Most improved players in League Two

The most improved players in League Two, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

M. Young of Salford City is the standout for raw talent across players in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 39, and A. Drinan has been the form player this season, grading 51.9.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Eastwood has improved his Season rating most, up +45.3 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 6.8.

Grimsby · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Eastwood+45.3SsN

Cambridge United · 24/25→25/26

50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →

#	Player	Team	Age	ΔSsN	Season	Rating
1	J. Eastwood Goalkeeper	Cambridge United	29	+45.3 24/25→25/26	473484.6%	2618%
2	A. Drinan Centre-forward	Swindon Town	28	+41 24/25→25/26	52376.1%	284.4%
3	D. Daniels Centre-back	Oldham	32	+38.5 24/25→25/26	411750%	1618.1%
4	M. Shelton Defensive midfielder	Barnet	29	+37 22/23→25/26	44506.8%	246.2%
5	E. Monthe Centre-back	Oldham	31	+35.5 23/24→25/26	44427.7%	2032.1%
6	D. Kanu Centre-forward	Walsall	21	+34.2 24/25→25/26	381036.4%	3716.9%
7	S. Braybrooke Defensive midfielder	Chesterfield	22	+32.3 24/25→25/26	351404.3%	366.3%
8	K. Watts Centre-back	Cambridge United	26	+31.7 24/25→25/26	44255.6%	3517.4%
9	T. O'Reilly Attacking midfielder	Crewe	22	+30.8 24/25→25/26	36581.1%	386.2%
10	S. Swinkels Centre-back	Chesterfield	22	+30.1 24/25→25/26	38376.3%	3812.4%
11	T. Pett Central midfielder	Oldham	34	+29.9 24/25→25/26	34808.1%	1230.9%
12	C. Vernam Attacking midfielder	Grimsby	29	+28.6 24/25→25/26	36408.6%	24±0%
13	B. Knight Attacking midfielder	Cambridge United	24	+28.1 21/22→25/26	292554.5%	366.5%
14	N. Kabamba Centre-forward	Bromley	33	+25.5 24/25→25/26	30531.3%	12±0%
15	A. Read Defensive midfielder	Colchester	27	+25.5 24/25→25/26	44137.1%	301.3%
16	S. Clucas Central midfielder	Shrewsbury	35	+25.3 24/25→25/26	31477.4%	112.9%
17	M. Ekpiteta Full-back	Milton Keynes Dons	30	+25 24/25→25/26	37210.1%	2228.2%
18	A. Charles Defensive midfielder	Bromley	27	+24.8 24/25→25/26	40159%	301.3%
19	E. Tezgel Centre-forward	Crewe	20	+24.4 24/25→25/26	24	3440.5%
20	K. McFadzean Centre-back	Chesterfield	39	+23.4 24/25→25/26	30334.3%	9172.7%
21	C. MacGillivray Goalkeeper	Milton Keynes Dons	33	+23.1 24/25→25/26	26721.9%	1634.5%
22	C. Paterson Centre-forward	Milton Keynes Dons	31	+23 24/25→25/26	43115%	1951.7%
23	J. Williams Central midfielder	Crawley Town	25	+22.7 24/25→25/26	28445.1%	3219.1%
24	W. Hondermarck Central midfielder	Bromley	25	+22.1 24/25→25/26	32232.6%	3515.2%
25	R. Staunton Full-back	Grimsby	24	+21.9 20/21→25/26	27421.2%	3411.1%
26	J. Gibbons Full-back	Cambridge United	28	+21.9 24/25→25/26	39131.1%	2725.7%
27	M. Fondop-Talum Centre-forward	Oldham	32	+21.8 21/22→25/26	26473.9%	1529.4%
28	O. Lunt Central midfielder	Crewe	21	+21.1 24/25→25/26	231110.5%	3417.8%
29	J. Smith Goalkeeper	Grimsby	24	+20.8 24/25→25/26	221890.9%	3212.5%
30	A. Kilgour Full-back	Bristol Rovers	28	+20.7 24/25→25/26	25440.4%	2624.1%
31	J. Gordon Centre-forward	Barrow	31	+20.4 24/25→25/26	23784.6%	167.6%
32	T. Leigh Defensive midfielder	Bristol Rovers	26	+19.9 24/25→25/26	27280.3%	291.4%
33	J. Austerfield Central midfielder	Salford City	24	+19.7 24/25→25/26	28243.2%	339.5%
34	H. McKirdy Centre-forward	Crawley Town	29	+19.5 24/25→25/26	24475.6%	215.8%
35	A. Mayor Defensive midfielder	Cambridge United	21	+19.5 24/25→25/26	20	3515%
36	J. Robson Full-back	Oldham	28	+19.3 23/24→25/26	5062.3%	2811.1%
37	Ethan Ennis Attacking midfielder	Fleetwood Town	21	+18.8 24/25→25/26	22522.2%	3512.7%
38	Z. Hemming Goalkeeper	Chesterfield	26	+18.3 24/25→25/26	23381.3%	3127.5%
39	J. Tomkinson Full-back	Cheltenham	24	+18.2 24/25→25/26	27209.2%	3220.8%
40	L. Appéré Centre-forward	Cambridge United	27	+17.5 24/25→25/26	22388.9%	2825.7%
41	Z. Medley Full-back	Fleetwood Town	26	+17.1 24/25→25/26	20633.3%	270.7%
42	L. Kelly Defensive midfielder	Milton Keynes Dons	30	+17 24/25→25/26	3978.7%	221.3%
43	T. Barkhuizen Central midfielder	Barrow	33	+16.9 24/25→25/26	17	1053.5%
44	S. Kaikai Attacking midfielder	Cambridge United	30	+16.6 24/25→25/26	28146.9%	2126.7%
45	H. Forster Central midfielder	Crawley Town	26	+16.4 24/25→25/26	27153.3%	3028.1%
46	A. Smith Centre-back	Gillingham	24	+16.3 24/25→25/26	28140.5%	3211.8%
47	J. Sparkes Full-back	Bristol Rovers	26	+16.1 24/25→25/26	24206.4%	3127.7%
48	O. Norburn Defensive midfielder	Notts County	33	+15.9 24/25→25/26	22283.9%	1239.3%
49	W. Boyle Centre-back	Shrewsbury	30	+15.9 23/24→25/26	32100.6%	2120.8%
50	Charlie Jay Whitaker Attacking midfielder	Tranmere	22	+15.7 24/25→25/26	29114.6%	342.8%