Top-Scoring U23 defenders

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

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At a glance

M. Kayode of Brentford is the standout for raw talent across U23 defenders, with a Field Insider Rating of 93.1, and Kaiki has been the form player this season, grading 72.3, and Š. Chaloupek leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +63.1 on last season, while S. Dahl's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +31.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Kayode of Brentford is the most valuable name in this group at 106.1.

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Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+63.1SsN

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	Player	Team
1	Š. Chaloupek Full-back	Slavia Praha	23	9	30	2
2	H. Falchener Centre-back	Viking	23	6	361127.6%	5034%
3	A. Freeman Full-back	Orlando City SC	21	6	23	4727.8%
4	L. Vušković Centre-back	Hamburger SV	19	6	2949.7%	8536.7%
5	F. Ademi Full-back	Alemannia Aachen	20	5	9830%	4418.9%
6	O. Mhamdi Full-back	Verl	23	5	175600%	4714.8%
7	Cuiabano Full-back	Botafogo	23	5	2946.5%	707.3%
8	Luca Stephenson Full-back	Dundee Utd	22	5	1647.6%	521%
9	Diogo Travassos Full-back	Moreirense	22	5	35±0%	7017.2%
10	G. Bracaglia Centre-back	Frosinone	23	5	45225.5%	6815.9%
11	D. Tonoli Centre-back	Modena	23	5	56	70
12	N. Held Full-back	Waalwijk	20	4	2411.2%	6113%
13	N. Viereck Centre-back	Jong Utrecht	22	4	19185.1%	5616.9%
14	V. Roman Full-back	Ruh Lviv	23	4	774.8%	3516.4%
15	M. Perković Centre-back	Cracovia Krakow	23	4	411033.3%	397.8%
16	S. Kuzmić Full-back	Viborg	22	4	2749.4%	441.8%
17	M. Freckleton Centre-back	ST Mirren	23	4	39112.1%	5050.8%
18	M. Paskotši Centre-back	Gent	23	4	20	53
19	R. Nyakossi Centre-back	OH Leuven	22	4	23763%	5812.3%
20	E. Bayram Centre-back	KVC Westerlo	23	4	49123.2%	629.4%
21	Y. Baas Centre-back	Ajax	23	4	545.7%	763.8%
22	M. Rots Full-back	Twente	20	4	42456%	8430.1%
23	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	4	39319.1%	7637.4%
24	K. Koulierakis Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	22	4	2029.8%	793%
25	N. Brown Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	23	4	3810.4%	870.9%
26	J. Quansah Centre-back	Bayer Leverkusen	23	4	29147.8%	825.7%
27	Chan Shinichi Full-back	Shanghai Shenhua	23	4	28	37
28	P. Petrović Centre-back	Javor	21	4	35	45
29	I. Tarim Centre-back	Bodrum FK	21	4	9	38
30	O. Çalışkan Centre-back	Keçiörengücü	23	4	27	42
31	L. Fila Winger	Ružomberok	22	4	16	33
32	C. Piper Centre-forward	Wellington Phoenix	23	4	26	20
33	P. Bonde Centre-back	Ostersunds FK	22	3	1870.2%	280.7%
34	V. Lässig Centre-back	Hoffenheim II	23	3	13	40
35	L. Audoor Full-back	Club Brugge II	22	3	1167.8%	4016.2%
36	Lukas Larsen Full-back	Emmen	20	3	24	59
37	Massien Ghaddari Full-back	Jong Utrecht	21	3	1528.4%	545.6%
38	Lars de Blok Full-back	VVV Venlo	22	3	22	58
39	G. Blancquart Centre-back	VVV Venlo	22	3	2014%	555.2%
40	O. Raterink Full-back	De Graafschap	20	3	16	5926.7%
41	F. Sjøvold Full-back	Bodo/Glimt	22	3	4827.8%	529.1%
42	D. De Roeve Full-back	Brann	21	3	2437.9%	463.8%
43	Mohammed Abu Al Shamat Full-back	Al-Qadisiyah FC	23	3	4211.1%	634.3%
44	L. Di Lollo Centre-back	Boca Juniors	22	3	5090.5%	5712.3%
45	K. Jappert Centre-back	Barracas Central	22	3	39	56
46	N. Triantis Full-back	Minnesota United FC	23	3	781.7%	4125%
47	I. Feingold Full-back	New England Revolution	21	3	26	48
48	C. Nwaiwu Full-back	Trabzonspor	23	3	24	48
49	K. Sabbe Full-back	Club Brugge KV	21	3	2438.7%	6111.8%
50	J. Ordoñez Centre-back	Club Brugge KV	22	3	3314.8%	601.2%