Top-Scoring U21 midfielders

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

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At a glance

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U21 midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 98.3, 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 +49.4 on last season, while E. Diouf's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +44.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the most valuable name in this group at 105.

West Ham · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

P. Nuamah+49.4SsN

Catanzaro · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

Julian Dean Rijkhoff16goals

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	Player	Team
1	Julian Dean Rijkhoff Attacking midfielder	Almere City FC	21	16	4542.5%	618.2%
2	Lamine Yamal Winger	Barcelona	19	16	7113.7%	981.7%
3	A. Batrakov Attacking midfielder	Lokomotiv	21	13	584.5%	411.7%
4	S. El Mala Winger	1. FC Köln	19	13	5646.9%	8471.2%
5	P. Nuamah Attacking midfielder	Catanzaro	20	13	55837.3%	7630.6%
6	I. Ferrah Winger	Cambuur	20	12	49	6597%
7	N. Paz Winger	Como	21	12	5829%	931.8%
8	V. Kostov Central midfielder	FK Crvena Zvezda	18	12	55	50
9	R. El Arguioui Attacking midfielder	Jong Utrecht	21	11	39132.1%	5813.1%
10	O. Kellyman Attacking midfielder	Cardiff	20	11	309900%	5230.2%
11	W. Lankshear Attacking midfielder	Oxford United	21	11	37	6916.7%
12	Abdellatif Aboukoura Attacking midfielder	Loudoun United	21	11	33	36
13	H. Kuster Attacking midfielder	Waalwijk	20	10	32	58±0%
14	Joseph Okopu Attacking midfielder	Zulte Waregem	20	10	4636.1%	6522%
15	M. Faye Attacking midfielder	Esenler Erokspor	21	10	30	433.4%
16	R. Mofokeng Attacking midfielder	Orlando Pirates	21	10	38	2
17	M. Hinoke Attacking midfielder	FC OSS	21	9	35233%	576.8%
18	I. Boumassaoudi Attacking midfielder	Den Bosch	21	9	26600%	5510.5%
19	A. Cozier-Duberry Winger	Bolton	21	9	37436.2%	5317.7%
20	A. Abdullahi Central midfielder	KAA Gent II	20	9	39	48
21	R. Pukštas Attacking midfielder	HNK Hajduk Split	21	9	31	42
22	N. Verkooijen Attacking midfielder	Jong PSV U21	20	8	302627.3%	5831.5%
23	J. Hartog Attacking midfielder	Jong AZ	20	8	30874.2%	5613%
24	Don O`Niel Attacking midfielder	Jong Ajax	19	8	3939300%	6035.3%
25	Francis-Ikechukwu Onyeka Attacking midfielder	VfL Bochum	19	8	35	67
26	C. Uzun Winger	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	8	37112.1%	81±0%
27	E. Meichtry Attacking midfielder	FC Thun	21	8	29	50
28	Adin Molnar Central midfielder	MTK Budapest	19	8	39	38
29	Vasilije Novicic Attacking midfielder	IMT Novi Beograd	18	8	35	48
30	J. van den Berg Attacking midfielder	Jong PSV U21	19	7	31277.8%	6127.3%
31	I. Badjie Winger	VfL Osnabrück	20	7	19416.2%	4617.4%
32	Noah Makanza Central midfielder	Helmond Sport	21	7	48	58
33	V. Byskov Attacking midfielder	FC Midtjylland	21	7	28109.8%	462.2%
34	E. Diop Central midfielder	Cercle Brugge	21	7	491954.2%	6210.5%
35	T. Hall Attacking midfielder	Notts County	20	7	17	34
36	D. Owusu Attacking midfielder	Radnik Surdulica	20	7	23	39
37	Ermin Mahmić Winger	Slovan Liberec	21	7	20	2
38	G. Diakité Defensive midfielder	Lausanne	20	7	41	47
39	Ã. Duymaz Centre-forward	İstanbulspor	19	7	23	40
40	R. Vydysh Central midfielder	KAA Gent II	20	7	37	49
41	X. Bertoncello Attacking midfielder	Newcastle Jets	20	7	23	21
42	Lucas Ferreira Attacking midfielder	FC Luzern	19	7	26	46
43	Findlay Curtis Attacking midfielder	Kilmarnock	19	6	20968.4%	46±0%
44	Victor Mow Froholdt Central midfielder	FC Porto	20	6	6052.3%	7959%
45	S. Kitano Attacking midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	21	6	30284.6%	492.8%
46	J. Koller Attacking midfielder	Jong PSV U21	19	6	2011.4%	564.3%
47	M. Ponomarenko Winger	Dynamo Kyiv	20	6	18658.3%	400.5%
48	Eguinaldo Winger	Shakhtar Donetsk	21	6	185.2%	413.8%
49	S. Johannesen Winger	FC Fredericia	19	6	25	4521.1%
50	A. Boudri Attacking midfielder	Gais	21	6	29115.6%	4012.7%