Top-Scoring U21 midfielders

The top-scoring U21 midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U21 midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and Julian Dean Rijkhoff leads the scoring with 16 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Manzambi has improved his Season rating most, up +49.2 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, Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the most valuable name in this group at 137.6.

West Ham · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

J. Manzambi+49.2SsN

SC Freiburg · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

Julian Dean Rijkhoff16goals

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	Player	Team
1	Julian Dean Rijkhoff Attacking midfielder	Almere City FC	21	16	4542.5%	618.2%
2	Lamine Yamal Winger	Barcelona	19	16	9449.1%	100±0%
3	S. El Mala Centre-forward	1. FC Köln	19	13	5646.9%	8472%
4	A. Batrakov Attacking midfielder	Lokomotiv	21	13	584.5%	423.5%
5	I. Ferrah Winger	Cambuur	20	12	49	6597%
6	N. Paz Attacking midfielder	Como	21	12	6136.1%	954.5%
7	V. Kostov Central midfielder	FK Crvena Zvezda	18	12	55	50
8	O. Kellyman Centre-forward	Cardiff	20	11	309900%	5230.2%
9	W. Lankshear Centre-forward	Oxford United	21	11	38	6917.2%
10	Abdellatif Aboukoura Attacking midfielder	Loudoun United	21	11	33	36
11	R. El Arguioui Attacking midfielder	Jong Utrecht	21	11	55226.8%	6220.1%
12	R. Mofokeng Attacking midfielder	Orlando Pirates	21	10	38	2
13	M. Faye Attacking midfielder	Esenler Erokspor	21	10	30	433.4%
14	H. Kuster Attacking midfielder	Waalwijk	20	10	32	58±0%
15	Joseph Okopu Attacking midfielder	Zulte Waregem	20	10	4636.1%	6522%
16	G. Valenzuela Winger	FC Cincinnati	21	9	27152.8%	434.8%
17	A. Abdullahi Central midfielder	KAA Gent II	20	9	39	48
18	M. Hinoke Attacking midfielder	FC OSS	21	9	35233%	576.8%
19	A. Cozier-Duberry Attacking midfielder	Bolton	21	9	37436.2%	5416.8%
20	R. Pukštas Attacking midfielder	HNK Hajduk Split	21	9	31	42
21	I. Boumassaoudi Attacking midfielder	Den Bosch	21	9	26600%	5510.5%
22	Francis-Ikechukwu Onyeka Attacking midfielder	VfL Bochum	19	8	37	68
23	E. Meichtry Attacking midfielder	FC Thun	21	8	29	50
24	J. Hartog Attacking midfielder	Jong AZ	20	8	30874.2%	5613%
25	N. Verkooijen Attacking midfielder	Jong PSV U21	20	8	302627.3%	5831.5%
26	C. Uzun Attacking midfielder	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	8	50187.9%	844.3%
27	Jeremy Arévalo Winger	Racing Santander	21	8	21	6717.6%
28	Adin Molnar Central midfielder	MTK Budapest	19	8	39	38
29	Vasilije Novicic Attacking midfielder	IMT Novi Beograd	18	8	35	48
30	Don O`Niel Attacking midfielder	Jong Ajax	19	8	3939300%	6035.3%
31	R. Vydysh Central midfielder	KAA Gent II	20	7	37	49
32	D. Owusu Attacking midfielder	Radnik Surdulica	20	7	23	39
33	Ermin Mahmić Winger	Slovan Liberec	21	7	20	2
34	G. Diakité Defensive midfielder	Lausanne	20	7	41	47
35	Ã. Duymaz Centre-forward	İstanbulspor	19	7	23	40
36	I. Badjie Winger	VfL Osnabrück	20	7	19416.2%	4617.4%
37	Noah Makanza Central midfielder	Helmond Sport	21	7	48	58
38	V. Byskov Attacking midfielder	FC Midtjylland	21	7	28109.8%	462.2%
39	E. Diop Central midfielder	Cercle Brugge	21	7	491954.2%	6210.5%
40	J. van den Berg Attacking midfielder	Jong PSV U21	19	7	31277.8%	6127.3%
41	T. Hall Attacking midfielder	Notts County	20	7	17	34
42	X. Bertoncello Attacking midfielder	Newcastle Jets	20	7	23	21
43	Lucas Ferreira Attacking midfielder	FC Luzern	19	7	26	46
44	Findlay Curtis Defensive midfielder	Kilmarnock	19	6	452257.9%	498.1%
45	A. Jagusic Winger	NK Slaven Belupo	20	6	23	38
46	Victor Mow Froholdt Central midfielder	FC Porto	20	6	6052.3%	7959%
47	S. Kitano Attacking midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	21	6	32310.3%	491.8%
48	Santiago Sandoval Central midfielder	Guadalajara Chivas	18	6	27	54
49	Á. Zalán Attacking midfielder	MTK Budapest	20	6	23	36
50	A. Radonjić Central midfielder	Javor	20	6	28	42