Central midfielders with the Best Potential in 2. Bundesliga

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

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At a glance

M. Baur of SC Paderborn 07 is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 73.2, and S. El-Faouzi has been the form player this season, grading 52.8, and Rafael Lubach leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Baur has improved his Season rating most, up +44.5 on last season, while N. Aséko Nkili's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +34.9 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.

N. Aséko Nkili+34.9RTG

Hannover 96 · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

M. Baur+44.5SsN

SC Paderborn 07 · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	M. Baur Central midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	22	53542.7%	7367.9%
2	N. Aséko Nkili Central midfielder	Hannover 96	20	461917.4%	7293.8%
3	S. El-Faouzi Central midfielder	FC Schalke 04	24	5369.8%	7257.5%
4	Berkay Yilmaz Central midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	21	47168.8%	7116.3%
5	Rafael Lubach Central midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	21	41104.5%	6711.4%
6	S. Castañeda Central midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	21	1930%	662.8%
7	L. Ulrich Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	21	45118.6%	6445.5%
8	Cajetan Benjamin Lenz Central midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	32	64
9	E. Leopold Central midfielder	Hannover 96	26	51±0%	644.8%
10	J. Therkelsen Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	23	3519%	6339.3%
11	H. Matsuda Central midfielder	Hannover 96	22	24179.8%	6352.1%
12	H. Akiyama Central midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	25	3711%	6217.1%
13	K. Oudenne Central midfielder	Hannover 96	24	32193.5%	6263.9%
14	Ruben Müller Central midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	20	16	62
15	K. Davidsen Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	21	3233.2%	6242.2%
16	M. Cuisance Central midfielder	Hertha BSC	26	454.2%	628.2%
17	K. WÃ¤tjen Central midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	23404.4%	6254.6%
18	S. Şahin Central midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	26	4683.7%	615.3%
19	Ł. Poręba Central midfielder	SV Elversberg	26	38231.9%	618%
20	F. Schmahl Central midfielder	SV Elversberg	23	2576.4%	611.3%
21	F. Becker Central midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	26	36241.5%	607.3%
22	M. Karbownik Central midfielder	Hertha BSC	25	27150%	599.2%
23	J. Eitschberger Central midfielder	Hertha BSC	22	2684.8%	5922.8%
24	T. Janisch Central midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	20	1132.5%	590.8%
25	J. Tolkin Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	24	3010.6%	5928.7%
26	K. Klefisch Central midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	26	314.3%	582.8%
27	F. Muller Central midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	19	9	57
28	P. Joly Central midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	26	4047.8%	5713.6%
29	N. Niehoff Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	21	1330.2%	5726.9%
30	L. Rosenboom Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	24	2447%	5620%
31	K. Suso Central midfielder	Fortuna Düsseldorf	21	192557.1%	5647%
32	S. Appelkamp Central midfielder	Fortuna Düsseldorf	25	2922.1%	568.8%
33	S. Russo Central midfielder	Arminia Bielefeld	26	3540.5%	5424.2%
34	S. Asta Central midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	25	1018.5%	545.5%
35	Z. Sertdemir Central midfielder	Preußen Münster	21	1225.5%	5334.5%
36	J. Çeka Central midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	26	24	514.1%
37	H. Koudossou Central midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	26	2334.3%	5121.2%
38	M. Olesen Central midfielder	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	25	1053.7%	501.6%
39	N. Fröling Central midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	26	1815.9%	5017.2%
40	J. Rochelt Central midfielder	Arminia Bielefeld	27	2728%	4819.5%
41	F. Muslija Central midfielder	Fortuna Düsseldorf	28	422518.7%	4714.6%
42	S. Gnaka Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	27	1558.4%	4726.4%
43	D. Burnić Central midfielder	Karlsruher SC	28	2524.3%	4420.2%
44	R. Heußer Central midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	28	33167.2%	4312.5%
45	A. Condé Central midfielder	SV Elversberg	29	27127.7%	4211.3%
46	N. Schmidt Central midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	28	16403.1%	4125.8%
47	A. Nollenberger Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	29	4154.7%	4119.3%
48	E. Iyoha Central midfielder	Fortuna Düsseldorf	28	24252.2%	4118.9%
49	L. Tempelmann Central midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	27	1164%	4128.2%
50	M. Neubauer Central midfielder	Hannover 96	30	4018.4%	4027.1%