Central midfielders with the Best Potential in Premier League 26/27

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

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At a glance

Y. Pastukh of Karpaty is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 42.2, and A. Chachua has been the form player this season, grading 24.6, and N. Anđušić leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Salabay has improved his Season rating most, up +13.7 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Y. Pastukh of Karpaty is the most valuable name in this group at 6.4.

Kolos Kovalivka · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Y. Pastukh Central midfielder	Karpaty	22	1867.9%	427.1%
2	Marlon Gomes Central midfielder	Shakhtar Donetsk	22	1241.5%	403.1%
3	A. Slesar Central midfielder	Zorya Luhansk	21	16127.8%	406.1%
4	Moha Central midfielder	Karpaty	26	985.1%	4031.4%
5	B. Lin Central midfielder	Kryvbas KR	22	15	38
6	A. Araujo Central midfielder	Polessya	23	14	38
7	A. Salabay Central midfielder	Kolos Kovalivka	24	19258.5%	3810%
8	D. Popara Central midfielder	Zorya Luhansk	23	12452.4%	370.5%
9	A. Kitela Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	21	852.9%	375.4%
10	Y. Kostenko Central midfielder	Karpaty	23	1617.4%	375.9%
11	A. Mykytyshyn Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	23	1115%	3712.8%
12	B. Zabërgja Central midfielder	FC Kharkiv	25	14	36
13	I. Nesterenko Central midfielder	Zorya Luhansk	23	818.2%	363%
14	N. Gagnidze Central midfielder	Kolos Kovalivka	25	1221%	35±0%
15	M. Myronyuk Central midfielder	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	24	925.4%	35±0%
16	O. Gorin Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	26	17136.1%	355.8%
17	D. Pidgurskyi Central midfielder	Kryvbas KR	23	922.9%	3512.3%
18	Klayver Gabriel Central midfielder	Ruh Lviv	23	632.6%	354.9%
19	M. Mykhaylenko Central midfielder	Dynamo Kyiv	25	477.1%	3417.4%
20	D. Nagnoynyi Central midfielder	FC Kharkiv	24	12	3329.6%
21	I. Kane Central midfielder	Kolos Kovalivka	26	932.8%	327.6%
22	Elias Telles Central midfielder	Kolos Kovalivka	28	202450%	326.8%
23	D. Semenov Central midfielder	Obolon'-Brovar	26	157.8%	3212.5%
24	T. Cara Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	26	842.7%	3021.9%
25	Nene Central midfielder	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	23	6	28
26	I. Kalyuzhnyi Central midfielder	FC Kharkiv	28	1628.1%	2827.2%
27	Talles Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	28	6577.8%	2631.2%
28	D. Antyukh Central midfielder	FC Kharkiv	29	1812.6%	2613.1%
29	V. Boyko Central midfielder	Veres Rivne	28	12113.8%	2517%
30	E. Prokopenko Central midfielder	Obolon'-Brovar	28	6	249.4%
31	N. Anđušić Central midfielder	Zorya Luhansk	29	16	23
32	Jon Ceberio Central midfielder	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	29	15	23
33	O. Slobodyan Central midfielder	Obolon'-Brovar	29	1450%	2218.3%
34	V. Sharay Central midfielder	Veres Rivne	29	172.5%	2229.3%
35	O. Demchenko Central midfielder	Kolos Kovalivka	30	12136.7%	2030.3%
36	B. Kushnirenko Central midfielder	Zorya Luhansk	30	13166%	2020.1%
37	A. Chachua Central midfielder	Karpaty	32	2533.3%	1733.7%
38	Y. Zaporozhets Central midfielder	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	31	1147.9%	1622.2%
39	D. Myshnov Central midfielder	Obolon'-Brovar	32	751.7%	1439.8%
40	A. Tsurikov Central midfielder	Kolos Kovalivka	33	2128.6%	1341.2%
41	R. Chernenko Central midfielder	Obolon'-Brovar	33	567.7%	1051%
42	I. Medynskyi Central midfielder	Obolon'-Brovar	33	537.3%	1042.1%