Most productive U23 midfielders

The most productive U23 midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U23 midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, 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

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#	Player	Team	Age	G+A	Season	Rating
1	Lamine Yamal Winger	Barcelona	19	27	9148.9%	100±0%
2	P. Nuamah Attacking midfielder	Catanzaro	20	23	54842.1%	7630.6%
3	A. Batrakov Attacking midfielder	Lokomotiv	21	22	564.5%	423.5%
4	Peke Attacking midfielder	Deportivo La Coruna	23	21	512.5%	753.7%
5	M. Adeline Attacking midfielder	Estac Troyes	22	20	56206.6%	7221.7%
6	V. Kostov Central midfielder	FK Crvena Zvezda	18	19	49	50
7	L. Stojković Central midfielder	Dinamo Zagreb	22	19	42	43
8	A. Cozier-Duberry Attacking midfielder	Bolton	21	19	36445.5%	5416.8%
9	Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise Attacking midfielder	Motherwell	23	19	51112.1%	5311.1%
10	D. Karlsbakk Centre-forward	Sarpsborg 08 FF	23	19	61	4816.6%
11	R. Mofokeng Attacking midfielder	Orlando Pirates	21	18	37	2
12	F. Ghedjemis Winger	Frosinone	23	18	54416.2%	7225.7%
13	Julian Dean Rijkhoff Attacking midfielder	Almere City FC	21	18	4442.5%	618.2%
14	I. Ferrah Winger	Cambuur	20	18	47	6597%
15	N. Paz Attacking midfielder	Como	21	18	5935.9%	954.5%
16	T. O'Reilly Attacking midfielder	Crewe	22	18	35562.3%	386.2%
17	S. El Mala Centre-forward	1. FC Köln	19	17	5546.9%	8472%
18	Musab Al Juwayr Central midfielder	Al-Qadisiyah FC	23	17	5576.9%	63±0%
19	E. Havel Central midfielder	TSV Hartberg	23	16	46	50
20	A. Sanches Attacking midfielder	BSC Young Boys	23	16	50	49
21	A. Fatawu Attacking midfielder	Leicester	22	16	42552.3%	741.6%
22	Joseph Okopu Attacking midfielder	Zulte Waregem	20	16	4536.3%	6522%
23	J. Stansfield Attacking midfielder	Birmingham	23	16	434.4%	7641.5%
24	R. Cherki Attacking midfielder	Manchester City	22	16	4617%	949%
25	M. Rogers Attacking midfielder	Aston Villa	23	16	527%	1000.5%
26	G. Zechiël Defensive midfielder	Utrecht	22	16	66542.7%	8226.1%
27	Adam Tahaui Attacking midfielder	Vitesse	20	15	3913000%	6140.9%
28	R. El Arguioui Attacking midfielder	Jong Utrecht	20	15	53227.6%	6221.1%
29	J. McGlynn Attacking midfielder	Houston Dynamo	23	15	4768.5%	482.1%
30	Peio Canales Attacking midfielder	Racing Santander	21	15	392671.4%	776.2%
31	Fermín Attacking midfielder	Barcelona	23	15	5075.2%	916.4%
32	Alberto Moleiro Central midfielder	Villarreal	22	15	5334.5%	9410%
33	C. Bonsu Baah Central midfielder	Al-Qadisiyah FC	21	15	52135.5%	635.2%
34	J. James Defensive midfielder	Leicester	22	15	46163.2%	701.1%
35	M. Vukotić Attacking midfielder	FK Partizan	23	14	36	46
36	Daniel Dos Santos Winger	FC Lugano	23	14	31	46
37	A. Segecic Attacking midfielder	Portsmouth	22	14	38103.2%	7128%
38	Y. Taha Attacking midfielder	Groningen	23	14	461022%	7724.4%
39	B. Önal Defensive midfielder	NEC Nijmegen	22	14	50303.3%	7815.8%
40	K. Hlynsson Attacking midfielder	Twente	22	14	50574.3%	8030.1%
41	Chuky San José Centre-forward	Valladolid	22	14	36246.6%	668.1%
42	A. Devine Central midfielder	Preston	21	14	4653%	7629.3%
43	D. González Attacking midfielder	Atlas	23	13	37	58
44	C. Cîrjan Central midfielder	Dinamo Bucuresti	23	13	41	39
45	E. Ayaosi Attacking midfielder	Karviná	21	13	25	2
46	G. Diakité Defensive midfielder	Lausanne	20	13	37	47
47	Bjorn van Zijl Winger	VVV Venlo	22	13	32363.2%	558.8%
48	Don O`Niel Attacking midfielder	Jong Ajax	19	13	3819050%	6035.3%
49	I. Doumbia Central midfielder	Venezia	22	13	49504.9%	7813.7%
50	T. van Bergen Centre-forward	Groningen	22	13	4461%	788.2%