Best U23 players from Republic of Ireland

The highest-potential U23 players from Republic of Ireland, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

E. Ferguson of AS Roma is the standout for raw talent across U23 players from Republic of Ireland, with a Field Insider Rating of 82.6, and J. Kenny has been the form player this season, grading 31.4.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: E. Ferguson has improved his Season rating most, up +24.4 on last season, while J. Hodge's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Ferguson of AS Roma is the most valuable name in this group at 127.9.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	E. Ferguson Centre-forward	AS Roma	21	29530.4%	835.4%
2	A. MacNulty Centre-back	PEC Zwolle	23	305.9%	715.7%
3	A. Ochoa Defensive midfielder	Malaga	19	14153.7%	6714.2%
4	J. Abankwah Full-back	Watford	22	1827.5%	675.4%
5	A. Emakhu Attacking midfielder	Millwall	22	10100%	653.7%
6	T. Cannon Centre-forward	Sheffield Utd	23	2234.4%	647.2%
7	S. Armstrong Winger	Bristol City	23	1427.8%	643.8%
8	J. Patrick Defensive midfielder	Reims	22	624.1%	5515%
9	J. Hodge Central midfielder	Tondela	23	2279%	5524.4%
10	Joshua Keeley Goalkeeper	Luton	23	2424.7%	531%
11	S. Roughan Full-back	Huddersfield	22	2338.5%	508%
12	J. Kenny Centre-forward	Bolton	23	31705.1%	496%
13	Jamie Mullins Attacking midfielder	Wycombe	21	17	49
14	O. O'Neill Attacking midfielder	Leyton Orient	23	2511.5%	472.9%
15	D. Okagbue Centre-back	Peterborough	22	1951.8%	4513.6%
16	D. Costelloe Centre-forward	Wigan	23	1218.7%	440.7%
17	C. Hayes Attacking midfielder	Peterborough	23	133.9%	442.4%
18	F. Ebosele Full-back	Başakşehir	23	21136.8%	4332.3%
19	T. Adaramola Full-back	Leyton Orient	22	1613.2%	4326.3%
20	Killian Cahill Goalkeeper	Leyton Orient	22	4	42
21	S. Grehan Centre-back	Doncaster	22	111428.6%	4210.9%
22	C. Cummins Defensive midfielder	Exeter City	21	6	40
23	D. Burns Attacking midfielder	Grimsby	23	13424%	3421.3%
24	D. Duffy Central midfielder	Chesterfield	23	16116%	333.1%
25	S. Curtis Full-back	Chesterfield	20	18142.5%	3321.3%
26	S. Negru Full-back	Tranmere	23	2417.9%	322.6%
27	C. Kavanagh Centre-forward	Oldham	22	1062.7%	3115.1%
28	A. Thibaut Winger	Crewe	22	863.8%	311%
29	Cathal Heffernan Centre-back	Harrogate Town	21	10	30