Most creative U21 attacking midfielders

The most creative U21 attacking midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

N. Paz of Como is the standout for raw talent across U21 attacking midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 95.3, and Julian Dean Rijkhoff leads the scoring with 16 goals.

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 B. Touré's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +49.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, P. Dorgu of Manchester United is the most valuable name in this group at 170.3.

1899 Hoffenheim · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

P. Nuamah+48SsN

Catanzaro · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

Julian Dean Rijkhoff16goals

50 players · ranked by top assistsCustomise →

#	Player	Team	Age	assists	Season	Rating
1	Adam Tahaui Attacking midfielder	Vitesse	20	10	3913000%	6140.9%
2	A. Cozier-Duberry Attacking midfielder	Bolton	21	10	36445.5%	5416.8%
3	K. Karetsas Attacking midfielder	Genk	18	10	2414.1%	600.5%
4	P. Nuamah Attacking midfielder	Catanzaro	20	10	54842.1%	7630.6%
5	Peio Canales Attacking midfielder	Racing Santander	21	9	392671.4%	776.2%
6	Jesús Rodríguez Attacking midfielder	Como	20	9	34238%	856.2%
7	A. Batrakov Attacking midfielder	Lokomotiv	21	9	564.5%	423.5%
8	B. Touré Attacking midfielder	1899 Hoffenheim	20	9	4740.1%	91119.4%
9	A. Güler Attacking midfielder	Real Madrid	21	9	4397.7%	947.6%
10	K. Boogaard Attacking midfielder	Jong AZ	20	8	49365.7%	6222.7%
11	R. Mofokeng Attacking midfielder	Orlando Pirates	21	8	37	2
12	R. Árciga Attacking midfielder	Club Tijuana	21	8	30	57
13	E. Ayaosi Attacking midfielder	Karviná	21	7	25	2
14	Jonathan Asp Jensen Attacking midfielder	Grasshoppers	20	7	36	4828.8%
15	Afonso Moreira Attacking midfielder	Lyon	21	7	41	8759.6%
16	Endrick Attacking midfielder	Lyon	19	7	44	8534.9%
17	Ethan Ennis Attacking midfielder	Fleetwood Town	21	7	22522.9%	3512.7%
18	E. Rădăslăvescu Attacking midfielder	Farul Constanta	21	6	21	38
19	T. Lund Jensen Attacking midfielder	Club Brugge II	20	6	2125.7%	448.9%
20	Patrick Kelly Attacking midfielder	Barnsley	21	6	2049.2%	4944.9%
21	Joseph Okopu Attacking midfielder	Zulte Waregem	20	6	4536.3%	6522%
22	K. Yıldız Attacking midfielder	Juventus	21	6	5340%	932.8%
23	N. Paz Attacking midfielder	Como	21	6	5935.9%	954.5%
24	Ângelo Attacking midfielder	Al-Nassr	21	6	3053.8%	629.8%
25	Diego Moreira Attacking midfielder	Strasbourg	21	6	4227.9%	871.9%
26	Wang Yudong Attacking midfielder	Hangzhou Greentown	19	5	45	38
27	Isaque Attacking midfielder	Shakhtar Donetsk	19	5	16	4324.4%
28	J. Yull Attacking midfielder	Adelaide United	21	5	28	23
29	I. Dmitriev Attacking midfielder	Spartak Moscow	21	5	176.2%	343.7%
30	Don O`Niel Attacking midfielder	Jong Ajax	19	5	3819050%	6035.3%
31	Geovany Tcherno Quenda Attacking midfielder	Sporting CP	19	5	1938.5%	659.4%
32	G. Prestianni Attacking midfielder	Benfica	20	5	25	6819.9%
33	M. Detourbet Attacking midfielder	Estac Troyes	19	5	27	7135.2%
34	L. Karl Attacking midfielder	Bayern München	18	5	35	87
35	J. Thompson Attacking midfielder	FC Orenburg	21	5	312121.4%	3736.9%
36	P. Amoako Attacking midfielder	FC Nordsjaelland	19	5	40	51
37	E. Austbö Attacking midfielder	Viking	21	5	37260.8%	5015.8%
38	Tony Yogane Attacking midfielder	Dundee	20	5	17222.2%	4811%
39	Emilio Lawrence Attacking midfielder	Luton	21	5	12	46
40	S. Kitano Attacking midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	21	4	31309.2%	491.8%
41	M. Servais Attacking midfielder	KV Mechelen	21	4	2056.7%	578.3%
42	N. Marcelli Attacking midfielder	Slovan Bratislava	21	4	18	36
43	R. Godoy Attacking midfielder	O'Higgins	20	4	12	27
44	E. Montiel Attacking midfielder	CF Pachuca	20	4	16	54
45	N. Njie Attacking midfielder	Gyori ETO FC	21	4	15	3727.6%
46	P. Dulcea Attacking midfielder	Unirea Slobozia	21	4	16	36
47	O. Ugresić Attacking midfielder	FK Partizan	20	4	26	44
48	Vasilije Novicic Attacking midfielder	IMT Novi Beograd	18	4	34	48
49	S. Saljic Attacking midfielder	Austria Vienna	20	4	15	44
50	E. Bars Attacking midfielder	Vanspor FK	21	4	1539.1%	4712.5%