Most improved U23 players from England

The most improved U23 players from England, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

M. Rogers of Aston Villa is the standout for raw talent across U23 players from England, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and J. Bellingham has been the form player this season, grading 60.4, and D. Ballard leads the scoring with 23 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Ballard has improved his Season rating most, up +46.2 on last season, while S. Shoretire's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +34.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Rogers of Aston Villa is the most valuable name in this group at 202.2.

PEC Zwolle · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

D. Ballard+46.2SsN

Leyton Orient · 24/25→25/26

50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →

#	Player	Team	Age	ΔSsN	Season	Rating
1	D. Ballard Centre-forward	Leyton Orient	21	+46.2 24/25→25/26	56452.9%	5318.7%
2	N. O'Reilly Full-back	Manchester City	21	+45.8 24/25→25/26	56432.1%	9717.9%
3	H. Amass Defensive midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	19	+44.9 24/25→25/26	491095.1%	704.8%
4	W. Lankshear Centre-forward	Oxford United	21	+37.1 24/25→25/26	37	6917.2%
5	A. Scott Defensive midfielder	Bournemouth	22	+36.5 24/25→25/26	47361.4%	9118.6%
6	L. Dobbin Centre-forward	Preston	23	+35 24/25→25/26	42479.5%	7013.1%
7	D. Kanu Centre-forward	Walsall	21	+33.2 24/25→25/26	361037.5%	3716.9%
8	J. Wareham Centre-forward	Exeter City	23	+33 24/25→25/26	48215.7%	506.4%
9	Zak Norton Sturge Full-back	Millwall	22	+32.5 24/25→25/26	36855.3%	7016.9%
10	S. Braybrooke Defensive midfielder	Chesterfield	22	+32.1 24/25→25/26	351234.6%	366.3%
11	T. O'Reilly Attacking midfielder	Crewe	22	+29.8 24/25→25/26	35562.3%	386.2%
12	A. Cozier-Duberry Attacking midfielder	Bolton	21	+29.4 24/25→25/26	36445.5%	5416.8%
13	S. Shoretire Centre-forward	PEC Zwolle	22	+29.3 24/25→25/26	29	68101.8%
14	A. Wharton Defensive midfielder	Crystal Palace	22	+29 24/25→25/26	51134.9%	908.9%
15	Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise Attacking midfielder	Motherwell	23	+26.9 24/25→25/26	51112.1%	5311.1%
16	C. Hughes Full-back	Hull City	22	+26.5 24/25→25/26	44150.6%	7312.8%
17	M. Moore Attacking midfielder	Rangers	18	+25.1 24/25→25/26	29717.1%	5524.8%
18	Mason Paul James Burstow Centre-forward	Bolton	22	+24.6 24/25→25/26	34276.4%	5214%
19	B. Norton-Cuffy Full-back	Genoa	22	+24 24/25→25/26	32320%	8115.4%
20	E. Tezgel Centre-forward	Crewe	20	+23.8 24/25→25/26	24	3440.5%
21	Sydie Peck Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	21	+23.4 24/25→25/26	5183.6%	785.2%
22	D. Sadi Central midfielder	Novi Pazar	22	+22.9 24/25→25/26	31275.9%	4134.5%
23	S. Fusire Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	21	+22.4 24/25→25/26	30290.9%	63117.2%
24	J. Coburn Centre-forward	Millwall	23	+21.2 24/25→25/26	36143.2%	7312.1%
25	S. Sidibe Central midfielder	Jong PSV U21	19	+20.8 24/25→25/26	24594.3%	575.2%
26	J. Quansah Full-back	Bayer Leverkusen	23	+20.8 24/25→25/26	32180.9%	859%
27	M. Freckleton Full-back	ST Mirren	23	+20.4 24/25→25/26	39112.1%	5051.4%
28	O. Lunt Central midfielder	Crewe	21	+20.3 24/25→25/26	23922.7%	3417.8%
29	W. Fish Centre-back	Cardiff	23	+20.1 24/25→25/26	31179.5%	4918.2%
30	G. Kodua Winger	Luton	21	+20.1 24/25→25/26	25437%	4910.5%
31	T. Iroegbunam Defensive midfielder	Everton	23	+19.6 24/25→25/26	33144.1%	816.3%
32	A. Mayor Defensive midfielder	Cambridge United	21	+18.5 24/25→25/26	19	3515%
33	D. Ozoh Defensive midfielder	Derby	21	+18.5 24/25→25/26	30156.8%	6912.7%
34	Ethan Ennis Attacking midfielder	Fleetwood Town	21	+18.3 24/25→25/26	22522.9%	3512.7%
35	J. Hugill Centre-forward	Kilmarnock	22	+18.2 24/25→25/26	24325%	4553.1%
36	N. Abbey Full-back	Rio Ave	22	+17.7 24/25→25/26	23334%	6111.7%
37	B. Khela Defensive midfielder	Peterborough	21	+17.7 24/25→25/26	28171.8%	5052%
38	F. Burns Full-back	Reading	23	+17.5 24/25→25/26	22372.3%	4420.5%
39	R. Walters Full-back	Blackpool	21	+17.3 24/25→25/26	30135.2%	5212.8%
40	Ademola Oladipupo Ola-Adebomi Centre-forward	WSG Wattens	22	+17.2 24/25→25/26	17	448.4%
41	R. Edwards Centre-back	QPR	23	+16.3 24/25→25/26	3397%	709.5%
42	J. Meghoma Full-back	Rangers	20	+16.1 24/25→25/26	24209.1%	5215.8%
43	A. Devine Central midfielder	Preston	21	+16 24/25→25/26	4653%	7629.3%
44	D. Adu-Adjei Centre-forward	HNK Rijeka	21	+15.9 24/25→25/26	23217.8%	3930.5%
45	Charlie Jay Whitaker Attacking midfielder	Tranmere	22	+15.9 24/25→25/26	29125.2%	342.8%
46	F. Marschall Goalkeeper	Stevenage	23	+14.8 24/25→25/26	4647%	5343%
47	S. Mills Attacking midfielder	Oxford United	22	+14.6 24/25→25/26	21247.5%	669.9%
48	C. Taylor Centre-back	Millwall	23	+14.1 24/25→25/26	4250.5%	7050.9%
49	R. Walters Defensive midfielder	Port Vale	20	+14 23/24→25/26	14	439.9%
50	K. Fisher Full-back	Norwich	22	+13.2 24/25→25/26	3559.7%	731.5%