Top-scoring U23 midfielders

The top-scoring U23 midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U23 midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and D. Karlsbakk leads the scoring with 18 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Karlsbakk has improved his Season rating most, up +61.2 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, M. Rogers of Aston Villa is the most valuable name in this group at 202.2.

West Ham · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

D. Karlsbakk+61.2SsN

Sarpsborg 08 FF · 24/25→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	goals	Season	Rating
1	D. Karlsbakk Centre-forward	Sarpsborg 08 FF	23	18	61	4816.6%
2	Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise Attacking midfielder	Motherwell	23	17	51112.1%	5311.1%
3	Lamine Yamal Winger	Barcelona	19	16	9148.9%	100±0%
4	Julian Dean Rijkhoff Attacking midfielder	Almere City FC	21	16	4442.5%	618.2%
5	F. Ghedjemis Winger	Frosinone	23	15	54416.2%	7225.7%
6	E. Havel Central midfielder	TSV Hartberg	23	13	46	50
7	S. El Mala Centre-forward	1. FC Köln	19	13	5546.9%	8472%
8	A. Batrakov Attacking midfielder	Lokomotiv	21	13	564.5%	423.5%
9	P. Nuamah Attacking midfielder	Catanzaro	20	13	54842.1%	7630.6%
10	V. Kostov Central midfielder	FK Crvena Zvezda	18	12	49	50
11	I. Ferrah Winger	Cambuur	20	12	47	6597%
12	N. Paz Attacking midfielder	Como	21	12	5935.9%	954.5%
13	Abdellatif Aboukoura Attacking midfielder	Loudoun United	21	11	34	45
14	R. El Arguioui Attacking midfielder	Jong Utrecht	20	11	53227.6%	6221.1%
15	Peke Attacking midfielder	Deportivo La Coruna	23	11	512.5%	753.7%
16	O. Kellyman Centre-forward	Cardiff	20	11	299600%	5230.2%
17	J. James Defensive midfielder	Leicester	22	11	46163.2%	701.1%
18	W. Lankshear Centre-forward	Oxford United	21	11	37	6917.2%
19	R. Mofokeng Attacking midfielder	Orlando Pirates	21	10	37	2
20	A. Sanches Attacking midfielder	BSC Young Boys	23	10	50	49
21	M. Faye Attacking midfielder	Esenler Erokspor	21	10	31	5329%
22	A. Segecic Attacking midfielder	Portsmouth	22	10	38103.2%	7128%
23	H. Kuster Attacking midfielder	Waalwijk	20	10	31	58±0%
24	Joseph Okopu Attacking midfielder	Zulte Waregem	20	10	4536.3%	6522%
25	J. Stansfield Attacking midfielder	Birmingham	23	10	434.4%	7641.5%
26	Alberto Moleiro Central midfielder	Villarreal	22	10	5334.5%	9410%
27	M. Rogers Attacking midfielder	Aston Villa	23	10	527%	1000.5%
28	K. Hlynsson Attacking midfielder	Twente	22	10	50574.3%	8030.1%
29	M. Adeline Attacking midfielder	Estac Troyes	22	10	56206.6%	7221.7%
30	Charlie Jay Whitaker Attacking midfielder	Tranmere	22	10	29125.2%	342.8%
31	G. Valenzuela Winger	FC Cincinnati	21	9	26145.3%	434.8%
32	B. Castro Attacking midfielder	Millonarios	22	9	24	28
33	M. Ševčík Attacking midfielder	Mlada Boleslav	23	9	23759.3%	296.8%
34	R. Pukštas Attacking midfielder	HNK Hajduk Split	21	9	31	42
35	B. Traoré Attacking midfielder	FC Basel 1893	23	9	374.5%	4923.2%
36	J. Ochieng Central midfielder	Real Sociedad II	23	9	35	65
37	Bjorn van Zijl Winger	VVV Venlo	22	9	32363.2%	558.8%
38	M. Hinoke Attacking midfielder	FC OSS	21	9	34233%	576.8%
39	I. Boumassaoudi Attacking midfielder	Den Bosch	21	9	25600%	5510.5%
40	J. Coburn Centre-forward	Millwall	23	9	36143.2%	7312.1%
41	A. Cozier-Duberry Attacking midfielder	Bolton	21	9	36445.5%	5416.8%
42	D. Luna Attacking midfielder	Real Salt Lake	22	9	4013.2%	49±0%
43	A. Fatawu Attacking midfielder	Leicester	22	9	42552.3%	741.6%
44	T. van Bergen Centre-forward	Groningen	22	9	4461%	788.2%
45	T. Segovia Attacking midfielder	Inter Miami	23	9	3274%	4524.7%
46	G. Zechiël Defensive midfielder	Utrecht	22	9	66542.7%	8226.1%
47	Y. Sekongo Attacking midfielder	Dunkerque	22	9	44280%	6919.3%
48	Jeremy Arévalo Winger	Racing Santander	21	8	20	6717.6%
49	Vasilije Novicic Attacking midfielder	IMT Novi Beograd	18	8	34	48
50	D. Višinský Attacking midfielder	Plzen	23	8	19	2