Fastest-improving U21 midfielders

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

At a glance

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U21 midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 100.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: P. Nuamah has improved his Season rating most, up +49.4 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, Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the most valuable name in this group at 137.6.

West Ham · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

P. Nuamah+49.4SsN

Catanzaro · 24/25→25/26

50 players · ranked by biggest season change %Customise →

#	Player	Team	Age	Δ%	Season	Rating
1	C. Bonsu Baah Central midfielder	Al-Qadisiyah FC	21	+149.6 24/25→25/26	56149.6%	635.2%
2	V. Barco Defensive midfielder	Strasbourg	21	+144.8 24/25→25/26	51144.8%	8612.8%
3	Mathias De Amorim Defensive midfielder	Famalicao	21	+140.5 24/25→25/26	49140.5%	7017.8%
4	L. Ulrich Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	21	+118.6 24/25→25/26	45118.6%	6445.5%
5	K. Kouassi Defensive midfielder	Lorient	21	+106 24/25→25/26	48106%	8739.7%
6	J. Hjertø-Dahl Central midfielder	Tromso	20	+102.1 24/25→25/26	47102.1%	5218.1%
7	Sydie Peck Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	21	+98.5 24/25→25/26	5398.5%	785.2%
8	A. Güler Attacking midfielder	Real Madrid	21	+97.8 24/25→25/26	4497.8%	947.6%
9	M. Kislyak Defensive midfielder	CSKA Moscow	20	+86.9 24/25→25/26	4886.9%	4116.6%
10	S. Ouaissa Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	21	+62.2 24/25→25/26	5462.2%	8212.9%
11	Ângelo Attacking midfielder	Al-Nassr	21	+54.5 24/25→25/26	3154.5%	629.8%
12	A. Devine Central midfielder	Preston	21	+54.3 24/25→25/26	5054.3%	7629.3%
13	Caleb Marfo Yirenkyi Full-back	FC Nordsjaelland	20	+52.5 24/25→25/26	3652.5%	5117.4%
14	Victor Mow Froholdt Central midfielder	FC Porto	20	+52.3 24/25→25/26	6052.3%	7959%
15	Lamine Yamal Winger	Barcelona	19	+49.1 24/25→25/26	9449.1%	100±0%
16	P. Dorgu Attacking midfielder	Manchester United	21	+47.5 24/25→25/26	3647.5%	9520.4%
17	S. El Mala Centre-forward	1. FC Köln	19	+46.9 24/25→25/26	5646.9%	8472%
18	Julian Dean Rijkhoff Attacking midfielder	Almere City FC	21	+42.5 24/25→25/26	4542.5%	618.2%
19	N. Pisilli Defensive midfielder	AS Roma	21	+40.7 24/25→25/26	3040.7%	844.2%
20	Joseph Okopu Attacking midfielder	Zulte Waregem	20	+36.1 24/25→25/26	4636.1%	6522%
21	N. Paz Attacking midfielder	Como	21	+36.1 24/25→25/26	6136.1%	954.5%
22	K. Davidsen Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	21	+33.2 24/25→25/26	3233.2%	6242.2%
23	T. Koudou Defensive midfielder	KV Mechelen	21	+32.1 24/25→25/26	3832.1%	5913.1%
24	João Neves Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	21	+30.9 24/25→25/26	4730.9%	844.4%
25	Nathan De Cat Defensive midfielder	Anderlecht	17	+10.3 24/25→25/26	3910.3%	6229.9%
26	P. Wanner Defensive midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	20	+10.2 24/25→25/26	3810.2%	783.5%
27	K. Karetsas Attacking midfielder	Genk	18	+8.5 24/25→25/26	248.5%	600.5%
28	J. Ruiz Central midfielder	Barracas Central	21	+6.7 24/25→25/26	376.7%	580.7%
29	A. Batrakov Attacking midfielder	Lokomotiv	21	+4.5 24/25→25/26	584.5%	423.5%
30	V. Atangana Edoa Central midfielder	Al-Ahli Jeddah	20	+1.3 24/25→25/26	381.3%	6025.7%
31	P. Bravo Defensive midfielder	FC Midtjylland	21	-0.7 24/25→25/26	280.7%	462.2%
32	N. Rossen Central midfielder	Telstar	20	-1 24/25→25/26	411%	7317.2%
33	K. Doyle Central midfielder	Reading	20	-5.4 24/25→25/26	335.4%	524.2%
34	A. Nusa Winger	RB Leipzig	21	-5.9 24/25→25/26	325.9%	873.1%
35	Pedro Henrique Attacking midfielder	Zenit	20	-9.7 24/25→25/26	229.7%	394.3%
36	N. Sadiki Defensive midfielder	Sunderland	21	-10.3 24/25→25/26	3210.3%	9545.6%
37	M. Holíček Defensive midfielder	Crewe	21	-11.1 24/25→25/26	2311.1%	342.5%
38	J. Koller Attacking midfielder	Jong PSV U21	19	-11.4 24/25→25/26	2011.4%	564.3%
39	Joel Roca Attacking midfielder	Girona	21	-12.8 24/25→25/26	1912.8%	7713.4%
40	J. Hinshelwood Attacking midfielder	Brighton	21	-13.4 24/25→25/26	3313.4%	944.7%
41	R. Norheim Defensive midfielder	FC Nordsjaelland	21	-14.3 24/25→25/26	3314.3%	470.6%
42	Y. Minteh Attacking midfielder	Brighton	21	-19.3 24/25→25/26	2819.3%	943.7%
43	A. Kozubal Defensive midfielder	Lech Poznan	21	-21.7 24/25→25/26	2921.7%	437%
44	T. Land Winger	Groningen	20	-21.9 24/25→25/26	1821.9%	6829.4%
45	M. Fofana Attacking midfielder	Lyon	21	-23.7 24/25→25/26	2523.7%	83±0%
46	Gustavo Sá Attacking midfielder	Famalicao	21	-23.9 24/25→25/26	2723.9%	712.9%
47	Alejandro Granados Central midfielder	Club Brugge II	20	-25 24/25→25/26	1925%	4213.4%
48	J. Cotterill Central midfielder	Dundee	20	-26.1 24/25→25/26	1826.1%	4634.7%
49	T. Lund Jensen Attacking midfielder	Club Brugge II	20	-27.2 24/25→25/26	2127.2%	448.9%
50	S. Castañeda Central midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	21	-30 24/25→25/26	1930%	662.8%