Top-Scoring U23 defenders

The top-scoring U23 defenders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Belocian of Bayer Leverkusen is the standout for raw talent across U23 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 86.3, and F. Sjøvold has been the form player this season, grading 77.5, and Š. Chaloupek leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: I. Vådebu has improved his Season rating most, up +49.7 on last season, while R. Jansson's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +50.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Livramento of Newcastle is the most valuable name in this group at 106.3.

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T. Livramento106.3val

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	Player	Team
1	Š. Chaloupek Full-back	Slavia Praha	23	9	30	2
2	A. Warneryd Full-back	Tromso	21	5	50118.9%	5062.7%
3	F. Ademi Full-back	Alemannia Aachen	20	5	9±0%	44±0%
4	Neil Pierre Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	18	4	0±0%	4113.5%
5	L. Fila Winger	Ružomberok	22	4	16	33
6	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	4	39319.1%	7637.4%
7	V. Roman Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	23	4	774.8%	3711.9%
8	Mohamed Soumah Centre-back	Sirius	23	4	38124.4%	411.7%
9	P. Petrović Centre-back	Sturm Graz	21	4	36	45
10	Sekou Fofana Full-back	Auxerre	23	3	1213.9%	4515.5%
11	F. Terracciano Centre-back	AC Milan	23	3	51±0%	801.2%
12	B. Okoh Centre-back	Auxerre	23	3	20	69
13	T. Gooijer Full-back	Ajax	22	3	19±0%	698.2%
14	J. Ordoñez Centre-back	Club Brugge KV	22	3	3314.8%	590.5%
15	R. Jansson Full-back	FC St. Pauli	22	3	17281.8%	81208.3%
16	L. Audoor Full-back	Club Brugge II	22	3	1167.8%	4016.2%
17	V. Lässig Centre-back	Hoffenheim II	23	3	13	40
18	Lewis Shipley Centre-back	Barrow	22	3	11127.7%	317%
19	Lukas Larsen Full-back	Brondby	20	3	23	60
20	F. Sjøvold Full-back	Bodo/Glimt	23	3	7860.5%	522.2%
21	M. Gjone Full-back	Ham-Kam	20	3	26	49
22	A. Troelsen Centre-back	IF Brommapojkarna	23	3	9	39
23	S. Mayo Attacking midfielder	Internacional de Bogota	23	3	15	26
24	T. Khumalo Centre-back	Golden Arrows	0	3	1	1
25	Abdel Karim Shehata Centre-back	Ismaily SC	23	3	14	36
26	J. Schöller Full-back	Rapid Vienna	20	3	17	44
27	B. Babos Full-back	Zalaegerszegi TE	22	3	5	31
28	A. Traoré Defensive midfielder	Baník Ostrava	22	3	18	2
29	V. Đurđević Full-back	FK Partizan	22	3	25	40
30	B. Ndiaye Centre-back	Pharco	21	3	29	38
31	Ibrahim Abdel Hakeem Centre-back	Haras El Hodood	23	3	29	38
32	L. Lurvink Full-back	Sigma Olomouc	23	3	11	2
33	I. Diakite Centre-back	Ashdod	22	3	12	43
34	Ahmed Ibrahim Salman Winger	Bnei Sakhnin	22	3	18	43
35	F. Wilfinger Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	23	3	48	48
36	B. Freimann Centre-back	FC Luzern	20	3	37	47
37	P. Dithejane Full-back	Chicago Fire	22	2	1719.9%	3960.8%
38	N. Đeković Centre-back	Napredak	23	2	6	36
39	J. Hadjam Full-back	Brighton	23	2	14526.1%	4330.1%
40	T. Avilés Centre-back	O'Higgins	22	2	1212.9%	434.7%
41	R. Roberts Centre-back	San Jose Earthquakes	22	2	39360.7%	4930.9%
42	K. Franklin Full-back	Toronto FC	23	2	21138.6%	4417.8%
43	Raphael Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	22	2	3	39
44	C. Ferreira Full-back	Atletico Tucuman	23	2	55206.1%	5313.9%
45	D. Tarzia Full-back	Vitoria	23	2	25425%	6639.6%
46	K. Takai Centre-back	Tottenham	22	2	2582.7%	5910.7%
47	Fellipe Jack Centre-back	Cremonese	20	2	89.3%	7530.7%
48	A. Bozzolan Full-back	Palermo	22	2	23	59
49	Kauã Moraes Full-back	Cruzeiro	20	2	5±0%	6912.5%
50	Matia Barzic Gutiérrez Centre-back	Elche	22	2	2026.6%	669.8%