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 E. Le Fée has been the form player this season, grading 67.9, and Dor Peretz leads the scoring with 14 goals.

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 111.9.

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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	Pedri Central midfielder	Barcelona	23	34±0%	86±0%
4	Javi Guerra Central midfielder	Valencia	23	33±0%	85±0%
5	K. Thuram Central midfielder	Juventus	25	438.6%	844.5%
6	R. Bardghji Central midfielder	Barcelona	20	10	83110.2%
7	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	4418.3%	825.2%
8	I. Koné Central midfielder	Sassuolo	24	41487%	8225.6%
9	P. Kalulu Central midfielder	AC Milan	26	45±0%	810.7%
10	M. Guéhi Central midfielder	Manchester City	26	56±0%	802.4%
11	K. Sano Central midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	23	59±0%	801.7%
12	Diego López Central midfielder	Valencia	24	3034.9%	7910.8%
13	Victor Mow Froholdt Central midfielder	FC Porto	20	41±0%	79±0%
14	O. Vargas Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	21	3915.2%	7864.8%
15	J. Chotard Central midfielder	Stade Brestois 29	25	48±0%	782.5%
16	André Central midfielder	Wolves	25	2337.8%	78±0%
17	I. Chaira Central midfielder	Oviedo	25	4462%	7713.1%
18	Sydie Peck Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	22	2450.9%	771.7%
19	M. Ellertsson Central midfielder	Genoa	24	29±0%	77±0%
20	J. Ekomié Central midfielder	Wrexham	23	2247%	771.7%
21	W. Bondo Central midfielder	AC Milan	23	14240.5%	765.5%
22	J. Stansfield Central midfielder	Birmingham	23	2150.6%	76±0%
23	M. Young Central midfielder	Sparta Rotterdam	21	59±0%	750.8%
24	A. Pyrka Central midfielder	FC St. Pauli	24	28±0%	751.6%
25	J. Castrop Central midfielder	Borussia Mönchengladbach	23	379.9%	7511.2%
26	A. Devine Central midfielder	Preston	22	1074.6%	75±0%
27	T. Baldanzi Central midfielder	AS Roma	23	15±0%	745.1%
28	H. Armstrong Central midfielder	Everton	19	565.4%	7420.5%
29	Breno Central midfielder	Corinthians	21	3627%	745.6%
30	Victor Hugo Central midfielder	Atletico-MG	22	45	7435.4%
31	B. Kamara Central midfielder	Aston Villa	26	29±0%	73±0%
32	I. Doumbia Central midfielder	Sporting CP	23	37±0%	731.8%
33	Lander Astiazarán Central midfielder	Real Sociedad II	20	2054%	72±0%
34	P. Brittijn Central midfielder	Fortuna Sittard	22	52±0%	71±0%
35	Ramón Terrats Central midfielder	Getafe	26	21±0%	718.7%
36	N. Rossen Central midfielder	Telstar	21	37±0%	71±0%
37	Matheuzinho Central midfielder	Corinthians	26	446.3%	7114.6%
38	Gabriel Bontempo Central midfielder	Santos	21	2938.9%	719.8%
39	A. Segecic Central midfielder	Portsmouth	22	1751.8%	70±0%
40	Martinelli Central midfielder	Fluminense	25	358.3%	700.6%
41	A. Gómez Central midfielder	Vasco DA Gama	24	51208.5%	6916.2%
42	A. Bernabéi Central midfielder	Internacional	26	5577%	6911.8%
43	César Gelabert Central midfielder	Sporting Gijon	26	491.5%	69±0%
44	F. Valverde Central midfielder	Real Madrid	28	43±0%	69±0%
45	H. Vale Central midfielder	QPR	23	1921.6%	691.8%
46	Hércules Central midfielder	Fluminense	26	4018.9%	69±0%
47	I. Gruev Central midfielder	Leeds	26	2226.6%	686.9%
48	Carlos Dotor Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	25	30±0%	684%
49	S. Džodić Central midfielder	Almeria	21	2134.5%	68±0%
50	Cauan Barros Central midfielder	Vasco DA Gama	22	46145.7%	688.3%