U21 players with the Best Potential

The highest-potential U21 players, ranked on Field Insider.

Best goalkeepers Best defenders Best midfielders Best attackers Most in-form players Top-scoring players

At a glance

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U21 players, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and Amin Chiakha leads the scoring with 14 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 J. Morgan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +52.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Jaouen of Newcastle is the most valuable name in this group at 101.2.

West Brom · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+63.1SsN

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	Player	Team
1	Lamine Yamal Winger	Barcelona	19	71±0%	1001.7%
2	E. Kroupi Centre-forward	Bournemouth	20	4439.2%	9134.6%
3	R. Risser Goalkeeper	Lens	21	45±0%	89±0%
4	Rayan Central midfielder	Bournemouth	20	2650.1%	8814.8%
5	L. Vušković Centre-back	Brighton	19	304.2%	873%
6	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	68±0%	87±0%
7	J. Zieliński Goalkeeper	VfL Wolfsburg	18	13	83
8	J. Morgan Winger	West Brom	20	26369.6%	83171.6%
9	R. Bardghji Central midfielder	Barcelona	20	10	83110.2%
10	Jon Martín Full-back	Real Sociedad	20	19±0%	82±0%
11	Z. Athekame Full-back	Lyon	21	15±0%	823.1%
12	M. Mane Winger	Wolves	19	0100%	820.9%
13	William Dickson Centre-forward	Chesterfield	21	13	82107.1%
14	Ilyas Ansah Winger	Hull City	21	2715.7%	8017%
15	Victor Mow Froholdt Central midfielder	FC Porto	20	41±0%	79±0%
16	X. Mandza Tsiendi Full-back	Nice	17	15	78
17	O. Vargas Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	21	3915.2%	7864.8%
18	Jorge Salinas Full-back	Racing Santander	19	35±0%	783.1%
19	Max Alleyne Full-back	Burnley	21	813.7%	7726.2%
20	N. Sangui Full-back	Paris FC	20	2286.6%	763.7%
21	T. Blokzijl Full-back	Groningen	21	41±0%	76±0%
22	M. Culbreath Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	19	14	76
23	M. Ivanović Centre-forward	Millwall	21	354.8%	763.7%
24	X. Espart Full-back	Barcelona	18	5±0%	76±0%
25	M. Young Central midfielder	Sparta Rotterdam	21	59±0%	750.8%
26	W. Odobert Winger	Tottenham	21	832.2%	752.2%
27	D. Mukasa Attacking midfielder	West Ham	19	2063.9%	7519.3%
28	A. Stepanov Centre-forward	Bayer Leverkusen	18	215.6%	758.9%
29	H. Armstrong Central midfielder	Everton	19	565.4%	7420.5%
30	B. Klaverboer Goalkeeper	Heerenveen	21	6±0%	740.8%
31	Breno Central midfielder	Corinthians	21	3627%	745.6%
32	Álvaro Montoro Winger	Botafogo	19	196.9%	746.5%
33	C. Tapé Full-back	Toulouse	20	8	74
34	I. Ogbus Centre-back	SC Freiburg	20	152416.7%	7410.5%
35	Andre Attacking midfielder	Corinthians	19	34439.7%	7418.3%
36	J. Ekhator Centre-forward	Juventus	19	1457.3%	731.1%
37	T. de Graaff Goalkeeper	PEC Zwolle	21	10444.4%	7342%
38	K. Arroyo Winger	Cruzeiro	20	26164.6%	738%
39	E. Motta Goalkeeper	Lazio	21	18	7237.2%
40	Iker Bravo Attacking midfielder	Watford	21	15	7226.2%
41	G. Antwi Full-back	Strasbourg	19	10	72
42	Lander Astiazarán Central midfielder	Real Sociedad II	20	2054%	72±0%
43	H. Amass Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	19	26541.5%	721.9%
44	A. Zehnter Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	21	874.3%	723.8%
45	J. Stephenson Centre-back	Crewe	18	18	72
46	E. Bitshiabu Centre-back	Galatasaray	21	1162.5%	724.7%
47	N. Äelik Centre-back	Lens	20	13	72
48	B. Clark Attacking midfielder	Derby	21	2144.1%	71±0%
49	E. Jaouen Goalkeeper	Newcastle	20	68345.1%	7113.8%
50	N. Rossen Central midfielder	Telstar	21	37±0%	71±0%