U21 attackers with the Best Potential

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

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At a glance

E. Kroupi of Bournemouth is the standout for raw talent across U21 attackers, with a Field Insider Rating of 91.4, and Amin Chiakha has been the form player this season, grading 65.6, and T. van der Leij leads the scoring with 13 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, E. Ferguson of Brighton is the most valuable name in this group at 89.9.

West Brom · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Amin Chiakha+58.2SsN

Rosenborg · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

T. van der Leij13goals

50 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	E. Kroupi Centre-forward	Bournemouth	20	4439.2%	9134.6%
2	E. Ferguson Centre-forward	Brighton	21	16	8314.3%
3	J. Morgan Centre-forward	West Brom	20	12108.9%	83171.6%
4	William Dickson Centre-forward	Chesterfield	21	9	82107.1%
5	Ilyas Ansah Winger	Hull City	21	2715.7%	8017%
6	J. Addai Winger	Como	21	1251.9%	7736.9%
7	M. Ivanović Centre-forward	Millwall	21	34±0%	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	W. Lankshear Centre-forward	Middlesbrough	21	37±0%	690.9%
15	Gabriel Mec Winger	FC Porto	18	15	67
16	M. Liberali Winger	Catanzaro	19	20±0%	67±0%
17	M. Luković Centre-forward	1. FC Kaiserslautern	20	1628.5%	641.7%
18	Rayan Jawad Kolli Centre-forward	QPR	21	152.1%	642.1%
19	H. Ibrahim Centre-forward	Reims	20	23529.7%	635.3%
20	M. Soumano Winger	NAC Breda	21	18±0%	62±0%
21	Antonio Cordero Winger	Newcastle	19	1312%	62±0%
22	Roger Fernandes Winger	Al Ittihad	20	1436.4%	619.6%
23	A. Okoro Centre-forward	Juventus	21	1221.2%	60±0%
24	T. Rubino Centre-forward	Fiorentina	19	1120%	59±0%
25	M. Lambourde Winger	Servette FC	20	14	58
26	M. Isah Centre-forward	RAAL La Louvière	21	19	57
27	M. Hinoke Winger	FC OSS	21	35±0%	57±0%
28	T. van der Leij Winger	VfB Stuttgart	19	34	56
29	J. Hall Winger	New York Red Bulls	18	49920.8%	5638.1%
30	Uriel van Aalst Winger	Willem II	20	19±0%	56±0%
31	Facundo Gauch Winger	Newells Old Boys	19	23182.9%	5521%
32	D. Aquino Winger	Union St. Gilloise	21	33115.6%	547.5%
33	S. López Winger	Tigre	20	1676.7%	5411.1%
34	L. Cicero Winger	Helmond Sport	20	22	54
35	S. Vink Centre-forward	Jong Ajax	20	26±0%	53±0%
36	V. Dávila Centre-forward	Talleres Cordoba	19	18	53
37	T. Andrada Winger	River Plate	19	11	5214.8%
38	Amin Chiakha Winger	Rosenborg	20	66605.4%	5225.9%
39	G. Baroni Winger	Talleres Cordoba	17	12	52
40	J. Burgos Winger	Estudiantes L.P.	21	1528.6%	523.8%
41	P. Miller Centre-forward	New England Revolution	18	3431.7%	5212.9%
42	E. Ünüvar Centre-forward	Jong Ajax	18	14±0%	52±0%
43	M. Niang Centre-forward	FC Porto B	19	38	51
44	D. Godoy Winger	Velez Sarsfield	20	1225.8%	514.5%
45	Guga Centre-forward	Al-Qadisiyah FC	20	13	518.3%
46	Deacon van der Klaauw Winger	FC Volendam	20	9	5111.6%
47	J. Mijatović Winger	New York City FC	21	712.3%	518.6%
48	L. Flores Winger	Boca Juniors	19	8	51
49	F. Jainikoski Winger	Argentinos JRS	17	12	50
50	A. Azaizeh Winger	Al Shabab	21	10	50