Players with the Best Potential in Championship 26/27

The highest-potential players in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

Best goalkeepers in Championship Best defenders in Championship Best midfielders in Championship Best attackers in Championship Most in-form players in Championship Top-scoring players in Championship

At a glance

T. Crama of Millwall is the standout for raw talent across players in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 78.7, and C. Ward has been the form player this season, grading 74.6, and D. Kanu leads the scoring with 15 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Kanu has improved his Season rating most, up +43.6 on last season, while T. Crama's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, F. Bilbija of Derby is the most valuable name in this group at 47.8.

Millwall · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

D. Kanu+43.6SsN

Charlton · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	T. Crama Full-back	Millwall	24	62192%	7973.3%
2	T. Conway Centre-forward	Middlesbrough	24	4618.7%	766.3%
3	M. Ivanović Centre-forward	Millwall	21	34±0%	763.7%
4	L. Foster Centre-forward	Burnley	25	198.5%	7410%
5	S. Brynn Goalkeeper	Middlesbrough	25	27376.8%	7327.7%
6	K. Lund Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	2827.6%	7319.2%
7	A. Phillips Centre-back	Middlesbrough	21	33±0%	733.9%
8	C. Hughes Centre-back	Hull City	22	43145.5%	7211.9%
9	S. Magassa Defensive midfielder	West Ham	22	197.9%	722.8%
10	A. Okonkwo Goalkeeper	Wrexham	24	21±0%	71±0%
11	P. Agyemang Centre-forward	Derby	25	4528.2%	7153.8%
12	Ronald Central midfielder	Swansea	25	4360.4%	712.7%
13	C. Jander Defensive midfielder	Southampton	23	390.5%	702%
14	Gonçalo Franco Defensive midfielder	Swansea	25	5117.1%	69±0%
15	A. Hountondji Centre-forward	Burnley	24	1942.7%	6827.5%
16	J. Todibo Centre-back	West Ham	26	2118.1%	6812.4%
17	J. Makama Winger	Norwich	22	275.6%	6833.5%
18	Joseph Okopu Attacking midfielder	Swansea	21	5046.4%	6624.6%
19	L. Krejčí Centre-back	Wolves	27	2121.1%	6612.5%
20	D. Mazou-Sacko Central midfielder	Millwall	21	1958.3%	6619.4%
21	G. Bazunu Goalkeeper	Southampton	24	1560.6%	6632.1%
22	Kieran Morgan Full-back	QPR	20	120.9%	653.6%
23	S. Bueno Centre-back	Wolves	27	235.7%	6512.1%
24	D. Strelec Centre-forward	Middlesbrough	25	2583.7%	645.9%
25	J. Ngakia Full-back	Watford	25	323.3%	642.9%
26	A. Ahmed Full-back	Norwich	25	1318.1%	6460.9%
27	Rayan Jawad Kolli Centre-forward	QPR	21	152.1%	642.1%
28	C. Archer Winger	Southampton	24	1642.9%	6416%
29	J. Tchamadeu Full-back	Stoke City	22	2428.4%	649.2%
30	K. Ramsay Centre-back	Charlton	25	3625.3%	6329.2%
31	Z. Inoussa Winger	Swansea	24	1162%	6369%
32	L. Cissé Winger	Stoke City	23	1756.2%	634.5%
33	H. Clarke Central midfielder	Preston	25	16±0%	637.9%
34	D. Gyabi Central midfielder	Hull City	22	1066.9%	634.7%
35	F. Bilbija Centre-forward	Derby	26	558%	6211.1%
36	J. Quarshie Centre-back	Southampton	22	91720%	6221%
37	João Henrique Full-back	QPR	20	87500%	626.9%
38	G. Coudert Goalkeeper	Burnley	27	17216.7%	612.2%
39	C. Kelman Centre-forward	Charlton	24	2260.7%	619.1%
40	A. Forson Winger	Norwich	23	818.2%	614.4%
41	J. Griffiths Goalkeeper	Stoke City	24	17154.5%	6136.6%
42	S. Sambo Centre-back	Burnley	25	348375%	617.6%
43	I. Louza Attacking midfielder	Watford	27	429.1%	616.7%
44	L. Gibbs Central midfielder	Norwich	23	111144.4%	607.1%
45	K. Dembélé Central midfielder	QPR	23	1132.7%	608.8%
46	Welington Defensive midfielder	Southampton	25	1350.4%	609.5%
47	T. Gardner-Hickman Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	1441.7%	6021.8%
48	George Christopher John Pratt Full-back	Blackburn	22	7	59
49	Y. Konak Defensive midfielder	Lincoln	20	7711.1%	5917.7%
50	L. Miller Full-back	Blackburn	26	3024.4%	5924.4%