Central midfielders with the Best Potential in Ligue 1

The highest-potential central midfielders in Ligue 1, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

João Neves of Paris Saint Germain is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Ligue 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 84.3, and D. Durand has been the form player this season, grading 64.5.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: I. Ganago has improved his Season rating most, up +35.5 on last season, while D. Sylla's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +28.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Diop of Nice is the most valuable name in this group at 51.1.

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	Player	Team
1	João Neves Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	21	4730.9%	844.4%
2	Beraldo Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	22	3120%	802.4%
3	D. Sylla Central midfielder	RED Star FC 93	23	37372.2%	8056.7%
4	K. Danois Central midfielder	Auxerre	22	49183.9%	796.9%
5	T. Tessmann Central midfielder	Lyon	24	2840.3%	788%
6	Pedro Fernández Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	18	13	77
7	Vitinha Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	26	465.3%	757.8%
8	Bahereba Guirassy Central midfielder	Nantes	19	21163.3%	744.1%
9	A. Sbaï Central midfielder	Angers	25	293.6%	7233.1%
10	A. Touré Central midfielder	Metz	20	21202.9%	7222.2%
11	I. Osman Central midfielder	Auxerre	21	2115.8%	723.5%
12	S. Diop Central midfielder	Nice	26	5370.2%	717.2%
13	A. Gomes Central midfielder	Marseille	25	225.6%	7010.8%
14	M. Sauer Central midfielder	Toulouse	22	14	70
15	A. Karabec Central midfielder	Lyon	23	972%	700.7%
16	D. Yongwa Central midfielder	Lorient	25	2262.5%	693.5%
17	G. Haag Central midfielder	RED Star FC 93	26	3640.2%	6811.9%
18	J. Casimir Central midfielder	Auxerre	24	2037.2%	6811.7%
19	L. Gourna-Douath Central midfielder	Le Havre	23	14487%	683.3%
20	N. Ahamada Central midfielder	Auxerre	24	91720%	646.1%
21	H. Boudaoui Central midfielder	Nice	26	3430.2%	6422.7%
22	S. Szymański Central midfielder	Rennes	27	407.4%	6321.6%
23	M. Camara Central midfielder	Rennes	28	4919.1%	6117.5%
24	R. Hachem Central midfielder	RED Star FC 93	28	371.4%	605.8%
25	B. Danger Central midfielder	RED Star FC 93	28	40294.1%	5930.5%
26	I. Ganago Central midfielder	Nantes	27	36	581.6%
27	L. Blas Central midfielder	Rennes	28	4210.4%	5720.3%
28	C. Vanhoutte Central midfielder	Nice	27	2933.1%	573.9%
29	Mousa Tamari Central midfielder	Rennes	29	53140.8%	56±0%
30	S. Abdul Samed Central midfielder	Nice	26	6600%	56±0%
31	K. Cissé Central midfielder	RED Star FC 93	29	3062.2%	5218.4%
32	D. Durand Central midfielder	RED Star FC 93	30	6579.7%	509.6%
33	B. Chilwell Central midfielder	Strasbourg	29	2492.7%	4818.1%
34	V. Rongier Central midfielder	Rennes	31	5850.6%	47±0%
35	Fabián Ruiz Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	30	4329.1%	4623.7%
36	V. Marchetti Central midfielder	Paris FC	29	2247.5%	4515.8%
37	F. Ballo-Touré Central midfielder	Metz	29	980.9%	3919.4%
38	H. Belkebla Central midfielder	Angers	32	284.1%	393.5%
39	B. van den Boomen Central midfielder	Angers	31	27493.3%	373%
40	M. Sanson Central midfielder	Nice	31	30217.2%	3611.8%
41	A. Touré Central midfielder	Le Havre	32	3229.2%	3035.1%
42	B. Stambouli Central midfielder	Metz	35	1360.4%	1822.4%
43	F. Hanin Central midfielder	Angers	36	880.4%	1644.1%
44	P. Capelle Central midfielder	Angers	39	1148.1%	826.2%