Most in-form U23 players in League Two

The most in-form U23 players in League Two, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

M. Young of Salford City is the standout for raw talent across U23 players in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 39, and M. Jobe has been the form player this season, grading 41.3, and D. Kanu leads the scoring with 15 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Kanu has improved his Season rating most, up +33.2 on last season, while D. Burns's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +5.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, I. Odutayo of Bromley is the most valuable name in this group at 11.5.

Grimsby · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

D. Kanu+33.2SsN

Walsall · 24/25→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	M. Jobe Centre-back	Cambridge United	23	41	36
2	Tom Iorpenda Central midfielder	Notts County	21	399625%	384.5%
3	S. Swinkels Centre-back	Chesterfield	22	38376.3%	3812.4%
4	I. Odutayo Full-back	Bromley	23	3831.5%	387%
5	D. Kanu Centre-forward	Walsall	21	361037.5%	3716.9%
6	T. O'Reilly Attacking midfielder	Crewe	22	35562.3%	386.2%
7	S. Braybrooke Defensive midfielder	Chesterfield	22	351234.6%	366.3%
8	C. Barker Centre-back	Crawley Town	23	3535.3%	3430.8%
9	Marcus Lemar Ifill Defensive midfielder	Bromley	22	303687.5%	3629.1%
10	Charlie Jay Whitaker Attacking midfielder	Tranmere	22	29125.2%	342.8%
11	C. Slicker Goalkeeper	Barnet	23	28	36
12	S. Gale Centre-back	Gillingham	21	2827400%	3510.2%
13	W. Sutton Full-back	Oldham	23	268433.3%	3114.7%
14	F. Cavegn Centre-forward	Bristol Rovers	23	25	34
15	Ismeal Kabia Defensive midfielder	Shrewsbury	20	25	34
16	S. Negru Full-back	Tranmere	23	2417.9%	322.6%
17	K. N’Mai Central midfielder	Salford City	22	2410.5%	363.5%
18	E. Tezgel Centre-forward	Crewe	20	24	3440.5%
19	L. Billington Full-back	Crewe	22	2448.4%	3712.6%
20	J. Snowdon Defensive midfielder	Swindon Town	22	24	35
21	M. Young Goalkeeper	Salford City	19	23100.9%	3916.8%
22	M. Holíček Defensive midfielder	Crewe	21	2310.2%	342.5%
23	O. Lunt Central midfielder	Crewe	21	23922.7%	3417.8%
24	Jamie Knight-Lebel Centre-back	Swindon Town	21	2224.5%	343.7%
25	C. O'Brien Full-back	Accrington ST	19	2238.1%	335.8%
26	Jayden Joseph Defensive midfielder	Tranmere	20	22	32
27	Ethan Ennis Attacking midfielder	Fleetwood Town	21	22522.9%	3512.7%
28	E. Khouri Central midfielder	Grimsby	23	2043.9%	339.9%
29	Calum Agius Attacking midfielder	Crewe	20	202800%	3619.8%
30	Arkelle Nicholas Cecil Jude-Boyd Full-back	Cheltenham	23	2030.1%	324.5%
31	K. Cesay Centre-forward	Salford City	23	19	34
32	M. Kacurri Centre-back	Grimsby	20	192044.4%	3213.4%
33	Joel McGregor Defensive midfielder	Swindon Town	20	1958.2%	334.2%
34	Harvey Araujo Centre-back	Colchester	21	1959.2%	335.7%
35	S. Forde Attacking midfielder	Bristol Rovers	22	1956.2%	3424.5%
36	S. Tovide Centre-forward	Colchester	22	1917.1%	333.2%
37	A. Mayor Defensive midfielder	Cambridge United	21	19	3515%
38	Micah Mbick Winger	Colchester	19	18	3418.7%
39	J. Slater Full-back	Harrogate Town	21	18	3343.1%
40	S. Curtis Full-back	Chesterfield	20	18142.5%	3321.3%
41	M. Baker Full-back	Newport County	23	1752.7%	334.9%
42	D. Duffy Central midfielder	Chesterfield	23	16116%	333.1%
43	T. Hall Attacking midfielder	Notts County	20	16	34
44	M. Mellon Centre-forward	Oldham	22	16113.7%	320.9%
45	F. Potter Full-back	Fleetwood Town	22	1621.3%	320.6%
46	F. Holman Centre-forward	Swindon Town	21	15	33
47	T. Davies Full-back	Newport County	22	15400%	3112%
48	N. Kenneh Defensive midfielder	Tranmere	23	1529.1%	2932.7%
49	M. Spellman Winger	Newport County	23	14134.4%	303.4%
50	Alex Henderson Central midfielder	Accrington ST	21	1490.7%	3313.1%