Most improved U21 players in Champions League

The most improved U21 players in Champions League, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U21 players in Champions League, with a Field Insider Rating of 100.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Godts has improved his Season rating most, up +55.4 on last season, while R. Bardghji's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +42.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. O'Reilly of Manchester City is the most valuable name in this group at 174.1.

Barcelona · 24/25→25/26

50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →

#	Player	Team	Age	ΔSsN	Season	Rating
1	M. Godts Winger	Ajax	21	+55.4 24/25→25/26	79238.8%	8411.8%
2	Senny Mayulu Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	+45.9 24/25→25/26	60323.2%	9112.4%
3	N. O'Reilly Full-back	Manchester City	21	+45.8 24/25→25/26	56432.1%	9717.9%
4	Endrick Attacking midfielder	Lyon	19	+44.4 24/25→25/26	44	8534.9%
5	W. Zaïre-Emery Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	+33 24/25→25/26	6894.3%	9412.3%
6	C. Uzun Attacking midfielder	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	+31.8 24/25→25/26	49188.2%	844.3%
7	Lamine Yamal Winger	Barcelona	19	+29.8 24/25→25/26	9148.9%	100±0%
8	A. Khalaili Defensive midfielder	Union St. Gilloise	21	+27.7 24/25→25/26	46151.4%	657.1%
9	Y. Moukoko Centre-forward	FC Copenhagen	21	+25.5 24/25→25/26	34311%	4640%
10	N. Tresoldi Centre-forward	Club Brugge KV	21	+25.4 24/25→25/26	5681.9%	661%
11	M. Moore Attacking midfielder	Rangers	18	+25.1 24/25→25/26	29717.1%	5524.8%
12	G. Prestianni Attacking midfielder	Benfica	20	+25 24/25→25/26	25	6819.9%
13	Pau Navarro Centre-back	Villarreal	21	+24.4 24/25→25/26	35236.9%	859.9%
14	H. Ahanor Full-back	Atalanta	18	+24.1 24/25→25/26	28587.8%	7915.1%
15	S. Kitano Attacking midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	21	+23.5 24/25→25/26	31309.2%	491.8%
16	A. Güler Attacking midfielder	Real Madrid	21	+21.3 24/25→25/26	4397.7%	947.6%
17	Abdulay Bah Centre-back	Nice	20	+20.9 24/25→25/26	28307.4%	756%
18	Marc Bernal Defensive midfielder	Barcelona	19	+20.5 24/25→25/26	23788.5%	8715.7%
19	A. Skogmar Central midfielder	Malmo FF	20	+16.5 24/25→25/26	19589.3%	354.8%
20	J. Meghoma Full-back	Rangers	20	+16.1 24/25→25/26	24209.1%	5215.8%
21	K. Ouattara Full-back	Monaco	21	+15.6 24/25→25/26	21294.3%	796.2%
22	K. Yıldız Attacking midfielder	Juventus	21	+15 24/25→25/26	5340%	932.8%
23	W. Mońka Centre-back	Lech Poznan	19	+13.2 24/25→25/26	21165%	406.9%
24	L. Miley Full-back	Newcastle	20	+13.1 24/25→25/26	21172.4%	889.2%
25	Pau Cubarsí Paredes Centre-back	Barcelona	19	+13 24/25→25/26	5134.3%	93±0%
26	Yarek Gasiorowski Centre-back	PSV Eindhoven	21	+12.8 24/25→25/26	2883.7%	761.2%
27	I. Mbaye Winger	Paris Saint Germain	18	+12.5 24/25→25/26	19186.6%	817.1%
28	Robert Defensive midfielder	FC Copenhagen	21	+12.3 24/25→25/26	2595.3%	462.5%
29	Iván Fresneda Full-back	Sporting CP	21	+10.4 24/25→25/26	3443.5%	640.9%
30	J. Bahoya Attacking midfielder	Eintracht Frankfurt	21	+10.4 24/25→25/26	2761.5%	812%
31	E. Bajraktarevic Central midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	21	+10.3 24/25→25/26	2664%	7265.4%
32	A. Gray Central midfielder	Tottenham	20	+10.2 24/25→25/26	2471.8%	855.3%
33	O. HÃ¸jlund Central midfielder	Eintracht Frankfurt	21	+10.2 24/25→25/26	2473.9%	743.1%
34	Rodrigo Mendoza Central midfielder	Elche	21	+9.7 24/25→25/26	2182.9%	7719.5%
35	K. Sabbe Full-back	Club Brugge KV	21	+9.4 24/25→25/26	2754.3%	6213.4%
36	João Neves Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	21	+8.6 24/25→25/26	4424.6%	844.4%
37	D. Huijsen Centre-back	Real Madrid	21	+8.2 24/25→25/26	4621.8%	903.2%
38	J. Seys Full-back	Club Brugge KV	21	+8.2 24/25→25/26	3728.4%	6615.3%
39	M. Tel Attacking midfielder	Tottenham	21	+7.8 24/25→25/26	2066.7%	802.2%
40	R. Bardghji Attacking midfielder	Barcelona	20	+7.6 24/25→25/26	8	82107.1%
41	D. De Roeve Full-back	Brann	21	+7.4 24/25→25/26	2542.5%	464.3%
42	Christian Kofane Centre-forward	Bayer Leverkusen	19	+7.3 24/25→25/26	3130.8%	8120.9%
43	J. Spileers Centre-back	Club Brugge KV	21	+5.8 24/25→25/26	1384.1%	553.4%
44	W. Odobert Winger	Tottenham	21	+5.4 24/25→25/26	1194.7%	796.5%
45	Yusuf Akçiçek Centre-back	Al-Hilal Saudi FC	20	+4.9 24/25→25/26	1457%	5112.5%
46	C. Mouzakitis Defensive midfielder	Olympiakos Piraeus	19	+4 24/25→25/26	1829.4%	421.2%
47	Rodrigo Ribeiro Centre-forward	FC Augsburg	21	+3.5 24/25→25/26	962.5%	7130.2%
48	M. Riisnæs Attacking midfielder	Valerenga	21	+3.5 24/25→25/26	1432.4%	4315.5%
49	P. Wanner Defensive midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	20	+3.4 24/25→25/26	3610.5%	783.5%
50	Don-Angelo Christoffel Annum-Assamoah Konadu Centre-forward	Jong Ajax	20	+3.1 24/25→25/26	1525.8%	51±0%