Defensive midfielders with the Best Potential in Premiership 26/27
The highest-potential defensive midfielders in Premiership in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
C. Barron of Rangers is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 47.4, and M. Sylla has been the form player this season, grading 30.9, and Ben Brannan leads the scoring with 1 goal.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Sylla has improved his Season rating most, up +4.3 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, C. Allan of Falkirk is the most valuable name in this group at 12.1.
6 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →
| Player | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C. BarronDefensive midfielder |  Rangers | 24 | 1921.4% | 473.5% |
| 2 | C. AllanDefensive midfielder |  Falkirk | 22 | 23 | 47 |
| 3 | Ben BrannanDefensive midfielder |  Kilmarnock | 19 | 10 | 43 |
| 4 | D. LobbanDefensive midfielder | Dunfermline | 21 | 7 | 43 |
| 5 | A. CampbellDefensive midfielder |  ST Mirren | 28 | 743.8% | 2724.4% |
| 6 | M. SyllaDefensive midfielder |  Livingston | 32 | 3116.2% | 1927.3% |