Central midfielders with the Best Potential in Premiership 26/27
The highest-potential central midfielders in Premiership in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
D. Gassama of Rangers is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 49.2, and S. Pittman has been the form player this season, grading 36.8.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Pittman has improved his Season rating most, up +26.3 on last season, while T. Lowery's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +7.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, J. Mulligan of Hibernian is the most valuable name in this group at 11.7.
18 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →
| Player | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D. GassamaCentral midfielder |  Rangers | 23 | 24±0% | 494.5% |
| 2 | T. KeskinenCentral midfielder |  Aberdeen | 23 | 2711.8% | 471.7% |
| 3 | J. MulliganCentral midfielder |  Hibernian | 23 | 296.5% | 471.3% |
| 4 | B. KrauhausCentral midfielder |  Falkirk | 22 | 25 | 45 |
| 5 | Finley Frank BarbrookCentral midfielder | Falkirk | 21 | 16146% | 4548.2% |
| 6 | M. TaitCentral midfielder | Heart Of Midlothian | 21 | 483.3% | 447.5% |
| 7 | M. EmmanuelCentral midfielder |  Motherwell | 25 | 982.3% | 4218.1% |
| 8 | E. HamiltonCentral midfielder |  Dundee | 28 | 281.8% | 4114.9% |
| 9 | K. BaccusCentral midfielder |  ST Mirren | 28 | 3225.5% | 3715.3% |
| 10 | J. CifuentesCentral midfielder | Rangers | 27 | 31401.6% | 3725.4% |
| 11 | T. LoweryCentral midfielder |  Kilmarnock | 28 | 33123.1% | 3419.3% |
| 12 | F. PasslackCentral midfielder | Hibernian | 28 | 2686.2% | 345% |
| 13 | B. van HoevenCentral midfielder |  Livingston | 26 | 1989% | 317.5% |
| 14 | G. KiltieCentral midfielder | Kilmarnock | 29 | 277.1% | 302.9% |
| 15 | B. SpencerCentral midfielder | Falkirk | 30 | 1559.6% | 2422.5% |
| 16 | L. PolworthCentral midfielder | Livingston | 32 | 196.6% | 1737.2% |
| 17 | S. PittmanCentral midfielder | Livingston | 34 | 37250.5% | 1634.2% |
| 18 | S. ArfieldCentral midfielder | Livingston | 37 | 9877.8% | 621.4% |