Players with the Best Potential in Ligue 1 26/27

The highest-potential players in Ligue 1 in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

Best goalkeepers in Ligue 1 Best defenders in Ligue 1 Best midfielders in Ligue 1 Best attackers in Ligue 1 Most in-form players in Ligue 1 Top-scoring players in Ligue 1

At a glance

A. Bouaddi of Lille is the standout for raw talent across players in Ligue 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 90.5, and M. Niakhaté has been the form player this season, grading 65.4, and T. Bentayeb leads the scoring with 18 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Bayo has improved his Season rating most, up +54.9 on last season, while K. Peprah Oppong's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +49.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Chevalier of Paris Saint Germain is the most valuable name in this group at 81.3.

K. Peprah Oppong+49.2RTG

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	Player	Team
1	A. Bouaddi Defensive midfielder	Lille	18	3052.8%	9119.9%
2	M. Fernandez-Pardo Winger	Lille	21	47	8985.8%
3	Senny Mayulu Attacking midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	20	30102.7%	878%
4	I. Zabarnyi Centre-back	Paris Saint Germain	23	6461.2%	8311%
5	J. Panichelli Centre-forward	Strasbourg	23	604.8%	833.4%
6	B. Barcola Winger	Paris Saint Germain	23	4437.9%	8210.9%
7	F. Balogun Centre-forward	Monaco	25	58282.9%	8212.2%
8	I. Mbaye Winger	Paris Saint Germain	18	19169.6%	816.5%
9	M. Abline Winger	Monaco	23	4110%	804.9%
10	Eliezer Mayenda Winger	Rennes	21	974.9%	806.4%
11	Nuno Mendes Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	24	3463.3%	793%
12	S. Baidoo Centre-back	Lens	22	39	79
13	B. Meité Full-back	Marseille	24	23	7829%
14	Ferran Torres Centre-forward	Paris Saint Germain	26	55±0%	78±0%
15	K. Peprah Oppong Centre-back	Nice	22	3476.8%	78172%
16	R. Fofana Winger	Lens	20	19	7819.7%
17	M. Godo Winger	Strasbourg	23	40	7812.3%
18	D. Methalie Defensive midfielder	Toulouse	20	37	78
19	Pedro Fernández Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	18	12	77
20	I. Doukouré Full-back	Strasbourg	23	2636.4%	768.4%
21	Ansu Fati Centre-forward	Monaco	23	36	766%
22	N. Sangui Full-back	Paris FC	20	2286.6%	763.7%
23	L. Chevalier Goalkeeper	Paris Saint Germain	24	5141.6%	7612.9%
24	K. Merah Central midfielder	Lyon	19	15	75
25	S. Coulibaly Centre-back	Strasbourg	22	18304.5%	7410.4%
26	R. Labeau Lascary Winger	Auxerre	23	27130.2%	730.7%
27	C. Mawissa Elebi Full-back	Monaco	21	1963.9%	737.1%
28	M. Detourbet Attacking midfielder	Monaco	19	30	7339.2%
29	Abner Full-back	Lyon	26	46144.2%	735.2%
30	A. Vossah Central midfielder	Toulouse	18	16	73
31	J. James Attacking midfielder	Rennes	22	394.9%	725.4%
32	N. Äelik Centre-back	Lens	20	13	72
33	J. Teze Full-back	Monaco	26	35218%	714.4%
34	A. Rouault Centre-back	Rennes	25	3193%	711.3%
35	R. Kluivert Full-back	Lyon	25	2032.7%	7125.6%
36	D. Cissé Defensive midfielder	Rennes	22	1142.7%	71±0%
37	L. Mouton Centre-forward	Angers	24	1615.3%	707.5%
38	Gonçalo Oliveira Centre-back	Rennes	20	11	7063.5%
39	L. Brassier Centre-back	Rennes	26	3897.4%	704%
40	T. Bentayeb Centre-forward	Estac Troyes	24	6180.9%	6915.2%
41	M. Sauer Central midfielder	Toulouse	22	12	69
42	B. Okoh Centre-back	Auxerre	23	20	69
43	O. Nkambadio Goalkeeper	Paris FC	23	985.8%	685.1%
44	M. Senaya Centre-back	Auxerre	25	38396.1%	686.4%
45	M. Bamba Centre-forward	Lorient	24	1147.3%	679.3%
46	Q. Timber Attacking midfielder	Marseille	25	0100%	673.5%
47	T. Nianzou Centre-back	Lille	24	539.5%	661.2%
48	F. Oppegård Full-back	Auxerre	24	20503%	668.2%
49	M. Luković Centre-forward	Strasbourg	20	1628.5%	641.7%
50	L. Openda Winger	Lyon	26	589.6%	6423.9%