Most in-form U21 players from England

The most in-form U21 players from England, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

N. O'Reilly of Manchester City is the standout for raw talent across U21 players from England, with a Field Insider Rating of 96.7, and D. Ballard leads the scoring with 23 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Ballard has improved his Season rating most, up +46.2 on last season, while S. Fusire's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +34.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. O'Reilly of Manchester City is the most valuable name in this group at 174.1.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	N. O'Reilly Full-back	Manchester City	21	56432.1%	9717.9%
2	D. Ballard Centre-forward	Leyton Orient	21	56452.9%	5318.7%
3	Sydie Peck Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	21	5183.6%	785.2%
4	H. Amass Defensive midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	19	491095.1%	704.8%
5	A. Devine Central midfielder	Preston	21	4653%	7629.3%
6	Tom Iorpenda Central midfielder	Notts County	21	399625%	384.5%
7	B. Clark Central midfielder	Derby	21	392869.2%	724.1%
8	W. Lankshear Centre-forward	Oxford United	21	37	6917.2%
9	D. Kanu Centre-forward	Walsall	21	361037.5%	3716.9%
10	A. Cozier-Duberry Attacking midfielder	Bolton	21	36445.5%	5416.8%
11	A. Phillips Centre-back	Stoke City	21	344.2%	711.6%
12	F. Lissah Full-back	Falkirk	21	34	49
13	L. Hall Full-back	Newcastle	21	3320.2%	877.6%
14	J. Hinshelwood Attacking midfielder	Brighton	21	329.3%	944.7%
15	K. Doyle Central midfielder	Reading	20	318.5%	524.2%
16	D. Ozoh Defensive midfielder	Derby	21	30156.8%	6912.7%
17	R. Walters Full-back	Blackpool	21	30135.2%	5212.8%
18	J. Bellingham Defensive midfielder	Borussia Dortmund	20	3032.2%	826.2%
19	S. Fusire Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	21	30290.9%	63117.2%
20	O. Kellyman Centre-forward	Cardiff	20	299600%	5230.2%
21	K. Mainoo Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	21	2959.1%	899.7%
22	M. Moore Attacking midfielder	Rangers	18	29717.1%	5524.8%
23	B. Khela Defensive midfielder	Peterborough	21	28171.8%	5052%
24	S. Gale Centre-back	Gillingham	21	2827400%	3510.2%
25	Daniel Gore Defensive midfielder	Rotherham	21	261361.1%	4610%
26	J. Duffus Attacking midfielder	Saint Etienne	21	26	64
27	T. Small Central midfielder	Preston	21	2633.5%	6935.3%
28	Jonathan Bland Defensive midfielder	Barnsley	20	25	48
29	G. Kodua Winger	Luton	21	25437%	4910.5%
30	A. Gray Central midfielder	Tottenham	20	2471.8%	855.3%
31	S. Sidibe Central midfielder	Jong PSV U21	19	24594.3%	575.2%
32	J. Meghoma Full-back	Rangers	20	24209.1%	5215.8%
33	E. Tezgel Centre-forward	Crewe	20	24	3440.5%
34	D. Adu-Adjei Centre-forward	HNK Rijeka	21	23217.8%	3930.5%
35	M. Young Goalkeeper	Salford City	19	23100.9%	3916.8%
36	F. Draper Centre-forward	Lincoln	21	23101.8%	5110.9%
37	O. Lunt Central midfielder	Crewe	21	23922.7%	3417.8%
38	C. O'Brien Full-back	Accrington ST	19	2238.1%	335.8%
39	D. Mubama Centre-forward	Stoke City	21	22	679.5%
40	Jayden Joseph Defensive midfielder	Tranmere	20	22	32
41	Ethan Ennis Attacking midfielder	Fleetwood Town	21	22522.9%	3512.7%
42	L. Woodhouse Central midfielder	Exeter City	21	22	44
43	L. Miley Full-back	Newcastle	20	21172.4%	889.2%
44	Joshua King Central midfielder	Fulham	19	20915%	8415.8%
45	Kyle James McAdam Defensive midfielder	Northampton	21	20	44
46	O. Elding Centre-forward	Hibernian	20	20	49
47	J. Devaney Defensive midfielder	ST Mirren	19	20	46
48	Joshua Feeney Centre-back	Huddersfield	21	192.1%	462.3%
49	Joel McGregor Defensive midfielder	Swindon Town	20	1958.2%	334.2%
50	Harvey Araujo Centre-back	Colchester	21	1959.2%	335.7%