Fastest-growing U21 midfielders

The fastest-growing (by % Rating change) U21 midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U21 midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 100.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: P. Nuamah has improved his Season rating most, up +48 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, Marcelinho Braz of RB Bragantino U20 is the most valuable name in this group at 180.7.

West Ham · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

P. Nuamah+48SsN

Catanzaro · 24/25→25/26

Marcelinho Braz180.7val

RB Bragantino U20

50 players · ranked by biggest rating change %Customise →

#	Player	Team	Age	Δ%	Season	Rating
1	S. Fusire Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	21	+117.2 24/25→25/26	30290.9%	63117.2%
2	E. Diouf Full-back	West Ham	21	+110.2 23/24→25/26	34146.3%	93110.2%
3	R. Bardghji Attacking midfielder	Barcelona	20	+107.1 24/25→25/26	8	82107.1%
4	O. Pietuszewski Central midfielder	FC Porto	18	+98.8 24/25→25/26	25	6898.8%
5	M. Yalcouyé Defensive midfielder	Swansea	20	+96.7 24/25→25/26	141.4%	6596.7%
6	N. Aséko Nkili Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	20	+95.2 24/25→25/26	441603.8%	7395.2%
7	S. Ebonog Defensive midfielder	Le Havre	21	+94.3 24/25→25/26	27682.9%	7594.3%
8	K. Bilalovic Central midfielder	Aberdeen	21	+84.8 24/25→25/26	9933.3%	4484.8%
9	S. El Mala Centre-forward	1. FC Köln	19	+72 24/25→25/26	5546.9%	8472%
10	O. Vargas Defensive midfielder	Atletico Madrid	20	+70.5 24/25→25/26	1850.3%	8170.5%
11	E. Bajraktarevic Central midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	21	+65.4 24/25→25/26	2664%	7265.4%
12	Victor Mow Froholdt Central midfielder	FC Porto	20	+59 24/25→25/26	5645%	7959%
13	Kofi Jeremy Amoako Defensive midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	21	+57 24/25→25/26	33257%	6357%
14	Cameron Bragg Defensive midfielder	Southampton	21	+56.9 24/25→25/26	7318.7%	6256.9%
15	K. WÃ¤tjen Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	+56.1 24/25→25/26	22397.8%	6256.1%
16	B. Khela Defensive midfielder	Peterborough	21	+52 24/25→25/26	28171.8%	5052%
17	J. Colwill Defensive midfielder	Cardiff	21	+47.9 24/25→25/26	2644.5%	5047.9%
18	Franco Mastantuono Winger	Real Madrid	18	+47.6 24/25→25/26	757.9%	8047.6%
19	L. Miller Defensive midfielder	Udinese	19	+46.6 24/25→25/26	1566.2%	7746.6%
20	N. Asiimwe Full-back	AFC Wimbledon	21	+46.3 24/25→25/26	20201.5%	4646.3%
21	N. Sadiki Defensive midfielder	Sunderland	21	+45.6 24/25→25/26	344.8%	9545.6%
22	L. Ulrich Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	21	+45.5 24/25→25/26	43137.4%	6445.5%
23	Patrick Kelly Attacking midfielder	Barnsley	21	+44.9 24/25→25/26	2049.2%	4944.9%
24	Ethan Williams Central midfielder	Falkirk	20	+43.7 24/25→25/26	1591.1%	4643.7%
25	K. Davidsen Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	21	+42.2 24/25→25/26	3121.7%	6242.2%
26	K. Kouassi Defensive midfielder	Lorient	21	+39.7 24/25→25/26	4592.7%	8739.7%
27	A. Blake Central midfielder	Utrecht	21	+37.3 24/25→25/26	1428.8%	6937.3%
28	T. Small Central midfielder	Preston	21	+35.3 24/25→25/26	2633.5%	6935.3%
29	J. Cotterill Central midfielder	Dundee	20	+34.7 24/25→25/26	1725.2%	4634.7%
30	Z. Sertdemir Central midfielder	Preußen Münster	21	+34.5 24/25→25/26	1224.8%	5334.5%
31	M. Dorgeles Defensive midfielder	SC Braga	21	+33.7 24/25→25/26	1656.6%	6233.7%
32	Justin Janssen Defensive midfielder	FC Nordsjaelland	19	+33.6 24/25→25/26	40925.6%	4933.6%
33	P. Nuamah Attacking midfielder	Catanzaro	20	+30.6 24/25→25/26	54842.1%	7630.6%
34	L. Małachowski Thorell Central midfielder	Mjallby AIF	21	+30.5 24/25→25/26	22313.2%	3930.5%
35	Nathan De Cat Defensive midfielder	Anderlecht	17	+29.9 24/25→25/26	3811.4%	6229.9%
36	T. Land Winger	Groningen	20	+29.4 24/25→25/26	1821.7%	6829.4%
37	A. Devine Central midfielder	Preston	21	+29.3 24/25→25/26	4653%	7629.3%
38	A. Warneryd Winger	Tromso	20	+28.9 24/25→25/26	129.4%	4528.9%
39	E. Akinsanmiro Central midfielder	Pisa	21	+28.2 24/25→25/26	2886.1%	7328.2%
40	J. van den Berg Attacking midfielder	Jong PSV U21	19	+27.3 24/25→25/26	30271.3%	6127.3%
41	N. Niehoff Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	21	+26.9 24/25→25/26	1234.4%	5726.9%
42	Matteo Cichella Central midfielder	Frosinone	20	+25.4 24/25→25/26	32310.4%	7125.4%
43	İ. Vural Central midfielder	Pisa	20	+24.9 24/25→25/26	813.5%	7024.9%
44	N. Mbamba Defensive midfielder	Dender	21	+23.2 24/25→25/26	451105.4%	6123.2%
45	K. Boogaard Attacking midfielder	Jong AZ	20	+22.7 24/25→25/26	49365.7%	6222.7%
46	C. Echeverri Central midfielder	Girona	20	+22.4 24/25→25/26	973.7%	7422.4%
47	A. Touré Central midfielder	Metz	20	+22.2 24/25→25/26	22179.7%	7222.2%
48	Max Marie Central midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	21	+22.1 24/25→25/26	44491.9%	6622.1%
49	Joseph Okopu Attacking midfielder	Zulte Waregem	20	+22 24/25→25/26	4536.3%	6522%
50	O. Agougil Central midfielder	Jong Utrecht	20	+21.5 24/25→25/26	33477.2%	5821.5%