Central midfielders with the Best Potential in Premier League 25/26

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

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At a glance

M. Doumbia of Al Ittihad is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 58.8, and Zizo has been the form player this season, grading 37.2, and Mahmoud Saber leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Emam Ashour has improved his Season rating most, up +25.3 on last season, while M. Doumbia's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +2.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Mahmoud Saber of Pyramids FC is the most valuable name in this group at 8.4.

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	Player	Team
1	M. Doumbia Central midfielder	Al Ittihad	22	1648.5%	593.7%
2	Mahmoud Saber Central midfielder	Pyramids FC	25	36	39
3	Mohamed Metwaly Canaria Central midfielder	Al Ittihad	27	5	38
4	S. Attidjikou Central midfielder	Smouha SC	22	18	36
5	Hesham Hafez Central midfielder	Smouha SC	25	25	36
6	Yassin El Mallah Central midfielder	AL Masry	21	24	36
7	Ahmed Gomma Central midfielder	Al Ahly	21	11	35
8	M. Ouka Central midfielder	Masr	22	20	35
9	Hartmut von Kameke Central midfielder	Ismaily SC	18	18	35
10	Rashad Metwally Central midfielder	National Bank of Egypt	25	25	35
11	Mohamed Toni Central midfielder	Al Ittihad	29	23	34
12	A. Eba Central midfielder	Future FC	23	20	34
13	Mohamed Reda Central midfielder	Ceramica Cleopatra	25	15	33
14	Mohamed Mossad Central midfielder	Future FC	24	12	32
15	I. Cooper Central midfielder	Haras El Hodood	23	16	32
16	Mohamed Ezz Central midfielder	Masr	23	9	32
17	Belal El Sayed Central midfielder	El Gouna FC	25	8	32
18	Abdel Katkout Central midfielder	Ismaily SC	20	11	32
19	Juan Alvina Central midfielder	Zamalek SC	23	3534.7%	3131%
20	Ali Hamdy Central midfielder	National Bank of Egypt	27	26	31
21	Marwan Hamdi Central midfielder	Smouha SC	24	6	30
22	Ahmed Shabaan Central midfielder	Pharco	24	13	30
23	Y. Galal Central midfielder	Kahraba Ismailia	23	4	30
24	Mahmoud Sayed okaa Central midfielder	Haras El Hodood	23	5	30
25	Abdel Rahman Osama Central midfielder	Ghazl El Mehalla	26	9	29
26	Ahmed Youssef Central midfielder	Future FC	27	20	28
27	Walid Mostafa Central midfielder	Future FC	26	9	28
28	Ahmed Belhadji Central midfielder	Ceramica Cleopatra	28	21	28
29	Marwan Attia Central midfielder	Al Ahly	28	17	28
30	Mohamed Sabry Central midfielder	Future FC	26	11	28
31	Mohamed Fakhry Central midfielder	Al Ittihad	27	24	27
32	Abdel Rahman Magdi Central midfielder	Pyramids FC	28	23	27
33	Emam Ashour Central midfielder	Al Ahly	28	271265%	2624.8%
34	Ghanam Mohamed Central midfielder	Future FC	29	24	24
35	Ahmed Fouad Central midfielder	El Mokawloon	27	6	24
36	Ramez Medhat Central midfielder	Pharco	27	3	24
37	Ayman Moka Central midfielder	Ceramica Cleopatra	29	25	24
38	Zizo Central midfielder	Al Ahly	30	37	22
39	Taher Mohamed Central midfielder	Al Ahly	29	14	22
40	Mohamed Okasha Central midfielder	Petrojet	0	16	21
41	A. Hafez Central midfielder	Future FC	28	5	21
42	Samir Fekri Central midfielder	Smouha SC	31	35	20
43	Mohamed Abdel Aati Central midfielder	Wadi Degla	30	10	20
44	E. Traoré Central midfielder	Ismaily SC	30	21	19
45	Khaled El Ghandour Central midfielder	Smouha SC	32	34	18
46	Mahmoud Emad Central midfielder	National Bank of Egypt	30	16	18
47	Amr El Sisi Central midfielder	Smouha SC	32	21	17
48	M. Fathy Central midfielder	Pharco	0	4	16
49	S. Aka Central midfielder	Kahraba Ismailia	31	1056.9%	1556.2%
50	Mahmoud Abdel Halim Central midfielder	Wadi Degla	31	16	14