Most valuable U21 players in FA Cup

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

At a glance

N. O'Reilly of Manchester City is the standout for raw talent across U21 players in FA Cup, with a Field Insider Rating of 96.7, and Estêvão leads the scoring with 2 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 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

Most improved

D. Ballard+46.2SsN

Leyton Orient · 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	N. Sadiki Defensive midfielder	Sunderland	21	171.2	344.8%	9545.6%
3	P. Dorgu Attacking midfielder	Manchester United	21	170.3	3543.4%	9520.4%
4	Y. Minteh Attacking midfielder	Brighton	21	169.9	2719.3%	943.7%
5	J. Hinshelwood Attacking midfielder	Brighton	21	169	329.3%	944.7%
6	E. Diouf Full-back	West Ham	21	167.6	34146.3%	93110.2%
7	K. Mainoo Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	21	160.7	2959.1%	899.7%
8	C. Talbi Attacking midfielder	Sunderland	21	158.6	2432.4%	8852.7%
9	L. Hall Full-back	Newcastle	21	156.1	3320.2%	877.6%
10	E. Kroupi Attacking midfielder	Bournemouth	20	152.7	4239%	9032.3%
11	L. Miley Full-back	Newcastle	20	149.3	21172.4%	889.2%
12	L. Yoro Centre-back	Manchester United	20	148.2	2442.6%	8710.8%
13	R. Lewis Full-back	Manchester City	21	146.5	967.3%	818.5%
14	A. Gray Central midfielder	Tottenham	20	144.8	2471.8%	855.3%
15	Eliezer Mayenda Winger	Sunderland	21	144	973.8%	806.4%
16	M. Tel Attacking midfielder	Tottenham	21	143.6	2066.7%	802.2%
17	W. Odobert Winger	Tottenham	21	141.3	1194.7%	796.5%
18	J. Bynoe-Gittens Attacking midfielder	Chelsea	21	140	975.8%	7810.3%
19	J. Hato Full-back	Chelsea	20	135.5	2069.4%	803.2%
20	C. Rigg Attacking midfielder	Sunderland	19	134.4	874.5%	848.8%
21	Joshua Kofi Acheampong Full-back	Chelsea	20	134	9141%	792.3%
22	Joshua King Central midfielder	Fulham	19	133.6	20915%	8415.8%
23	C. Kostoulas Winger	Brighton	19	130.1	922.2%	81101.2%
24	M. Lewis-Skelly Defensive midfielder	Arsenal	19	129.9	575.4%	815.9%
25	J. Soler Centre-back	Bournemouth	21	128.3	099.4%	7121.3%
26	Dário Essugo Defensive midfielder	Chelsea	21	125.6	293.6%	709.2%
27	Marc Guiu Centre-forward	Chelsea	20	125.3	3	740.8%
28	F. Buonanotte Central midfielder	Leeds	21	124.2	294.4%	6917.9%
29	O. Scarles Full-back	West Ham	20	124.1	1458%	732.9%
30	M. Mane Attacking midfielder	Wolves	18	123.8	18	8319.4%
31	J. T. Bi Central midfielder	Sunderland	20	121.7	0	72
32	K. Rodney Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	21	121.3	0	67
33	R. Ngumoha Attacking midfielder	Liverpool	17	119	10	85
34	T. Nyoni Central midfielder	Liverpool	19	116.8	0	73
35	M. Kanté Defensive midfielder	West Ham	20	115.1	2466.7%	6825.4%
36	R. Donovan Central midfielder	Brentford	19	114.2	0100%	7177.2%
37	J. Solis Central midfielder	Girona	21	113.9	541.6%	694.8%
38	J. Derry Attacking midfielder	Chelsea	19	113.6	0	71
39	S. Lacey Winger	Manchester United	18	111.9	0	75
40	H. Howell Central midfielder	Brighton	18	109.5	1150%	731%
41	M. Dowman Attacking midfielder	Arsenal	16	108.3	5	83
42	Shumaira Mheuka Centre-forward	Chelsea	18	107.3	0	723.1%
43	I. Osman Central midfielder	Auxerre	21	104.4	2012.9%	723.5%
44	E. Mayers Centre-back	West Ham	18	103.7	0	69
45	M. Sarr Centre-back	Strasbourg	20	103.4	1857.1%	759.8%
46	Álex Jiménez Full-back	AC Milan	21	103.4	0100%	6712.6%
47	E. Nwaneri Winger	Marseille	19	100.4	1615%	7813.2%
48	J. Drakes-Thomas Winger	Crystal Palace	16	90.5	0	70
49	J. Kusi-Asare Centre-forward	Bayern München	19	89.8	0	681%
50	A. Devine Central midfielder	Preston	21	87.9	4653%	7629.3%