Attacking midfielders with the Best Potential in A-League 25/26

The highest-potential attacking midfielders in A-League in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

A. Mabil of Melbourne City is the standout for raw talent across attacking midfielders in A-League, with a Field Insider Rating of 35.7, and Mata has been the form player this season, grading 44.9, and X. Bertoncello leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Lolley has improved his Season rating most, up +23.1 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Badolato of Newcastle Jets is the most valuable name in this group at 1.3.

Melbourne City · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	A. Mabil Attacking midfielder	Melbourne City	30	2361.9%	3610.7%
2	W. Dobson Attacking midfielder	Newcastle Jets	18	24	25
3	A. Badolato Attacking midfielder	Newcastle Jets	21	38	23
4	J. Yull Attacking midfielder	Adelaide United	21	29	23
5	L. Bayliss Attacking midfielder	Auckland	24	26	22
6	Y. Dukuly Attacking midfielder	Adelaide United	23	28	22
7	T. Quintal Attacking midfielder	Sydney	19	22	22
8	X. Bertoncello Attacking midfielder	Newcastle Jets	20	23	21
9	P. Quispe Attacking midfielder	Sydney	25	2231.2%	2060.3%
10	L. Vickery Attacking midfielder	Macarthur	19	22	20
11	D. Bosnjak Attacking midfielder	Macarthur	19	17	20
12	B. Brandtman Attacking midfielder	Central Coast Mariners	21	22	20
13	K. Jelacic Attacking midfielder	Melbourne Victory	24	231638.5%	2040.7%
14	M. Grimaldi Attacking midfielder	Melbourne Victory	22	15	20
15	E. Durakovic Attacking midfielder	Brisbane Roar	21	7	19
16	Clarismario Rodrigues Attacking midfielder	Melbourne Victory	25	22	19
17	Akol Akon Attacking midfielder	Sydney	16	8	19
18	S. Ngor Attacking midfielder	Brisbane Roar	25	26	19
19	A. Auglah Attacking midfielder	Central Coast Mariners	24	19	18
20	A. Thurgate Attacking midfielder	Western Sydney Wanderers	26	19	18
21	A. Toure Attacking midfielder	Sydney	26	22	1762.5%
22	H. Hore Attacking midfielder	Perth Glory	27	69.6%	1467.4%
23	J. Lolley Attacking midfielder	Newcastle Jets	34	27660%	782.5%
24	C. Goodwin Attacking midfielder	Adelaide United	34	2921.8%	769.4%
25	T. Kanamori Attacking midfielder	Melbourne City	32	10108.2%	769.1%
26	E. Rashani Attacking midfielder	Melbourne City	33	1139.7%	674.6%
27	Juan Muñiz Attacking midfielder	Adelaide United	34	17514.8%	665.5%
28	Mata Attacking midfielder	Melbourne Victory	38	4522350%	617.1%