U21 midfielders with the Best Potential in League One

The highest-potential U21 midfielders in League One, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

A. Cozier-Duberry of Bolton is the standout for raw talent across U21 midfielders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 53.3, and O. Kellyman leads the scoring with 11 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Cozier-Duberry has improved his Season rating most, up +30.1 on last season, while B. Khela's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +16.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Cozier-Duberry of Bolton is the most valuable name in this group at 12.4.

Best talent

A. Cozier-Duberry53.3RTG

Bolton

In form

A. Cozier-Duberry37SsN

Bolton

Rising potential

B. Khela+16.7RTG

Peterborough · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

A. Cozier-Duberry+30.1SsN

A. Cozier-Duberry12.4val

Bolton

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	Player	Team
1	A. Cozier-Duberry Winger	Bolton	21	37436.2%	5317.7%
2	Cian Ashford Central midfielder	Cardiff	21	2424.1%	5220%
3	O. Kellyman Attacking midfielder	Cardiff	20	309900%	5230.2%
4	K. Doyle Central midfielder	Reading	21	335.4%	513.4%
5	J. Colwill Central midfielder	Cardiff	21	2848.7%	5047.1%
6	B. Khela Central midfielder	Peterborough	21	29181.6%	5050.8%
7	Jamie Mullins Central midfielder	Wycombe	21	26	50
8	Patrick Kelly Central midfielder	Barnsley	21	33143.3%	4944.9%
9	J. Richards Attacking midfielder	Luton	19	16105%	498.4%
10	Jonathan Bland Central midfielder	Barnsley	20	24	48
11	L. Harris Central midfielder	Wycombe	21	1715.9%	471.9%
12	B. Ibrahim Attacking midfielder	Plymouth	21	1249.8%	473.3%
13	C. Ashia Winger	Huddersfield	19	11	47
14	R. Oné Attacking midfielder	Lincoln	20	11273.3%	4727.2%
15	R. Walters Central midfielder	Blackpool	21	1732.8%	4622.7%
16	Caylan Vickers Attacking midfielder	Barnsley	21	123.4%	461.5%
17	Vimal Yoganathan Defensive midfielder	Barnsley	20	212871.4%	4614.1%
18	Daniel Gore Central midfielder	Rotherham	21	261322.2%	469.3%
19	N. Asiimwe Defensive midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	21	25272.7%	4646%
20	Emilio Lawrence Attacking midfielder	Luton	21	13	46
21	H. Gray Central midfielder	Rotherham	17	17	46
22	Z. Nelson Central midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	21	1591%	4524.8%
23	G. Abbott Central midfielder	Wycombe	20	1562.9%	4512.2%
24	R. Walters Central midfielder	Port Vale	20	14	439.2%
25	Karoy Anderson Defensive midfielder	Blackpool	21	1137.1%	439.5%
26	J. Moorhouse Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	20	8	41
27	C. Cummins Defensive midfielder	Exeter City	21	5	40