Fastest-rising U23 players in EFL Cup

The fastest-rising U23 players in EFL Cup, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

M. Rogers of Aston Villa is the standout for raw talent across U23 players in EFL Cup, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and N. O'Reilly has been the form player this season, grading 56.4, and D. Gómez leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. O'Reilly has improved his Season rating most, up +45.8 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

N. O'Reilly+45.8SsN

Manchester City · 24/25→25/26

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#	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	D. Gómez Attacking midfielder	Brighton	23	+41.5 24/25→25/26	2949.7%	8988.3%
3	L. Kjerrumgaard Centre-forward	Watford	23	+34.1 23/24→25/26	31	6998.8%
4	S. Fusire Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	21	+34.1 24/25→25/26	30290.9%	63117.2%
5	M. Yalcouyé Defensive midfielder	Swansea	20	+31.9 24/25→25/26	141.4%	6596.7%
6	Kevin Attacking midfielder	Fulham	23	+31.3 24/25→25/26	1159.1%	7571%
7	C. Taylor Centre-back	Millwall	23	+23.6 24/25→25/26	4250.5%	7050.9%
8	J. Stansfield Attacking midfielder	Birmingham	23	+22.4 24/25→25/26	434.4%	7641.5%
9	E. Kroupi Attacking midfielder	Bournemouth	20	+21.9 24/25→25/26	4239%	9032.3%
10	J. Makama Winger	Norwich	22	+20.6 24/25→25/26	3835.6%	7140.6%
11	H. Vale Central midfielder	QPR	22	+20.4 23/24→25/26	364.5%	7140.4%
12	Vivaldo Semedo Centre-forward	Watford	21	+19.3 24/25→25/26	12	6343.9%
13	T. Small Central midfielder	Preston	21	+18.1 24/25→25/26	2633.5%	6935.3%
14	A. Devine Central midfielder	Preston	21	+17.3 24/25→25/26	4653%	7629.3%
15	B. Khela Defensive midfielder	Peterborough	21	+17.1 24/25→25/26	28171.8%	5052%
16	M. Freckleton Full-back	ST Mirren	23	+17 24/25→25/26	39112.1%	5051.4%
17	A. Pepple Centre-forward	Plymouth	23	+17 24/25→25/26	37195.2%	4952.8%
18	I. Price Central midfielder	West Brom	22	+17 24/25→25/26	45183.8%	7230.7%
19	Tyler Bindon Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	21	+16.4 24/25→25/26	2327.1%	6633.1%
20	J. Colwill Defensive midfielder	Cardiff	21	+16.3 24/25→25/26	2644.5%	5047.9%
21	M. Cleworth Full-back	Wrexham	23	+16.2 24/25→25/26	3840.7%	7328.6%
22	P. Dorgu Attacking midfielder	Manchester United	21	+16 24/25→25/26	3543.4%	9520.4%
23	M. Kayode Full-back	Brentford	22	+15.7 24/25→25/26	45566.2%	9320.3%
24	J. Hugill Centre-forward	Kilmarnock	22	+15.6 24/25→25/26	24325%	4553.1%
25	A. Segecic Attacking midfielder	Portsmouth	22	+15.6 23/24→25/26	38103.2%	7128%
26	K. Matsuki Attacking midfielder	Southampton	23	+15.5 24/25→25/26	1412.9%	6432.3%
27	B. Pointon Attacking midfielder	Bradford	22	+15.5 24/25→25/26	2823.6%	5242%
28	Patrick Kelly Attacking midfielder	Barnsley	21	+15.3 24/25→25/26	2049.2%	4944.9%
29	O. Offiah Full-back	Preston	23	+15.2 24/25→25/26	3021.2%	6729.3%
30	B. Spencer Full-back	Oxford United	22	+15.1 24/25→25/26	323.4%	6430.9%
31	N. O'Reilly Full-back	Manchester City	21	+14.7 24/25→25/26	56432.1%	9717.9%
32	I. Ogundere Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	23	+14.6 24/25→25/26	2819.3%	4942.4%
33	Joel Tshisanga Ndala Winger	Hull City	20	+14.5 24/25→25/26	519.4%	6329.7%
34	M. Conway Full-back	Bolton	22	+14.5 24/25→25/26	3410.1%	5140.2%
35	N. Asiimwe Full-back	AFC Wimbledon	21	+14.5 24/25→25/26	20201.5%	4646.3%
36	A. Scott Defensive midfielder	Bournemouth	22	+14.3 24/25→25/26	47361.4%	9118.6%
37	A. Khusanov Centre-back	Manchester City	22	+13.4 24/25→25/26	4273.4%	8518.7%
38	C. Congreve Attacking midfielder	Dundee	22	+13 24/25→25/26	2621.3%	4936.2%
39	M. Leaburn Centre-forward	Charlton	22	+12.7 24/25→25/26	1132.5%	6225.9%
40	N. Lowe Centre-forward	Stockport County	20	+12 24/25→25/26	1843.1%	4932.6%
41	J. Quarshie Centre-back	Southampton	21	+11.9 24/25→25/26	91720%	6323.3%
42	G. Hall Attacking midfielder	Port Vale	22	+11.7 24/25→25/26	1145.5%	4535.1%
43	Benn David Ward Centre-back	Reading	22	+11.6 24/25→25/26	1823.8%	4337.5%
44	J. Currie Centre-back	Oxford United	23	+11.3 24/25→25/26	3133.7%	6222.3%
45	Ruairi McConville Centre-back	Norwich	21	+11 24/25→25/26	201052.9%	6819.2%
46	D. Mazou-Sacko Central midfielder	Millwall	21	+10.7 24/25→25/26	1960.2%	6619.4%
47	T. Nixon Central midfielder	Doncaster	23	+10.2 24/25→25/26	7143.3%	4034.2%
48	W. Lankshear Centre-forward	Oxford United	21	+10.2 24/25→25/26	37	6917.2%
49	Zak Norton Sturge Full-back	Millwall	22	+10.1 24/25→25/26	36855.3%	7016.9%
50	M. Dackers Centre-forward	Kilmarnock	23	+9.7 24/25→25/26	843.4%	4130.9%