Top-scoring U23 players in 2. Bundesliga

The top-scoring U23 players in 2. Bundesliga, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

M. Baur of SC Paderborn 07 is the standout for raw talent across U23 players in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 74.2, and N. Futkeu has been the form player this season, grading 70.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Baur has improved his Season rating most, up +44.2 on last season, while N. Aséko Nkili's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +35.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Baur of SC Paderborn 07 is the most valuable name in this group at 74.7.

N. Aséko Nkili+35.4RTG

Hannover 96 · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

M. Baur+44.2SsN

SC Paderborn 07 · 24/25→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	goals	Season	Rating
1	N. Futkeu Centre-forward	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	23	20	7066.7%	683.3%
2	M. Zoma Centre-forward	1. FC Nürnberg	22	14	55	70
3	Francis-Ikechukwu Onyeka Attacking midfielder	VfL Bochum	19	8	36	68
4	M. Winkler Attacking midfielder	Hertha BSC	23	6	38246.8%	6715.5%
5	Louey Ben Farhat Centre-forward	Karlsruher SC	19	6	27169%	659.3%
6	Rafael Lubach Attacking midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	21	6	2842.6%	6610.9%
7	S. Marino Centre-forward	SC Paderborn 07	22	6	24240%	6362.3%
8	S. Fukuda Centre-forward	Karlsruher SC	22	6	19571.4%	5819.3%
9	J. Therkelsen Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	23	4	3322.4%	6339.3%
10	B. Bobzien Attacking midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	23	4	25	6054.6%
11	L. Egloff Attacking midfielder	Karlsruher SC	23	4	15104.1%	57±0%
12	B. Conté Attacking midfielder	SV Elversberg	23	4	2960.8%	6711.4%
13	M. Baur Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	22	4	52589.3%	7470.2%
14	F. Schmahl Central midfielder	SV Elversberg	23	3	2466.7%	611.3%
15	L. Ulrich Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	21	3	43137.4%	6445.5%
16	R. Šimić Centre-forward	Karlsruher SC	22	3	15	5821.8%
17	K. WÃ¤tjen Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	3	22397.8%	6256.1%
18	Max Marie Central midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	21	3	44491.9%	6622.1%
19	N. Aséko Nkili Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	20	3	441603.8%	7395.2%
20	H. Matsuda Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	22	3	22160.7%	6353.3%
21	K. Davidsen Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	21	3	3121.7%	6242.2%
22	Farid Alfa-Ruprecht Attacking midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	3	18	64
23	J. Eitschberger Full-back	Hertha BSC	22	2	2685.5%	5922.8%
24	Noah Pesch Centre-forward	1. FC Magdeburg	21	2	10	5613.4%
25	A. Keller Defensive midfielder	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	22	2	2515.4%	585.9%
26	M. Wörl Attacking midfielder	Arminia Bielefeld	22	2	1253.5%	6018.8%
27	Jarzinho Ataide Adriano de Nascimento Malanga Central midfielder	SV Elversberg	20	2	945%	6034.8%
28	O. Vilhelmsson Centre-forward	Preußen Münster	22	2	95.4%	537%
29	C. Rasmussen Centre-forward	Fortuna Düsseldorf	23	2	18376.3%	5513.3%
30	C. Marshall Centre-forward	VfL Bochum	21	2	1163%	5914.2%
31	P. Scobel Centre-forward	1. FC Nürnberg	21	2	9	59
32	Dariusz Stalmach Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	20	2	268533.3%	6083.3%
33	S. Sané Winger	Eintracht Braunschweig	23	2	9	544.9%
34	M. Beifus Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	23	2	683.8%	5616.8%
35	Mika Haas Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	20	2	272610%	6624.6%
36	H. Chakroun Winger	Hannover 96	21	2	1257.3%	6050.6%
37	I. Okon Full-back	Hannover 96	22	2	22	62
38	Cajetan Benjamin Lenz Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	2	32	65
39	M. Pannewig Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	21	2	28711.4%	621.4%
40	Y. Furukawa Defensive midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	23	2	830.8%	5648.3%
41	Vitalie Becker Full-back	FC Schalke 04	21	2	36	66
42	J. Mijatović Winger	Eintracht Braunschweig	21	1	16	6060.5%
43	O. Sillah Centre-forward	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	22	1	3	52
44	R. Nzingoula Defensive midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	20	1	1371.7%	6016.8%
45	Z. Sertdemir Central midfielder	Preußen Münster	21	1	1224.8%	5334.5%
46	U. Tohumcu Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	21	1	15120.9%	5714.8%
47	M. Krattenmacher Winger	Hertha BSC	20	1	583.3%	5813%
48	M. Müller Winger	Holstein Kiel	23	1	752.2%	5340.6%
49	N. Niehoff Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	21	1	1234.4%	5726.9%
50	Benjamin Bediako Boakye Winger	Arminia Bielefeld	21	1	666.3%	5624%