Most valuable U23 players from Republic of Ireland

The most valuable U23 players from Republic of Ireland, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

E. Ferguson of AS Roma is the standout for raw talent across U23 players from Republic of Ireland, with a Field Insider Rating of 82.6, and J. Kenny has been the form player this season, grading 31.4.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: E. Ferguson has improved his Season rating most, up +24.4 on last season, while J. Hodge's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Ferguson of AS Roma is the most valuable name in this group at 127.9.

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#	Player	Team	Age	val	Season	Rating
1	E. Ferguson Centre-forward	AS Roma	21	127.9	29530.4%	835.4%
2	A. Murphy Centre-back	Newcastle	22	127.7	193.2%	6749.7%
3	A. MacNulty Centre-back	PEC Zwolle	23	90.2	305.9%	715.7%
4	T. Cannon Centre-forward	Sheffield Utd	23	82	2234.4%	647.2%
5	S. Armstrong Winger	Bristol City	23	81.7	1427.8%	643.8%
6	J. Abankwah Full-back	Watford	22	80.9	1827.5%	675.4%
7	A. Emakhu Attacking midfielder	Millwall	22	78.6	10100%	653.7%
8	A. Moran Central midfielder	Preston	22	78.2	1946.1%	649.4%
9	R. Vata Winger	Watford	21	74.1	180.6%	644.2%
10	A. Ochoa Defensive midfielder	Malaga	19	63.1	14153.7%	6714.2%
11	C. McCarthy Centre-back	Hull City	19	62.5	6	61
12	F. Umeh Centre-forward	Portsmouth	21	62.2	0	54
13	J. Hodge Central midfielder	Tondela	23	57.8	2279%	5524.4%
14	J. Patrick Defensive midfielder	Reims	22	53.9	624.1%	5515%
15	S. Mullen Centre-back	Mantova	21	51.8	1	52
16	Joshua Keeley Goalkeeper	Luton	23	32.6	2424.7%	531%
17	J. Kenny Centre-forward	Bolton	23	30.6	31705.1%	496%
18	S. Roughan Full-back	Huddersfield	22	29.2	2338.5%	508%
19	O. O'Neill Attacking midfielder	Leyton Orient	23	29.1	2511.5%	472.9%
20	F. Ebosele Full-back	Başakşehir	23	27.6	21136.8%	4332.3%
21	Jamie Mullins Attacking midfielder	Wycombe	21	27.5	17	49
22	D. Costelloe Centre-forward	Wigan	23	27.4	1218.7%	440.7%
23	C. Hayes Attacking midfielder	Peterborough	23	27.3	133.9%	442.4%
24	D. Okagbue Centre-back	Peterborough	22	26.5	1951.8%	4513.6%
25	T. Adaramola Full-back	Leyton Orient	22	25.2	1613.2%	4326.3%
26	Killian Cahill Goalkeeper	Leyton Orient	22	24.8	4	42
27	S. Grehan Centre-back	Doncaster	22	24.5	111428.6%	4210.9%
28	B. Adeeko Defensive midfielder	Wigan	23	24	474.1%	3914.8%
29	E. Adegboyega Centre-back	Rotherham	22	23.3	683.5%	4022.9%
30	Mark O’Mahony Centre-forward	Reading	21	22.7	0100%	4135%
31	C. Cummins Defensive midfielder	Exeter City	21	22.5	6	40
32	Connor Barratt Centre-back	Barnsley	22	22.1	0100%	385.8%
33	S. Patton Centre-forward	Reading	19	19.8	0	40
34	J. O'Brien Centre-back	Indy Eleven	23	18	0100%	3521.3%
35	W. Martin Attacking midfielder	Odense	19	17.6	9	42
36	D. Burns Attacking midfielder	Grimsby	23	10.1	13424%	3421.3%
37	D. Duffy Central midfielder	Chesterfield	23	10	16116%	333.1%
38	S. Negru Full-back	Tranmere	23	9.6	2417.9%	322.6%
39	C. Kavanagh Centre-forward	Oldham	22	8.9	1062.7%	3115.1%
40	A. Thibaut Winger	Crewe	22	8.8	863.8%	311%
41	S. Curtis Full-back	Chesterfield	20	8.4	18142.5%	3321.3%
42	Cathal Heffernan Centre-back	Harrogate Town	21	8.2	10	30
43	J. Golding Centre-back	Crewe	21	7.8	54700%	2926%
44	L. Browne Centre-back	Notts County	20	7.7	0	30
45	A. Murphy Central midfielder	Swindon Town	21	7.5	0	28
46	J. Ferizaj Defensive midfielder	Crawley Town	21	7.3	1	27
47	R. Akachukwu Central midfielder	Colchester	19	7.2	4	30
48	Ryan Ritchie Central midfielder	Bohemians	0	2.7	0	23