Defensive midfielders with the Best Potential in Ligue 2 26/27
The highest-potential defensive midfielders in Ligue 2 in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
J. Lepenant of Nantes is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Ligue 2, with a Field Insider Rating of 73.2, and T. Leoni has been the form player this season, grading 45.7, and D. Meddah leads the scoring with 1 goal.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Leoni has improved his Season rating most, up +22.9 on last season, while W. Bouabdelli's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +18.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, D. Meddah of Montpellier is the most valuable name in this group at 21.5.
11 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →
| Player | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J. LepenantDefensive midfielder |  Nantes | 24 | 34±0% | 73±0% |
| 2 | M. KonéDefensive midfielder |  Annecy | 19 | 22 | 64 |
| 3 | T. LeoniDefensive midfielder |  Reims | 26 | 46±0% | 59±0% |
| 4 | J. GrillotDefensive midfielder |  Clermont Foot | 20 | 1413800% | 5712.2% |
| 5 | B. NdeziDefensive midfielder |  Dijon | 25 | 21 | 55 |
| 6 | W. BouabdelliDefensive midfielder |  Nancy | 26 | 16±0% | 54±0% |
| 7 | S. SannaDefensive midfielder |  Laval | 27 | 35±0% | 51±0% |
| 8 | W. BenardDefensive midfielder | Laval | 23 | 7 | 5060.2% |
| 9 | I. SissokoDefensive midfielder | Nantes | 28 | 14±0% | 44±0% |
| 10 | M. CarlierDefensive midfielder | Nancy | 29 | 30202% | 3937% |
| 11 | Y. MagninDefensive midfielder |  Grenoble | 29 | 719.3% | 3371.1% |