Best attacking midfielders in Ligue 1

The highest-potential attacking midfielders in Ligue 1, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

M. Greenwood of Marseille is the standout for raw talent across attacking midfielders in Ligue 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.4.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Ansu Fati has improved his Season rating most, up +46.2 on last season, while D. Karim's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +29.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Greenwood of Marseille is the most valuable name in this group at 141.6.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	M. Greenwood Attacking midfielder	Marseille	24	7312%	876.7%
2	Diego Moreira Attacking midfielder	Strasbourg	21	4227.9%	871.9%
3	Afonso Moreira Attacking midfielder	Lyon	21	41	8759.6%
4	Endrick Attacking midfielder	Lyon	19	44	8534.9%
5	H. Haraldsson Attacking midfielder	Lille	23	4238.5%	851.1%
6	M. Akliouche Attacking midfielder	Monaco	24	455%	851.5%
7	P. Pagis Attacking midfielder	Lorient	23	55130.4%	8325%
8	M. Fofana Attacking midfielder	Lyon	21	2423.7%	83±0%
9	K. Doumbia Attacking midfielder	Stade Brestois 29	23	4482.8%	825%
10	I. Soumaré Attacking midfielder	Le Havre	25	4639.9%	828.7%
11	Félix Correia Attacking midfielder	Lille	25	3321.3%	8019.8%
12	Y. Gboho Attacking midfielder	Toulouse	25	4630.4%	802.6%
13	M. Coulibaly Attacking midfielder	Monaco	22	2412050%	8021.5%
14	A. Avom Attacking midfielder	Lorient	21	1763.4%	7810.3%
15	P. Diop Attacking midfielder	Toulouse	22	2143.2%	7839.1%
16	N. Mukau Attacking midfielder	Lille	21	854.4%	783.5%
17	S. Amo-Ameyaw Attacking midfielder	Strasbourg	19	16113.5%	786.6%
18	Ansu Fati Attacking midfielder	Monaco	23	46	777.8%
19	R. Fofana Attacking midfielder	Lens	20	19	7718.6%
20	M. Godo Attacking midfielder	Strasbourg	23	39	7711.1%
21	Igor Paixão Attacking midfielder	Marseille	26	4340.2%	755.2%
22	S. Nanasi Attacking midfielder	Strasbourg	24	3213.8%	7511.2%
23	J. Lepenant Attacking midfielder	Nantes	23	886.2%	750.7%
24	D. Karim Attacking midfielder	Lorient	22	1453.4%	7466.8%
25	K. Merah Attacking midfielder	Lyon	19	5	74
26	A. Gouiri Attacking midfielder	Marseille	26	5033.1%	7414.7%
27	R. Labeau Lascary Attacking midfielder	Stade Brestois 29	23	30171.4%	741.5%
28	G. Tsitaishvili Attacking midfielder	Metz	25	2523.7%	735.2%
29	T. Louchet Attacking midfielder	Nice	23	2332.2%	731.6%
30	Q. Timber Attacking midfielder	Marseille	25	0100%	735.2%
31	Louis Leroux Attacking midfielder	Nantes	20	1335.4%	724.8%
32	L. Mouton Attacking midfielder	Angers	24	1717%	718.7%
33	A. Sima Attacking midfielder	Lens	25	1454.9%	717.7%
34	J. Dina Ebimbe Attacking midfielder	Stade Brestois 29	25	25336.2%	702.9%
35	D. Assoumani Attacking midfielder	Nantes	21	8310.5%	699.8%
36	F. Doucouré Attacking midfielder	Le Havre	25	1924.8%	6820.8%
37	F. Oppegård Attacking midfielder	Auxerre	23	0100%	6810.1%
38	H. Traorè Attacking midfielder	Marseille	26	2054.6%	6713.6%
39	I. Kebbal Attacking midfielder	Paris FC	28	5238.2%	620.6%
40	J. Makengo Attacking midfielder	Lorient	28	25125.2%	556.3%
41	G. Hein Attacking midfielder	Metz	29	5811.5%	558.3%
42	J. Ikoné Attacking midfielder	Paris FC	28	1919.1%	5121.9%
43	R. Del Castillo Attacking midfielder	Stade Brestois 29	30	4851.3%	498.2%
44	A. Golovin Attacking midfielder	Monaco	30	4153.8%	4710.8%
45	A. Gory Attacking midfielder	Paris FC	29	2218.3%	4418.2%
46	W. Saïd Attacking midfielder	Lens	31	54296.3%	430.5%
47	M. Simon Attacking midfielder	Paris FC	31	2752.4%	4225.4%
48	L. Tousart Attacking midfielder	Stade Brestois 29	29	825.2%	4119.3%
49	T. Minamino Attacking midfielder	Monaco	31	361.1%	4128.3%
50	F. Thauvin Attacking midfielder	Lens	33	5861.5%	368.9%