Most Valuable U21 attackers by Market Value in League One

The most valuable U21 attackers in League One, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

D. Ballard of Leyton Orient is the standout for raw talent across U21 attackers in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 52.7.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Ballard has improved his Season rating most, up +47.6 on last season, while N. Lowe's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +11.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, D. Ballard of Leyton Orient is the most valuable name in this group at 17.6.

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	Player	Team
1	D. Ballard Centre-forward	Leyton Orient	21	17.6	58453.3%	5318.7%
2	G. Kodua Winger	Luton	21	9.9	25440.4%	4910.5%
3	N. Lowe Centre-forward	Stockport County	20	9.2	1844.4%	4932.3%
4	Joseph Charles Gardner Winger	Mansfield Town	21	8.6	36.7%	430.9%
5	E. Wheatley Centre-forward	Northampton	20	8.5	13	4552.2%
6	O. Irow Winger	Mansfield Town	20	8.5	9	45
7	Z. Redmond Winger	Huddersfield	20	8.5	2	4525.6%
8	J. Morgan Centre-forward	Peterborough	20	8.5	8	45
9	C. Lennon Winger	Barnsley	20	8.3	2	4424.7%
10	Mark O’Mahony Centre-forward	Reading	21	8.2	0100%	4135%
11	S. Cox Centre-forward	Exeter City	21	8.2	4±0%	414%
12	Leo Farrell Centre-forward	Barnsley	20	8.1	2	43
13	Donnell McNeilly Winger	Wycombe	20	7.9	2	42
14	David Kamara Centre-forward	Peterborough	20	7.9	6	42
15	A. Sasu Winger	AFC Wimbledon	21	7.9	0	3930.9%
16	T. Nyakuhwa Winger	Cardiff	20	7.8	0	4123.8%
17	B. Tuma Centre-forward	Reading	21	7.8	0	394.4%
18	George Sebine Centre-forward	Huddersfield	19	7.7	3	43
19	F. Issaka Winger	Plymouth	20	7.6	0100%	4031.6%
20	Z. Obiero Centre-forward	Leyton Orient	21	7.6	0100%	3813.4%
21	K. Young Winger	Reading	20	7.6	0100%	4017%
22	O. Foyo Winger	AFC Wimbledon	21	7.6	0100%	3822.7%
23	M. Matthews Lewis Centre-forward	Burton Albion	21	7.6	0	38
24	S. Patton Centre-forward	Reading	20	7.5	0	40
25	R. Evans Centre-forward	Reading	20	7.5	0	39
26	A. Higgins Centre-forward	Exeter City	21	7.5	0	37
27	Fábio Jaló Winger	Barnsley	20	7.4	0100%	3914.3%
28	Harrison Bettoni Centre-forward	Wigan	18	7.4	8	44
29	Ajay Matthews Centre-forward	Leyton Orient	20	7.2	0	3834.4%
30	Josh Ayres Centre-forward	Rotherham	20	7.2	0	38
31	Terry Bondo Centre-forward	Blackpool	19	7.2	0	40
32	J. Evans Winger	Northampton	18	7.1	6	4238.4%
33	Ben Hatton Centre-forward	Rotherham	20	7.1	0	37
34	Martin Sherif Centre-forward	Rotherham	20	7.1	0	38
35	Z. Okoro Centre-forward	Lincoln	18	7	0	424.2%
36	Gabriele Biancheri Centre-forward	Rotherham	19	6.9	0	39
37	J. Newall Centre-forward	Burton Albion	19	6.9	0	391%
38	Lenny Brown Centre-forward	Stevenage	18	6.9	0	41
39	George Birch Centre-forward	Exeter City	19	6.9	0	39
40	K. Wilson Winger	Exeter City	19	6.8	0	38
41	N. Dobson Centre-forward	Northampton	19	6.7	0	383.6%
42	R. Wilson Centre-forward	Rotherham	19	6.7	0	38
43	Sulyman Krubally Winger	Burton Albion	17	6.6	3	43
44	K. Graham Centre-forward	Barnsley	18	6.6	0	40
45	Edward Lake Centre-forward	Port Vale	18	6.4	0	38
46	Joe Astles Centre-forward	Stockport County	0	5.6	0	42
47	C. Warren Winger	Bolton	0	5.5	0	41
48	F. Norris Centre-forward	Stevenage	0	5.5	0	41
49	C. Stones Centre-forward	Wycombe	0	5.4	0	40
50	James Butterworth Centre-forward	Blackpool	0	5.4	0	40