Central midfielders with the Best Potential

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

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At a glance

N. O'Reilly of Manchester City is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 97, and E. Le Fée has been the form player this season, grading 67.9, and F. Tănase leads the scoring with 16 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: João Palhinha has improved his Season rating most, up +51.1 on last season, while E. Diouf's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +44.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Le Fée of Sunderland is the most valuable name in this group at 135.8.

West Ham · 23/24→25/26

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João Palhinha+51.1SsN

Bayern München · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	N. O'Reilly Central midfielder	Manchester City	21	55375.7%	9718.3%
2	E. Anderson Central midfielder	Manchester City	23	638.7%	95±0%
3	F. Wirtz Central midfielder	Liverpool	23	4334.4%	942.4%
4	Y. Minteh Central midfielder	Brighton	22	4429.8%	942.7%
5	R. Gravenberch Central midfielder	Liverpool	24	6025.6%	937.2%
6	N. Sadiki Central midfielder	Sunderland	21	3015.1%	9240.9%
7	A. Scott Central midfielder	Bournemouth	22	47417.8%	9117.8%
8	Y. Ayari Central midfielder	Brighton	22	4018.2%	904.4%
9	E. Diouf Central midfielder	West Ham	21	42196.4%	89100%
10	A. Nusa Central midfielder	RB Leipzig	21	3914.1%	884.4%
11	A. Wharton Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	22	46116.5%	885.5%
12	L. da Cunha Central midfielder	Como	25	5441.9%	8810.5%
13	D. Gómez Central midfielder	Brighton	23	47140.3%	8785.5%
14	M. Perrone Central midfielder	Como	23	4676.4%	878.2%
15	M. Palestra Central midfielder	Chelsea	21	411833.3%	8721.7%
16	Estêvão Central midfielder	Chelsea	19	2359.3%	875.5%
17	H. Diarra Central midfielder	Sunderland	22	2154%	861.8%
18	E. Le Fée Central midfielder	Sunderland	26	68251.8%	8637.8%
19	N. Woltemade Central midfielder	Newcastle	24	454.7%	865.3%
20	B. Aaronson Central midfielder	Leeds	25	493.1%	869.6%
21	M. Sangaré Central midfielder	Brentford	24	57720%	8566%
22	L. Avdullahu Central midfielder	1899 Hoffenheim	22	30	85
23	K. Kouassi Central midfielder	Lorient	21	4695.3%	8535.7%
24	Marc Bernal Central midfielder	Barcelona	19	20712.5%	8513.1%
25	A. Gray Central midfielder	Tottenham	20	2595.2%	854.6%
26	C. Rigg Central midfielder	Sunderland	19	1360.9%	859.6%
27	Renato Veiga Central midfielder	Villarreal	23	1922.6%	8411.8%
28	K. Lewis-Potter Central midfielder	Brentford	25	3373.8%	844.6%
29	L. Ugochukwu Central midfielder	Galatasaray	22	411.5%	844.6%
30	K. Thuram Central midfielder	Juventus	25	438.6%	844.5%
31	D. Rice Central midfielder	Arsenal	27	623.4%	8411.5%
32	W. Burger Central midfielder	1899 Hoffenheim	25	5869.9%	8425.9%
33	Joshua King Central midfielder	Fulham	19	211066.7%	8415.8%
34	L. Miley Central midfielder	Newcastle	20	30273.4%	833.6%
35	A. Stiller Central midfielder	VfB Stuttgart	25	515.7%	831.1%
36	R. Bardghji Central midfielder	Barcelona	20	10	83110.2%
37	I. Koné Central midfielder	Sassuolo	24	41495.7%	8325.9%
38	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	4418.3%	825.2%
39	A. Atta Central midfielder	Fiorentina	23	43226.7%	8213.7%
40	L. Camara Central midfielder	Monaco	22	4952.5%	822.3%
41	M. Koné Central midfielder	AS Roma	25	3813.6%	82±0%
42	Mario Martín Central midfielder	Getafe	22	3332.7%	823%
43	D. Svensson Central midfielder	Borussia Dortmund	24	38174.1%	81102.7%
44	T. Morton Central midfielder	Lyon	23	422.7%	818.5%
45	R. Ndiaye Central midfielder	Le Havre	24	54189.4%	8122.5%
46	V. Barco Central midfielder	Chelsea	22	42101.4%	815.8%
47	P. Kalulu Central midfielder	Juventus	26	4535.6%	810.6%
48	F. Nmecha Central midfielder	Borussia Dortmund	25	408.7%	803.5%
49	C. Hudson-Odoi Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	25	329.3%	808.7%
50	Álex Baena Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	25	2844.2%	8012.6%