Top-Scoring U21 attackers

The top-scoring U21 attackers, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

E. Kroupi of Bournemouth is the standout for raw talent across U21 attackers, with a Field Insider Rating of 91.4, and Amin Chiakha has been the form player this season, grading 65.6, and T. van der Leij leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Amin Chiakha has improved his Season rating most, up +58.2 on last season, while E. Kroupi's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +23.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Kroupi of Bournemouth is the most valuable name in this group at 90.7.

Bournemouth · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Amin Chiakha+58.2SsN

Rosenborg · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

T. van der Leij13goals

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	Player	Team
1	T. van der Leij Winger	VfB Stuttgart	19	13	34	56
2	E. Kroupi Centre-forward	Bournemouth	20	13	4439.2%	9134.6%
3	D. Zeitler Winger	1899 Hoffenheim	19	12	45211%	455.1%
4	Amin Chiakha Winger	Rosenborg	20	12	66605.4%	5225.9%
5	Wang Yudong Attacking midfielder	Hangzhou Greentown	19	11	47	39
6	B. Çelik Centre-forward	Başakşehir	21	11	41	42
7	O. Kabwit Centre-forward	FC Luzern	20	11	34	46
8	J. Hall Winger	New York Red Bulls	18	9	49920.8%	5638.1%
9	M. Ivanović Centre-forward	Millwall	21	9	34±0%	763.7%
10	S. Tanaka Centre-forward	Matsumoto Yamaga	21	9	23	29
11	Winsley Boteli Mokango Centre-forward	FC Sion	20	8	18	45
12	Omar Janneh Centre-forward	Lausanne	20	8	23	44
13	M. Caputo Centre-forward	Melbourne City	21	8	30	21
14	L. Phili Attacking midfielder	Kaizer Chiefs	21	7	21	2
15	L. Biliboc Attacking midfielder	CFR 1907 Cluj	19	7	23	36
16	L. Alvheim Centre-forward	Kristiansund BK	21	7	43	45
17	D. Aquino Winger	Union St. Gilloise	21	6	33115.6%	547.5%
18	Tiziano Perrota Winger	Defensa Y Justicia	18	6	37	5936.6%
19	D. Adu-Adjei Centre-forward	HNK Rijeka	21	6	24217.3%	3930.5%
20	S. Vink Centre-forward	Jong Ajax	20	6	26±0%	53±0%
21	M. Niang Centre-forward	FC Porto B	19	6	56353.7%	5153.9%
22	Trent Toure Kone Doherty Centre-forward	Molde	20	6	29	45
23	L. Ãstman Centre-forward	IF Elfsborg	20	6	31100.6%	3912%
24	Lamine Yamal Winger	Barcelona	19	6	71±0%	1001.7%
25	M. Niang Centre-forward	FC Porto B	19	6	38	51
26	H. Ibrahim Centre-forward	Reims	20	6	23529.7%	635.3%
27	T. Slončík Winger	Hradec Králové	21	6	14	2
28	Luca Meirelles Centre-forward	Shakhtar Donetsk	19	5	15	41
29	A. Stepanov Centre-forward	Bayer Leverkusen	18	5	215.6%	758.9%
30	W. Lankshear Centre-forward	Middlesbrough	21	5	37±0%	690.9%
31	Ilyas Ansah Winger	Hull City	21	5	2715.7%	8017%
32	Vitor Roque Centre-forward	Palmeiras	21	5	54±0%	7011.1%
33	P. Miller Centre-forward	New England Revolution	18	5	3431.7%	5212.9%
34	E. Baidoo Attacking midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	20	5	260.8%	4938.4%
35	F. Holman Winger	Swindon Town	21	5	16	33
36	K. Lonebu Centre-forward	Molde	19	5	4	424.5%
37	D. Pugno Centre-forward	Jong Ajax	20	5	33	5519.8%
38	M. Zabiri Centre-forward	Racing Santander	21	5	14±0%	645.1%
39	E. Ünüvar Centre-forward	Jong Ajax	18	5	14±0%	52±0%
40	D. Pestryakov Centre-forward	Akron	19	5	29218.5%	3715.6%
41	G. Lazarov Centre-forward	Cherno More Varna	20	5	16	34
42	Rayan Jawad Kolli Centre-forward	QPR	21	5	152.1%	642.1%
43	Rasheed Ahmed Centre-forward	Masr	0	5	15	17
44	L. Vickery Attacking midfielder	Macarthur	19	5	22	20
45	M. Wels Attacking midfielder	Austria Vienna	21	5	28	48
46	Liu Chengyu Centre-forward	Shanghai Shenhua	20	5	16	32
47	M. Memeti Centre-forward	Melbourne City	19	5	23	20
48	Jean Lwamba Centre-forward	Durban City	0	5	15	1
49	T. Quintal Attacking midfielder	Sydney	19	5	22	22
50	V. Ignatenko Centre-forward	Krylia Sovetov	20	4	12	31