Most productive U21 players from Ukraine

The most productive U21 players from Ukraine, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

B. Popov of Empoli is the standout for raw talent across U21 players from Ukraine, with a Field Insider Rating of 60.3, and I. Krupskyi has been the form player this season, grading 30.6, and M. Ponomarenko leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Y. Shevchenko has improved his Season rating most, up +14.2 on last season, while H. Synchuk's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +11.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Timur Tuterov of Sunderland U21 is the most valuable name in this group at 124.4.

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Rising potential

H. Synchuk+11.7RTG

CF Montreal · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Y. Shevchenko+14.2SsN

Kryvbas KR · 24/25→25/26

Timur Tuterov124.4val

Sunderland U21

21 players · ranked by most goals + assistsCustomise →

#	Player	Team	Age	G+A	Season	Rating
1	M. Ponomarenko Centre-forward	Dynamo Kyiv	20	6	18637.5%	411.5%
2	B. Popov Centre-forward	Empoli	19	5	15	60
3	V. Sydun Centre-forward	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	21	4	143.4%	3816.9%
4	A. Slesar Winger	Zorya Luhansk	21	3	1386.8%	394.2%
5	Y. Shevchenko Central midfielder	Kryvbas KR	19	3	14	4112.8%
6	Bohdan Budko Defensive midfielder	Jong AZ	20	2	20	48
7	T. Mykhavko Centre-back	Dynamo Kyiv	21	2	683.2%	4011.4%
8	V. Mulyk Centre-forward	Kryvbas KR	20	2	5	389.9%
9	L. Lemishko Central midfielder	Zemplín Michalovce	19	1	7	30
10	N. Kovalenko Central midfielder	Diosgyori VTK	20	1	4	30
11	V. Vilivald Centre-back	Kryvbas KR	21	1	20104.1%	395.4%
12	H. Synchuk Attacking midfielder	CF Montreal	20	1	840.7%	4337.6%
13	I. Krupskyi Full-back	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	21	1	3181.1%	413.1%
14	O. Fedor Attacking midfielder	Polessya	21	1	6	390.8%
15	A. Shakh Central midfielder	Karpaty	21	1	814.4%	376.2%
16	D. Kremchanin Centre-forward	Oleksandria	21	1	2	33
17	M. Protasevych Central midfielder	Veres Rivne	21	1	434.4%	358.2%
18	Mykola Oharkov Full-back	Oleksandria	21	1	2	35
19	A. Kitela Full-back	Ruh Lviv	21	1	335.3%	363.1%
20	Roman Salenko Central midfielder	Zorya Luhansk	21	1	5	363.2%
21	Oleksandr Kamenskyi Winger	Kryvbas KR	18	1	4	377.8%