Central midfielders with the Best Potential in Serie A 26/27

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

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At a glance

K. Thuram of Juventus is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 83.6, and E. Havel has been the form player this season, grading 65.6.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Pessina has improved his Season rating most, up +38.6 on last season, while O. Sørensen's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +21.5 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Thuram of Juventus is the most valuable name in this group at 53.3.

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	Player	Team
1	K. Thuram Central midfielder	Juventus	25	438.6%	844.5%
2	I. Koné Central midfielder	Sassuolo	24	41487%	8225.6%
3	P. Kalulu Central midfielder	AC Milan	26	45±0%	810.7%
4	Kevin Zeroli Central midfielder	AC Milan	21	139%	7829.3%
5	W. Bondo Central midfielder	AC Milan	23	14240.5%	765.5%
6	S. Ricci Central midfielder	AC Milan	25	24±0%	752.9%
7	I. Sulemana Central midfielder	Atalanta	23	12±0%	7512%
8	T. Baldanzi Central midfielder	AS Roma	23	15±0%	745.1%
9	O. Sørensen Central midfielder	Parma	24	20±0%	72±0%
10	G. Oristanio Central midfielder	Torino	23	970.8%	7212.7%
11	B. Gilmour Central midfielder	Napoli	25	12±0%	70±0%
12	G. Fabbian Central midfielder	Fiorentina	23	15±0%	678.7%
13	H. Nicolussi Central midfielder	Parma	26	2365.2%	6717.8%
14	Y. Fofana Central midfielder	AC Milan	27	35±0%	67±0%
15	Y. Massolin Central midfielder	Inter	23	286.3%	6542.2%
16	R. Bellanova Central midfielder	Atalanta	26	13±0%	64±0%
17	L. Colombo Central midfielder	Monza	21	19±0%	64±0%
18	T. Pobega Central midfielder	Bologna	27	32±0%	61±0%
19	G. Chakvetadze Central midfielder	Udinese	27	177%	6120.5%
20	M. Dalla Vecchia Central midfielder	Torino	21	159.7%	58±0%
21	N. Moro Central midfielder	Bologna	28	21±0%	54±0%
22	I. Touré Central midfielder	Monza	28	2641%	5314.2%
23	J. Cajuste Central midfielder	Napoli	27	186.4%	51±0%
24	E. Havel Central midfielder	Genoa	23	66	50
25	Lamine Dabo Central midfielder	Venezia	22	1531.7%	4939.3%
26	F. Caligara Central midfielder	Sassuolo	26	26610.8%	499.1%
27	M. Pessina Central midfielder	Monza	29	45567.6%	483.8%
28	J. Karlsson Central midfielder	Bologna	28	24157.6%	3639.7%
29	F. Gelli Central midfielder	Frosinone	29	14312.1%	366.5%
30	D. Cataldi Central midfielder	Lazio	32	373.6%	3628.5%
31	A. Tamèze Central midfielder	Torino	32	1094.1%	2721.1%
32	A. Duncan Central midfielder	Venezia	33	116.1%	1743.3%
33	H. Mkhitaryan Central midfielder	Inter	37	31±0%	15±0%