Central midfielders with the Best Potential in First League

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

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At a glance

K. Balov of Slavia Sofia is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in First League, with a Field Insider Rating of 35.2, and Berna leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. Malinov has improved his Season rating most, up +6.4 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Xande of Spartak Varna is the most valuable name in this group at 3.8.

CSKA Sofia · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

K. Malinov+6.4SsN

Botev Vratsa · 23/24→25/26

33 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	K. Balov Central midfielder	Slavia Sofia	20	23	35
2	A. Ivanov Central midfielder	Dobrudzha	21	18	32
3	Xande Central midfielder	Spartak Varna	25	20	32
4	Berna Central midfielder	Spartak Varna	23	15	30
5	E. Rodríguez Central midfielder	Botev Plovdiv	25	924%	3051.7%
6	A. Yordanov Central midfielder	Botev Plovdiv	24	5	29
7	K. Stoyanov Central midfielder	Slavia Sofia	23	2	29
8	V. Ochayi Central midfielder	Septemvri Sofia	24	6	28
9	M. Fall Central midfielder	Dobrudzha	23	4	28
10	Nene Central midfielder	Beroe	23	6	28
11	M. Triki Central midfielder	Dobrudzha	24	7	28
12	A. Todorov Central midfielder	Montana	25	5	28
13	S. Stoichkov Central midfielder	Septemvri Sofia	23	2	28
14	Moi Parra Central midfielder	Septemvri Sofia	24	31150%	2758.1%
15	Luann Central midfielder	Lokomotiv Sofia	25	4	27
16	Tomás Azevedo Central midfielder	Montana	25	5	2735%
17	A. Chandarov Central midfielder	Cherno More Varna	27	17	26
18	I. Iliev Central midfielder	CSKA Sofia	26	252.2%	2621.8%
19	F. Krebs Central midfielder	CSKA 1948	27	11	2626.6%
20	G. Rusev Central midfielder	CSKA 1948	28	15	23
21	A. Tsingaras Central midfielder	Montana	27	757.3%	2349.8%
22	E. Yanchev Central midfielder	Spartak Varna	27	8	22
23	D. Burov Central midfielder	Montana	28	7	20
24	R. Schouten Central midfielder	Septemvri Sofia	28	1051.3%	2052.9%
25	Y. Magnin Central midfielder	CSKA 1948	29	676.2%	1956.6%
26	David Carmona Central midfielder	Montana	29	678.2%	1753.6%
27	Adrián Lapeña Central midfielder	CSKA Sofia	30	929.5%	1661%
28	B. Tsonev Central midfielder	CSKA 1948	31	17	15
29	P. Vitanov Central midfielder	CSKA 1948	31	620%	1349.4%
30	Frédéric Maciel Central midfielder	CSKA 1948	32	101%	1362.9%
31	K. Malinov Central midfielder	Botev Vratsa	32	6	1164.3%
32	I. Kokonov Central midfielder	Montana	34	8	7
33	D. Pirgov Central midfielder	Dobrudzha	36	4	6