Most in-form U23 players in EFL Cup

The most in-form U23 players in EFL Cup, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

M. Rogers of Aston Villa is the standout for raw talent across U23 players in EFL Cup, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and N. O'Reilly has been the form player this season, grading 56.4, and D. Gómez leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. O'Reilly has improved his Season rating most, up +45.8 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

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	N. O'Reilly Full-back	Manchester City	21	56432.1%	9717.9%
2	M. Rogers Attacking midfielder	Aston Villa	23	527%	1000.5%
3	Sydie Peck Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	21	5183.6%	785.2%
4	A. Wharton Defensive midfielder	Crystal Palace	22	51134.9%	908.9%
5	B. Šeško Centre-forward	Manchester United	23	4819.8%	912.9%
6	A. Scott Defensive midfielder	Bournemouth	22	47361.4%	9118.6%
7	A. Devine Central midfielder	Preston	21	4653%	7629.3%
8	T. Conway Attacking midfielder	Middlesbrough	23	4621.4%	7910.8%
9	R. Cherki Attacking midfielder	Manchester City	22	4617%	949%
10	I. Price Central midfielder	West Brom	22	45183.8%	7230.7%
11	M. Kayode Full-back	Brentford	22	45566.2%	9320.3%
12	S. Charles Defensive midfielder	Southampton	22	459.2%	752.9%
13	C. Hughes Full-back	Hull City	22	44150.6%	7312.8%
14	E. Pye Centre-back	Stockport County	23	4410.6%	541.5%
15	J. Stansfield Attacking midfielder	Birmingham	23	434.4%	7641.5%
16	E. Kroupi Attacking midfielder	Bournemouth	20	4239%	9032.3%
17	L. Dobbin Centre-forward	Preston	23	42479.5%	7013.1%
18	A. Khusanov Centre-back	Manchester City	22	4273.4%	8518.7%
19	Y. Ayari Central midfielder	Brighton	22	4223.4%	915.9%
20	C. Taylor Centre-back	Millwall	23	4250.5%	7050.9%
21	Y. Yarmolyuk Defensive midfielder	Brentford	22	42128.4%	899.8%
22	Findlay Curtis Defensive midfielder	Kilmarnock	19	422216.7%	498.1%
23	M. Jobe Centre-back	Cambridge United	23	41	36
24	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	4120.9%	825.2%
25	L. Ugochukwu Defensive midfielder	Burnley	22	41±0%	845.1%
26	J. Taylor Centre-forward	Wigan	23	41610.5%	4912.9%
27	Hugo Bueno Defensive midfielder	Wolves	23	40140.4%	7912.7%
28	K. Lisbie Attacking midfielder	Peterborough	22	39	52
29	Tom Iorpenda Central midfielder	Notts County	21	399625%	384.5%
30	B. Clark Central midfielder	Derby	21	392869.2%	724.1%
31	M. Freckleton Full-back	ST Mirren	23	39112.1%	5051.4%
32	M. Cleworth Full-back	Wrexham	23	3840.7%	7328.6%
33	A. Segecic Attacking midfielder	Portsmouth	22	38103.2%	7128%
34	J. Makama Winger	Norwich	22	3835.6%	7140.6%
35	I. Odutayo Full-back	Bromley	23	3831.5%	387%
36	R. Cleary Attacking midfielder	Barnsley	22	37	5176.9%
37	A. Pepple Centre-forward	Plymouth	23	37195.2%	4952.8%
38	B. Gruda Winger	RB Leipzig	22	37168.8%	82±0%
39	W. Lankshear Centre-forward	Oxford United	21	37	6917.2%
40	T. Devlin Full-back	Portsmouth	22	37100%	699%
41	D. Kanu Centre-forward	Walsall	21	361037.5%	3716.9%
42	Zak Norton Sturge Full-back	Millwall	22	36855.3%	7016.9%
43	J. Coburn Centre-forward	Millwall	23	36143.2%	7312.1%
44	A. Cozier-Duberry Attacking midfielder	Bolton	21	36445.5%	5416.8%
45	H. Vale Central midfielder	QPR	22	364.5%	7140.4%
46	Cristhian Mosquera Full-back	Arsenal	22	351.4%	828.7%
47	K. Fisher Full-back	Norwich	22	3559.7%	731.5%
48	T. O'Reilly Attacking midfielder	Crewe	22	35562.3%	386.2%
49	P. Dorgu Attacking midfielder	Manchester United	21	3543.4%	9520.4%
50	C. Barker Centre-back	Crawley Town	23	3535.3%	3430.8%