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 LNZ Cherkasy is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 42.2, and Y. Kostenko leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: O. Gorin has improved his Season rating most, up +9.8 on last season, while Y. Pastukh's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +2.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Marlon Gomes of Shakhtar Donetsk is the most valuable name in this group at 6.3.

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LNZ Cherkasy · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Y. Pastukh Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	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	B. Lin Central midfielder	Kryvbas KR	22	15	38
5	A. Araujo Central midfielder	Polessya	23	14	38
6	D. Popara Central midfielder	Zorya Luhansk	23	12452.4%	370.5%
7	A. Kitela Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	21	852.9%	375.4%
8	A. Mykytyshyn Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	23	1115%	3712.8%
9	Y. Kostenko Central midfielder	Karpaty	23	1617.4%	375.9%
10	B. Zabërgja Central midfielder	FC Kharkiv	25	14	36
11	I. Nesterenko Central midfielder	Zorya Luhansk	23	818.2%	363%
12	N. Gagnidze Central midfielder	Kolos Kovalivka	25	1221%	35±0%
13	M. Myronyuk Central midfielder	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	24	925.4%	35±0%
14	O. Gorin Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	26	17136.1%	355.8%
15	D. Pidgurskyi Central midfielder	Kryvbas KR	23	922.9%	3512.3%
16	Klayver Gabriel Central midfielder	Ruh Lviv	23	632.6%	354.9%
17	D. Vashchenko Central midfielder	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	21	633.3%	3410.9%
18	M. Mykhaylenko Central midfielder	Dynamo Kyiv	25	477.1%	3417.4%
19	D. Nagnoynyi Central midfielder	FC Kharkiv	24	12	3329.6%
20	D. Semenov Central midfielder	Obolon'-Brovar	26	15±0%	32±0%
21	T. Cara Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	26	842.7%	3021.9%
22	Nene Central midfielder	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	23	6	28
23	I. Kalyuzhnyi Central midfielder	FC Kharkiv	28	1628.1%	2827.2%
24	Talles Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	28	6577.8%	2631.2%
25	D. Antyukh Central midfielder	FC Kharkiv	29	1812.6%	2613.1%
26	V. Boyko Central midfielder	Veres Rivne	28	12113.8%	2517%
27	E. Prokopenko Central midfielder	Obolon'-Brovar	28	6	249.4%
28	N. Anđušić Central midfielder	Zorya Luhansk	29	16	23
29	Jon Ceberio Central midfielder	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	30	15	23
30	O. Slobodyan Central midfielder	Obolon'-Brovar	30	1450%	2218.3%
31	B. Kushnirenko Central midfielder	Zorya Luhansk	30	13166%	2020.1%
32	Y. Zaporozhets Central midfielder	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	32	1147.9%	1622.2%
33	D. Myshnov Central midfielder	Obolon'-Brovar	32	751.7%	1439.8%
34	I. Medynskyi Central midfielder	Obolon'-Brovar	33	537.3%	1042.1%