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Defensive midfielders with the Best Potential in League One

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

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At a glance

B. Mumba of Plymouth is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 52.2, and L. Wing has been the form player this season, grading 67.7.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. Lofthouse has improved his Season rating most, up +36.2 on last season, while B. Khela's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +17.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Lofthouse of Burton Albion is the most valuable name in this group at 17.3.

Best talent
B. Mumba52.2RTG
Plymouth
In form
L. Wing67.7SsN
Reading
Rising potential
B. Khela+17.1RTG
Peterborough · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
K. Lofthouse+36.2SsN
Burton Albion · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
L. Wing11goals
Reading
Most valuable
K. Lofthouse17.3val
Burton Albion
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PlayerTeam
1B. MumbaDefensive midfielderPlymouth243396.4%5221.4%
2K. LofthouseDefensive midfielderBurton Albion2546354.9%5224%
3A. RobertsonDefensive midfielderCardiff23347.4%5125.1%
4J. ColwillDefensive midfielderCardiff212848.7%5047.9%
5B. KhelaDefensive midfielderPeterborough2129181.6%5052%
6J. BrownDefensive midfielderBlackpool253826.7%491%
7Jonathan BlandDefensive midfielderBarnsley202448
8C. WebsterDefensive midfielderBurton Albion22282.2%481.3%
9O. BaileyDefensive midfielderStockport County2634264.5%476.1%
10J. NeufvilleDefensive midfielderBradford2645104.5%4731.2%
11K. ChaukeDefensive midfielderBurton Albion231822.6%47±0%
12I. VarfolomeevDefensive midfielderLincoln22184741.8%
13A. CollinsDefensive midfielderPeterborough264439.8%46±0%
14Daniel GoreDefensive midfielderRotherham21261322.2%4610%
15Vimal YoganathanDefensive midfielderBarnsley20212871.4%4614.1%
16J. WeirDefensive midfielderWigan2425114.5%463.1%
17L. ConnellDefensive midfielderBarnsley254126.2%463.6%
18X. SimonsDefensive midfielderBolton231812.4%4625.7%
19H. RobertsDefensive midfielderReading241756.5%4530.9%
20E. ErhahonDefensive midfielderBolton25210.5%452.8%
21L. SørensenDefensive midfielderHuddersfield263068.9%453.3%
22T. TaylorDefensive midfielderNorthampton252789.5%442.1%
23Kyle James McAdamDefensive midfielderNorthampton212044
24D. PhillipsDefensive midfielderStevenage25215.1%445.4%
25M. SmithDefensive midfielderWigan252642.5%441.2%
26F. MurrayDefensive midfielderWigan275251.9%447.6%
27J. ArmerDefensive midfielderBurton Albion25261.9%445.2%
28K. AbrefaDefensive midfielderReading22134.1%442.7%
29A. MorleyDefensive midfielderWycombe262979.3%436.9%
30R. WaltersDefensive midfielderPort Vale2014439.9%
31A. AbdulaiDefensive midfielderLeyton Orient231852.9%428.1%
32J. McKiernanDefensive midfielderBurton Albion24199.3%421.4%
33T. AllenDefensive midfielderWycombe261937.2%414.1%
34C. CumminsDefensive midfielderExeter City21540
35A. SmithDefensive midfielderAFC Wimbledon27366.8%409.5%
36K. SpenceDefensive midfielderRotherham251841.9%4022.2%
37T. BaylissDefensive midfielderLincoln27293.6%4012.2%
38S. RevanDefensive midfielderBurton Albion231088.2%409.3%
39Armando QuitirnaDefensive midfielderWycombe262613.8%408.5%
40E. HendersonDefensive midfielderWycombe261745.2%4028.3%
41R. LedsonDefensive midfielderHuddersfield2846202%3922.7%
42J. WormleightonDefensive midfielderNorthampton22539
43D. TurnbullDefensive midfielderCardiff2723158.9%3828.9%
44T. BakinsonDefensive midfielderLeyton Orient2727525.6%369.8%
45L. WalshDefensive midfielderLuton2834164.6%3629%
46R. WintleDefensive midfielderCardiff2935254%3524.2%
47T. FrancoisDefensive midfielderWigan26737.3%3510.6%
48D. YearwoodDefensive midfielderRotherham261230.7%358.7%
49J. Doyle-HayesDefensive midfielderExeter City2718345.2%
50O. MoxonDefensive midfielderStockport County2823219.4%347.6%