Most Improved U21 attackers This Season

The most improved U21 attackers, ranked on Field Insider.

Most improved goalkeepers Most improved defenders Most improved midfielders Best attackers Most in-form attackers Top-scoring attackers

At a glance

E. Kroupi of Bournemouth is the standout for raw talent across U21 attackers, with a Field Insider Rating of 91.4, and Amin Chiakha has been the form player this season, grading 65.6, and T. van der Leij leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Amin Chiakha has improved his Season rating most, up +58.2 on last season, while E. Kroupi's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +23.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Kroupi of Bournemouth is the most valuable name in this group at 90.7.

Bournemouth · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Amin Chiakha+58.2SsN

Rosenborg · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

T. van der Leij13goals

41 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Amin Chiakha Winger	Rosenborg	20	+58.2 24/25→25/26	66605.4%	5225.9%
2	Vitor Roque Centre-forward	Palmeiras	21	+37 24/25→25/26	54±0%	7011.1%
3	D. Zeitler Winger	1899 Hoffenheim	19	+30.8 24/25→25/26	45211%	455.1%
4	P. Miller Centre-forward	New England Revolution	18	+27.7 24/25→25/26	3431.7%	5212.9%
5	M. Haidara Winger	Sonderjyske	20	+21.8 24/25→25/26	3213%	446.7%
6	S. Vink Centre-forward	Jong Ajax	20	+21 24/25→25/26	26±0%	53±0%
7	D. Pestryakov Centre-forward	Akron	19	+20.1 24/25→25/26	29218.5%	3715.6%
8	H. Ibrahim Centre-forward	Reims	20	+19.6 24/25→25/26	23529.7%	635.3%
9	Ethan Ennis Winger	Fleetwood Town	21	+18.8 24/25→25/26	22±0%	35±0%
10	K. Gunnarsson Winger	Vasteras SK FK	20	+18.4 24/25→25/26	2252.1%	3832.6%
11	M. Reguła Winger	Zaglebie Lubin	19	+17.9 24/25→25/26	26±0%	443%
12	D. Aquino Winger	Union St. Gilloise	21	+17.2 24/25→25/26	33115.6%	547.5%
13	A. Manneh Centre-forward	Cercle Brugge	21	+16.7 24/25→25/26	2720.9%	3713.3%
14	D. Adu-Adjei Centre-forward	HNK Rijeka	21	+16.3 24/25→25/26	24217.3%	3930.5%
15	D. Yapi Winger	Colorado Rapids	21	+13.9 24/25→25/26	2319.4%	463.9%
16	E. Kroupi Centre-forward	Bournemouth	20	+12.3 24/25→25/26	4439.2%	9134.6%
17	L. Małachowski Thorell Winger	FC Basel 1893	21	+11.1 24/25→25/26	169.7%	359.7%
18	J. Abdulai Winger	Molde	21	+8.3 24/25→25/26	2858.6%	4612.6%
19	J. Burgos Winger	Estudiantes L.P.	21	+7.3 24/25→25/26	1744.5%	537%
20	J. Mijatović Winger	New York City FC	21	+7.1 24/25→25/26	712.3%	518.6%
21	T. Ayari Winger	AIK Stockholm	21	+6.1 24/25→25/26	159.3%	361.7%
22	E. Austbö Winger	West Ham	21	+5.7 24/25→25/26	1654.2%	449.8%
23	S. López Winger	Tigre	20	+5.4 24/25→25/26	1338.9%	5410.3%
24	K. Andrade Winger	Maccabi Tel Aviv	21	+5.1 24/25→25/26	1277.3%	4137.6%
25	J. Ekhator Centre-forward	Juventus	19	+5.1 24/25→25/26	1457.3%	731.1%
26	M. Luković Centre-forward	1. FC Kaiserslautern	20	+3.5 24/25→25/26	1628.5%	641.7%
27	Mateo Silvetti Winger	Inter Miami	20	+2.9 24/25→25/26	26104%	446.6%
28	W. Odobert Winger	Tottenham	21	+1.9 24/25→25/26	832.2%	752.2%
29	Rayan Jawad Kolli Centre-forward	QPR	21	+0.3 24/25→25/26	152.1%	642.1%
30	E. Baidoo Attacking midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	20	+0.2 24/25→25/26	260.8%	4938.4%
31	M. Ivanović Centre-forward	Millwall	21	+0.1 24/25→25/26	34±0%	763.7%
32	V. Sydun Centre-forward	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	21	-0.6 24/25→25/26	153.9%	3816.9%
33	A. Smits Winger	Jong AZ	21	-0.9 24/25→25/26	165.5%	507.6%
34	Ilyas Ansah Winger	Hull City	21	-5.1 24/25→25/26	2715.7%	8017%
35	S. Haugland Centre-forward	hodd	20	-6.4 24/25→25/26	1826.8%	342.9%
36	Roger Fernandes Winger	Al Ittihad	20	-8.2 24/25→25/26	1436.4%	619.6%
37	S. Olderheim Centre-forward	Stabaek	19	-8.6 24/25→25/26	1437.9%	372.6%
38	Z. Fedorov Centre-forward	FC Sochi	21	-12.4 24/25→25/26	763.6%	286.4%
39	J. Addai Winger	Como	21	-12.5 24/25→25/26	1251.9%	7736.9%
40	O. Spiten-Nysæter Winger	Molde	19	-13.5 24/25→25/26	20480%	4548%
41	Antonio Cordero Winger	Newcastle	19	-18.8 24/25→25/26	1312%	62±0%