U21 attackers with the Best Potential

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

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At a glance

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U21 attackers, 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: Amin Chiakha has improved his Season rating most, up +58.2 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, Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the most valuable name in this group at 94.4.

West Brom · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Amin Chiakha+58.2SsN

Rosenborg · 24/25→25/26

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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	J. Morgan Winger	West Brom	20	26369.6%	83171.6%
4	M. Mane Winger	Wolves	19	0100%	820.9%
5	William Dickson Centre-forward	Chesterfield	21	13	82107.1%
6	Ilyas Ansah Winger	Hull City	21	2715.7%	8017%
7	M. Ivanović Centre-forward	Millwall	21	354.8%	763.7%
8	W. Odobert Winger	Tottenham	21	832.2%	752.2%
9	A. Stepanov Centre-forward	Bayer Leverkusen	18	215.6%	758.9%
10	Álvaro Montoro Winger	Botafogo	19	196.9%	746.5%
11	J. Ekhator Centre-forward	Juventus	19	1457.3%	731.1%
12	K. Arroyo Winger	Cruzeiro	20	26164.6%	738%
13	Vitor Roque Centre-forward	Palmeiras	21	54±0%	7011.1%
14	O. Schwartau Winger	Norwich	20	1424.9%	69±0%
15	W. Lankshear Centre-forward	Middlesbrough	21	381.6%	690.9%
16	Gabriel Mec Winger	FC Porto	18	15	67
17	M. Liberali Winger	Catanzaro	19	20±0%	67±0%
18	M. Doumbia Centre-forward	Watford	20	852.4%	66±0%
19	Y. Eduardo Centre-forward	ADO Den Haag	20	41±0%	6510.7%
20	H. Ibrahim Centre-forward	Reims	20	23529.7%	635.3%
21	M. Soumano Winger	NAC Breda	21	2323.6%	62±0%
22	Antonio Cordero Winger	Newcastle	19	1312%	62±0%
23	Roger Fernandes Winger	Al Ittihad	20	1436.4%	619.6%
24	A. Okoro Centre-forward	Juventus	21	1221.2%	60±0%
25	T. Rubino Centre-forward	Fiorentina	19	1120%	59±0%
26	P. Scobel Centre-forward	1. FC Nürnberg	21	9±0%	59±0%
27	M. Lambourde Winger	Servette FC	20	14	58
28	M. Isah Centre-forward	RAAL La Louvière	21	19	57
29	M. Hinoke Winger	FC OSS	21	2917.3%	57±0%
30	T. van der Leij Winger	VfB Stuttgart	19	3414.5%	56±0%
31	J. Hall Winger	New York Red Bulls	18	49920.8%	5638.1%
32	Uriel van Aalst Centre-forward	Willem II	20	19±0%	56±0%
33	Facundo Gauch Winger	Newells Old Boys	19	23182.9%	5521%
34	S. López Winger	Tigre	20	1676.7%	5411.1%
35	L. Cicero Centre-forward	Helmond Sport	20	23	54
36	D. Pugno Centre-forward	Jong Ajax	20	33	5422%
37	S. Vink Centre-forward	Jong Ajax	20	3326.7%	53±0%
38	M. Houdayer Winger	Laval	20	8±0%	53±0%
39	V. Dávila Centre-forward	Talleres Cordoba	19	18	53
40	M. Sonko Winger	Gent	21	6±0%	526.3%
41	T. Andrada Winger	River Plate	19	11	5214.8%
42	Amin Chiakha Winger	Rosenborg	20	66605.4%	5225.9%
43	G. Baroni Winger	Talleres Cordoba	17	12	52
44	J. Burgos Winger	Estudiantes L.P.	21	1528.6%	523.8%
45	P. Miller Centre-forward	New England Revolution	18	3431.7%	5212.9%
46	E. Ünüvar Centre-forward	Jong Ajax	18	29113%	52±0%
47	M. Niang Centre-forward	FC Porto B	19	38	51
48	D. Godoy Winger	Velez Sarsfield	20	1225.8%	514.5%
49	Guga Centre-forward	Al-Qadisiyah FC	20	13±0%	510.8%
50	Deacon van der Klaauw Winger	FC Volendam	20	14	5111.6%