Top-Scoring U23 defenders

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

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At a glance

Pau Cubarsí Paredes of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U23 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 95.3, 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 A. Faye's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +53.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Gusto of Chelsea is the most valuable name in this group at 109.6.

Best talent

Pau Cubarsí Paredes95.3RTG

Celta Vigo · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Š. Chaloupek Full-back	Slavia Praha	23	9	30	2
2	Wesley Full-back	AS Roma	22	5	7166.5%	915.1%
3	A. Warneryd Full-back	Tromso	21	5	50118.9%	5062.7%
4	F. Ademi Full-back	Alemannia Aachen	20	5	9830%	4418.9%
5	Chan Shinichi Full-back	Shanghai Shenhua	23	4	28	37
6	M. Rots Full-back	1899 Hoffenheim	20	4	44486.7%	8430.1%
7	M. Freckleton Centre-back	Lask Linz	23	4	38107.7%	5050.8%
8	K. Koulierakis Centre-back	AS Roma	22	4	201%	780.6%
9	N. Brown Full-back	Bayern München	23	4	3810.4%	88±0%
10	L. Fila Winger	Ružomberok	22	4	16	33
11	C. Piper Centre-forward	Wellington Phoenix	23	4	26	20
12	P. Petrović Centre-back	Sturm Graz	21	4	36	45
13	V. Roman Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	23	4	774.8%	3711.9%
14	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	4	39319.1%	7637.4%
15	J. Quansah Centre-back	Bayer Leverkusen	23	4	29147.8%	825.7%
16	Mohamed Soumah Centre-back	Sirius	23	4	38124.4%	411.7%
17	Sekou Fofana Full-back	Auxerre	23	3	1213.9%	4515.5%
18	G. Guarino Full-back	Samsunspor	22	3	26110.4%	668.8%
19	F. Terracciano Centre-back	AC Milan	23	3	51532.5%	8014.7%
20	Neil Pierre Centre-back	Philadelphia Union	18	3	0±0%	4113.5%
21	B. Okoh Centre-back	Auxerre	23	3	20	69
22	T. Gooijer Full-back	Ajax	21	3	194725%	6921.7%
23	Lewis Shipley Centre-back	Barrow	22	3	11127.7%	317%
24	Lukas Larsen Full-back	Brondby	20	3	23	60
25	J. Ordoñez Centre-back	Club Brugge KV	22	3	3314.8%	590.5%
26	Yarek Gasiorowski Full-back	PSV Eindhoven	21	3	28±0%	76±0%
27	R. Jansson Full-back	FC St. Pauli	22	3	17281.8%	81208.3%
28	L. Audoor Full-back	Club Brugge II	22	3	1167.8%	4016.2%
29	S. Mayo Attacking midfielder	Internacional de Bogota	23	3	15	26
30	T. Khumalo Centre-back	Golden Arrows	0	3	1	1
31	Abdel Karim Shehata Centre-back	Ismaily SC	23	3	14	36
32	J. Schöller Full-back	Rapid Vienna	20	3	17	44
33	A. Popovic Centre-back	Sydney	23	3	24458.1%	1956.7%
34	B. Babos Full-back	Zalaegerszegi TE	22	3	5	31
35	A. Traoré Defensive midfielder	Baník Ostrava	22	3	18	2
36	V. Đurđević Full-back	FK Partizan	22	3	25	40
37	B. Ndiaye Centre-back	Pharco	21	3	29	38
38	Ibrahim Abdel Hakeem Centre-back	Haras El Hodood	23	3	29	38
39	L. Lurvink Full-back	Sigma Olomouc	23	3	11	2
40	V. Lässig Centre-back	Hoffenheim II	23	3	13	40
41	J. Snowdon Full-back	Swindon Town	22	3	16	35
42	R. Kofler Centre-back	Cagliari	21	3	3474.5%	644%
43	A. Oliveri Full-back	Atalanta	23	3	6±0%	53±0%
44	L. Querfeld Centre-back	Union Berlin	22	3	3860.9%	817.3%
45	F. Sjøvold Full-back	Bodo/Glimt	23	3	7860.5%	522.2%
46	M. Gjone Full-back	Ham-Kam	20	3	26	49
47	A. Troelsen Centre-back	IF Brommapojkarna	22	3	9	39
48	I. Diakite Centre-back	Ashdod	22	3	12	43
49	Ahmed Ibrahim Salman Winger	Bnei Sakhnin	22	3	18	43
50	F. Wilfinger Centre-back	TSV Hartberg	23	3	48	48