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Defensive midfielders with the Best Potential in Championship

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

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At a glance

A. Morris of Middlesbrough is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 70.5, and B. Whiteman has been the form player this season, grading 50.9, and M. Stamenić leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Stamenić has improved his Season rating most, up +30 on last season, while S. Fusire's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.2 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.

Best talent
A. Morris70.5RTG
Middlesbrough
In form
B. Whiteman50.9SsN
Preston
Rising potential
S. Fusire+33.2RTG
Sheffield Wednesday · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
M. Stamenić+30SsN
Swansea · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
M. Stamenić3goals
Swansea
Most valuable
Gonçalo Franco39val
Swansea
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PlayerTeam
1A. MorrisDefensive midfielderMiddlesbrough243513.7%711.4%
2C. JanderDefensive midfielderSouthampton23390.5%702%
3Gonçalo FrancoDefensive midfielderSwansea255117.1%69±0%
4M. StamenićDefensive midfielderSwansea2435588.2%6882.9%
5D. OzohDefensive midfielderDerby2123102.6%678.6%
6B. MitchellDefensive midfielderMillwall2520161.3%636.7%
7J. VaraneDefensive midfielderQPR24301.4%635.1%
8S. FusireDefensive midfielderSheffield Wednesday2127239.7%62114.1%
9Cameron BraggDefensive midfielderSouthampton216314.3%6256.6%
10H. AmassDefensive midfielderSheffield Wednesday1924485.4%6216%
11WelingtonDefensive midfielderSouthampton251350.4%609.5%
12O. ArblasterDefensive midfielderSheffield Utd221019%5910.7%
13El Hadji Djibril SoumaréDefensive midfielderSheffield Utd231067.2%592.6%
14Y. KonakDefensive midfielderOxford United207644.4%5818.8%
15C. CoventryDefensive midfielderCharlton262731.5%5813%
16M. BaradjiDefensive midfielderBlackburn252157
17Kristi MontgomeryDefensive midfielderBlackburn22757
18A. MatusiwaDefensive midfielderIpswich28455.9%5717.5%
19M. TopićDefensive midfielderNorwich25875.4%5611.9%
20F. DownesDefensive midfielderSouthampton273224%5624.5%
21O. DiakitéDefensive midfielderWest Brom2624180%563.8%
22A. McCannDefensive midfielderPreston262510.8%5412.4%
23G. DobsonDefensive midfielderWrexham2838±0%517.6%
24L. Le RouxDefensive midfielderPortsmouth26668%4857.5%
25L. TravisDefensive midfielderDerby282243.2%4724.8%
26B. WhitemanDefensive midfielderPreston3051115.7%442.6%
27G. DochertyDefensive midfielderCharlton29369%435.6%
28F. OnyekaDefensive midfielderCoventry281457.8%4339%
29H. ChoudhuryDefensive midfielderLeicester281519.7%4126.2%
30S. TronstadDefensive midfielderBlackburn302627.9%3531.8%
31J. StaceyDefensive midfielderNorwich302637%3526.4%
32I. HaydenDefensive midfielderQPR3118127.2%2917.1%
33R. HedgesDefensive midfielderBlackburn312128.5%2835.3%
34W. VaulksDefensive midfielderOxford United322045.6%2539%
35J. LundstramDefensive midfielderHull City321842.4%2416.4%
36J. FultonDefensive midfielderSwansea321414.4%2327%
37R. LeonardDefensive midfielderMillwall342116.9%1741.8%
38N. MendyDefensive midfielderWatford341216%1536.9%
39A. ForshawDefensive midfielderBlackburn34140.7%1436.2%
40J. McCleanDefensive midfielderWrexham371368.8%859%