Fastest-improving U23 midfielders

The fastest-improving (by % Season change) 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

50 players · ranked by biggest season change %Customise →

#	Player	Team	Age	Δ%	Season	Rating
1	C. Bonsu Baah Central midfielder	Al-Qadisiyah FC	21	+135.5 24/25→25/26	52135.5%	635.2%
2	Mathias De Amorim Defensive midfielder	Famalicao	21	+135 24/25→25/26	48135%	7017.8%
3	A. Wharton Defensive midfielder	Crystal Palace	22	+134.9 24/25→25/26	51134.9%	908.9%
4	V. Barco Defensive midfielder	Strasbourg	21	+132.4 24/25→25/26	50132.4%	8612.8%
5	Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise Attacking midfielder	Motherwell	23	+112.1 24/25→25/26	51112.1%	5311.1%
6	L. Camara Defensive midfielder	Monaco	22	+107.4 24/25→25/26	64107.4%	884.5%
7	N. Dismas Defensive midfielder	Göztepe	23	+103.5 24/25→25/26	41103.5%	512%
8	A. Güler Attacking midfielder	Real Madrid	21	+97.7 24/25→25/26	4397.7%	947.6%
9	P. Brittijn Defensive midfielder	Fortuna Sittard	22	+95.6 24/25→25/26	5395.6%	7224.9%
10	S. Andersen Central midfielder	BK Hacken	22	+95.6 24/25→25/26	4995.6%	3825.2%
11	K. Kouassi Defensive midfielder	Lorient	21	+92.7 24/25→25/26	4592.7%	8739.7%
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	K. Doumbia Attacking midfielder	Stade Brestois 29	23	+82.8 24/25→25/26	4482.8%	825%
15	Musab Al Juwayr Central midfielder	Al-Qadisiyah FC	23	+76.9 24/25→25/26	5576.9%	63±0%
16	D. Osorio Defensive midfielder	FC Midtjylland	22	+75.5 24/25→25/26	4975.5%	505.5%
17	Fermín Attacking midfielder	Barcelona	23	+75.2 24/25→25/26	5075.2%	916.4%
18	M. Perrone Defensive midfielder	Como	23	+74.1 24/25→25/26	4674.1%	889.2%
19	S. Simons Central midfielder	FC Eindhoven	22	+73.6 24/25→25/26	5173.6%	607%
20	T. Le Bris Defensive midfielder	Lorient	23	+73.4 24/25→25/26	3973.4%	7726.8%
21	M. Kislyak Defensive midfielder	CSKA Moscow	20	+71.4 24/25→25/26	4671.4%	4116.6%
22	T. de Jonge Defensive midfielder	Groningen	23	+71.3 24/25→25/26	4271.3%	7214.9%
23	Lee Hyun-Ju Attacking midfielder	Arouca	23	+70 24/25→25/26	3570%	677.8%
24	J. McGlynn Attacking midfielder	Houston Dynamo	23	+68.5 24/25→25/26	4768.5%	482.1%
25	M. Karlsson Defensive midfielder	Hammarby FF	22	+66.2 24/25→25/26	3966.2%	427.2%
26	A. Bouaddi Defensive midfielder	Lille	18	+63.9 24/25→25/26	3463.9%	8714.6%
27	D. Ayala Defensive midfielder	Portland Timbers	23	+62.2 24/25→25/26	4062.2%	459.1%
28	T. van Bergen Centre-forward	Groningen	22	+61 24/25→25/26	4461%	788.2%
29	Caleb Marfo Yirenkyi Full-back	FC Nordsjaelland	20	+58.6 24/25→25/26	3658.6%	5117.4%
30	K. Sano Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	22	+55.2 24/25→25/26	5755.2%	809.9%
31	Y. Titraoui Defensive midfielder	Charleroi	22	+54.4 24/25→25/26	4254.4%	6110.5%
32	I. Moriba Defensive midfielder	Celta Vigo	23	+54.2 24/25→25/26	4854.2%	884.8%
33	A. Devine Central midfielder	Preston	21	+53 24/25→25/26	4653%	7629.3%
34	S. Ouaissa Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	21	+52 24/25→25/26	4952%	8212.9%
35	T. Fukui Defensive midfielder	Arouca	22	+51.1 24/25→25/26	4651.1%	687.4%
36	N. Lonwijk Full-back	Luton	23	+49.3 24/25→25/26	3449.3%	497.3%
37	S. Tronchin Central midfielder	Sudtirol	23	+49.2 24/25→25/26	3649.2%	611.8%
38	Lamine Yamal Winger	Barcelona	19	+48.9 24/25→25/26	9148.9%	100±0%
39	A. Pavlović Defensive midfielder	Bayern München	22	+47.3 24/25→25/26	3047.3%	801.6%
40	S. El Mala Centre-forward	1. FC Köln	19	+46.9 24/25→25/26	5546.9%	8472%
41	Victor Mow Froholdt Central midfielder	FC Porto	20	+45 24/25→25/26	5645%	7959%
42	P. Dorgu Attacking midfielder	Manchester United	21	+43.4 24/25→25/26	3543.4%	9520.4%
43	Julian Dean Rijkhoff Attacking midfielder	Almere City FC	21	+42.5 24/25→25/26	4442.5%	618.2%
44	M. Linday Defensive midfielder	Heerenveen	23	+42.2 24/25→25/26	4142.2%	6991.1%
45	L. Rodríguez Centre-forward	NEOM	23	+40.6 24/25→25/26	2840.6%	5813.7%
46	I. Yegoian Central midfielder	Excelsior	22	+39.7 24/25→25/26	5239.7%	7323.9%
47	G. Simeone Winger	Atletico Madrid	23	+39.4 24/25→25/26	3639.4%	882.5%
48	H. Haraldsson Attacking midfielder	Lille	23	+38.5 24/25→25/26	4238.5%	851.1%
49	N. Pisilli Defensive midfielder	AS Roma	21	+38.3 24/25→25/26	2938.3%	844.2%
50	B. Zeneli Central midfielder	Union St. Gilloise	23	+37.9 24/25→25/26	3137.9%	5863.4%