Best players from Bulgaria

The highest-potential players from Bulgaria, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

L. Petkov of SV Elversberg is the standout for raw talent across players from Bulgaria, with a Field Insider Rating of 71.8.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: L. Petkov has improved his Season rating most, up +31.6 on last season, while S. Jasper's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +9.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, I. Gruev of Leeds is the most valuable name in this group at 138.8.

Železničar Pančevo · 24/25→25/26

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L. Petkov+31.6SsN

SV Elversberg · 24/25→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	L. Petkov Attacking midfielder	SV Elversberg	25	58119.7%	727.8%
2	I. Gruev Central midfielder	Leeds	26	2436.9%	698.6%
3	R. Bozhinov Centre-back	Pisa	21	12379.2%	6950.9%
4	P. Hristov Centre-back	Spezia	27	1867.3%	4630.8%
5	S. Jasper Attacking midfielder	Železničar Pančevo	24	29425.5%	4329.8%
6	Z. Dimitrov Attacking midfielder	Bodrum FK	27	1720.4%	398.8%
7	M. Minchev Centre-forward	Cracovia Krakow	25	17397.1%	355.4%
8	G. Lazarov Centre-forward	Cherno More Varna	20	15	34
9	S. Vutsov Goalkeeper	Levski Sofia	24	31	34
10	P. Panayotov Attacking midfielder	CSKA Sofia	20	6	34
11	Tsvetan Tsvetanov Centre-back	Pharco	20	9	33
12	T. Pavlov Full-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	21	17	33
13	S. Velkov Centre-back	Vejle	29	172.4%	339.2%
14	D. Mitov Goalkeeper	Aberdeen	29	1785.1%	3313.9%
15	M. Petkov Attacking midfielder	Botev Vratsa	23	16	33
16	N. Zlatev Attacking midfielder	Cherno More Varna	21	10	33
17	I. Videv Centre-back	Botev Plovdiv	20	15	33
18	A. Petkov Centre-back	Kifisia	26	1720.4%	330.9%
19	A. Ivanov Central midfielder	Dobrudzha	21	17	32
20	T. Ivanov Centre-back	CSKA Sofia	22	14	32
21	A. Kraev Defensive midfielder	Hapoel Tel Aviv	27	235.4%	3243.2%
22	T. Marinov Defensive midfielder	Spartak Varna	20	11	32
23	B. Beyhan Defensive midfielder	Cherno More Varna	21	8	32
24	R. Raychev Attacking midfielder	Slavia Sofia	21	9	32
25	A. Donchev Attacking midfielder	Cherno More Varna	24	6	32
26	G. Grigorov Goalkeeper	Dobrudzha	22	7	32
27	B. Dimitrov Centre-forward	Montana	22	16	32
28	M. Hristov Full-back	Septemvri Sofia	22	17	32
29	A. Stoyanov Defensive midfielder	Botev Vratsa	21	10	32
30	M. Ruskov Centre-back	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	24	20	32
31	K. Önaşçı Full-back	Septemvri Sofia	20	14	31
32	D. Yordanov Defensive midfielder	Spartak Varna	21	9	31
33	N. Iliev Attacking midfielder	Botev Plovdiv	22	6	31
34	V. Nikolov Winger	Korona Kielce	25	4	319.9%
35	S. Shopov Central midfielder	NK Osijek	24	7	3145.8%
36	K. Tomov Goalkeeper	Cherno More Varna	23	20	31
37	M. Todorski Full-back	Slavia Sofia	22	15	31
38	B. Kostov Full-back	Dobrudzha	24	13	31
39	M. Smolenski Attacking midfielder	Botev Vratsa	23	9	30
40	N. Neychev Centre-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	21	7	30
41	I. Mihaylov Centre-forward	Dobrudzha	25	16	30
42	V. Naydenov Attacking midfielder	Botev Vratsa	24	6	30
43	Y. Baurenski Defensive midfielder	Septemvri Sofia	24	10	29
44	A. Yordanov Central midfielder	Botev Plovdiv	24	6	29
45	D. Yankov Attacking midfielder	Lokomotiv Sofia	25	89.9%	2925.1%
46	P. Galchev Full-back	Lokomotiv Sofia	25	6	29
47	D. Krastev Centre-back	Spartak Varna	23	101920%	2947%
48	K. Stoyanov Central midfielder	Slavia Sofia	23	3	29
49	B. Ivanov Full-back	Spartak Varna	24	10	28
50	M. Stoev Centre-back	Botev Vratsa	26	30	28