Most valuable U21 players in EFL Cup

The most valuable U21 players in EFL Cup, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

N. O'Reilly of Manchester City is the standout for raw talent across U21 players in EFL Cup, with a Field Insider Rating of 96.7, and Ben Brannan leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. O'Reilly has improved his Season rating most, up +45.8 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, N. O'Reilly of Manchester City is the most valuable name in this group at 174.1.

West Ham · 23/24→25/26

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Manchester City · 24/25→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	val	Season	Rating
1	N. O'Reilly Full-back	Manchester City	21	174.1	56432.1%	9717.9%
2	P. Dorgu Attacking midfielder	Manchester United	21	170.3	3543.4%	9520.4%
3	Y. Minteh Attacking midfielder	Brighton	21	169.9	2719.3%	943.7%
4	J. Hinshelwood Attacking midfielder	Brighton	21	169	329.3%	944.7%
5	E. Diouf Full-back	West Ham	21	167.6	34146.3%	93110.2%
6	K. Mainoo Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	21	160.7	2959.1%	899.7%
7	L. Hall Full-back	Newcastle	21	156.1	3320.2%	877.6%
8	E. Kroupi Attacking midfielder	Bournemouth	20	152.7	4239%	9032.3%
9	L. Miley Full-back	Newcastle	20	149.3	21172.4%	889.2%
10	R. Lewis Full-back	Manchester City	21	146.5	967.3%	818.5%
11	A. Gray Central midfielder	Tottenham	20	144.8	2471.8%	855.3%
12	M. Tel Attacking midfielder	Tottenham	21	143.6	2066.7%	802.2%
13	W. Odobert Winger	Tottenham	21	141.3	1194.7%	796.5%
14	S. Tzimas Centre-forward	Brighton	20	140.9	1070.2%	8325.4%
15	J. Bynoe-Gittens Attacking midfielder	Chelsea	21	140	975.8%	7810.3%
16	Estêvão Central midfielder	Chelsea	19	138.6	2162%	875.5%
17	J. Hato Full-back	Chelsea	20	135.5	2069.4%	803.2%
18	L. Bergvall Attacking midfielder	Tottenham	20	134.6	1717.2%	792.5%
19	C. Rigg Attacking midfielder	Sunderland	19	134.4	874.5%	848.8%
20	Joshua Kofi Acheampong Full-back	Chelsea	20	134	9141%	792.3%
21	Joshua King Central midfielder	Fulham	19	133.6	20915%	8415.8%
22	Max Alleyne Centre-back	Manchester City	20	131.6	9	77
23	A. Heaven Centre-back	Manchester United	19	130.7	11	8215.7%
24	C. Kostoulas Winger	Brighton	19	130.1	922.2%	81101.2%
25	M. Lewis-Skelly Defensive midfielder	Arsenal	19	129.9	575.4%	815.9%
26	T. Fredricson Centre-back	Manchester United	21	129.8	0100%	723.1%
27	B. Doak Winger	Bournemouth	20	129.4	580.3%	768.4%
28	J. Soler Centre-back	Bournemouth	21	128.3	099.4%	7121.3%
29	A. Milambo Defensive midfielder	Brentford	21	126.5	195%	709.5%
30	Tyrique George Winger	Everton	20	126.3	0100%	7412.2%
31	Marc Guiu Centre-forward	Chelsea	20	125.3	3	740.8%
32	F. Buonanotte Central midfielder	Leeds	21	124.2	294.4%	6917.9%
33	T. Dibling Defensive midfielder	Everton	20	123.4	483.7%	739%
34	T. Watson Winger	Brighton	20	121.2	0100%	716.9%
35	R. Ngumoha Attacking midfielder	Liverpool	17	119	10	85
36	J. Banel Attacking midfielder	Burnley	21	118.8	0100%	6629.7%
37	H. Armstrong Central midfielder	Everton	19	118.7	559.5%	7421%
38	Rio Cardines Defensive midfielder	Crystal Palace	20	117.3	1	69
39	T. Nyoni Central midfielder	Liverpool	19	116.8	0	73
40	R. Donovan Central midfielder	Brentford	19	114.2	0100%	7177.2%
41	J. Kusi-Asare Centre-forward	Fulham	19	113.4	0	713.8%
42	D. Mukasa Attacking midfielder	Manchester City	18	112.4	0	75
43	H. Howell Central midfielder	Brighton	18	109.5	1150%	731%
44	M. Dowman Attacking midfielder	Arsenal	16	108.3	5	83
45	Shumaira Mheuka Centre-forward	Chelsea	18	107.3	0	723.1%
46	E. Nwaneri Winger	Marseille	19	100.4	1615%	7813.2%
47	Sydie Peck Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	21	90.3	5183.6%	785.2%
48	A. Devine Central midfielder	Preston	21	87.9	4653%	7629.3%
49	M. Ivanović Centre-forward	Millwall	21	87	33±0%	763.7%
50	B. Clark Central midfielder	Derby	21	82.8	392869.2%	724.1%