Central midfielders with the Best Potential

The highest-potential central midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Y. Minteh of Brighton is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 93.5, and F. Tănase has been the form player this season, grading 67.8.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Gustavo Sauer has improved his Season rating most, up +50.1 on last season, while R. Bardghji's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +43.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Y. Minteh of Brighton is the most valuable name in this group at 108.4.

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	Player	Team
1	Y. Minteh Central midfielder	Brighton	22	4429.8%	942.7%
2	R. Yamamoto Central midfielder	SC Freiburg	24	63387.6%	8975.1%
3	M. Palestra Central midfielder	Chelsea	21	421895.2%	8721.7%
4	K. Thuram Central midfielder	Juventus	25	438.6%	844.5%
5	R. Bardghji Central midfielder	Barcelona	20	10	83110.2%
6	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	4418.3%	825.2%
7	I. Koné Central midfielder	Sassuolo	24	41487%	8225.6%
8	P. Kalulu Central midfielder	AC Milan	26	45±0%	810.7%
9	Diego López Central midfielder	Valencia	24	3034.9%	7910.8%
10	O. Vargas Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	21	3915.2%	7864.8%
11	Kevin Zeroli Central midfielder	AC Milan	21	131377.8%	7820.1%
12	I. Chaira Central midfielder	Oviedo	25	4668.2%	7713.1%
13	W. Bondo Central midfielder	AC Milan	22	14240.5%	765.5%
14	C. Chukwuemeka Central midfielder	Borussia Dortmund	22	18302.3%	767.3%
15	Marc Casadó Central midfielder	Barcelona	22	1262.3%	7611.5%
16	H. Larsson Central midfielder	Eintracht Frankfurt	22	3325.3%	7613.6%
17	J. Devenny Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	22	1267.1%	754.4%
18	K. Merah Central midfielder	Lyon	19	15	75
19	S. Ricci Central midfielder	AC Milan	25	2420.9%	758.5%
20	I. Sulemana Central midfielder	Atalanta	23	1283.6%	751.2%
21	J. Castrop Central midfielder	Borussia Mönchengladbach	23	379.9%	7511.2%
22	T. Baldanzi Central midfielder	AS Roma	23	15±0%	745.1%
23	Breno Central midfielder	Corinthians	21	3627%	745.6%
24	C. Echeverri Central midfielder	Manchester City	20	1071.4%	7422.4%
25	Pablo Marín Central midfielder	Real Sociedad	23	1333.5%	745.7%
26	Victor Hugo Central midfielder	Atletico-MG	22	45	7435.4%
27	M. Prati Central midfielder	Racing Santander	22	26±0%	741.2%
28	Arthur Central midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	23	25151%	733.4%
29	K. Lund Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	2827.6%	7319.2%
30	N. Aséko Nkili Central midfielder	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	512104.3%	7293.8%
31	O. Sørensen Central midfielder	Parma	24	2049.6%	7242.7%
32	G. Oristanio Central midfielder	Torino	23	970.8%	7212.7%
33	A. Touré Central midfielder	Metz	20	20185.7%	7121%
34	E. Bajraktarevic Central midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	21	25±0%	71±0%
35	Matheuzinho Central midfielder	Corinthians	25	446.3%	716.5%
36	Gabriel Bontempo Central midfielder	Santos	21	2938.9%	719.8%
37	Berkay Yilmaz Central midfielder	SC Freiburg	21	51193.6%	7116.3%
38	B. Gilmour Central midfielder	Napoli	25	1212%	705.3%
39	Martinelli Central midfielder	Fluminense	24	358.3%	702%
40	A. Gómez Central midfielder	Vasco DA Gama	23	51208.5%	6914%
41	A. Bernabéi Central midfielder	Internacional	25	5577%	693.9%
42	Hércules Central midfielder	Fluminense	25	4018.9%	69±0%
43	I. Gruev Central midfielder	Leeds	26	2226.6%	686.9%
44	Carlos Dotor Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	25	30±0%	684%
45	Cauan Barros Central midfielder	Vasco DA Gama	22	46145.7%	688.3%
46	S. Sebulonsen Central midfielder	1. FC Köln	26	1936.3%	6850.2%
47	Evertton Araújo Central midfielder	Flamengo	23	2287%	686.3%
48	G. Fabbian Central midfielder	Fiorentina	23	151.3%	6710.6%
49	H. Nicolussi Central midfielder	Parma	26	2365.2%	6717.8%
50	Y. Fofana Central midfielder	AC Milan	27	3519.2%	6715.7%