Defensive midfielders with the Best Potential in Championship 26/27
The highest-potential defensive midfielders in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
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 Gonçalo Franco has been the form player this season, grading 50.8.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Gonçalo Franco has improved his Season rating most, up +7.4 on last season, while L. Le Roux's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +17.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, Gonçalo Franco of Swansea is the most valuable name in this group at 39.9.
13 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →
| Player | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. MagassaDefensive midfielder |  West Ham | 22 | 197.9% | 722.8% |
| 2 | C. JanderDefensive midfielder |  Southampton | 23 | 390.5% | 702% |
| 3 | Gonçalo FrancoDefensive midfielder |  Swansea | 25 | 511.8% | 690.6% |
| 4 | WelingtonDefensive midfielder | Southampton | 25 | 13±0% | 60±0% |
| 5 | Y. KonakDefensive midfielder |  Lincoln | 20 | 79% | 591.4% |
| 6 | M. BaradjiDefensive midfielder |  Blackburn | 25 | 21 | 57 |
| 7 | M. TopićDefensive midfielder |  Norwich | 25 | 875.4% | 5611.9% |
| 8 | L. Le RouxDefensive midfielder |  Portsmouth | 26 | 668% | 4857.5% |
| 9 | G. DochertyDefensive midfielder |  Charlton | 30 | 369% | 435.6% |
| 10 | S. RevanDefensive midfielder |  Wrexham | 23 | 11113.7% | 409.3% |
| 11 | T. OumaDefensive midfielder | Charlton | 21 | 7 | 39 |
| 12 | E. ÁlvarezDefensive midfielder | West Ham | 28 | 1728.8% | 3548.8% |
| 13 | Xu BinDefensive midfielder |  Wolves | 22 | 44 | 33 |