Defensive midfielders with the Best Potential in Championship 26/27

The highest-potential defensive midfielders in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

S. Magassa of West Ham is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 72, and G. Docherty has been the form player this season, grading 42.8.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Revan has improved his Season rating most, up +14.2 on last season, while P. Mattsson's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +19.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Magassa of West Ham is the most valuable name in this group at 30.2.

Norwich · 24/25→25/26

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S. Revan+14.2SsN

Wrexham · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	S. Magassa Defensive midfielder	West Ham	23	2838.4%	722.8%
2	A. Morris Defensive midfielder	Middlesbrough	24	2431.6%	71±0%
3	D. Mazou-Sacko Defensive midfielder	Millwall	22	939.7%	664.1%
4	P. Mattsson Defensive midfielder	Norwich	25	2136.9%	65±0%
5	El Hadji Djibril Soumaré Defensive midfielder	Stoke City	23	1222.7%	59±0%
6	H. Kyprianou Defensive midfielder	Watford	25	2236.6%	59±0%
7	C. Coventry Defensive midfielder	Charlton	26	1349.8%	58±0%
8	Kristi Montgomery Defensive midfielder	Blackburn	22	25276.9%	57±0%
9	M. Topić Defensive midfielder	Norwich	25	1550.8%	5611.9%
10	O. Diakité Defensive midfielder	West Brom	26	1152.1%	56±0%
11	A. Robertson Defensive midfielder	Cardiff	23	1439.7%	51±0%
12	C. Barron Defensive midfielder	Middlesbrough	24	2770.4%	473.5%
13	I. Varfolomeev Defensive midfielder	Lincoln	22	1045.8%	46±0%
14	E. Erhahon Defensive midfielder	Bolton	25	199.5%	45±0%
15	G. Docherty Defensive midfielder	Charlton	30	4328.5%	435.6%
16	L. Leroy Defensive midfielder	Preston	26	1164.5%	422.2%
17	S. Revan Defensive midfielder	Wrexham	23	19278.4%	409.3%
18	T. Ouma Defensive midfielder	Charlton	21	16	39
19	E. Álvarez Defensive midfielder	West Ham	29	2714.6%	3548.8%
20	A. Mowatt Defensive midfielder	Derby	31	1357.7%	340.9%
21	C. McGrandles Defensive midfielder	Lincoln	31	1371%	3411.9%
22	Xu Bin Defensive midfielder	Wolves	22	35	33
23	R. Hedges Defensive midfielder	Derby	31	862.9%	28±0%
24	K. McLean Defensive midfielder	Norwich	34	1174.2%	26±0%
25	Sam Morsy Defensive midfielder	Blackburn	35	1629.8%	14±0%