Central midfielders with the Best Potential in Premiership

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

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At a glance

C. Congreve of Dundee is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 49.1, and E. Watt has been the form player this season, grading 52.1.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: H. Milne has improved his Season rating most, up +33.5 on last season, while K. Bilalovic's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +20.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Watt of Motherwell is the most valuable name in this group at 17.4.

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	Player	Team
1	C. Congreve Central midfielder	Dundee	22	3353.5%	4936.8%
2	K. Phillips Central midfielder	ST Mirren	24	349.5%	496%
3	Tony Yogane Central midfielder	Dundee	20	24291.7%	4911.5%
4	L. Fadinger Central midfielder	Motherwell	25	39	48
5	M. Tait Central midfielder	Livingston	20	24352.8%	489.5%
6	O. McEntee Central midfielder	Heart Of Midlothian	25	3065%	4843.8%
7	D. Tait Central midfielder	Falkirk	24	34	48
8	J. Mulligan Central midfielder	Hibernian	23	316.4%	472.9%
9	T. Magnússon Central midfielder	Heart Of Midlothian	23	19	47
10	M. Diomandé Central midfielder	Rangers	24	2517.6%	4713.7%
11	E. Watt Central midfielder	Motherwell	26	52120.8%	475.9%
12	T. Sparrow Central midfielder	Motherwell	23	2041.7%	472.7%
13	M. Chaiwa Central midfielder	Hibernian	22	18	46
14	T. Keskinen Central midfielder	Aberdeen	23	240.8%	468.3%
15	Ethan Williams Central midfielder	Falkirk	20	16100%	4643.7%
16	F. Yeats Central midfielder	Falkirk	22	16	45
17	T. Chukwuani Central midfielder	Rangers	23	1563.8%	455.7%
18	K. Bilalovic Central midfielder	Aberdeen	21	111212.5%	4484.8%
19	J. Cotterill Central midfielder	Dundee	20	963%	4325.9%
20	O. Priestman Central midfielder	Motherwell	23	6	43
21	A. Aouchiche Central midfielder	Aberdeen	24	1915.3%	4328.7%
22	E. Agyei Central midfielder	Dundee Utd	21	15	42
23	J. Devaney Central midfielder	ST Mirren	19	10	42
24	Mahamadou Susoho Sissoho Central midfielder	Livingston	21	1488%	413.1%
25	L. Cameron Central midfielder	Aberdeen	23	1073.7%	4120.3%
26	E. Ross Central midfielder	Falkirk	24	11	41
27	C. Jones Central midfielder	Dundee	25	1442.7%	4029.7%
28	E. Hamilton Central midfielder	Dundee	27	28125.6%	394.2%
29	K. Trapanovski Central midfielder	Dundee Utd	26	861.5%	3720.7%
30	A. Aremu Central midfielder	Aberdeen	26	1274.3%	3729.7%
31	H. Milne Central midfielder	Heart Of Midlothian	29	37881.6%	3415.1%
32	R. Hatate Central midfielder	Celtic	28	2144.9%	3331.6%
33	N. Farrugia Central midfielder	Dundee Utd	27	420.6%	3213.7%
34	D. Barlaser Central midfielder	Hibernian	29	2598.4%	3231.7%
35	J. Karlsson Central midfielder	Aberdeen	28	20114.1%	3148.5%
36	L. McCowan Central midfielder	Celtic	28	1257.5%	3122.6%
37	N. Cadden Central midfielder	Hibernian	29	1933.7%	2925.8%
38	K. Baccus Central midfielder	ST Mirren	28	1349.8%	2933.4%
39	T. Lowery Central midfielder	Kilmarnock	28	1515.7%	298%
40	D. Geiger Central midfielder	Aberdeen	28	1356.6%	2849.3%
41	M. O'Hara Central midfielder	ST Mirren	30	380.5%	2829.6%
42	C. Cadden Central midfielder	Hibernian	29	1524.5%	2730.9%
43	B. Spittal Central midfielder	Heart Of Midlothian	30	1745.8%	2630.8%
44	D. Wright Central midfielder	Dundee	31	3258.6%	2614.4%
45	C. Sibbald Central midfielder	Dundee Utd	31	2966.5%	2315.7%
46	C. McGregor Central midfielder	Celtic	33	3821.1%	2126.3%
47	L. Polworth Central midfielder	Kilmarnock	31	196.6%	2027.4%
48	J. Obita Central midfielder	Hibernian	32	2426%	2030.9%
49	A. Tshibola Central midfielder	Kilmarnock	31	723.4%	1719.6%
50	S. Pittman Central midfielder	Livingston	34	37250.5%	1634.2%