Most improved U23 players in Champions League

The most improved U23 players in Champions League, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U23 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, F. Wirtz of Liverpool is the most valuable name in this group at 191.6.

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	G. Scalvini Full-back	Atalanta	22	+48.2 24/25→25/26	53964%	8418.5%
3	Ansu Fati Attacking midfielder	Monaco	23	+46.2 24/25→25/26	46	777.8%
4	Senny Mayulu Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	+45.9 24/25→25/26	60323.2%	9112.4%
5	N. O'Reilly Full-back	Manchester City	21	+45.8 24/25→25/26	56432.1%	9717.9%
6	Endrick Attacking midfielder	Lyon	19	+44.4 24/25→25/26	44	8534.9%
7	E. Guðmundsson Central midfielder	Brann	22	+41.7 24/25→25/26	451191.4%	4949.7%
8	Carlos Forbs Attacking midfielder	Club Brugge KV	22	+41.1 24/25→25/26	41	665.6%
9	R. Højlund Centre-forward	Napoli	23	+38.9 24/25→25/26	59198.5%	9310.9%
10	S. Dahl Full-back	Benfica	23	+37.5 24/25→25/26	60165.2%	6984.5%
11	L. Camara Defensive midfielder	Monaco	22	+33.2 24/25→25/26	64107.4%	884.5%
12	A. Dedić Full-back	Benfica	23	+33.2 24/25→25/26	38772.1%	668.3%
13	W. Zaïre-Emery Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	+33 24/25→25/26	6894.3%	9412.3%
14	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	+32.5 24/25→25/26	42345.7%	7739.1%
15	C. Uzun Attacking midfielder	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	+31.8 24/25→25/26	49188.2%	844.3%
16	O. Rosengren Central midfielder	Malmo FF	23	+31 24/25→25/26	48187.9%	399.6%
17	R. Pepi Centre-forward	PSV Eindhoven	23	+29.9 24/25→25/26	6294%	786.6%
18	Lamine Yamal Winger	Barcelona	19	+29.8 24/25→25/26	9148.9%	100±0%
19	Metinho Defensive midfielder	FC Basel 1893	23	+29.5 24/25→25/26	33756.4%	4619.8%
20	K. Tzolakis Goalkeeper	Olympiakos Piraeus	23	+28.4 24/25→25/26	7659.4%	467.2%
21	I. Zabarnyi Centre-back	Paris Saint Germain	23	+28.3 24/25→25/26	6871.3%	849.8%
22	A. Khalaili Defensive midfielder	Union St. Gilloise	21	+27.7 24/25→25/26	46151.4%	657.1%
23	Alisson Santos Winger	Napoli	23	+25.8 24/25→25/26	29758.8%	8179.7%
24	Y. Moukoko Centre-forward	FC Copenhagen	21	+25.5 24/25→25/26	34311%	4640%
25	A. Schjelderup Attacking midfielder	Benfica	22	+25.5 24/25→25/26	36238.3%	6811.4%
26	N. Tresoldi Centre-forward	Club Brugge KV	21	+25.4 24/25→25/26	5681.9%	661%
27	M. Moore Attacking midfielder	Rangers	18	+25.1 24/25→25/26	29717.1%	5524.8%
28	G. Prestianni Attacking midfielder	Benfica	20	+25 24/25→25/26	25	6819.9%
29	Pau Navarro Centre-back	Villarreal	21	+24.4 24/25→25/26	35236.9%	859.9%
30	H. Ahanor Full-back	Atalanta	18	+24.1 24/25→25/26	28587.8%	7915.1%
31	S. Kitano Attacking midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	21	+23.5 24/25→25/26	31309.2%	491.8%
32	Fermín Attacking midfielder	Barcelona	23	+21.5 24/25→25/26	5075.2%	916.4%
33	A. Güler Attacking midfielder	Real Madrid	21	+21.3 24/25→25/26	4397.7%	947.6%
34	K. Van de Perre Defensive midfielder	Union St. Gilloise	22	+21.2 24/25→25/26	35153.6%	6010.5%
35	Arthur Central midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	23	+21 24/25→25/26	31214.3%	76±0%
36	Abdulay Bah Centre-back	Nice	20	+20.9 24/25→25/26	28307.4%	756%
37	J. Quansah Full-back	Bayer Leverkusen	23	+20.8 24/25→25/26	32180.9%	859%
38	Y. Regeer Central midfielder	Ajax	22	+20.6 24/25→25/26	33164.8%	69±0%
39	F. Chaïbi Attacking midfielder	Eintracht Frankfurt	23	+20.6 24/25→25/26	35144.1%	782.5%
40	Marc Bernal Defensive midfielder	Barcelona	19	+20.5 24/25→25/26	23788.5%	8715.7%
41	E. Wahi Centre-forward	Nice	23	+18.5 24/25→25/26	34120.1%	725.1%
42	A. Khusanov Centre-back	Manchester City	22	+17.9 24/25→25/26	4273.4%	8518.7%
43	A. Mendy Full-back	Nice	22	+17.5 24/25→25/26	32120.7%	754.3%
44	N. Voloshyn Winger	Dynamo Kyiv	23	+17.4 24/25→25/26	17	396%
45	C. Bradley Full-back	Liverpool	23	+17.4 24/25→25/26	30141.5%	830.7%
46	A. Skogmar Central midfielder	Malmo FF	20	+16.5 24/25→25/26	19589.3%	354.8%
47	S. Leković Full-back	FK Crvena Zvezda	22	+16.2 24/25→25/26	20405%	3939.1%
48	J. Meghoma Full-back	Rangers	20	+16.1 24/25→25/26	24209.1%	5215.8%
49	K. Ouattara Full-back	Monaco	21	+15.6 24/25→25/26	21294.3%	796.2%
50	E. Poku Winger	Bayer Leverkusen	22	+15.4 24/25→25/26	3485.1%	8012.2%