Fastest-rising U23 midfielders

The fastest-rising U23 midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

J. Pearman of Australia U20 is the standout for raw talent across U23 midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and Lamine Yamal has been the form player this season, grading 90.8, and D. Karlsbakk leads the scoring with 18 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Karlsbakk has improved his Season rating most, up +61.2 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

D. Karlsbakk+61.2SsN

Sarpsborg 08 FF · 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	H. Pijaca Central midfielder	Angelholms FF	21	+48.3 24/25→25/26	5	74
3	R. Bardghji Attacking midfielder	Barcelona	20	+42.2 24/25→25/26	8	82107.1%
4	D. Gómez Attacking midfielder	Brighton	23	+41.5 24/25→25/26	2949.7%	8988.3%
5	P. Langhoff Central midfielder	Lyngby	22	+38.9 24/25→25/26	24	81
6	A. Pyrka Defensive midfielder	FC St. Pauli	23	+37.8 24/25→25/26	2950.8%	75101.9%
7	S. Ebonog Defensive midfielder	Le Havre	21	+36.2 24/25→25/26	27682.9%	7594.3%
8	N. Aséko Nkili Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	20	+35.4 24/25→25/26	441603.8%	7395.2%
9	S. El Mala Centre-forward	1. FC Köln	19	+35.3 24/25→25/26	5546.9%	8472%
10	S. Fusire Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	21	+34.1 24/25→25/26	30290.9%	63117.2%
11	O. Pietuszewski Central midfielder	FC Porto	18	+33.9 24/25→25/26	25	6898.8%
12	O. Vargas Defensive midfielder	Atletico Madrid	20	+33.4 24/25→25/26	1850.3%	8170.5%
13	M. Linday Defensive midfielder	Heerenveen	23	+32.9 24/25→25/26	4142.2%	6991.1%
14	M. Yalcouyé Defensive midfielder	Swansea	20	+31.9 24/25→25/26	141.4%	6596.7%
15	J. Mendes Central midfielder	Rodez	22	+30.9 24/25→25/26	32570.8%	6492.2%
16	M. Baur Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	22	+30.6 24/25→25/26	52589.3%	7470.2%
17	D. Karim Attacking midfielder	Lorient	22	+29.8 24/25→25/26	1453.4%	7466.8%
18	N. Sadiki Defensive midfielder	Sunderland	21	+29.8 24/25→25/26	344.8%	9545.6%
19	Victor Mow Froholdt Central midfielder	FC Porto	20	+29.2 24/25→25/26	5645%	7959%
20	R. Touzghar Central midfielder	PAU	22	+29.2 24/25→25/26	41892.7%	6484.6%
21	O. Joly Central midfielder	Rodez	23	+28.4 24/25→25/26	26613.9%	6088.8%
22	E. Bajraktarevic Central midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	21	+28.3 24/25→25/26	2664%	7265.4%
23	E. İlkhan Defensive midfielder	Torino	22	+26.6 23/24→25/26	2047.8%	7357.2%
24	Abbas Al Hassan Central midfielder	NEOM	22	+26.3 23/24→25/26	25814.8%	8076.1%
25	Franco Mastantuono Winger	Real Madrid	18	+25.9 24/25→25/26	757.9%	8047.6%
26	K. Kouassi Defensive midfielder	Lorient	21	+24.8 24/25→25/26	4592.7%	8739.7%
27	L. Miller Defensive midfielder	Udinese	19	+24.4 24/25→25/26	1566.2%	7746.6%
28	G. Versini Central midfielder	PAU	22	+23 24/25→25/26	12	58
29	Kofi Jeremy Amoako Defensive midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	21	+22.8 24/25→25/26	33257%	6357%
30	B. Zeneli Central midfielder	Union St. Gilloise	23	+22.5 24/25→25/26	3137.9%	5863.4%
31	Cameron Bragg Defensive midfielder	Southampton	21	+22.4 24/25→25/26	7318.7%	6256.9%
32	K. WÃ¤tjen Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	+22.4 24/25→25/26	22397.8%	6256.1%
33	J. Stansfield Attacking midfielder	Birmingham	23	+22.4 24/25→25/26	434.4%	7641.5%
34	R. Bamba Central midfielder	Nancy	22	+22.1 24/25→25/26	20589.7%	5763%
35	S. Resink Attacking midfielder	Groningen	23	+22.1 24/25→25/26	45581.8%	7939.2%
36	P. Diop Attacking midfielder	Toulouse	22	+22 24/25→25/26	2143.2%	7839.1%
37	H. Matsuda Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	22	+21.9 24/25→25/26	22160.7%	6353.3%
38	G. Yah Defensive midfielder	FC Volendam	22	+20.8 24/25→25/26	47230.1%	6844.1%
39	H. Vale Central midfielder	QPR	22	+20.4 23/24→25/26	364.5%	7140.4%
40	K. Bilalovic Central midfielder	Aberdeen	21	+20.1 24/25→25/26	9933.3%	4484.8%
41	L. Ulrich Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	21	+20.1 24/25→25/26	43137.4%	6445.5%
42	S. Biuk Attacking midfielder	Valladolid	23	+19.7 23/24→25/26	1840.8%	6246.5%
43	Y. Massolin Central midfielder	Modena	23	+19.3 24/25→25/26	2420.7%	6542.2%
44	L. Chambers Defensive midfielder	Charlton	22	+18.8 24/25→25/26	1531.8%	6244%
45	A. Blake Central midfielder	Utrecht	21	+18.6 24/25→25/26	1428.8%	6937.3%
46	K. Hlynsson Attacking midfielder	Twente	22	+18.5 24/25→25/26	50574.3%	8030.1%
47	K. Davidsen Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	21	+18.4 24/25→25/26	3121.7%	6242.2%
48	S. Diba Defensive midfielder	Grenoble	22	+18.1 24/25→25/26	15167.3%	5549.1%
49	T. Small Central midfielder	Preston	21	+18.1 24/25→25/26	2633.5%	6935.3%
50	P. Nuamah Attacking midfielder	Catanzaro	20	+17.8 24/25→25/26	54842.1%	7630.6%