Most valuable U18 players

The most valuable U18 players, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

L. Karl of Bayern München is the standout for raw talent across U18 players, with a Field Insider Rating of 86.6, and V. Kostov has been the form player this season, grading 54.9.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: O. Pietuszewski has improved his Season rating most, up +27.7 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Mane of Wolves is the most valuable name in this group at 74.3.

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#	Player	Team	Age	val	Season	Rating
1	M. Mane Attacking midfielder	Wolves	18	74.3	19	8319.4%
2	R. Ngumoha Attacking midfielder	Liverpool	17	71.4	11	85
3	A. Annous Centre-forward	Arsenal	18	68.5	0	76
4	D. Mukasa Attacking midfielder	Manchester City	18	67.4	0	75
5	S. Lacey Winger	Manchester United	18	67.1	0	75
6	Bendito Mantato Winger	Manchester United	18	66.9	0	74
7	T. Fletcher Central midfielder	Manchester United	18	66.9	0	74
8	B. Burrows Central midfielder	Aston Villa	18	66.6	0	74
9	Franco Mastantuono Winger	Real Madrid	18	66.5	758%	8047.6%
10	Thiago Pitarch Central midfielder	Real Madrid	18	65.9	11	80
11	C. Stevens Central midfielder	Bournemouth	18	65.7	0	73
12	H. Howell Central midfielder	Brighton	18	65.7	0100%	731%
13	F. Geragusian Centre-forward	Sunderland	18	65.3	0	73
14	M. Dowman Attacking midfielder	Arsenal	16	65	5	83
15	N. Oriola Centre-forward	Brighton	18	65	0	72
16	Luka Bentt Central midfielder	Brentford	18	64.7	0	72
17	J. Stephenson Centre-back	Brentford	18	64.6	0	72
18	Shumaira Mheuka Centre-forward	Chelsea	18	64.4	0	723.1%
19	C. O'Neill Centre-forward	Arsenal	17	63	0	75
20	T. Samba Centre-forward	Manchester City	17	62.7	0	75
21	X. Espart Full-back	Barcelona	18	62.5	5	76
22	E. Mayers Centre-back	West Ham	18	62.2	0	69
23	J. Byfield Centre-back	Tottenham	18	61.9	0	69
24	Malcom Dacosta Central midfielder	Bournemouth	17	61.3	0	73
25	G. Brierley Central midfielder	Burnley	18	61.1	0	68
26	Toni Fernández Centre-forward	Barcelona	18	59.9	0	72
27	S. Ridgeon Central midfielder	Fulham	17	59.7	0	71
28	Juan Hernández Central midfielder	Barcelona	18	59.6	0	72
29	Eder Aller Goalkeeper	Barcelona	18	59.6	0	72
30	J. Navarro Jimenez Goalkeeper	Real Madrid	18	59.3	0	72
31	J. Martinez Centre-back	Real Madrid	18	59.3	0	72
32	D. Benamar Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	17	59.1	1	70
33	J. A. Gaitan Diaz Centre-forward	Villarreal	18	59	0	71
34	J. Lienou Centre-back	Leeds	17	58.7	0	70
35	Taufik Seidu Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	18	58.7	0	71
36	T. Thompson Centre-forward	Tottenham	17	57.7	0	69
37	K. M. Brown Centre-forward	Burnley	17	57	0	68
38	R. Kavuma McQueen Centre-forward	Chelsea	16	55.8	0	72
39	C. Holland Central midfielder	Chelsea	16	55.7	0	71
40	C. Macia Defensive midfielder	Villarreal	17	55.5	1	72
41	M. Llorente Centre-back	Atletico Madrid	17	54.9	0	71
42	T. Seidu Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	17	54.9	0	71
43	Sergio Esteban Centre-forward	Atletico Madrid	17	54.8	0	71
44	Malik Olayiwola Central midfielder	Everton	16	54.8	0	70
45	J. Drakes-Thomas Winger	Crystal Palace	16	54.3	0	70
46	M. Eboue Central midfielder	Chelsea	0	51.4	0	71
47	Harry Gray Centre-forward	Leeds	0	50.3	0	70
48	J. Abbey Defensive midfielder	Wolves	0	48.7	0	68
49	A. Gonzalez Goalkeeper	Real Madrid	0	47.4	0	72
50	Davinchi Full-back	Getafe	18	40.2	23	81