Best U21 players in EFL Cup

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

At a glance

N. O'Reilly of Manchester City is the standout for raw talent across U21 players in EFL Cup, with a Field Insider Rating of 96.7, and Ben Brannan leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. O'Reilly has improved his Season rating most, up +45.8 on last season, while E. Diouf's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +48.8 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.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	N. O'Reilly Full-back	Manchester City	21	56432.1%	9717.9%
2	P. Dorgu Attacking midfielder	Manchester United	21	3543.4%	9520.4%
3	Y. Minteh Attacking midfielder	Brighton	21	2719.3%	943.7%
4	J. Hinshelwood Attacking midfielder	Brighton	21	329.3%	944.7%
5	E. Diouf Full-back	West Ham	21	34146.3%	93110.2%
6	E. Kroupi Attacking midfielder	Bournemouth	20	4239%	9032.3%
7	K. Mainoo Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	21	2959.1%	899.7%
8	L. Miley Full-back	Newcastle	20	21172.4%	889.2%
9	L. Hall Full-back	Newcastle	21	3320.2%	877.6%
10	Estêvão Central midfielder	Chelsea	19	2162%	875.5%
11	A. Gray Central midfielder	Tottenham	20	2471.8%	855.3%
12	C. Rigg Attacking midfielder	Sunderland	19	874.5%	848.8%
13	Joshua King Central midfielder	Fulham	19	20915%	8415.8%
14	A. Heaven Centre-back	Manchester United	19	11	8215.7%
15	M. Lewis-Skelly Defensive midfielder	Arsenal	19	575.4%	815.9%
16	M. Tel Attacking midfielder	Tottenham	21	2066.7%	802.2%
17	J. Hato Full-back	Chelsea	20	2069.4%	803.2%
18	L. Bergvall Attacking midfielder	Tottenham	20	1717.2%	792.5%
19	Joshua Kofi Acheampong Full-back	Chelsea	20	9141%	792.3%
20	W. Odobert Winger	Tottenham	21	1194.7%	796.5%
21	Sydie Peck Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	21	5183.6%	785.2%
22	A. Devine Central midfielder	Preston	21	4653%	7629.3%
23	M. Ivanović Centre-forward	Millwall	21	33±0%	763.7%
24	B. Clark Central midfielder	Derby	21	392869.2%	724.1%
25	O. Schwartau Attacking midfielder	Norwich	20	23338.5%	7211.8%
26	A. Phillips Centre-back	Stoke City	21	344.2%	711.6%
27	N. Irankunda Central midfielder	Watford	20	29	71
28	W. Lankshear Centre-forward	Oxford United	21	37	6917.2%
29	T. Small Central midfielder	Preston	21	2633.5%	6935.3%
30	D. Ozoh Defensive midfielder	Derby	21	30156.8%	6912.7%
31	Ruairi McConville Centre-back	Norwich	21	201052.9%	6819.2%
32	P. Charles Goalkeeper	Sheffield Wednesday	20	49.8%	6810.8%
33	Jair Full-back	Botafogo	21	23	6720.6%
34	D. Mubama Centre-forward	Stoke City	21	22	679.5%
35	Jay Robinson Winger	Southampton	19	9	672.8%
36	L. Koumas Winger	Birmingham	20	1321%	663.3%
37	Jacob Wright Defensive midfielder	Norwich	20	1674.4%	663.3%
38	Tyler Bindon Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	21	2327.1%	6633.1%
39	D. Mazou-Sacko Central midfielder	Millwall	21	1960.2%	6619.4%
40	M. Yalcouyé Defensive midfielder	Swansea	20	141.4%	6596.7%
41	Rayan Jawad Kolli Centre-forward	QPR	21	1614.4%	651.1%
42	G. Otegbayo Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	21	14277.8%	641.3%
43	Joel Tshisanga Ndala Winger	Hull City	20	519.4%	6329.7%
44	Vivaldo Semedo Centre-forward	Watford	21	12	6343.9%
45	S. Fusire Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	21	30290.9%	63117.2%
46	J. Quarshie Centre-back	Southampton	21	91720%	6323.3%
47	Yang Min-Hyeok Centre-forward	Portsmouth	20	1074.5%	626.3%
48	D. Bennie Centre-forward	QPR	20	6	616.4%
49	J. Monga Attacking midfielder	Leicester	17	9690.9%	6111.9%
50	A. Kanté Defensive midfielder	Saint Etienne	21	1549.5%	614.7%