Players with the Best Potential in League Two

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

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

At a glance

M. Young of Salford City is the standout for raw talent across players in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 39, and A. Drinan has been the form player this season, grading 51.9.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Eastwood has improved his Season rating most, up +45.3 on last season, while K. McFadzean's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +5.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, I. Odutayo of Bromley is the most valuable name in this group at 6.8.

Chesterfield · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Eastwood+45.3SsN

Cambridge United · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	M. Young Goalkeeper	Salford City	19	23100.9%	3916.8%
2	Tom Iorpenda Central midfielder	Notts County	21	4013333.3%	384.5%
3	I. Odutayo Full-back	Bromley	23	3831.5%	387%
4	T. O'Reilly Attacking midfielder	Crewe	22	36581.1%	386.2%
5	A. Senior Full-back	Barnet	24	33	37
6	D. Kanu Centre-forward	Walsall	21	381036.4%	3716.9%
7	L. Billington Full-back	Crewe	22	2448.4%	3712.6%
8	C. Slicker Goalkeeper	Barnet	23	28	36
9	S. Braybrooke Defensive midfielder	Chesterfield	22	351404.3%	366.3%
10	B. Knight Attacking midfielder	Cambridge United	24	292554.5%	366.5%
11	Calum Agius Central midfielder	Crewe	20	323925%	3620.5%
12	Marcus Lemar Ifill Defensive midfielder	Bromley	22	304200%	3629.1%
13	M. Jobe Centre-back	Cambridge United	23	41	36
14	D. Markanday Attacking midfielder	Chesterfield	24	2746.2%	365.3%
15	R. Glover Winger	Barnet	25	24	35
16	K. N’Mai Attacking midfielder	Salford City	22	1832.8%	354.1%
17	M. Helm Centre-forward	Fleetwood Town	24	3324.8%	351.7%
18	Ethan Ennis Winger	Fleetwood Town	21	22522.2%	3511.5%
19	M. Roberts Goalkeeper	Walsall	24	15	35
20	J. Snowdon Full-back	Swindon Town	22	16	35
21	K. Watts Centre-back	Cambridge United	26	44255.6%	3517.4%
22	W. Hondermarck Central midfielder	Bromley	25	32232.6%	3515.2%
23	L. Bennett Full-back	Cambridge United	24	3998.5%	3524.5%
24	K. Cesay Winger	Salford City	23	20	34
25	S. Gale Central midfielder	Gillingham	21	2625800%	3410.7%
26	M. Dennis Winger	Notts County	24	301%	343.6%
27	A. Mayor Winger	Cambridge United	21	13	3411.4%
28	M. Holíček Central midfielder	Crewe	21	2311.1%	343.1%
29	E. Tezgel Centre-forward	Crewe	20	24	3440.5%
30	T. Hall Attacking midfielder	Notts County	20	17	34
31	R. Staunton Full-back	Grimsby	24	27421.2%	3411.1%
32	Micah Mbick Winger	Colchester	19	19	3418.7%
33	R. Smith Central midfielder	Harrogate Town	24	36	34
34	O. Lunt Central midfielder	Crewe	21	231110.5%	3417.8%
35	F. Cavegn Centre-forward	Bristol Rovers	23	25	34
36	S. Tovide Winger	Colchester	22	1917.4%	342.3%
37	Charlie Jay Whitaker Attacking midfielder	Tranmere	22	29114.6%	342.8%
38	J. Thomas Central midfielder	Cheltenham	25	384.1%	341.5%
39	C. Barker Centre-back	Crawley Town	23	3535.3%	3430.8%
40	L. Macari Full-back	Notts County	24	264%	34±0%
41	Jamie Knight-Lebel Centre-back	Swindon Town	21	2224.5%	343.7%
42	J. Connolly Centre-back	Crewe	24	2261.5%	3312.1%
43	Ismeal Kabia Winger	Shrewsbury	20	12	33
44	Harvey Araujo Centre-back	Colchester	21	1959.2%	335.7%
45	D. Duffy Central midfielder	Chesterfield	23	17126%	333.1%
46	D. Burns Central midfielder	Grimsby	24	22856.5%	3319.9%
47	J. Bedeau Centre-back	Notts County	26	365.6%	337.8%
48	J. Bickerstaff Winger	Cheltenham	24	20159.2%	3310.7%
49	R. Stirk Defensive midfielder	Chesterfield	25	2524.4%	338.3%
50	A. Dobra Attacking midfielder	Chesterfield	25	1932.4%	337.6%