Best players from Mali

The highest-potential players from Mali, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

M. Sangaré of Lens is the standout for raw talent across players from Mali, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.7, and L. Sinayoko leads the scoring with 12 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Sangaré has improved his Season rating most, up +55.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Sangaré of Lens is the most valuable name in this group at 61.1.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	M. Sangaré Defensive midfielder	Lens	24	63798.6%	8870.6%
2	K. Doumbia Attacking midfielder	Stade Brestois 29	23	4582.5%	825%
3	L. Sinayoko Winger	Auxerre	26	5932.2%	765.4%
4	D. Guindo Full-back	Stade Brestois 29	23	31	73
5	B. Traoré Defensive midfielder	Metz	24	33	706.9%
6	Y. Sekongo Attacking midfielder	Dunkerque	22	45268.9%	6919.3%
7	F. Doucouré Attacking midfielder	Le Havre	25	1922.8%	6820.8%
8	M. Doumbia Centre-forward	Watford	20	19152%	676%
9	M. Yalcouyé Defensive midfielder	Swansea	20	155%	6596.7%
10	A. Tia Attacking midfielder	Reims	19	24280.6%	644.5%
11	M. Diakité Defensive midfielder	Cadiz	22	3268.8%	641.6%
12	T. Diarra Attacking midfielder	Reims	23	20137.6%	6169.1%
13	O. Diakité Central midfielder	West Brom	25	25192.9%	604%
14	E. Touré Attacking midfielder	Beşiktaş	24	39299%	5425.2%
15	M. Doumbia Central midfielder	Al-Ittihad FC	22	1745.6%	536.2%
16	N. Dorgeles Winger	Fenerbahçe	23	411%	5314.9%
17	A. Danté Full-back	Arouca	25	1136.5%	524.6%
18	M. Diarra Centre-back	Anderlecht	25	242.1%	5034%
19	G. Diakité Defensive midfielder	Lausanne	20	41	47
20	L. Coulibaly Attacking midfielder	Lecce	30	2317.8%	4717.4%
21	H. Keïta Central midfielder	Kocaelispor	24	2719.9%	4722.6%
22	S. Diabaté Central midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	21	30	45
23	Y. Bissouma Defensive midfielder	Tottenham	29	1448.9%	4525.6%
24	Y. Diarra Attacking midfielder	Cadiz	27	881.2%	4530.4%
25	S. Niakaté Centre-back	SC Braga	27	1664.3%	4525.7%
26	M. Yeo Central midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	22	21	43
27	S. Koïta Winger	Gençlerbirliği S.K.	26	27103.8%	4334.9%
28	R. Donkor Defensive midfielder	New York Red Bulls	21	18141.1%	422.7%
29	C. Konaté Full-back	Kifisia	22	265.7%	4034.4%
30	I. Sissokho Central midfielder	Maccabi Tel Aviv	24	1615.5%	4028.8%
31	I. Coulibaly Defensive midfielder	Lask Linz	25	119.6%	3913.3%
32	O. Diawara Centre-forward	SCR Altach	26	2233.9%	3924.9%
33	S. Diarra Centre-forward	Haugesund	26	3345.2%	378.7%
34	M. Sissako Central midfielder	IMT Novi Beograd	25	14226.2%	3528.7%
35	C. Sylla Centre-forward	Erzurumspor FK	26	19	35
36	S. Sissoko Defensive midfielder	Cukaricki	26	30971.4%	3429.4%
37	M. Fofana Centre-back	New England Revolution	28	46126.4%	3430.1%
38	A. Diaby Full-back	Grasshoppers	26	11	33
39	I. Kane Winger	Kolos Kovalivka	26	655.7%	319%
40	K. Kouyaté Centre-back	Antwerp	29	21109.9%	3135.3%
41	Y. Diarra Central midfielder	TSV Hartberg	28	152071.4%	2810%
42	F. Diabaté Attacking midfielder	Kasımpaşa	30	1836.4%	2742.4%
43	B. Diabaté Centre-forward	Stabaek	26	981.1%	2725.6%
44	A. Dieng Central midfielder	Al Ahly	28	1269.6%	2647.7%
45	M. Samassa Goalkeeper	Laval	36	2129.5%	244%
46	H. Traoré Defensive midfielder	Sarıyer	29	20	2433.9%
47	A. Malle Central midfielder	Sivasspor	28	7	2338.7%
48	H. Traoré Full-back	Paris FC	34	2462.6%	2119.9%
49	A. Traoré Defensive midfielder	Amed	31	28100.7%	2152.9%
50	A. Traoré Centre-forward	Gençlerbirliği S.K.	31	11	20