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

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

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At a glance

M. Craig of Harrogate Town is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 42.8, and S. Clucas has been the form player this season, grading 41.4, and E. Taylor leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Clucas has improved his Season rating most, up +36.1 on last season, while T. Fornah's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +3.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. Mawene of Fleetwood Town is the most valuable name in this group at 5.3.

Northampton · 24/25→25/26

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S. Clucas+36.1SsN

Shrewsbury · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	M. Craig Central midfielder	Harrogate Town	23	264%	4312.7%
2	C. Cummins Central midfielder	Exeter City	21	846.2%	40±0%
3	T. Fornah Central midfielder	Northampton	27	660.5%	3810.1%
4	J. Benson Central midfielder	Rotherham	26	26463%	3710.2%
5	M. Helm Central midfielder	Fleetwood Town	25	1069.6%	35±0%
6	A. Chang Central midfielder	Walsall	24	26507%	3410.3%
7	J. Doyle-Hayes Central midfielder	Exeter City	27	657.3%	33±0%
8	D. Duffy Central midfielder	Chesterfield	23	23200%	333.1%
9	J. Shipley Central midfielder	Cheltenham	29	1135.4%	3326.8%
10	R. Stirk Central midfielder	Chesterfield	26	773.1%	337.8%
11	C. O'Brien Central midfielder	Accrington ST	19	865.2%	33±0%
12	J. Austerfield Central midfielder	Rotherham	24	1157.2%	33±0%
13	J. Arthurs Central midfielder	Crawley Town	25	764.4%	331.2%
14	G. Turi Central midfielder	Grimsby	25	1827.3%	322.9%
15	A. Munda Central midfielder	Swindon Town	20	15	31
16	H. Neal Central midfielder	Fleetwood Town	25	965.7%	31±0%
17	B. Jackson Central midfielder	Barrow	25	2132.7%	3116.1%
18	E. Taylor Central midfielder	Harrogate Town	23	2339.2%	3012.9%
19	Luke Joseph Butterfield Central midfielder	Chesterfield	23	17	30
20	K. Appiah-Forson Central midfielder	Oldham	25	15	30
21	K. Berkoe Central midfielder	Shrewsbury	25	142.9%	29±0%
22	L. Warrington Central midfielder	Tranmere	24	1146.2%	297.7%
23	N. Khumbeni Central midfielder	Gillingham	24	1022.5%	294.7%
24	J. Plant Central midfielder	Tranmere	22	11	281.4%
25	H. Waldock Central midfielder	Gillingham	19	10421.1%	28±0%
26	J. Senior Central midfielder	Tranmere	27	1236.5%	289%
27	A. Murphy Central midfielder	Fleetwood Town	21	41133.3%	28±0%
28	R. De Havilland Central midfielder	Bristol Rovers	25	1821.5%	2835.7%
29	S. Smith Central midfielder	Barrow	25	1435.3%	2836.8%
30	R. McKenzie Central midfielder	Gillingham	28	775.6%	2810%
31	A. Rowe Central midfielder	Gillingham	26	20159.2%	277.8%
32	W. Vaulks Central midfielder	Tranmere	33	1429.4%	2524.9%
33	C. Vernam Central midfielder	Grimsby	30	1267.4%	2413.5%
34	H. Anderson Central midfielder	Colchester	29	1650.2%	23±0%
35	J. Earing Central midfielder	Barrow	27	1587.3%	2321.3%
36	B. Stevenson Central midfielder	Cheltenham	29	750.7%	20±0%
37	B. Morris Central midfielder	Harrogate Town	30	3310.5%	2021.7%
38	D. Hume Central midfielder	Fleetwood Town	28	1156.6%	1946.1%
39	J. Payne Central midfielder	Colchester	32	1267.2%	19±0%
40	R. Hunt Central midfielder	Colchester	31	1245.1%	17±0%
41	E. Newby Central midfielder	Barrow	30	1748.7%	1734.5%
42	B. Whitfield Central midfielder	Barrow	30	1941.8%	1643.6%
43	L. Sutton Central midfielder	Harrogate Town	29	632.1%	1629.9%
44	M. Williams Central midfielder	Barrow	30	1417.5%	1625.5%
45	D. Love Central midfielder	Accrington ST	31	1248.7%	16±0%
46	O. Norburn Central midfielder	Oldham	34	1339.1%	1314.7%
47	F. Ojo Central midfielder	Port Vale	35	1324.4%	1133.9%
48	S. Clucas Central midfielder	Shrewsbury	36	41681.1%	112.9%