Players with the Best Potential in League One

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

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

At a glance

M. Boateng of Plymouth is the standout for raw talent across players in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 55.2, and L. Wing has been the form player this season, grading 67.7, and D. Ballard leads the scoring with 23 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Ballard has improved his Season rating most, up +47.6 on last season, while R. Street's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +17.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Tolaj of Plymouth is the most valuable name in this group at 18.9.

Lincoln · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

D. Ballard+47.6SsN

Leyton Orient · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	M. Boateng Central midfielder	Plymouth	24	49218.7%	5522.9%
2	A. Cozier-Duberry Attacking midfielder	Bolton	21	37436.2%	5416.8%
3	G. Wickens Goalkeeper	Lincoln	24	48143.4%	548.2%
4	E. Pye Centre-back	Stockport County	23	4410.6%	541.5%
5	F. Marschall Goalkeeper	Stevenage	23	4647%	5343%
6	D. Ballard Centre-forward	Leyton Orient	21	58453.3%	5318.7%
7	R. Street Centre-forward	Lincoln	24	3547.4%	5351.1%
8	Joshua Keeley Goalkeeper	Luton	23	2424.7%	531%
9	B. Pointon Attacking midfielder	Bradford	22	2923.8%	5242%
10	Cian Ashford Central midfielder	Cardiff	21	2424.1%	5220%
11	B. Mumba Defensive midfielder	Plymouth	24	3396.4%	5221.4%
12	R. Walters Full-back	Blackpool	21	30135.2%	5212.8%
13	H. White Central midfielder	Stevenage	24	4152.4%	5210.2%
14	O. Kellyman Centre-forward	Cardiff	20	309900%	5230.2%
15	K. Lofthouse Defensive midfielder	Burton Albion	25	46354.9%	5224%
16	K. Lisbie Attacking midfielder	Peterborough	22	41	52
17	L. Harris Attacking midfielder	Wycombe	21	2144.8%	527.1%
18	Mason Paul James Burstow Centre-forward	Bolton	23	35275%	5215.4%
19	L. Tolaj Centre-forward	Plymouth	24	5127.6%	5238.1%
20	K. Doyle Central midfielder	Reading	21	335.4%	513.4%
21	Y. Salech Centre-forward	Cardiff	24	3814.1%	5128.5%
22	J. Bagan Full-back	Cardiff	24	45250%	5112.7%
23	O. Goodman Goalkeeper	Barnsley	22	886.9%	5131.2%
24	A. Robertson Defensive midfielder	Cardiff	23	347.4%	5125.1%
25	R. Kpakio Full-back	Cardiff	19	242109.1%	5112.2%
26	H. Leonard Centre-forward	Peterborough	22	461653.8%	5120%
27	M. Conway Full-back	Bolton	22	3412.7%	5140.2%
28	R. Cleary Attacking midfielder	Barnsley	22	39	5176.9%
29	R. Colwill Attacking midfielder	Cardiff	24	316.6%	5122.4%
30	J. Moylan Attacking midfielder	Lincoln	24	34197.4%	5013.8%
31	J. Colwill Defensive midfielder	Cardiff	21	2848.7%	5047.9%
32	T. Mengi Centre-back	Luton	24	3486.8%	5016.1%
33	J. Wareham Centre-forward	Exeter City	23	50216.6%	506.4%
34	D. Lawlor Centre-back	Cardiff	20	292300%	507.6%
35	S. Tickle Goalkeeper	Wigan	24	2346.2%	504.2%
36	B. Khela Defensive midfielder	Peterborough	21	29181.6%	5052%
37	F. Draper Centre-forward	Lincoln	22	24102.6%	509%
38	R. Oné Centre-forward	Lincoln	20	22646.7%	5022%
39	J. Richards Attacking midfielder	Luton	18	16105%	509.5%
40	S. Roughan Full-back	Huddersfield	22	2338.5%	508%
41	J. Kenny Centre-forward	Bolton	23	32710%	496%
42	A. Mitchell Centre-back	Plymouth	24	3013.2%	493.1%
43	Patrick Kelly Attacking midfielder	Barnsley	21	2051.5%	4944.9%
44	G. Kodua Winger	Luton	21	25440.4%	4910.5%
45	Jamie Mullins Attacking midfielder	Wycombe	21	17	49
46	J. Brown Defensive midfielder	Blackpool	25	3826.7%	491%
47	A. Pepple Centre-forward	Plymouth	23	38196.9%	4952.8%
48	J. Taylor Centre-forward	Wigan	23	42606.8%	4912.9%
49	T. Bloxham Centre-forward	Blackpool	22	274.3%	495.4%
50	O. Tanner Attacking midfielder	Cardiff	24	28128.9%	4919.3%