Fastest-rising midfielders

The fastest-rising midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and V. Qazaishvili leads the scoring with 27 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: João Félix has improved his Season rating most, up +69.1 on last season, while E. Diouf's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +48.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Rogers of Aston Villa is the most valuable name in this group at 202.2.

West Ham · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

João Félix+69.1SsN

Al-Nassr · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

V. Qazaishvili27goals

50 players · ranked by biggest risers (potential)Customise →

#	Player	Team	Age	ΔRTG	Season	Rating
1	E. Diouf Full-back	West Ham	21	+48.8 23/24→25/26	34146.3%	93110.2%
2	R. Bardghji Attacking midfielder	Barcelona	20	+42.2 24/25→25/26	8	82107.1%
3	D. Gómez Attacking midfielder	Brighton	23	+41.5 24/25→25/26	2949.7%	8988.3%
4	D. Svensson Defensive midfielder	Borussia Dortmund	24	+41.4 24/25→25/26	37168.3%	82103.2%
5	A. Pyrka Defensive midfielder	FC St. Pauli	23	+37.8 24/25→25/26	2950.8%	75101.9%
6	T. Almada Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	25	+36.8 24/25→25/26	3055%	7889.5%
7	M. Sangaré Defensive midfielder	Lens	24	+36.3 22/23→25/26	62825.4%	8870.6%
8	S. Ebonog Defensive midfielder	Le Havre	21	+36.2 24/25→25/26	27682.9%	7594.3%
9	N. Aséko Nkili Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	20	+35.4 24/25→25/26	441603.8%	7395.2%
10	S. El Mala Centre-forward	1. FC Köln	19	+35.3 24/25→25/26	5546.9%	8472%
11	N. Nartey Attacking midfielder	VfB Stuttgart	26	+34.8 24/25→25/26	26741.9%	70100.3%
12	S. Silvera Central midfielder	Middlesbrough	25	+34.1 24/25→25/26	521057.8%	7780.2%
13	S. Fusire Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	21	+34.1 24/25→25/26	30290.9%	63117.2%
14	O. Pietuszewski Central midfielder	FC Porto	18	+33.9 24/25→25/26	25	6898.8%
15	O. Vargas Defensive midfielder	Atletico Madrid	20	+33.4 24/25→25/26	1850.3%	8170.5%
16	A. Ounahi Attacking midfielder	Girona	26	+33 24/25→25/26	35132.7%	7186.8%
17	M. Linday Defensive midfielder	Heerenveen	23	+32.9 24/25→25/26	4142.2%	6991.1%
18	M. Yalcouyé Defensive midfielder	Swansea	20	+31.9 24/25→25/26	141.4%	6596.7%
19	M. Stamenić Defensive midfielder	Swansea	24	+31.1 24/25→25/26	36538.6%	6884.3%
20	J. Mendes Central midfielder	Rodez	22	+30.9 24/25→25/26	32570.8%	6492.2%
21	M. Baur Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	22	+30.6 24/25→25/26	52589.3%	7470.2%
22	D. Karim Attacking midfielder	Lorient	22	+29.8 24/25→25/26	1453.4%	7466.8%
23	N. Sadiki Defensive midfielder	Sunderland	21	+29.8 24/25→25/26	344.8%	9545.6%
24	Victor Mow Froholdt Central midfielder	FC Porto	20	+29.2 24/25→25/26	5645%	7959%
25	R. Touzghar Central midfielder	PAU	22	+29.2 24/25→25/26	41892.7%	6484.6%
26	L. Calodat Attacking midfielder	Le Mans	24	+28.7 24/25→25/26	23141.1%	6677.8%
27	O. Joly Central midfielder	Rodez	23	+28.4 24/25→25/26	26613.9%	6088.8%
28	E. Bajraktarevic Central midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	21	+28.3 24/25→25/26	2664%	7265.4%
29	Y. Suzuki Attacking midfielder	SC Freiburg	24	+28 24/25→25/26	2646.8%	7954.6%
30	Artur Attacking midfielder	Botafogo	28	+27.5 24/25→25/26	32373.1%	54104.2%
31	E. İlkhan Defensive midfielder	Torino	22	+26.6 23/24→25/26	2047.8%	7357.2%
32	Abbas Al Hassan Central midfielder	NEOM	22	+26.3 23/24→25/26	25814.8%	8076.1%
33	S. El-Faouzi Central midfielder	FC Schalke 04	24	+26.1 24/25→25/26	5376.2%	7257.5%
34	Franco Mastantuono Winger	Real Madrid	18	+25.9 24/25→25/26	757.9%	8047.6%
35	K. Kouassi Defensive midfielder	Lorient	21	+24.8 24/25→25/26	4592.7%	8739.7%
36	K. Oudenne Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	24	+24.8 24/25→25/26	30186.7%	6365.3%
37	L. Miller Defensive midfielder	Udinese	19	+24.4 24/25→25/26	1566.2%	7746.6%
38	S. Sebulonsen Full-back	1. FC Köln	26	+24.3 24/25→25/26	1549.8%	6954%
39	C. Olivera Central midfielder	Gremio	24	+23.3 24/25→25/26	265.8%	6753.2%
40	E. Le Fée Attacking midfielder	Sunderland	26	+23.1 24/25→25/26	39108.5%	8636.8%
41	J. Sands Defensive midfielder	FC St. Pauli	26	+22.9 24/25→25/26	4314.4%	6751.6%
42	Kofi Jeremy Amoako Defensive midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	21	+22.8 24/25→25/26	33257%	6357%
43	B. Zeneli Central midfielder	Union St. Gilloise	23	+22.5 24/25→25/26	3137.9%	5863.4%
44	Cameron Bragg Defensive midfielder	Southampton	21	+22.4 24/25→25/26	7318.7%	6256.9%
45	K. WÃ¤tjen Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	+22.4 24/25→25/26	22397.8%	6256.1%
46	J. Stansfield Attacking midfielder	Birmingham	23	+22.4 24/25→25/26	434.4%	7641.5%
47	P. Mattsson Central midfielder	Norwich	24	+22.3 24/25→25/26	3916.5%	6848.8%
48	R. Bamba Central midfielder	Nancy	22	+22.1 24/25→25/26	20589.7%	5763%
49	S. Resink Attacking midfielder	Groningen	23	+22.1 24/25→25/26	45581.8%	7939.2%
50	P. Diop Attacking midfielder	Toulouse	22	+22 24/25→25/26	2143.2%	7839.1%