Central midfielders with the Best Potential in Serie A

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

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At a glance

Álvaro Montoro of Botafogo is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 73.3, and Igor Formiga has been the form player this season, grading 54, and Gabriel leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Gabriel has improved his Season rating most, up +28.8 on last season, while C. Olivera's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +23.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Igor Formiga of Juventude is the most valuable name in this group at 42.8.

Best talent

Álvaro Montoro73.3RTG

Mirassol · 20/21→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Álvaro Montoro Central midfielder	Botafogo	19	32844.1%	7348.1%
2	Breno Central midfielder	Corinthians	21	2988.2%	711.9%
3	D. Bobadilla Central midfielder	Sao Paulo	25	41181.3%	689.4%
4	C. Olivera Central midfielder	Gremio	24	265.6%	6753.2%
5	Vinicius Central midfielder	RB Bragantino	22	23174.7%	667.1%
6	Gabriel Bontempo Central midfielder	Santos	21	23	65
7	F. Bernal Central midfielder	Fluminense	22	1015.1%	653.5%
8	Marcos Antônio Central midfielder	Sao Paulo	26	30570.5%	647.8%
9	Eric Ramires Central midfielder	RB Bragantino	25	2938.5%	63±0%
10	Lucca Central midfielder	Fortaleza EC	22	13	63
11	Bruno Gomes Central midfielder	Internacional	25	295.8%	639%
12	Rodrigo Nestor Central midfielder	Bahia	25	2477.6%	622.8%
13	Rodriguinho Central midfielder	Sao Paulo	22	7655.6%	625.8%
14	T. Cuello Central midfielder	Atletico-MG	26	3325.9%	6110.1%
15	Ênio Central midfielder	Juventude	25	161336.4%	585.3%
16	Igor Formiga Central midfielder	Juventude	27	54109.3%	586.4%
17	Gabriel Menino Central midfielder	Atletico-MG	25	15±0%	575%
18	Gabriel Baralhas Central midfielder	Vitoria	27	4210.9%	5711.6%
19	Mateus Cocão Central midfielder	Vasco DA Gama	24	640.2%	5518.6%
20	A. Moreno Central midfielder	Palmeiras	27	2330.4%	5520.7%
21	Caio Alexandre Central midfielder	Bahia	27	2421.3%	5420.1%
22	Jean Lucas Central midfielder	Bahia	28	4016.6%	5419.2%
23	A. Rodríguez Central midfielder	Internacional	26	2044.4%	539.2%
24	N. Acevedo Central midfielder	Bahia	27	25892%	532.2%
25	Ferreira Central midfielder	Sao Paulo	28	3778.9%	5111%
26	Wesley Central midfielder	Internacional	27	2247.5%	5029.5%
27	Matheuzinho Central midfielder	Vitoria	28	2912.6%	4924.1%
28	Erick Central midfielder	Bahia	28	2146.7%	4721.2%
29	Matheus Pereira Central midfielder	Fortaleza EC	28	278.3%	4719.5%
30	José Aldo Central midfielder	Mirassol	28	18	46
31	Lourenço Central midfielder	Ceara	28	23	45
32	Maycon Central midfielder	Corinthians	29	289300%	432.1%
33	Neto Moura Central midfielder	Mirassol	29	11	42
34	Ronald Central midfielder	Vitoria	29	2411.7%	4215.1%
35	Thiago Maia Central midfielder	Internacional	29	3112.1%	4225.9%
36	N. de la Cruz Central midfielder	Flamengo	29	1128.1%	4221.4%
37	Danielzinho Central midfielder	Mirassol	31	31	41
38	Caio Paulista Central midfielder	Atletico-MG	28	819.4%	4127%
39	Allan Central midfielder	Flamengo	29	651.9%	3826.4%
40	Wanderson Central midfielder	Cruzeiro	31	1941%	377.3%
41	Lucas Evangelista Central midfielder	Palmeiras	31	358.1%	3520.3%
42	Jádson Central midfielder	Juventude	32	3331.8%	3322%
43	Matheus Rossetto Central midfielder	Fortaleza EC	30	735.6%	3232.3%
44	Charles Central midfielder	Corinthians	30	1415.8%	3127.1%
45	J. Martínez Central midfielder	Corinthians	31	2372.4%	3032.2%
46	Fernando Sobral Central midfielder	Ceara	31	2136.7%	2927.7%
47	Alisson Central midfielder	Sao Paulo	33	215.7%	2620.2%
48	Zé Rafael Central midfielder	Santos	33	32108.6%	2612.3%
49	Rezende Central midfielder	Bahia	31	613.2%	2626.6%
50	Felipe Anderson Central midfielder	Palmeiras	33	4060.7%	2522.5%