Central midfielders with the Best Potential in 2. Bundesliga 26/27

The highest-potential central midfielders in 2. Bundesliga in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

S. El-Faouzi of FC Schalke 04 is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 71.5, and R. Gosens leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: L. Ulrich has improved his Season rating most, up +28.4 on last season, while S. El-Faouzi's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +26.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. El-Faouzi of FC Schalke 04 is the most valuable name in this group at 33.6.

FC Schalke 04 · 24/25→25/26

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L. Ulrich+28.4SsN

SC Paderborn 07 · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	S. El-Faouzi Central midfielder	FC Schalke 04	24	5369.8%	7257.5%
2	S. Castañeda Central midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	21	1930%	662.8%
3	L. Ulrich Central midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	21	49139.2%	6445.5%
4	A. Aouchiche Central midfielder	FC Schalke 04	24	2444.8%	633.3%
5	Ruben Müller Central midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	21	16	62
6	K. WÃ¤tjen Central midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	23±0%	62±0%
7	Ł. Poręba Central midfielder	SV Elversberg	26	38231.9%	618%
8	F. Schmahl Central midfielder	SV Elversberg	23	2576.4%	611.3%
9	J. Tolkin Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	24	3010.6%	5928.7%
10	L. Rosenboom Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	24	2447%	5620%
11	C. Metcalfe Central midfielder	FC St. Pauli	26	12583.3%	567.9%
12	Yoon Do-Yong Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	19	18291.5%	5313.1%
13	J. Çeka Central midfielder	SV Elversberg	26	24	514.1%
14	F. Gerezgiher Central midfielder	SV Elversberg	26	21212.1%	4617.4%
15	Lukas Michelbrink Central midfielder	Hertha BSC	21	1712.9%	463.2%
16	R. Heußer Central midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	28	33167.2%	4312.5%
17	G. Christensen Central midfielder	Hertha BSC	21	16434.5%	429%
18	A. Condé Central midfielder	SV Elversberg	29	27127.7%	4211.3%
19	P. Müller Central midfielder	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	22	17137.1%	4129.1%
20	R. Obermair Central midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	30	4616%	4026.8%
21	L. Marseiler Central midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	29	2925%	4017.7%
22	R. Gosens Central midfielder	FC Schalke 04	32	2926.1%	3825.5%
23	F. Porath Central midfielder	FC Schalke 04	29	1365.6%	3736.2%
24	T. Gayret Central midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	28	2926.1%	3418.3%