Most In-Form U21 attackers This Season

The most in-form U21 attackers, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

E. Kroupi of Bournemouth is the standout for raw talent across U21 attackers, with a Field Insider Rating of 91.4, and Amin Chiakha has been the form player this season, grading 65.6, and T. van der Leij leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Amin Chiakha has improved his Season rating most, up +58.2 on last season, while E. Kroupi's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +23.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Kroupi of Bournemouth is the most valuable name in this group at 90.7.

Bournemouth · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Amin Chiakha+58.2SsN

Rosenborg · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

T. van der Leij13goals

50 players · ranked by best this seasonCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Amin Chiakha Winger	Rosenborg	20	66605.4%	5225.9%
2	M. Niang Centre-forward	FC Porto B	19	56353.7%	5153.9%
3	Vitor Roque Centre-forward	Palmeiras	21	54±0%	7011.1%
4	J. Hall Winger	New York Red Bulls	18	49920.8%	5638.1%
5	Wang Yudong Attacking midfielder	Hangzhou Greentown	19	47	39
6	D. Zeitler Winger	1899 Hoffenheim	19	45211%	455.1%
7	E. Kroupi Centre-forward	Bournemouth	20	4439.2%	9134.6%
8	L. Alvheim Centre-forward	Kristiansund BK	21	43	45
9	B. Çelik Centre-forward	Başakşehir	21	41	42
10	Ante Kavelj Defensive midfielder	HNK Gorica	21	40	40
11	M. Niang Centre-forward	FC Porto B	19	38	51
12	Tiziano Perrota Winger	Defensa Y Justicia	18	37	5936.6%
13	P. Miller Centre-forward	New England Revolution	18	3431.7%	5212.9%
14	T. van der Leij Winger	VfB Stuttgart	19	34	56
15	M. Ivanović Centre-forward	Millwall	21	34±0%	763.7%
16	O. Kabwit Centre-forward	FC Luzern	20	34	46
17	D. Aquino Winger	Union St. Gilloise	21	33115.6%	547.5%
18	M. Haidara Winger	Sonderjyske	20	3213%	446.7%
19	G. Nyheim Centre-forward	Lillestrom	19	311552.6%	4930.3%
20	L. Ãstman Centre-forward	IF Elfsborg	20	31100.6%	3912%
21	M. Di Pizio Winger	Central Coast Mariners	20	31	22
22	K. Filling Centre-forward	AIK Stockholm	17	30398.4%	4323.4%
23	M. Caputo Centre-forward	Melbourne City	21	30	21
24	D. Pestryakov Centre-forward	Akron	19	29218.5%	3715.6%
25	M. Wels Attacking midfielder	Austria Vienna	21	28	48
26	J. Abdulai Winger	Molde	21	2858.6%	4612.6%
27	Ilyas Ansah Winger	Hull City	21	2715.7%	8017%
28	A. Manneh Centre-forward	Cercle Brugge	21	2720.9%	3713.3%
29	Facundo Gauch Winger	Newells Old Boys	19	27230.5%	5621.9%
30	K. Arroyo Winger	Cruzeiro	20	26164.6%	738%
31	Justin Ellis Winger	Orlando City SC	19	26	4422.8%
32	M. Reguła Winger	Zaglebie Lubin	19	26±0%	443%
33	S. Vink Centre-forward	Jong Ajax	20	26±0%	53±0%
34	Mateo Silvetti Winger	Inter Miami	20	26104%	446.6%
35	E. Baidoo Attacking midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	20	260.8%	4938.4%
36	H. M. Reed Centre-forward	Aalesund	17	24	43
37	D. Adu-Adjei Centre-forward	HNK Rijeka	21	24217.3%	3930.5%
38	D. Yapi Winger	Colorado Rapids	21	2319.4%	463.9%
39	H. Ibrahim Centre-forward	Reims	20	23529.7%	635.3%
40	L. Biliboc Attacking midfielder	CFR 1907 Cluj	19	23	36
41	Omar Janneh Centre-forward	Lausanne	20	23	44
42	M. Memeti Centre-forward	Melbourne City	19	23	20
43	Y. Valois Centre-forward	Lanus	21	2355.5%	53108.7%
44	S. Tanaka Centre-forward	Matsumoto Yamaga	21	23	29
45	Ethan Ennis Winger	Fleetwood Town	21	22±0%	35±0%
46	L. Vickery Attacking midfielder	Macarthur	19	22	20
47	Bruno Steven Caicedo Quiñonez Winger	Vancouver Whitecaps	21	22	45
48	K. Gunnarsson Winger	Vasteras SK FK	20	2252.1%	3832.6%
49	T. Quintal Attacking midfielder	Sydney	19	22	22
50	L. Phili Attacking midfielder	Kaizer Chiefs	21	21	2