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

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U23 players, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and K. Tzolakis has been the form player this season, grading 76.2, and R. Ure leads the scoring with 15 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, Y. Minteh of Brighton is the most valuable name in this group at 111.9.

West Brom · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Amin Chiakha+58.2SsN

Rosenborg · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Lamine Yamal Winger	Barcelona	19	71±0%	1001.7%
2	Y. Minteh Central midfielder	Brighton	22	4429.8%	942.7%
3	E. Kroupi Centre-forward	Bournemouth	20	4439.2%	9134.6%
4	R. Risser Goalkeeper	Lens	21	45±0%	89±0%
5	J. Bellingham Winger	Real Madrid	23	34±0%	88±0%
6	G. Simeone Winger	Atletico Madrid	23	33±0%	87±0%
7	Pedri Central midfielder	Barcelona	23	34±0%	86±0%
8	L. Hall Full-back	Newcastle	22	30±0%	851.8%
9	O. El Hilali Full-back	Espanyol	23	45±0%	851.7%
10	Renato Veiga Full-back	Villarreal	23	26±0%	85±0%
11	Javi Guerra Central midfielder	Valencia	23	33±0%	85±0%
12	T. Gillier Goalkeeper	Bologna	22	13	84134%
13	E. Ferguson Centre-forward	Brighton	22	16	8314.3%
14	J. Morgan Winger	West Brom	20	26369.6%	83171.6%
15	R. Bardghji Central midfielder	Barcelona	20	10	83110.2%
16	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	4418.3%	825.2%
17	M. Mane Winger	Wolves	19	0100%	820.9%
18	William Dickson Centre-forward	Chesterfield	21	13	82107.1%
19	G. Zechiël Attacking midfielder	Feyenoord	22	51±0%	80±0%
20	Raúl Asencio Centre-back	Real Madrid	23	273.6%	803.9%
21	K. Sano Central midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	23	59±0%	801.7%
22	Ilyas Ansah Winger	Hull City	21	2715.7%	8017%
23	T. van Bergen Winger	Groningen	22	45±0%	80±0%
24	B. Gruda Winger	Brighton	22	951.8%	794.4%
25	Victor Mow Froholdt Central midfielder	FC Porto	20	41±0%	79±0%
26	Pablo Torre Centre-forward	Mallorca	23	1448.9%	78±0%
27	O. Vargas Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	21	3915.2%	7864.8%
28	Jorge Salinas Full-back	Racing Santander	19	35±0%	783.1%
29	M. Godo Winger	Strasbourg	23	40	7812.3%
30	Chupe Centre-forward	Malaga	22	64±0%	771.7%
31	L. Valente Attacking midfielder	Feyenoord	23	51±0%	771.7%
32	Sydie Peck Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	22	2450.9%	771.7%
33	Max Alleyne Full-back	Burnley	21	813.7%	7726.2%
34	C. Bradley Full-back	Liverpool	23	1520.3%	778.8%
35	J. Ekomié Central midfielder	Wrexham	23	2247%	771.7%
36	W. Bondo Central midfielder	AC Milan	23	14240.5%	765.5%
37	O. Braude Centre-back	Heerenveen	22	30±0%	76±0%
38	N. Sangui Full-back	Paris FC	20	2286.6%	763.7%
39	T. Blokzijl Full-back	Groningen	21	41±0%	76±0%
40	M. Culbreath Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	19	14	76
41	Y. Baas Centre-back	Ajax	23	50±0%	76±0%
42	J. Stansfield Central midfielder	Birmingham	23	2150.6%	76±0%
43	M. Ivanović Centre-forward	Millwall	21	354.8%	763.7%
44	X. Espart Full-back	Barcelona	18	5±0%	76±0%
45	M. Young Central midfielder	Sparta Rotterdam	21	59±0%	750.8%
46	M. Joseph Winger	Leeds	23	2025%	756.8%
47	W. Odobert Winger	Tottenham	21	832.2%	752.2%
48	Luca Marianucci Full-back	Napoli	22	1453.7%	753.6%
49	D. Mukasa Attacking midfielder	West Ham	19	2063.9%	7519.3%
50	A. Stepanov Centre-forward	Bayer Leverkusen	18	215.6%	758.9%