Best U21 players from England

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

At a glance

N. O'Reilly of Manchester City is the standout for raw talent across U21 players from England, with a Field Insider Rating of 96.7, and D. Ballard leads the scoring with 23 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Ballard has improved his Season rating most, up +46.2 on last season, while S. Fusire's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +34.1 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.

Sheffield Wednesday · 24/25→25/26

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Leyton Orient · 24/25→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	N. O'Reilly Full-back	Manchester City	21	56432.1%	9717.9%
2	J. Hinshelwood Attacking midfielder	Brighton	21	329.3%	944.7%
3	K. Mainoo Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	21	2959.1%	899.7%
4	L. Miley Full-back	Newcastle	20	21172.4%	889.2%
5	L. Hall Full-back	Newcastle	21	3320.2%	877.6%
6	A. Gray Central midfielder	Tottenham	20	2471.8%	855.3%
7	C. Rigg Attacking midfielder	Sunderland	19	874.5%	848.8%
8	Joshua King Central midfielder	Fulham	19	20915%	8415.8%
9	M. Mane Attacking midfielder	Wolves	18	18	8319.4%
10	J. Bellingham Defensive midfielder	Borussia Dortmund	20	3032.2%	826.2%
11	A. Heaven Centre-back	Manchester United	19	11	8215.7%
12	M. Lewis-Skelly Defensive midfielder	Arsenal	19	575.4%	815.9%
13	Joshua Kofi Acheampong Full-back	Chelsea	20	9141%	792.3%
14	Sydie Peck Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	21	5183.6%	785.2%
15	S. Amo-Ameyaw Attacking midfielder	Strasbourg	19	16113.5%	786.6%
16	A. Devine Central midfielder	Preston	21	4653%	7629.3%
17	O. Scarles Full-back	West Ham	20	1458%	732.9%
18	B. Clark Central midfielder	Derby	21	392869.2%	724.1%
19	A. Phillips Centre-back	Stoke City	21	344.2%	711.6%
20	H. Amass Defensive midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	19	491095.1%	704.8%
21	W. Lankshear Centre-forward	Oxford United	21	37	6917.2%
22	T. Small Central midfielder	Preston	21	2633.5%	6935.3%
23	D. Ozoh Defensive midfielder	Derby	21	30156.8%	6912.7%
24	Jahmai Simpson-Pusey Full-back	1. FC Köln	20	92833.3%	697.9%
25	A. Blake Central midfielder	Utrecht	21	1428.8%	6937.3%
26	Tommy Simkin Goalkeeper	Stoke City	21	1739.1%	6776.9%
27	D. Mubama Centre-forward	Stoke City	21	22	679.5%
28	Jay Robinson Winger	Southampton	19	9	672.8%
29	L. Koumas Winger	Birmingham	20	1321%	663.3%
30	Jacob Wright Defensive midfielder	Norwich	20	1674.4%	663.3%
31	Kieran Morgan Central midfielder	QPR	20	1639.3%	653.7%
32	Rayan Jawad Kolli Centre-forward	QPR	21	1614.4%	651.1%
33	J. Duffus Attacking midfielder	Saint Etienne	21	26	64
34	G. Otegbayo Centre-back	Sheffield Wednesday	21	14277.8%	641.3%
35	Joel Tshisanga Ndala Winger	Hull City	20	519.4%	6329.7%
36	S. Fusire Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	21	30290.9%	63117.2%
37	Cameron Bragg Defensive midfielder	Southampton	21	7318.7%	6256.9%
38	B. Cadamarteri Centre-forward	Sheffield Wednesday	21	927.6%	6232.4%
39	J. Monga Attacking midfielder	Leicester	17	9690.9%	6111.9%
40	Tom Atcheson Full-back	Blackburn	19	11	61
41	Jaden Heskey Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	20	13	60
42	J. Donley Attacking midfielder	Oxford United	21	973.3%	609.3%
43	S. Mfuni Full-back	Watford	18	6	60
44	Jarvis Thornton Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	20	7	57
45	S. Sidibe Central midfielder	Jong PSV U21	19	24594.3%	575.2%
46	M. Moore Attacking midfielder	Rangers	18	29717.1%	5524.8%
47	E. Soglo Full-back	Zulte Waregem	21	142780%	5524.7%
48	A. Cozier-Duberry Attacking midfielder	Bolton	21	36445.5%	5416.8%
49	D. Ballard Centre-forward	Leyton Orient	21	56452.9%	5318.7%
50	J. Meghoma Full-back	Rangers	20	24209.1%	5215.8%