Most improved players from Northern Ireland

The most improved players from Northern Ireland, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

T. Hume of Sunderland is the standout for raw talent across players from Northern Ireland, with a Field Insider Rating of 88, and O. Norwood has been the form player this season, grading 60.7, and J. Reid leads the scoring with 14 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: I. Price has improved his Season rating most, up +29.4 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Hume of Sunderland is the most valuable name in this group at 176.

West Brom · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

I. Price+29.4SsN

West Brom · 24/25→25/26

42 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →

#	Player	Team	Age	ΔSsN	Season	Rating
1	I. Price Central midfielder	West Brom	22	+29.4 24/25→25/26	45183.8%	7230.7%
2	D. Ballard Centre-back	Sunderland	26	+26.5 24/25→25/26	41189.3%	7823.2%
3	O. Norwood Defensive midfielder	Stockport County	35	+22.9 24/25→25/26	6160.6%	213.5%
4	T. Devlin Full-back	Portsmouth	22	+18.3 24/25→25/26	37100%	699%
5	Ruairi McConville Centre-back	Norwich	21	+17.9 24/25→25/26	201052.9%	6819.2%
6	C. Bradley Full-back	Liverpool	23	+17.4 24/25→25/26	30141.5%	830.7%
7	C. Hazard Goalkeeper	Plymouth	28	+17 24/25→25/26	191133.3%	3926.1%
8	E. Toal Centre-back	Bolton	27	+12.8 24/25→25/26	24113.3%	418.6%
9	P. Smyth Central midfielder	QPR	28	+11.6 24/25→25/26	2773.9%	4622.4%
10	B. Peacock-Farrell Goalkeeper	Blackpool	29	+11.2 24/25→25/26	2484.8%	341.8%
11	A. McCann Defensive midfielder	Preston	26	+11 24/25→25/26	4137.3%	594.8%
12	J. Reid Centre-forward	Stevenage	32	+10.1 24/25→25/26	3934.5%	2515.1%
13	A. McCalmont Attacking midfielder	Central Coast Mariners	26	+8.6 23/24→25/26	2454.8%	1856%
14	Patrick Kelly Attacking midfielder	Barnsley	21	+6.5 24/25→25/26	2049.2%	4944.9%
15	J. Thompson Central midfielder	Preston	29	+5.4 24/25→25/26	1747.4%	3816.9%
16	P. Lane Attacking midfielder	Reading	25	+4.9 24/25→25/26	1273.1%	4227.3%
17	C. Johnston Centre-back	Peterborough	24	+1.9 24/25→25/26	1811.8%	4340.3%
18	L. Southwood Goalkeeper	Bristol Rovers	28	+1.6 24/25→25/26	827.1%	2243.9%
19	S. Lavery Centre-forward	Cambridge United	27	+1.5 24/25→25/26	179.9%	2536.8%
20	C. McMenamin Central midfielder	ST Mirren	30	+1.2 24/25→25/26	1310.2%	2227.3%
21	J. Lewis Full-back	Preston	28	+1 24/25→25/26	525.6%	4023.7%
22	P. Charles Goalkeeper	Sheffield Wednesday	20	-0.4 24/25→25/26	49.8%	6810.8%
23	B. Spencer Full-back	Oxford United	22	-1.1 24/25→25/26	323.4%	6430.9%
24	J. McKiernan Defensive midfielder	Burton Albion	24	-2.2 24/25→25/26	1810.7%	421.4%
25	E. Galbraith Central midfielder	Swansea	25	-2.7 24/25→25/26	406.3%	6826.1%
26	C. Boyd-Munce Central midfielder	Wycombe	26	-3.7 24/25→25/26	2612.4%	4110.6%
27	C. McCann Central midfielder	Barrow	24	-4.3 23/24→25/26	3112.1%	319.8%
28	S. Charles Defensive midfielder	Southampton	22	-4.6 24/25→25/26	459.2%	752.9%
29	J. Magennis Centre-forward	Exeter City	35	-5.1 24/25→25/26	1921.1%	1137.7%
30	C. McGeehan Central midfielder	Northampton	31	-6.4 24/25→25/26	3017.8%	2332.6%
31	C. Brown Centre-back	Oxford United	28	-7.7 24/25→25/26	2921%	5217%
32	L. Donnelly Full-back	ST Mirren	30	-10.6 24/25→25/26	1148.4%	2134.7%
33	L. Bonis Centre-forward	Chesterfield	26	-11.2 24/25→25/26	3126.5%	3246.8%
34	W. Grigg Centre-forward	Chesterfield	35	-13.9 24/25→25/26	1352.1%	732.7%
35	G. Saville Central midfielder	Luton	33	-14 24/25→25/26	3131.3%	1754.6%
36	D. Charles Winger	Huddersfield	30	-14.2 24/25→25/26	1450.4%	2335.6%
37	C. Marshall Centre-forward	VfL Bochum	21	-18.2 24/25→25/26	1163%	5914.2%
38	B. Lyons Attacking midfielder	Kilmarnock	29	-20 24/25→25/26	969.7%	2826.3%
39	R. Johnson Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	29	-21.4 24/25→25/26	2942.5%	3210.4%
40	D. Taylor Centre-forward	Blackpool	22	-29.8 24/25→25/26	1074.9%	4318.3%
41	T. Flanagan Centre-back	Colchester	34	-41.5 24/25→25/26	785.4%	760%
42	T. Hume Attacking midfielder	Sunderland	24	-42.4 24/25→25/26	1771.5%	8811%