Attacking midfielders with the Best Potential in Ligue 1

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

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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 +47.5 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 72.9.

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	Player	Team
1	M. Greenwood Attacking midfielder	Marseille	24	7512%	876.7%
2	Diego Moreira Attacking midfielder	Strasbourg	21	4328%	871.9%
3	Afonso Moreira Attacking midfielder	Lyon	21	42	8759.6%
4	H. Haraldsson Attacking midfielder	Lille	23	4338.8%	851.1%
5	M. Akliouche Attacking midfielder	Monaco	24	475.1%	851.5%
6	Endrick Attacking midfielder	Lyon	20	46	8533.8%
7	P. Pagis Attacking midfielder	Lorient	23	57130.4%	8325%
8	M. Fofana Attacking midfielder	Lyon	21	2523.7%	83±0%
9	K. Doumbia Attacking midfielder	Stade Brestois 29	23	4582.5%	825%
10	I. Soumaré Attacking midfielder	Le Havre	25	4739.6%	828.7%
11	Félix Correia Attacking midfielder	Lille	25	3421.4%	8019.8%
12	Y. Gboho Attacking midfielder	Toulouse	25	4730.4%	802.6%
13	M. Coulibaly Attacking midfielder	Monaco	22	2512400%	8021.5%
14	A. Avom Attacking midfielder	Lorient	21	1862.7%	7810.3%
15	P. Diop Attacking midfielder	Toulouse	22	2243.3%	7839.1%
16	N. Mukau Attacking midfielder	Lille	21	950.9%	783.5%
17	Ansu Fati Attacking midfielder	Monaco	23	48	777.8%
18	S. Amo-Ameyaw Attacking midfielder	Strasbourg	20	16114.5%	775.6%
19	R. Fofana Attacking midfielder	Lens	20	19	7718.6%
20	M. Godo Attacking midfielder	Strasbourg	23	40	7711.1%
21	Igor Paixão Attacking midfielder	Marseille	26	4540.1%	755.2%
22	J. Lepenant Attacking midfielder	Nantes	23	885.5%	750.7%
23	S. Nanasi Attacking midfielder	Strasbourg	24	3313.9%	7511.2%
24	D. Karim Attacking midfielder	Lorient	22	1451.4%	7466.8%
25	K. Merah Attacking midfielder	Lyon	19	5	74
26	A. Gouiri Attacking midfielder	Marseille	26	5233%	7414.7%
27	R. Labeau Lascary Attacking midfielder	Stade Brestois 29	23	31169.8%	741.5%
28	G. Tsitaishvili Attacking midfielder	Metz	25	2523.6%	735.2%
29	T. Louchet Attacking midfielder	Nice	23	2338.9%	731.6%
30	Q. Timber Attacking midfielder	Marseille	25	0100%	735.2%
31	Louis Leroux Attacking midfielder	Nantes	20	1336.3%	724.8%
32	L. Mouton Attacking midfielder	Angers	24	1710%	718.7%
33	A. Sima Attacking midfielder	Lens	25	1455%	717.7%
34	J. Dina Ebimbe Attacking midfielder	Stade Brestois 29	25	26333.3%	702.9%
35	D. Assoumani Attacking midfielder	Nantes	21	8376.5%	699.8%
36	F. Doucouré Attacking midfielder	Le Havre	25	1922.8%	6820.8%
37	F. Oppegård Attacking midfielder	Auxerre	23	0100%	6810.1%
38	H. Traorè Attacking midfielder	Marseille	26	2154.8%	6713.6%
39	I. Kebbal Attacking midfielder	Paris FC	28	5438.1%	620.6%
40	J. Makengo Attacking midfielder	Lorient	28	26119.7%	556.3%
41	G. Hein Attacking midfielder	Metz	29	6011.3%	558.3%
42	J. Ikoné Attacking midfielder	Paris FC	28	1919.1%	5121.9%
43	R. Del Castillo Attacking midfielder	Stade Brestois 29	30	4951.4%	498.2%
44	A. Golovin Attacking midfielder	Monaco	30	4254.2%	4710.8%
45	A. Gory Attacking midfielder	Paris FC	29	2318.1%	4418.2%
46	W. Saïd Attacking midfielder	Lens	31	55295.7%	430.5%
47	M. Simon Attacking midfielder	Paris FC	31	2852.4%	4225.4%
48	L. Tousart Attacking midfielder	Stade Brestois 29	29	821.7%	4119.3%
49	T. Minamino Attacking midfielder	Monaco	31	371.4%	4128.3%
50	S. Khaoui Attacking midfielder	RED Star FC 93	31	2720.1%	3743.4%