Fastest-improving U21 players

The fastest-improving (by % Season change) U21 players, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U21 players, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and Chupe leads the scoring with 24 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +71.2 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, Marcelinho Braz of RB Bragantino U20 is the most valuable name in this group at 180.7.

1899 Hoffenheim · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+71.2SsN

Marcelinho Braz180.7val

RB Bragantino U20

50 players · ranked by biggest season change %Customise →

#	Player	Team	Age	Δ%	Season	Rating
1	M. Godts Winger	Ajax	21	+238.8 24/25→25/26	79238.8%	8411.8%
2	E. Báez Full-back	San Lorenzo	21	+141.9 24/25→25/26	67141.9%	5817%
3	C. Bonsu Baah Central midfielder	Al-Qadisiyah FC	21	+135.5 24/25→25/26	52135.5%	635.2%
4	Mathias De Amorim Defensive midfielder	Famalicao	21	+135 24/25→25/26	48135%	7017.8%
5	V. Barco Defensive midfielder	Strasbourg	21	+132.4 24/25→25/26	50132.4%	8612.8%
6	Álex Jiménez Full-back	Bournemouth	21	+98.6 24/25→25/26	4398.6%	9118.7%
7	A. Güler Attacking midfielder	Real Madrid	21	+97.7 24/25→25/26	4397.7%	947.6%
8	D. Janse Centre-back	Groningen	20	+94.9 24/25→25/26	4294.9%	7543.5%
9	W. Zaïre-Emery Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	+94.3 24/25→25/26	6894.3%	9412.3%
10	K. Kouassi Defensive midfielder	Lorient	21	+92.7 24/25→25/26	4592.7%	8739.7%
11	K. Goto Centre-forward	St. Truiden	21	+86.3 24/25→25/26	4686.3%	6339.2%
12	J. Hjertø-Dahl Central midfielder	Tromso	20	+85.2 24/25→25/26	4585.2%	5218.1%
13	Sydie Peck Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	21	+83.6 24/25→25/26	5183.6%	785.2%
14	N. Tresoldi Centre-forward	Club Brugge KV	21	+81.9 24/25→25/26	5681.9%	661%
15	M. Kislyak Defensive midfielder	CSKA Moscow	20	+71.4 24/25→25/26	4671.4%	4116.6%
16	M. Young Centre-back	Sparta Rotterdam	20	+69.4 24/25→25/26	5969.4%	768.3%
17	I. Rozhkov Full-back	Rubin	21	+65.9 24/25→25/26	4965.9%	36±0%
18	A. Bouaddi Defensive midfielder	Lille	18	+63.9 24/25→25/26	3463.9%	8714.6%
19	Caleb Marfo Yirenkyi Full-back	FC Nordsjaelland	20	+58.6 24/25→25/26	3658.6%	5117.4%
20	A. Devine Central midfielder	Preston	21	+53 24/25→25/26	4653%	7629.3%
21	S. Ouaissa Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	21	+52 24/25→25/26	4952%	8212.9%
22	I. Ganiou Full-back	Lens	21	+50.3 24/25→25/26	4350.3%	8437.9%
23	M. Soumano Centre-forward	NAC Breda	21	+49.8 24/25→25/26	3349.8%	675.5%
24	T. Blokzijl Centre-back	Groningen	21	+49.1 24/25→25/26	4149.1%	768.3%
25	Lamine Yamal Winger	Barcelona	19	+48.9 24/25→25/26	9148.9%	100±0%
26	S. El Mala Centre-forward	1. FC Köln	19	+46.9 24/25→25/26	5546.9%	8472%
27	Victor Mow Froholdt Central midfielder	FC Porto	20	+45 24/25→25/26	5645%	7959%
28	Iván Fresneda Full-back	Sporting CP	21	+43.5 24/25→25/26	3443.5%	640.9%
29	P. Dorgu Attacking midfielder	Manchester United	21	+43.4 24/25→25/26	3543.4%	9520.4%
30	Julian Dean Rijkhoff Attacking midfielder	Almere City FC	21	+42.5 24/25→25/26	4442.5%	618.2%
31	B. Touré Attacking midfielder	1899 Hoffenheim	20	+40.1 24/25→25/26	4740.1%	91119.4%
32	K. Yıldız Attacking midfielder	Juventus	21	+40 24/25→25/26	5340%	932.8%
33	E. Kroupi Attacking midfielder	Bournemouth	20	+39 24/25→25/26	4239%	9032.3%
34	N. Pisilli Defensive midfielder	AS Roma	21	+38.3 24/25→25/26	2938.3%	844.2%
35	M. Rafferty Central midfielder	Degerfors IF	21	+37.3 24/25→25/26	2937.3%	365.8%
36	Joseph Okopu Attacking midfielder	Zulte Waregem	20	+36.3 24/25→25/26	4536.3%	6522%
37	N. Paz Attacking midfielder	Como	21	+35.9 24/25→25/26	5935.9%	954.5%
38	Pau Cubarsí Paredes Centre-back	Barcelona	19	+34.3 24/25→25/26	5134.3%	93±0%
39	Martim Fernandes Full-back	FC Porto	20	+31.2 24/25→25/26	3931.2%	636.4%
40	Christian Kofane Centre-forward	Bayer Leverkusen	19	+30.8 24/25→25/26	3130.8%	8120.9%
41	J. Seys Full-back	Club Brugge KV	21	+28.4 24/25→25/26	3728.4%	6615.3%
42	Diego Moreira Attacking midfielder	Strasbourg	21	+27.9 24/25→25/26	4227.9%	871.9%
43	Finn Jeltsch Centre-back	VfB Stuttgart	20	+27.6 24/25→25/26	3127.6%	8130.8%
44	N. Held Full-back	Waalwijk	20	+26.2 24/25→25/26	2726.2%	6215.8%
45	T. Koudou Defensive midfielder	KV Mechelen	21	+24.8 24/25→25/26	3624.8%	5913.1%
46	João Neves Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	21	+24.6 24/25→25/26	4424.6%	844.4%
47	R. Besselink Full-back	De Graafschap	21	+24.3 24/25→25/26	2624.3%	586.2%
48	Nacho Ferri Centre-forward	KVC Westerlo	21	+23.9 24/25→25/26	3923.9%	621.1%
49	L. Høgsberg Centre-back	Strasbourg	20	+22.3 24/25→25/26	2522.3%	7876.1%
50	D. Huijsen Centre-back	Real Madrid	21	+21.8 24/25→25/26	4621.8%	903.2%