O. Mhamdi of Verl is the standout for raw talent across the 3. Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 46.6, and Lukas Henrik Jonsson has been the form player this season, grading 55.1, and E. Engelhardt leads the scoring with 16 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Lukas Henrik Jonsson has improved his Season rating most, up +49.2 on last season, while M. Braune's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +7.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, O. Mhamdi of Verl is the most valuable name in this group at 24.2.
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form | Season | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 66 | 34 | +32 | 80 | WDWWW | 31.6 | 32.4 |
| 2 |  Energie Cottbus | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 72 | 51 | +21 | 72 | WWLWW | 20.7 | 30 |
| 3 |  Rot-Weiß Essen | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 78 | 66 | +12 | 70 | WWLLL | 15.4 | 33.5 |
| 4 |  MSV Duisburg | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 66 | 49 | +17 | 68 | DDWLW | 16.5 | 34.1 |
| 5 |  Hansa Rostock | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 74 | 49 | +25 | 67 | WWDLD | 19.3 | 29.8 |
| 6 |  Verl | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 82 | 48 | +34 | 64 | WLWLW | 23.1 | 37 |
| 7 |  Alemannia Aachen | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 76 | 57 | +19 | 64 | WWDWW | 16.3 | 29.7 |
| 8 |  TSV 1860 München | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 54 | 53 | +1 | 56 | LLDWD | 18.5 | 26.4 |
| 9 |  SV Wehen | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 53 | WLLDD | 18.5 | 33.5 |
| 10 |  Waldhof Mannheim | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 59 | 72 | -13 | 52 | LWLDD | 14 | 31.8 |
| 11 |  FC Viktoria Köln | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 51 | 53 | -2 | 51 | DLWLL | 16.9 | 35.3 |
| 12 |  FC Ingolstadt 04 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 65 | 56 | +9 | 49 | WWLWL | 17.6 | 33.1 |
| 13 |  SSV Jahn Regensburg | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 54 | 58 | -4 | 49 | LLWWL | 18.8 | 31.9 |
| 14 |  Stuttgart II | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 57 | 69 | -12 | 46 | LLWLD | 11.5 | 37.3 |
| 15 |  FC Saarbrücken | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 51 | 57 | -6 | 44 | LLWWD | 15.1 | 26.5 |
| 16 |  Hoffenheim II | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 65 | 71 | -6 | 43 | LWLLL | 14.8 | 39.5 |
| 17 |  Havelse | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 57 | 89 | -32 | 35 | LWLWL | 11.2 | 32.1 |
| 18 |  Erzgebirge Aue | 38 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 51 | 70 | -19 | 34 | WDWDD | 14.4 | 28.8 |
| 19 |  SSV Ulm 1846 | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 49 | 78 | -29 | 33 | LDLLW | 14.6 | 29.6 |
| 20 |  FC Schweinfurt 05 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 38 | 87 | -49 | 21 | LLDDD | 10.3 | 30 |
