Best attacking midfielders in Championship

The highest-potential attacking midfielders in Championship, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

T. Conway of Middlesbrough is the standout for raw talent across attacking midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 78.9, and M. Whittaker has been the form player this season, grading 49.3, and J. Clarke leads the scoring with 16 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Philogene has improved his Season rating most, up +36 on last season, while A. Ahmed's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +29.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Conway of Middlesbrough is the most valuable name in this group at 101.

Norwich · 24/25→25/26

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J. Philogene+36SsN

Ipswich · 24/25→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	T. Conway Attacking midfielder	Middlesbrough	23	4621.4%	7910.8%
2	J. Stansfield Attacking midfielder	Birmingham	23	434.4%	7641.5%
3	J. Gelhardt Attacking midfielder	Hull City	24	49205%	7621.8%
4	O. Azeez Attacking midfielder	Millwall	25	48164.1%	7514.6%
5	F. Azaz Attacking midfielder	Southampton	25	4613.5%	743.4%
6	A. Fatawu Attacking midfielder	Leicester	22	42552.3%	741.6%
7	M. Whittaker Attacking midfielder	Middlesbrough	25	49185%	7417.9%
8	C. Neghli Attacking midfielder	Millwall	24	277.3%	739.7%
9	A. Mehmeti Attacking midfielder	Bristol City	25	4324.9%	720.6%
10	J. Philogene Attacking midfielder	Ipswich	24	45395.6%	722%
11	O. Schwartau Attacking midfielder	Norwich	20	23338.5%	7211.8%
12	J. Rudoni Attacking midfielder	Coventry	25	3822.7%	728.8%
13	A. Segecic Attacking midfielder	Portsmouth	22	38103.2%	7128%
14	T. Fellows Attacking midfielder	Southampton	22	1659.3%	717.1%
15	K. Joseph Attacking midfielder	Hull City	24	3135.7%	7045.5%
16	Ronald Attacking midfielder	Swansea	25	261.6%	703.4%
17	M. Manhoef Attacking midfielder	Stoke City	24	3117%	704%
18	A. Brooks Attacking midfielder	Sheffield Utd	22	2578%	691.8%
19	A. Ahmed Attacking midfielder	Norwich	25	35117.5%	6973.4%
20	J. Clarke Attacking midfielder	Ipswich	25	42224.6%	695.9%
21	M. Belloumi Attacking midfielder	Hull City	24	27174%	6913.4%
22	E. Mason-Clark Attacking midfielder	Coventry	26	4061.8%	693.3%
23	Bae Jun-Ho Attacking midfielder	Stoke City	22	1860.6%	677.6%
24	S. Mills Attacking midfielder	Oxford United	22	21247.5%	669.9%
25	M. Núñez Attacking midfielder	Ipswich	26	3012.8%	654%
26	J. Knight Attacking midfielder	Bristol City	25	979.8%	6516.3%
27	A. Emakhu Attacking midfielder	Millwall	22	10100%	653.7%
28	C. Archer Attacking midfielder	Southampton	24	1643.1%	6415.1%
29	A. Forson Attacking midfielder	Norwich	23	1328.9%	64±0%
30	K. McAteer Attacking midfielder	Ipswich	24	1216.4%	649.5%
31	Eom Ji-Sung Attacking midfielder	Swansea	24	1414.6%	645.2%
32	K. Matsuki Attacking midfielder	Southampton	23	1412.9%	6432.3%
33	A. Ben Slimane Attacking midfielder	Norwich	25	2139%	643.3%
34	S. Thomas Attacking midfielder	Stoke City	27	48127.2%	636.5%
35	L. Millar Attacking midfielder	Hull City	26	24233.3%	6312.7%
36	S. Twine Attacking midfielder	Bristol City	27	4468.3%	619.3%
37	L. Gibbs Attacking midfielder	Norwich	23	6510%	619.1%
38	J. Monga Attacking midfielder	Leicester	17	9690.9%	6111.9%
39	B. Thomas-Asante Attacking midfielder	Coventry	27	48124.7%	615.2%
40	P. Maghoma Attacking midfielder	Norwich	25	11776.9%	6010.1%
41	J. Donley Attacking midfielder	Oxford United	21	973.3%	609.3%
42	T. Rigo Attacking midfielder	Stoke City	24	9	60
43	M. Widell Attacking midfielder	Swansea	24	484.8%	6040.2%
44	M. Peart-Harris Attacking midfielder	Oxford United	23	1330.4%	6013.5%
45	B. Brereton Attacking midfielder	Derby	27	30101.3%	593.4%
46	J. Eccles Attacking midfielder	Coventry	26	1648.1%	5916.5%
47	M. Baradji Attacking midfielder	Blackburn	25	11	58
48	Y. Hirakawa Attacking midfielder	Bristol City	25	124.2%	578.3%
49	C. O'Hare Attacking midfielder	Sheffield Utd	28	4122.1%	5618%
50	Carlos Vicente Attacking midfielder	Birmingham	27	2338.8%	5336.8%