Top-Scoring U21 defenders

The top-scoring U21 defenders, 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, with a Field Insider Rating of 86.3, and A. Koné has been the form player this season, grading 53.7, and A. Warneryd leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Warneryd has improved his Season rating most, up +36.5 on last season, while A. Caicedo's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +19.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Pau Navarro of Villarreal is the most valuable name in this group at 86.3.

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	Player	Team
1	A. Warneryd Full-back	Tromso	21	5	50118.9%	5062.7%
2	F. Ademi Full-back	Alemannia Aachen	20	5	9±0%	44±0%
3	Neil Pierre Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	18	4	0±0%	4113.5%
4	P. Petrović Centre-back	Sturm Graz	21	4	36	45
5	Lukas Larsen Full-back	Brondby	20	3	23	60
6	M. Gjone Full-back	Ham-Kam	20	3	26	49
7	T. Khumalo Centre-back	Golden Arrows	0	3	1	1
8	J. Schöller Full-back	Rapid Vienna	20	3	17	44
9	B. Ndiaye Centre-back	Pharco	21	3	29	38
10	B. Freimann Centre-back	FC Luzern	20	3	37	47
11	Fellipe Jack Centre-back	Cremonese	20	2	89.3%	7530.7%
12	Kauã Moraes Full-back	Cruzeiro	20	2	5±0%	6912.5%
13	T. Mykhavko Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	21	2	683.2%	4011.4%
14	S. Esposito Centre-back	Lecce	21	2	47	21
15	M. Cissé Full-back	Aston Villa	21	2	39	50
16	S. Curtis Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	20	2	2225.4%	330.6%
17	A. Zehnter Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	21	2	874.3%	723.8%
18	D. Valkanis Centre-back	Brisbane Roar	20	2	25	20
19	E. Agnikoi Centre-back	Marumo Gallants	20	2	5	2
20	Héctor Fort Full-back	Barcelona	20	2	6±0%	794.7%
21	M. Mariani Full-back	FC OSS	21	2	11	517.8%
22	M. Wörner Full-back	SSV Jahn Regensburg	21	2	4	4319.6%
23	Y. Koré Centre-back	Paris FC	21	2	579.8%	549.7%
24	Y. Hor Full-back	Waldhof Mannheim	20	2	9	42
25	A. Maidana Centre-back	Talleres Cordoba	21	2	22	54
26	M. Walker Centre-back	FC Nordsjaelland	19	2	4±0%	38±0%
27	J. Kongolo Centre-back	Genk	20	2	14±0%	520.8%
28	Leopold Wurm Full-back	SSV Jahn Regensburg	20	2	2021.7%	4328.5%
29	L. Pazourek Full-back	TSV Hartberg	21	2	24	43
30	Sergi Domínguez Centre-back	Dinamo Zagreb	21	2	491046.5%	4244.1%
31	L. Stancu Full-back	FCSB	21	2	10	36
32	A. Bolat Centre-forward	Adana Demirspor	17	2	10	36
33	T. Palacios Winger	America de Cali	20	2	7	26
34	A. Ivanov Central midfielder	Spartak Varna	21	2	18	32
35	M. Pető Central midfielder	Paks	21	2	11	32
36	D. Lawlor Full-back	Cardiff	20	2	292300%	507.6%
37	José Sampaio Centre-back	Vizela	21	2	6	46
38	Kieran Morgan Full-back	QPR	20	2	120.9%	653.6%
39	P. Kikianis Centre-back	Adelaide United	21	2	23	22
40	F. Krušelj Full-back	NK Slaven Belupo	21	2	22	39
41	L. Herrington Centre-back	Hull City	19	1	36211.1%	51184%
42	Wei Xiangxin Full-back	Auxerre	18	1	3	29
43	A. Victory Centre-back	FC Basel 1893	20	1	8	36
44	E. Gyotoku Centre-back	Nagoya Grampus	21	1	8	26
45	Jannik Schuster Centre-back	Brentford	20	1	2027.5%	46±0%
46	N. Verschuren Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	21	1	29±0%	69±0%
47	H. Ogunneye Full-back	Manchester United	20	1	8	29
48	Favour Okeke Full-back	Waldhof Mannheim	21	1	10	33
49	Jayden Joseph Centre-back	Leicester	20	1	2825.1%	65102.2%
50	Finley Munroe Centre-back	Blackpool	21	1	099.5%	5867.6%