Central midfielders with the Best Potential in League Two

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

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At a glance

Tom Iorpenda of Notts County is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 38.3, and A. Read has been the form player this season, grading 44.1, and T. Naylor leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Read has improved his Season rating most, up +25.5 on last season, while D. Burns's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +5.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Tom Iorpenda of Notts County is the most valuable name in this group at 6.2.

Grimsby · 24/25→25/26

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A. Read+25.5SsN

Colchester · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Tom Iorpenda Central midfielder	Notts County	21	4013333.3%	384.5%
2	Calum Agius Central midfielder	Crewe	20	323925%	3620.5%
3	W. Hondermarck Central midfielder	Bromley	25	32232.6%	3515.2%
4	S. Gale Central midfielder	Gillingham	21	2625800%	3410.7%
5	M. Holíček Central midfielder	Crewe	21	2311.1%	343.1%
6	O. Lunt Central midfielder	Crewe	21	231110.5%	3417.8%
7	R. Smith Central midfielder	Harrogate Town	24	36	34
8	J. Thomas Central midfielder	Cheltenham	25	384.1%	341.5%
9	D. Burns Central midfielder	Grimsby	24	22856.5%	3319.9%
10	D. Duffy Central midfielder	Chesterfield	23	17126%	333.1%
11	E. Khouri Central midfielder	Grimsby	23	2240.5%	339.9%
12	Alex Henderson Central midfielder	Accrington ST	21	1693.8%	3313.1%
13	J. Austerfield Central midfielder	Salford City	24	25208.6%	337.2%
14	I. Kanu Central midfielder	Barnet	26	28	3313.2%
15	N. Ofoborh Central midfielder	Barnet	26	3892%	326.6%
16	Kai Payne Central midfielder	Oldham	21	202785.7%	3217.4%
17	Jayden Joseph Central midfielder	Tranmere	20	23	32
18	B. Lloyd Central midfielder	Newport County	21	24	3243.8%
19	C. Barrett Central midfielder	Walsall	24	295.8%	3216.2%
20	M. Olakigbe Central midfielder	Swindon Town	22	719.1%	314.3%
21	E. Archer Central midfielder	Cheltenham	23	2155%	3119.1%
22	A. Chang Central midfielder	Bristol Rovers	23	13204.7%	311.3%
23	M. Hancock Central midfielder	Walsall	23	16	31
24	B. Jackson Central midfielder	Barrow	25	2132.7%	3116.1%
25	Aidan Borland Central midfielder	Swindon Town	19	5	31
26	T. McDermott Central midfielder	Shrewsbury	21	14	3022.6%
27	E. Taylor Central midfielder	Harrogate Town	23	2339.2%	3012.9%
28	Finley Frank Barbrook Central midfielder	Colchester	21	6	30
29	K. Conteh Central midfielder	Bristol Rovers	23	1625.6%	3028.4%
30	J. Sparkes Central midfielder	Bristol Rovers	26	30279.5%	3028.4%
31	L. Warrington Central midfielder	Walsall	23	714.1%	304.2%
32	A. Read Central midfielder	Colchester	27	44137.1%	302%
33	O. Edwards Central midfielder	Colchester	25	1729.3%	3015.1%
34	C. Antwi Central midfielder	Newport County	24	1627.1%	306.6%
35	S. Robertson Central midfielder	Notts County	25	16288.1%	290.7%
36	J. Bauress Central midfielder	Accrington ST	20	5	29
37	Jamie Jellis Central midfielder	Walsall	25	1652.7%	2919.7%
38	O. Hammond Central midfielder	Oldham	23	6300%	2925%
39	B. Woodburn Central midfielder	Salford City	26	178.2%	2913.2%
40	K. Berkoe Central midfielder	Shrewsbury	25	14161.5%	290.7%
41	A. Adeyemo Central midfielder	Crawley Town	24	1644.2%	2931.8%
42	S. Duke-McKenna Central midfielder	Harrogate Town	25	2094.2%	291.8%
43	N. Khumbeni Central midfielder	Gillingham	23	561.2%	294.7%
44	Luke Joseph Butterfield Central midfielder	Accrington ST	22	9	28
45	M. Sanders Central midfielder	Crewe	27	3274.6%	288.1%
46	J. Plant Central midfielder	Tranmere	22	6	281.4%
47	K. Thompson-Sommers Central midfielder	Bristol Rovers	24	6	28
48	R. De Havilland Central midfielder	Bristol Rovers	25	939.6%	2835.7%
49	S. Smith Central midfielder	Barrow	25	1435.3%	2836.8%
50	A. Hartigan Central midfielder	Barnet	26	15	281.5%