Central midfielders with the Best Potential in Bundesliga 26/27

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

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At a glance

R. Yamamoto of SC Freiburg is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 88.6.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Yamamoto has improved his Season rating most, up +50 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, R. Yamamoto of SC Freiburg is the most valuable name in this group at 55.4.

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	Player	Team
1	R. Yamamoto Central midfielder	SC Freiburg	24	63387.6%	8975.1%
2	C. Chukwuemeka Central midfielder	Borussia Dortmund	22	18±0%	76±0%
3	H. Larsson Central midfielder	Eintracht Frankfurt	22	33±0%	76±0%
4	J. Castrop Central midfielder	Borussia Mönchengladbach	23	379.9%	7511.2%
5	Arthur Central midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	23	25±0%	73±0%
6	N. Aséko Nkili Central midfielder	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	519.3%	72±0%
7	Berkay Yilmaz Central midfielder	SC Freiburg	21	519.2%	71±0%
8	S. Sebulonsen Central midfielder	1. FC Köln	26	19±0%	68±0%
9	Cajetan Benjamin Lenz Central midfielder	1899 Hoffenheim	20	35	64
10	E. Leopold Central midfielder	Borussia Mönchengladbach	26	569.1%	644.8%
11	Ruben Müller Central midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	21	16	62
12	P. Osterhage Central midfielder	SC Freiburg	26	1834.1%	6220.9%
13	F. Schmahl Central midfielder	SV Elversberg	23	2576.4%	611.3%
14	A. Thomas Central midfielder	RB Leipzig	19	2514.3%	593%
15	M. Muheim Central midfielder	Hamburger SV	28	4111.2%	597.4%
16	Hong Hyun-Seok Central midfielder	FSV Mainz 05	27	1236.5%	5811.3%
17	K. Suso Central midfielder	FC Augsburg	21	202800%	5647%
18	E. Palacios Central midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	27	14±0%	56±0%
19	J. Çeka Central midfielder	SV Elversberg	26	24±0%	51±0%
20	A. Karazor Central midfielder	VfB Stuttgart	29	2353.6%	4828.9%
21	F. Muslija Central midfielder	SC Freiburg	28	462762.5%	4714.6%
22	F. Gerezgiher Central midfielder	SV Elversberg	26	21212.1%	4617.4%
23	R. Andrich Central midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	31	38±0%	43±0%
24	A. Condé Central midfielder	SV Elversberg	29	27±0%	42±0%
25	F. Neuhaus Central midfielder	Borussia Mönchengladbach	29	1251.9%	4119.3%
26	Florian Micheler Central midfielder	1899 Hoffenheim	21	10	4036.2%
27	F. Porath Central midfielder	FC Schalke 04	29	1365.6%	3736.2%
28	E. Skhiri Central midfielder	1. FC Köln	31	14±0%	34±0%
29	T. Gayret Central midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	28	2926.1%	3418.3%
30	D. Geiger Central midfielder	1899 Hoffenheim	28	1620%	28±0%
31	M. Götze Central midfielder	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	7±0%	16±0%
32	B. Bahn Central midfielder	FC Augsburg	34	959%	1146%