Best defensive U23 attacking midfielders

The best defensive U23 attacking midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

M. Rogers of Aston Villa is the standout for raw talent across U23 attacking midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and N. Paz has been the form player this season, grading 59.4, and Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise leads the scoring with 17 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: P. Nuamah has improved his Season rating most, up +48 on last season, while B. Touré's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +49.3 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.

1899 Hoffenheim · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

P. Nuamah+48SsN

Catanzaro · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise17goals

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#	Player	Team	Age	CS	Season	Rating
1	R. Mofokeng Attacking midfielder	Orlando Pirates	21	17	37	2
2	N. Paz Attacking midfielder	Como	21	16	5935.9%	954.5%
3	Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise Attacking midfielder	Motherwell	23	15	51112.1%	5311.1%
4	Gustavo Sá Attacking midfielder	Famalicao	21	15	2623.8%	712.9%
5	K. Yıldız Attacking midfielder	Juventus	21	13	5340%	932.8%
6	Vasilije Novicic Attacking midfielder	IMT Novi Beograd	18	12	34	48
7	N. Omerović Attacking midfielder	NK Osijek	23	12	24	38
8	Pedro Brazão Attacking midfielder	Bodrum FK	23	12	27135.3%	5120.9%
9	T. Conway Attacking midfielder	Middlesbrough	23	12	4621.4%	7910.8%
10	Pedro Henrique Attacking midfielder	Zenit	20	12	2210%	394.3%
11	I. Sakamoto Attacking midfielder	KVC Westerlo	22	12	318.8%	636.7%
12	Juan Alvina Attacking midfielder	Zamalek SC	23	11	2913.9%	427.3%
13	Kibou Saïdi Attacking midfielder	Ghazl El Mehalla	0	11	14	38
14	M. Vukotić Attacking midfielder	FK Partizan	23	11	36	46
15	R. Pukštas Attacking midfielder	HNK Hajduk Split	21	11	31	42
16	M. Camara Attacking midfielder	Sarıyer	23	11	31	52
17	J. Alcócer Attacking midfielder	KVC Westerlo	22	11	22180%	6011.6%
18	Ângelo Attacking midfielder	Al-Nassr	21	11	3053.8%	629.8%
19	H. Haraldsson Attacking midfielder	Lille	23	11	4238.5%	851.1%
20	M. Soulé Attacking midfielder	AS Roma	23	11	413.3%	893.5%
21	M. Shabalala Attacking midfielder	Kaizer Chiefs	22	10	21	2
22	B. Chandía Attacking midfielder	Coquimbo Unido	23	10	14	27
23	D. Burns Attacking midfielder	Grimsby	23	10	13424%	3421.3%
24	Francisco Conceição Attacking midfielder	Juventus	23	10	2947.2%	853.5%
25	Jesús Rodríguez Attacking midfielder	Como	20	10	34238%	856.2%
26	J. Saralegui Attacking midfielder	Tigre	23	10	2491.3%	535.8%
27	M. Adeline Attacking midfielder	Estac Troyes	22	10	56206.6%	7221.7%
28	P. Nuamah Attacking midfielder	Catanzaro	20	10	54842.1%	7630.6%
29	M. Gonzalez Attacking midfielder	Deportes Tolima	21	9	14	29
30	R. Árciga Attacking midfielder	Club Tijuana	21	9	30	57
31	N. Pays Attacking midfielder	Montpellier	23	9	23	644%
32	Y. Taha Attacking midfielder	Groningen	23	9	461022%	7724.4%
33	D. Gassama Attacking midfielder	Rangers	22	9	2311%	5427.1%
34	G. Konstantelias Attacking midfielder	PAOK	23	9	314.1%	443.1%
35	A. Cozier-Duberry Attacking midfielder	Bolton	21	9	36445.5%	5416.8%
36	Carlos Forbs Attacking midfielder	Club Brugge KV	22	9	41	665.6%
37	Peke Attacking midfielder	Deportivo La Coruna	23	9	512.5%	753.7%
38	M. Baturina Attacking midfielder	Como	23	9	30	83
39	M. Rogers Attacking midfielder	Aston Villa	23	9	527%	1000.5%
40	S. Nakamura Attacking midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	23	9	32	57
41	Q. Sullivan Attacking midfielder	Philadelphia Union	22	9	2918%	464%
42	J. Schreuders Attacking midfielder	Groningen	21	9	1557.3%	733.4%
43	Bae Jun-Ho Attacking midfielder	Stoke City	22	9	1860.6%	677.6%
44	L. Loizou Attacking midfielder	Hapoel Tel Aviv	22	8	24	4225.1%
45	B. Castro Attacking midfielder	Millonarios	22	8	24	28
46	D. González Attacking midfielder	Atlas	23	8	37	58
47	Y. Pîrvu Attacking midfielder	Arges Pitesti	19	8	12	33
48	M. Kolarevic Attacking midfielder	Vojvodina	22	8	24	43
49	M. Faye Attacking midfielder	Esenler Erokspor	21	8	31	5329%
50	M. Winkler Attacking midfielder	Hertha BSC	23	8	38246.8%	6715.5%