Central midfielders with the Best Potential in League One 26/27

The highest-potential central midfielders in League One in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

L. Thompson of Mansfield Town is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 59.9, and R. Walters has been the form player this season, grading 34.1, and C. McGeehan leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Walters has improved his Season rating most, up +21.3 on last season, while Patrick Kelly's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +15.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Joe Knight of Stevenage is the most valuable name in this group at 14.1.

Patrick Kelly+15.3RTG

Barnsley · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	L. Thompson Central midfielder	Mansfield Town	24	737.1%	602.6%
2	H. White Central midfielder	Plymouth	25	2538.8%	522.6%
3	Patrick Kelly Central midfielder	Barnsley	22	1651.5%	491.6%
4	R. Walters Central midfielder	Luton	21	34166.4%	4917.3%
5	E. Brierley Central midfielder	Huddersfield	22	2897.2%	4846.3%
6	J. Weir Central midfielder	Wigan	24	1925.1%	46±0%
7	I. Bronkhorst Central midfielder	Huddersfield	29	870.2%	45±0%
8	W. Alves Central midfielder	Leicester	21	13111.9%	43±0%
9	Bolu Shofowoke Central midfielder	Peterborough	18	995.5%	42±0%
10	C. Johnston Central midfielder	Peterborough	24	756.8%	42±0%
11	R. Gotts Central midfielder	Doncaster	26	1538.6%	41±0%
12	C. Boyd-Munce Central midfielder	Wycombe	26	1254.4%	41±0%
13	J. Moorhouse Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	20	1598.7%	41±0%
14	Declan Frith Central midfielder	Peterborough	24	16	40
15	A. Smith Central midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	27	1169.2%	40±0%
16	Donay O'Brien-Brady Central midfielder	Peterborough	22	640.4%	403.7%
17	C. Brannagan Central midfielder	Oxford United	30	1957.8%	39±0%
18	S. Seddon Central midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	28	1172.8%	39±0%
19	C. Willock Central midfielder	Cardiff	28	873.9%	37±0%
20	J. Bowler Central midfielder	Blackpool	27	213.4%	37±0%
21	R. Wintle Central midfielder	Milton Keynes Dons	29	1362.1%	374.9%
22	A. Morgan Central midfielder	Blackpool	26	1558.9%	36±0%
23	S. Braybrooke Central midfielder	Leicester	22	1266.8%	360.8%
24	L. Walsh Central midfielder	Luton	29	973.8%	3612.3%
25	L. Reed Central midfielder	Mansfield Town	29	2044.6%	32±0%
26	L. Wing Central midfielder	Reading	31	1566%	30±0%
27	J. Senior Central midfielder	Doncaster	29	1923.3%	30±0%
28	C. Connolly Central midfielder	Bradford	29	1652.9%	3014.6%
29	R. Curtis Central midfielder	Plymouth	30	2239.3%	29±0%
30	I. Touray Central midfielder	Bradford	31	970.1%	28±0%
31	C. Bramall Central midfielder	Milton Keynes Dons	30	740%	25±0%
32	G. Evans Central midfielder	Burton Albion	31	1355.9%	24±0%
33	M. Power Central midfielder	Wigan	33	1745.8%	234%
34	C. McGeehan Central midfielder	Barnsley	31	225.2%	23±0%
35	M. Hippolyte Central midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	31	2127.4%	23±0%
36	B. Bannan Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	36	1756%	224.7%
37	L. Kelly Central midfielder	Peterborough	30	880.1%	22±0%
38	M. Pinnock Central midfielder	Bromley	31	1460.2%	21±0%
39	O. Norwood Central midfielder	Stockport County	35	2341.4%	20±0%
40	D. Ball Central midfielder	Cambridge United	31	1733.6%	17±0%
41	P. Mpanzu Central midfielder	Cambridge United	32	1352.5%	17±0%
42	A. Sarcevic Central midfielder	Bradford	34	2329.8%	17±0%