Central midfielders with the Best Potential in HNL 25/26

The highest-potential central midfielders in HNL in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Dali of HNK Hajduk Split is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in HNL, with a Field Insider Rating of 54.3, and L. Stojković has been the form player this season, grading 46.5, and M. Zajc leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Zajc has improved his Season rating most, up +36.5 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Stojković of Dinamo Zagreb is the most valuable name in this group at 9.2.

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	Player	Team
1	Dali Central midfielder	HNK Hajduk Split	26	157400%	544.6%
2	L. Stojković Central midfielder	Dinamo Zagreb	22	47	43
3	M. Šotiček Central midfielder	HNK Hajduk Split	21	8	42
4	I. Ćubelić Central midfielder	HNK Rijeka	23	29	36
5	S. Mikolcic Central midfielder	NK Osijek	21	18	36
6	I. Katić Central midfielder	NK Lokomotiva Zagreb	20	6	35
7	F. Mažar Central midfielder	NK Slaven Belupo	21	11	33
8	N. Sepic Central midfielder	Istra 1961	19	5	33
9	S. Shopov Central midfielder	NK Osijek	24	7	3145.8%
10	S. Lončar Central midfielder	Istra 1961	29	32	2610%
11	J. Mišić Central midfielder	Dinamo Zagreb	32	39	19
12	J. Radošević Central midfielder	Istra 1961	32	30277.2%	1810.9%
13	A. Jurilj Central midfielder	Vukovar	30	13	18
14	M. Zajc Central midfielder	Dinamo Zagreb	32	391587%	1744.1%
15	L. Crepulja Central midfielder	NK Slaven Belupo	32	30	16