Most Valuable U23 midfielders by Market Value

The most valuable U23 midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

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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: G. Zechiël has improved his Season rating most, up +65.8 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, Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the most valuable name in this group at 137.6.

West Ham · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

G. Zechiël+65.8SsN

Utrecht · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Lamine Yamal Winger	Barcelona	19	137.6	9449.1%	100±0%
2	E. Anderson Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	23	125.4	638.7%	95±0%
3	J. Bellingham Central midfielder	Real Madrid	23	119.2	6523.9%	941.1%
4	Pedri Defensive midfielder	Barcelona	23	115.2	6317.2%	908.4%
5	F. Wirtz Attacking midfielder	Liverpool	23	115	3646.2%	964%
6	R. Cherki Attacking midfielder	Manchester City	22	107.4	4717%	949%
7	D. Gómez Attacking midfielder	Brighton	23	106.2	2950%	8988.3%
8	H. Diarra Attacking midfielder	Sunderland	22	105.9	2741.6%	935.6%
9	Y. Minteh Attacking midfielder	Brighton	22	105.8	2819.3%	932%
10	N. O'Reilly Full-back	Manchester City	21	104.4	56390.4%	9717.9%
11	A. Scott Defensive midfielder	Bournemouth	22	104.1	47417.8%	9118.6%
12	Y. Ayari Central midfielder	Brighton	22	104	4428.2%	915.9%
13	Alberto Moleiro Central midfielder	Villarreal	22	103.3	5938.7%	9410%
14	A. Wharton Defensive midfielder	Crystal Palace	22	103.1	51142%	908.9%
15	N. Sadiki Defensive midfielder	Sunderland	21	102.7	3210.3%	9545.6%
16	P. Dorgu Attacking midfielder	Manchester United	21	102.2	3647.5%	9520.4%
17	Mateus Fernandes Attacking midfielder	West Ham	22	101.8	3043.4%	890.6%
18	J. Hinshelwood Attacking midfielder	Brighton	21	101.4	3313.4%	944.7%
19	Y. Yarmolyuk Defensive midfielder	Brentford	22	100.9	41150.3%	899.8%
20	Fermín Attacking midfielder	Barcelona	23	100.7	5275.2%	916.4%
21	E. Diouf Full-back	West Ham	21	100.5	34139.3%	93110.2%
22	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	98.9	4418.3%	825.2%
23	P. Sarr Attacking midfielder	Tottenham	23	97.8	2538.9%	822%
24	T. Iroegbunam Defensive midfielder	Everton	23	97.2	32143.5%	816.3%
25	G. Simeone Winger	Atletico Madrid	23	96.6	3739.5%	882.5%
26	K. Mainoo Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	21	96.4	2979.5%	899.7%
27	L. Ugochukwu Defensive midfielder	Burnley	22	96.1	424.3%	845.1%
28	Pablo Barrios Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	23	95.4	401%	864.3%
29	C. Baleba Defensive midfielder	Brighton	22	95.4	1961%	848.2%
30	Yeremy Pino Attacking midfielder	Crystal Palace	23	94.9	1846.9%	7910.8%
31	Renato Veiga Centre-back	Villarreal	23	94.8	2878.1%	8613.8%
32	Oscar Bobb Attacking midfielder	Fulham	23	94.1	8	788.7%
33	Jon Gorrotxategi Defensive midfielder	Real Sociedad	23	94.1	468.4%	8514.5%
34	A. Güler Attacking midfielder	Real Madrid	21	93.4	4497.8%	947.6%
35	H. Mejbri Attacking midfielder	Burnley	23	91.9	219.7%	777.6%
36	C. Alcaraz Central midfielder	Everton	23	90.1	1243.4%	756.7%
37	L. Miley Full-back	Newcastle	20	89.6	21162%	889.2%
38	E. Camavinga Central midfielder	Real Madrid	23	89	3125.4%	811.2%
39	Andrey Santos Defensive midfielder	Chelsea	22	89	2059.2%	7811.9%
40	N. Angulo Winger	Sunderland	23	88.3	0100%	7442.1%
41	Fábio Carvalho Attacking midfielder	Brentford	23	88.1	741.2%	738.4%
42	A. Gray Central midfielder	Tottenham	20	86.9	26105.6%	855.3%
43	Gavi Defensive midfielder	Barcelona	22	86.7	180.6%	833.6%
44	J. Devenny Attacking midfielder	Crystal Palace	22	85.6	615.1%	754.7%
45	R. Lavia Defensive midfielder	Chelsea	22	84.8	748.8%	7410%
46	F. Potts Defensive midfielder	West Ham	22	84.1	1851.1%	742.1%
47	J. Bynoe-Gittens Attacking midfielder	Chelsea	21	84	1075.8%	7810.3%
48	J. McAtee Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	23	83.8	638.1%	7014.3%
49	H. Elliott Central midfielder	Aston Villa	23	83.5	095.2%	7016.5%
50	Estêvão Central midfielder	Chelsea	19	83.1	2359.3%	875.5%