U23 players with the Best Potential

The highest-potential U23 players, ranked on Field Insider.

Best goalkeepers Best defenders Best midfielders Best attackers Most in-form players Top-scoring players

At a glance

Y. Minteh of Brighton is the standout for raw talent across U23 players, with a Field Insider Rating of 93.5, and T. Palacios has been the form player this season, grading 71, and J. Panichelli leads the scoring with 16 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 K. Peprah Oppong's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +49.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Y. Minteh of Brighton is the most valuable name in this group at 110.8.

K. Peprah Oppong+49.2RTG

Fenerbahçe · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Amin Chiakha+58.2SsN

Rosenborg · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Y. Minteh Central midfielder	Brighton	22	4429.8%	942.7%
2	E. Kroupi Centre-forward	Bournemouth	20	4439.2%	9134.6%
3	M. Palestra Central midfielder	Chelsea	21	421895.2%	8721.7%
4	M. Penders Goalkeeper	Chelsea	21	27565.9%	8673.8%
5	T. Gillier Goalkeeper	Bologna	22	13	84134%
6	E. Ferguson Centre-forward	Brighton	21	16	8314.3%
7	R. Bardghji Central midfielder	Barcelona	20	10	83110.2%
8	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	4418.3%	825.2%
9	C. Baleba Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	22	1766%	8210.3%
10	William Dickson Centre-forward	Chesterfield	21	9	82107.1%
11	J. Bahoya Attacking midfielder	Leeds	21	25±0%	80±0%
12	Raúl Asencio Centre-back	Real Madrid	23	273.6%	803.9%
13	Juanlu Sánchez Full-back	Bournemouth	23	2218.6%	803.7%
14	Ilyas Ansah Winger	Hull City	21	2715.7%	8017%
15	Allan Attacking midfielder	Manchester City	22	38152.3%	7914.6%
16	B. Gruda Winger	Brighton	22	951.8%	794.4%
17	P. Nebel Centre-forward	FSV Mainz 05	23	3040.5%	7913.1%
18	S. Baidoo Centre-back	Lens	22	39	79
19	O. Vargas Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	21	3915.2%	7864.8%
20	Abdulay Bah Centre-back	FC Augsburg	20	28314.7%	7810.8%
21	K. Peprah Oppong Centre-back	Fenerbahçe	22	348.9%	782%
22	D. Methalie Defensive midfielder	Sunderland	20	37±0%	78±0%
23	M. Godo Winger	Strasbourg	23	40	7812.3%
24	Sydie Peck Attacking midfielder	Sheffield Utd	22	49±0%	771.7%
25	N. Collins Full-back	Eintracht Frankfurt	22	23±0%	77±0%
26	C. Bradley Full-back	Liverpool	23	1520.3%	778.8%
27	J. Addai Winger	Como	21	1251.9%	7736.9%
28	W. Bondo Central midfielder	AC Milan	23	14240.5%	765.5%
29	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	39319.1%	7637.4%
30	Ansu Fati Centre-forward	Monaco	23	36	766%
31	N. Sangui Full-back	Paris FC	20	2286.6%	763.7%
32	M. Culbreath Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	19	14	76
33	M. Ivanović Centre-forward	Millwall	21	34±0%	763.7%
34	W. Odobert Winger	Tottenham	21	832.2%	752.2%
35	M. Joseph Winger	Leeds	22	2025%	756.8%
36	Luca Marianucci Full-back	Napoli	22	1453.7%	753.6%
37	A. Stepanov Centre-forward	Bayer Leverkusen	18	215.6%	758.9%
38	N. Savona Centre-back	Nottingham Forest	23	1266.1%	756.9%
39	J. Castrop Central midfielder	Borussia Mönchengladbach	23	379.9%	7511.2%
40	T. Baldanzi Central midfielder	AS Roma	23	15±0%	745.1%
41	J. Beadle Goalkeeper	Brighton	22	1710%	744.4%
42	Breno Central midfielder	Corinthians	21	3627%	745.6%
43	Álvaro Montoro Winger	Botafogo	19	196.9%	746.5%
44	A. Kaplan Centre-back	NEC Nijmegen	23	2364.1%	7417.3%
45	Pablo Marín Central midfielder	Real Sociedad	23	1333.5%	745.7%
46	Victor Hugo Central midfielder	Atletico-MG	22	45	7435.4%
47	I. Ogbus Centre-back	SC Freiburg	20	152416.7%	7410.5%
48	Andre Attacking midfielder	Corinthians	19	34439.7%	7418.3%
49	J. Ekhator Centre-forward	Juventus	19	1457.3%	731.1%
50	R. Vítek Goalkeeper	Middlesbrough	22	3110%	730.5%