Best U23 players from Wales

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

At a glance

M. Cleworth of Wrexham is the standout for raw talent across U23 players from Wales, with a Field Insider Rating of 72.8, and J. James has been the form player this season, grading 45.8, and J. Taylor leads the scoring with 15 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Taylor has improved his Season rating most, up +34.8 on last season, while J. Colwill's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +16.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, F. Stevens of FC St. Pauli is the most valuable name in this group at 95.4.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	M. Cleworth Full-back	Wrexham	23	3840.7%	7328.6%
2	J. James Defensive midfielder	Leicester	22	46163.2%	701.1%
3	Cian Ashford Central midfielder	Cardiff	21	2222.7%	5220%
4	L. Harris Attacking midfielder	Wycombe	21	2052.2%	527.1%
5	R. Kpakio Full-back	Cardiff	19	242109.1%	5112.2%
6	J. Colwill Defensive midfielder	Cardiff	21	2644.5%	5047.9%
7	D. Lawlor Centre-back	Cardiff	20	292300%	507.6%
8	J. Taylor Centre-forward	Wigan	23	41610.5%	4912.9%
9	C. Congreve Attacking midfielder	Dundee	22	2621.3%	4936.2%
10	C. Savage Central midfielder	Reading	23	346.6%	4912.4%
11	T. Sparrow Full-back	Motherwell	23	308.6%	471.9%
12	J. Cotterill Central midfielder	Dundee	20	1725.2%	4634.7%
13	C. Campbell Central midfielder	Stevenage	23	1314.4%	457.2%
14	Z. Ashworth Attacking midfielder	Blackpool	23	530.9%	432.9%
15	G. Nevett Centre-back	Peterborough	20	1055.6%	431.7%
16	E. Turns Centre-back	Exeter City	23	1824.3%	412.4%
17	Calum Agius Attacking midfielder	Crewe	20	202800%	3619.8%
18	M. Baker Full-back	Newport County	23	1752.7%	334.9%
19	B. Lloyd Attacking midfielder	Newport County	21	13	3243.9%
20	Harry Ashfield Central midfielder	Cheltenham	20	13	32
21	T. Davies Full-back	Newport County	22	15400%	3112%
22	C. Caton Centre-forward	Accrington ST	23	8266.7%	295.8%
23	J. Crole Centre-forward	Newport County	22	10	29
24	O. Hammond Centre-forward	Oldham	23	4150%	2827.6%