Study: The best performing youth product in the Premier League this season

“You can’t win anything with kids", the infamous quote from Alan Hansen which aged absolutely terribly. These days youth academies are often the heart and soul of any football club and teams like Manchester United who represent them so well have shown the importance of their academy and just how capable the players can be when they won the league in 96 and the treble in 1999.
With the importance of youth players this season we at BettingOdds.com have decided to take a look at who the best performing youth product is in the Premier League this season. We’ve taken into account wins, draws, losses, goals, assists, and then for strikers, shots. For midfielders key passes, and for defenders tackles and clean sheets.
Harry Kane is the man topping the list as the best performing youth product this season. The striker may not be enjoying his best season on paper but the stats are showing that he’s quite a fair bit clear of the rest of the youth products that are currently representing their club in the league. Following England’s captain, there are plenty of youngsters with the likes of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Bukayo Saka, and Mason Mount who have been some of the top-performing players in the league this season.
We’ve also split the study into best-performing players for each position where Trent Alexander-Arnold is top of the defenders, Mason Mount is the best performing midfielder and Harry Kane is the standout forward. You can find the full list of stats below.
Top 10 performing youth products this season
Player | points | average |
---|---|---|
Harry Kane | 95 | 5 |
Trent Alexander-Arnold | 82 | 4.1 |
Bukayo Saka | 86 | 4.1 |
Mason Mount | 83 | 3.95 |
Phil Foden | 59 | 3.93 |
Reece James | 60 | 3.75 |
Tyrick Mitchell | 79 | 3.59 |
Paul Pogba | 32 | 3.56 |
Japhet Tanganga | 38 | 3.45 |
Luke Thomas | 41 | 3.42 |
Top defenders in order
Player | Points | Average |
---|---|---|
Trent Alexander-Arnold | 82 | 4.10 |
Reece James | 60 | 3.75 |
Tyrick Mitchell | 79 | 3.59 |
Japhet Tanganga | 38 | 3.45 |
Luke Thomas | 41 | 3.42 |
Max Aarons | 69 | 3.29 |
Trevoh Chalobah | 44 | 3.14 |
Jonjoe Kenny | 9 | 2.25 |
Andreas Christensen | 26 | 2.00 |
Charlie Cresswell | 6 | 1.50 |
Lewis Dunk | 16 | 1.14 |
Top midfielders in order
Player | points | average |
---|---|---|
Mason Mount | 83 | 3.95 |
Phil Foden | 59 | 3.93 |
Paul Pogba | 32 | 3.56 |
Emile Smith-Rowe | 57 | 3.00 |
Curtis Jones | 18 | 2.25 |
Harvey Elliott | 9 | 2.25 |
Harvey Barnes | 29 | 1.81 |
Harry Winks | 16 | 1.78 |
Declan Rice | 34 | 1.55 |
Scott McTominay | 28 | 1.47 |
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall | 16 | 1.45 |
Jesse Lingard | 13 | 1.44 |
Kalvin Phillips | 15 | 1.25 |
Mark Noble | 5 | 1.25 |
Top forwards in order
player | points | average |
---|---|---|
Harry Kane | 95 | 5.00 |
Bukayo Saka | 86 | 4.10 |
Anthony Elanga | 16 | 3.20 |
Wilfried Zaha | 52 | 3.06 |
Marcus Rashford | 37 | 2.85 |
Callum Hudson-Odoi | 56 | 2.73 |
Theo Walcott | 20 | 1.50 |
Anthony Gordon | 23 | 1.35 |
Jay Rodriguez | 31 | 1.21 |
Adam Idah | 14 | 0.88 |