	1	12	18
10	Wei Xiangxin Full-back	Meizhou Kejia	18	1	2	28
11	A. AvdiÄFull-back	FK Crvena Zvezda	18	1	28	43
12	N. Pola Centre-back	Willem II	0	1	0	50
13	Viggo Plantinga Full-back	Jong Utrecht	17	1	19	56
14	M. van de Wetering Full-back	FC Eindhoven	17	1	11	51
15	L. Reggiani Full-back	Borussia Dortmund	17	1	15	76
16	J. Neto Centre-back	Benfica B	17	1	4	46
17	P. Cretì Centre-back	Grasshoppers	18	1	1	38
18	Sadick Abubakar Centre-back	Radnik Surdulica	0	1	16	40
19	B. Madingwana Centre-back	Chippa United	0	1	3	2
20	A. Bryson Centre-back	FC Eindhoven	0	1	3	52
21	Kayden Coulas Centre-back	Radnicki NIS	0	1	6	37
22	Dusan Pavlovic Centre-back	Radnicki NIS	0	1	2	38
23	G. Cadavi Centre-back	Águilas Doradas	0	1	0	24
24	Peter Antoniou Full-back	Melbourne City	18	1	4	18
25	A. Milanovic Centre-back	IMT Novi Beograd	17	1	6	38
26	Allan De León Centre-back	Novi Pazar	18	1	32	43
27	Ada Ibik Centre-back	Manisa F.K.	17	1	20	39
28	Jayden Onia Seke Full-back	RSC Anderlecht II	17	1	12236.1%	426.4%
29	F. Merién Centre-back	Jong PSV U21	17	1	3130400%	6035.8%
30	Victor Vandenbroucke Centre-back	KAA Gent II	0	1	2	40
31	R. Nijstad Centre-back	Twente	18	1	17	72
32	K. Potulski Full-back	FSV Mainz 05	18	1	12	72
33	Stephan Zagadou Centre-back	Le Havre	17	1	9	70
34	Rafael Pinto Pedrosa Full-back	Karlsruher SC	18	1	12148%	613.8%