U23 players with the Best Potential

The highest-potential U23 players, ranked on Field Insider.

Best goalkeepers Best defenders Best midfielders Best attackers Most in-form players Top-scoring players

At a glance

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U23 players, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and A. González leads the scoring with 24 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Jacobo Ramón Naveros has improved his Season rating most, up +71.2 on last season, while B. Touré's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +49.3 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 137.6.

1899 Hoffenheim · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Jacobo Ramón Naveros+71.2SsN

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	Player	Team
1	Lamine Yamal Winger	Barcelona	19	9449.1%	100±0%
2	N. O'Reilly Full-back	Manchester City	21	56390.4%	9717.9%
3	Rayan Centre-forward	Bournemouth	20	47770.4%	9652.3%
4	F. Wirtz Attacking midfielder	Liverpool	23	3646.2%	964%
5	N. Paz Attacking midfielder	Como	21	6136.1%	954.5%
6	N. Sadiki Defensive midfielder	Sunderland	21	3210.3%	9545.6%
7	E. Anderson Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	23	638.7%	95±0%
8	P. Dorgu Attacking midfielder	Manchester United	21	3647.5%	9520.4%
9	W. Zaïre-Emery Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	6896%	9412.3%
10	J. Bellingham Central midfielder	Real Madrid	23	6523.9%	941.1%
11	R. Cherki Attacking midfielder	Manchester City	22	4717%	949%
12	A. Güler Attacking midfielder	Real Madrid	21	4497.8%	947.6%
13	J. Hinshelwood Attacking midfielder	Brighton	21	3313.4%	944.7%
14	Alberto Moleiro Central midfielder	Villarreal	22	5938.7%	9410%
15	Y. Diomande Winger	RB Leipzig	19	67555.9%	9425.6%
16	B. Verbruggen Goalkeeper	Brighton	23	2637.8%	941.8%
17	R. Roefs Goalkeeper	Sunderland	23	300.7%	9323.1%
18	K. Yıldız Attacking midfielder	Juventus	21	5439.9%	932.8%
19	E. Diouf Full-back	West Ham	21	34139.3%	93110.2%
20	M. Kayode Full-back	Brentford	22	45566.2%	9320.3%
21	R. Højlund Centre-forward	Napoli	23	66227.7%	9310.9%
22	H. Diarra Attacking midfielder	Sunderland	22	2741.6%	935.6%
23	Y. Minteh Attacking midfielder	Brighton	22	2819.3%	932%
24	Pau Cubarsí Paredes Centre-back	Barcelona	19	5134.3%	93±0%
25	B. Šeško Centre-forward	Manchester United	23	4920%	912.9%
26	Wesley Full-back	AS Roma	22	7177.4%	9123%
27	A. Scott Defensive midfielder	Bournemouth	22	47417.8%	9118.6%
28	Fermín Attacking midfielder	Barcelona	23	5275.2%	916.4%
29	Y. Ayari Central midfielder	Brighton	22	4428.2%	915.9%
30	Álvaro Fernández Full-back	Real Madrid	23	5314.3%	9128.5%
31	Álex Jiménez Full-back	Bournemouth	21	4398.6%	9118.7%
32	B. Touré Attacking midfielder	1899 Hoffenheim	20	4839.8%	91119.4%
33	Senny Mayulu Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	60311.6%	9112.4%
34	A. Wharton Defensive midfielder	Crystal Palace	22	51142%	908.9%
35	J. Manzambi Defensive midfielder	SC Freiburg	20	59512.5%	9017%
36	E. Kroupi Attacking midfielder	Bournemouth	20	4439.2%	9032.3%
37	Pedri Defensive midfielder	Barcelona	23	6317.2%	908.4%
38	D. Huijsen Centre-back	Real Madrid	21	4621.8%	903.2%
39	Mateus Fernandes Attacking midfielder	West Ham	22	3043.4%	890.6%
40	M. Fernandez-Pardo Centre-forward	Lille	21	50	8986.4%
41	K. Mainoo Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	21	2979.5%	899.7%
42	Jacobo Ramón Naveros Centre-back	Como	21	761369.2%	8914.7%
43	R. Risser Goalkeeper	Lens	21	45395.6%	8948.9%
44	M. Beier Defensive midfielder	Borussia Dortmund	23	6017.3%	894.7%
45	M. Soulé Attacking midfielder	AS Roma	23	423.2%	893.5%
46	Y. Yarmolyuk Defensive midfielder	Brentford	22	41150.3%	899.8%
47	D. Gómez Attacking midfielder	Brighton	23	2950%	8988.3%
48	F. Asllani Attacking midfielder	1899 Hoffenheim	23	5723.9%	8815.1%
49	C. Talbi Attacking midfielder	Sunderland	21	2532.6%	8852.7%
50	M. Kerkez Full-back	Liverpool	22	2924.5%	8811.6%