Central midfielders with the Best Potential in League One

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

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At a glance

M. Boateng of Plymouth is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 55.2, and O. Bailey has been the form player this season, grading 55.4.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Boateng has improved his Season rating most, up +33.9 on last season, while E. Brierley's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +15.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Boateng of Plymouth is the most valuable name in this group at 18.4.

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	Player	Team
1	M. Boateng Central midfielder	Plymouth	24	49218.7%	5522.9%
2	Cian Ashford Central midfielder	Cardiff	21	2424.1%	5220%
3	H. White Central midfielder	Stevenage	24	4152.4%	5210.2%
4	K. Doyle Central midfielder	Reading	21	335.4%	513.4%
5	C. Savage Central midfielder	Reading	23	345.5%	4912.4%
6	E. Brierley Central midfielder	Exeter City	22	2683.9%	4846.3%
7	C. Watts Central midfielder	Plymouth	24	2414.2%	474.3%
8	Z. Nelson Central midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	21	19138.5%	4623.2%
9	D. Campbell Central midfielder	Northampton	25	3564.8%	4644.5%
10	G. Abbott Central midfielder	Wycombe	20	1562.9%	4512.2%
11	C. Campbell Central midfielder	Stevenage	23	148.9%	457.2%
12	E. Archer Central midfielder	Port Vale	23	2740.7%	4415.4%
13	G. Broadbent Central midfielder	Doncaster	25	242.4%	4425.4%
14	O. Bailey Central midfielder	Doncaster	27	5538.2%	4412.9%
15	L. Woodhouse Central midfielder	Exeter City	22	22	43
16	D. Kemp Central midfielder	Stevenage	27	340.9%	4310.9%
17	L. Clarkson Central midfielder	Blackpool	24	1354.2%	4311.5%
18	Jack Perkins Central midfielder	Northampton	22	19	43
19	Dylan Williams Central midfielder	Burton Albion	22	1019.7%	426.5%
20	I. El Mizouni Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	25	3062.6%	4231.1%
21	R. Gotts Central midfielder	Doncaster	26	2527.8%	4226.4%
22	C. Boyd-Munce Central midfielder	Wycombe	26	2714%	4110.6%
23	R. Trevitt Central midfielder	Wigan	23	712.3%	411%
24	J. Moorhouse Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	20	8	41
25	B. Woods Central midfielder	Peterborough	23	1164.2%	4115.4%
26	Declan Frith Central midfielder	Peterborough	24	10	40
27	T. Nixon Central midfielder	Doncaster	23	7116.7%	4034.2%
28	K. Simon-Swyer Central midfielder	Northampton	23	9	4040.8%
29	J. Headley Central midfielder	Port Vale	24	1689.3%	4022.2%
30	B. Sarpong-Wiredu Central midfielder	Plymouth	26	2312.1%	4023.1%
31	Donay O'Brien-Brady Central midfielder	Peterborough	22	370.2%	403.7%
32	G. Middleton Central midfielder	Doncaster	26	1350.4%	3919.2%
33	A. Lyons Central midfielder	Blackpool	26	9	381.6%
34	J. Hungbo Central midfielder	Wigan	26	14	383%
35	T. Fornah Central midfielder	Northampton	26	1547.9%	3810.8%
36	J. Benson Central midfielder	Rotherham	26	17265.2%	389%
37	J. Randall Central midfielder	Bolton	26	870.5%	3720.8%
38	O. Dale Central midfielder	Plymouth	27	21229.7%	375.4%
39	J. Bowler Central midfielder	Blackpool	27	21935%	3728.7%
40	A. Morgan Central midfielder	Blackpool	26	1068.6%	3628.9%
41	J. Powell Central midfielder	Rotherham	27	2442.8%	3627.7%
42	L. Bolton Central midfielder	Mansfield Town	26	764.3%	3613.3%
43	S. McWilliams Central midfielder	Rotherham	27	22152.9%	3510.7%
44	A. Odoh Central midfielder	Peterborough	26	292.2%	3327.1%
45	J. Gibson Central midfielder	Doncaster	28	2023.7%	330.9%
46	H. Clifton Central midfielder	Doncaster	28	2026%	324.3%
47	T. Archibald Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	28	1931.9%	3131.3%
48	R. Curtis Central midfielder	Plymouth	30	4199.5%	3122.7%
49	J. Shipley Central midfielder	Port Vale	28	1613.1%	3021.2%
50	K. Dempsey Central midfielder	Bolton	30	22103.8%	2615.5%