Most improved U23 full-backs

The most improved U23 full-backs, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

N. O'Reilly of Manchester City is the standout for raw talent across U23 full-backs, with a Field Insider Rating of 96.7, and Kaiki has been the form player this season, grading 73.5, and Š. Chaloupek leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Alberto Baio has improved his Season rating most, up +54.3 on last season, while E. Diouf's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +48.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Kayode of Brentford is the most valuable name in this group at 176.9.

West Ham · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

Alberto Baio+54.3SsN

FC Porto · 24/25→25/26

50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →

#	Player	Team	Age	ΔSsN	Season	Rating
1	Alberto Baio Full-back	FC Porto	22	+54.3 24/25→25/26	71321.3%	7117.4%
2	Kaiki Full-back	Cruzeiro	23	+49.6 24/25→25/26	74207.5%	8023.3%
3	G. Scalvini Full-back	Atalanta	22	+48.2 24/25→25/26	53964%	8418.5%
4	A. Circati Full-back	Parma	22	+47.6 24/25→25/26	521133.3%	8425.4%
5	Senny Mayulu Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	+45.9 24/25→25/26	60323.2%	9112.4%
6	N. O'Reilly Full-back	Manchester City	21	+45.8 24/25→25/26	56432.1%	9717.9%
7	Álex Valle Full-back	Como	22	+43.8 24/25→25/26	54429.4%	8516.7%
8	F. Terracciano Full-back	Cremonese	23	+42.4 24/25→25/26	50530%	8115%
9	E. Báez Full-back	San Lorenzo	21	+39.3 24/25→25/26	67141.9%	5817%
10	J. Schingtienne Full-back	Venezia	23	+38.8 24/25→25/26	52300.8%	701.9%
11	M. Kayode Full-back	Brentford	22	+38.5 24/25→25/26	45566.2%	9320.3%
12	S. Dahl Full-back	Benfica	23	+37.5 24/25→25/26	60165.2%	6984.5%
13	M. Perković Full-back	Cracovia Krakow	23	+37.2 24/25→25/26	411033.3%	397.8%
14	B. Old Full-back	Saint Etienne	23	+35.8 24/25→25/26	36	630.8%
15	Danilo Veiga Full-back	Lecce	23	+35.6 24/25→25/26	51225.3%	8035.8%
16	M. Tønnessen Full-back	KFUM Oslo	22	+34.4 24/25→25/26	42464.9%	4419%
17	M. Rots Full-back	Twente	20	+34.2 24/25→25/26	42456%	8430.1%
18	A. Dedić Full-back	Benfica	23	+33.2 24/25→25/26	38772.1%	668.3%
19	W. Zaïre-Emery Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	+33 24/25→25/26	6894.3%	9412.3%
20	Zak Norton Sturge Full-back	Millwall	22	+32.5 24/25→25/26	36855.3%	7016.9%
21	J. Bos Full-back	Feyenoord	23	+32.5 24/25→25/26	42345.7%	7739.1%
22	M. Hokke Full-back	ADO Den Haag	22	+32.4 24/25→25/26	37790.2%	5920.8%
23	J. Ekomié Full-back	Angers	22	+31.9 24/25→25/26	44270.3%	7815.2%
24	G. Bracaglia Full-back	Frosinone	22	+30.9 24/25→25/26	45225.5%	7018%
25	Wesley Full-back	AS Roma	22	+30.8 24/25→25/26	7177.4%	9123%
26	K. Kosugi Full-back	Djurgardens IF	20	+29.1 24/25→25/26	43206.4%	4218.6%
27	Noah Markmann Full-back	FC Nordsjaelland	19	+28 24/25→25/26	32636.4%	4522%
28	E. Tchato Full-back	Montpellier	23	+26.9 24/25→25/26	44157.3%	667.7%
29	C. Hughes Full-back	Hull City	22	+26.5 24/25→25/26	44150.6%	7312.8%
30	A. Obert Full-back	Cagliari	23	+26.5 24/25→25/26	43159.6%	8115.1%
31	Ü. Akdağ Full-back	Alanyaspor	22	+26.4 24/25→25/26	39216.4%	5223.6%
32	A. Marcandalli Full-back	Genoa	23	+25.8 24/25→25/26	28992.3%	7921.3%
33	K. Karataş Full-back	Başakşehir	23	+25.1 24/25→25/26	39180.6%	5272.1%
34	Hjalte Bidstrup Full-back	Viborg	20	+24.2 24/25→25/26	27834.5%	429.8%
35	H. Ahanor Full-back	Atalanta	18	+24.1 24/25→25/26	28587.8%	7915.1%
36	B. Norton-Cuffy Full-back	Genoa	22	+24 24/25→25/26	32320%	8115.4%
37	L. Sy Full-back	Auxerre	23	+23.6 24/25→25/26	30368.8%	7033.7%
38	A. Giay Full-back	Palmeiras	22	+23.6 24/25→25/26	41132.6%	7240.1%
39	J. Kalulu Full-back	PAU	21	+23.6 24/25→25/26	39155.3%	6717.3%
40	T. Silva Full-back	Platense	23	+23.1 22/23→25/26	30339.7%	493.4%
41	P. Miller Full-back	New England Revolution	18	+22.9 24/25→25/26	29357.8%	4717.9%
42	Marvel Full-back	Leganes	23	+22.8 24/25→25/26	42116.9%	664%
43	Amine Chabane Full-back	Amiens	19	+22.6 24/25→25/26	31272.3%	606.8%
44	Juan Moran Full-back	Godoy Cruz	20	+22.3 24/25→25/26	33212.4%	519.2%
45	J. Scally Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	23	+21.9 24/25→25/26	5078.5%	803.1%
46	V. Melekhin Full-back	FC Rostov	22	+21.7 24/25→25/26	33193.8%	3515.4%
47	Álex Jiménez Full-back	Bournemouth	21	+21.3 24/25→25/26	4398.6%	9118.7%
48	J. Quansah Full-back	Bayer Leverkusen	23	+20.8 24/25→25/26	32180.9%	859%
49	S. Anderson Full-back	Hartford Athletic	23	+20.7 24/25→25/26	24591.4%	439.5%
50	Maximilian Hennig Full-back	TSV Hartberg	19	+20.7 24/25→25/26	26422.4%	4823.3%