Best U21 players in Club World Cup

The highest-potential U21 players in Club World Cup, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

N. O'Reilly of Manchester City is the standout for raw talent across U21 players in Club World Cup, with a Field Insider Rating of 96.7, and Jacobo Ramón Naveros has been the form player this season, grading 76.4, and K. Páez leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +71.2 on last season, while O. Vargas's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. O'Reilly of Manchester City is the most valuable name in this group at 174.1.

Jacobo Ramón Naveros76.4SsN

Como

Rising potential

O. Vargas+33.4RTG

Atletico Madrid · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+71.2SsN

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	N. O'Reilly Full-back	Manchester City	21	56432.1%	9717.9%
2	W. Zaïre-Emery Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	6894.3%	9412.3%
3	A. Güler Attacking midfielder	Real Madrid	21	4397.7%	947.6%
4	K. Yıldız Attacking midfielder	Juventus	21	5340%	932.8%
5	Senny Mayulu Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	60323.2%	9112.4%
6	D. Huijsen Centre-back	Real Madrid	21	4621.8%	903.2%
7	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	761369.2%	8914.7%
8	Estêvão Central midfielder	Chelsea	19	2162%	875.5%
9	D. Doué Winger	Paris Saint Germain	21	473.5%	870.7%
10	L. Karl Attacking midfielder	Bayern München	18	35	87
11	M. Penders Goalkeeper	Strasbourg	20	26536.6%	8673.8%
12	Vitor Nunes Centre-back	Girona	20	3417.9%	8621.4%
13	T. Bischof Full-back	Bayern München	21	2967.1%	86±0%
14	Endrick Attacking midfielder	Lyon	19	44	8534.9%
15	João Neves Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	21	4424.6%	844.4%
16	J. Bellingham Defensive midfielder	Borussia Dortmund	20	3032.2%	826.2%
17	I. Mbaye Winger	Paris Saint Germain	18	19186.6%	817.1%
18	O. Vargas Defensive midfielder	Atletico Madrid	20	1850.3%	8170.5%
19	Vitor Roque Centre-forward	Palmeiras	21	57244%	811.6%
20	Franco Mastantuono Winger	Real Madrid	18	757.9%	8047.6%
21	José María Andrés Baixauli Defensive midfielder	VfB Stuttgart	21	31	8012.4%
22	A. Ibrahimović Attacking midfielder	1. FC Heidenheim	20	24	7917.3%
23	Joshua Kofi Acheampong Full-back	Chelsea	20	9141%	792.3%
24	Yusi Full-back	Alaves	20	8	76
25	Abdulay Bah Centre-back	Nice	20	28307.4%	756%
26	C. Echeverri Central midfielder	Girona	20	973.7%	7422.4%
27	Álvaro Montoro Central midfielder	Botafogo	19	30800%	7348.1%
28	E. Akinsanmiro Central midfielder	Pisa	21	2886.1%	7328.2%
29	G. Prestianni Attacking midfielder	Benfica	20	25	6819.9%
30	Jair Full-back	Botafogo	21	23	6720.6%
31	William Winger	FC Porto	20	28154.1%	664.6%
32	G. Daffara Goalkeeper	Avellino	21	10	65
33	André Gomes Goalkeeper	Alverca	21	780.6%	6411.8%
34	Gabriel Moscardo Full-back	SC Braga	20	17397.1%	6013.2%
35	Naoufel El Hannach Full-back	Montpellier	19	22	59
36	M. Krattenmacher Winger	Hertha BSC	20	583.3%	5813%
37	G. De Pieri Central midfielder	Bari	19	8	56
38	A. Domínguez Defensive midfielder	CF Pachuca	21	22	54
39	E. Montiel Attacking midfielder	CF Pachuca	20	16	54
40	S. Kitano Attacking midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	21	31309.2%	491.8%
41	Diogo Ferreira Goalkeeper	Benfica B	19	4	46
42	D. Martínez Centre-forward	Los Angeles FC	20	2060.2%	456.1%
43	Gonçalo Oliveira Centre-back	Benfica B	20	9	453.5%
44	J. Duranville Winger	FC Basel 1893	20	9	4337.8%