Players with the Best Potential in Ligue 2 26/27

The highest-potential players in Ligue 2 in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

Best goalkeepers in Ligue 2 Best defenders in Ligue 2 Best midfielders in Ligue 2 Best attackers in Ligue 2 Most in-form players in Ligue 2 Top-scoring players in Ligue 2

At a glance

J. Lepenant of Nantes is the standout for raw talent across players in Ligue 2, with a Field Insider Rating of 73.2, and F. Miguel has been the form player this season, grading 69.2, and P. Fall leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: É. Soumah-Abbad has improved his Season rating most, up +36.8 on last season, while J. Mendes's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +30.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Ngapandouetnbu of Montpellier is the most valuable name in this group at 32.1.

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S. Ngapandouetnbu32.1val

Montpellier

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	Player	Team
1	J. Lepenant Defensive midfielder	Nantes	24	34±0%	73±0%
2	J. Fischer Goalkeeper	Metz	24	11±0%	73±0%
3	C. Devenish Centre-back	Metz	25	238.7%	6923.2%
4	T. Hülsmann Goalkeeper	Reims	22	2911.2%	6840.7%
5	R. Lipinski Full-back	Rodez	24	367.9%	671.5%
6	A. Boakye Attacking midfielder	Saint Etienne	25	433.1%	670.8%
7	M. Magnin Full-back	Rodez	25	31±0%	664.1%
8	I. Housni Attacking midfielder	Nancy	21	27	665.4%
9	D. Durivaux Centre-back	RED Star FC 93	25	55±0%	66±0%
10	S. Ngapandouetnbu Goalkeeper	Montpellier	23	39±0%	66±0%
11	G. Abuashvili Central midfielder	Metz	23	10±0%	64±0%
12	J. Mendes Central midfielder	Rodez	22	316.1%	641.3%
13	K. Pedro Full-back	Saint Etienne	20	2810.8%	64±0%
14	E. Zidane Full-back	RED Star FC 93	20	30	64
15	M. Koné Defensive midfielder	Annecy	19	22	64
16	T. Pouilly Centre-back	PAU	23	32±0%	64±0%
17	N. Pays Winger	Montpellier	23	23±0%	63±0%
18	H. Ibrahim Centre-forward	Reims	20	23529.7%	635.3%
19	E. N'Gatta Centre-back	Sochaux	19	32	63
20	N. Fernandez-Veliz Centre-back	Nancy	21	29±0%	62±0%
21	N. Binet Central midfielder	Boulogne	22	36±0%	62±0%
22	Ali Yousef Musrati Centre-back	Nantes	25	12	61
23	D. Meddah Central midfielder	Montpellier	24	30±0%	612.4%
24	M. Xantippe Full-back	Grenoble	24	42±0%	60±0%
25	D. Guindo Full-back	Reims	24	278.5%	6015.5%
26	T. Leoni Defensive midfielder	Reims	26	46±0%	59±0%
27	T. Delphis Centre-back	Annecy	24	23±0%	591.7%
28	S. Kotto Centre-back	Reims	23	28±0%	591.9%
29	S. Nair Centre-back	Saint Etienne	24	20±0%	585%
30	Everson Centre-forward	Montpellier	22	774.9%	585.2%
31	N. Ahouonon Centre-back	Reims	22	26±0%	58±0%
32	J. Kouadio Full-back	Annecy	27	46±0%	589.1%
33	C. Fall Central midfielder	PAU	22	19±0%	57±0%
34	E. Tacafred Full-back	Nancy	21	20±0%	57±0%
35	A. Kerriou Centre-back	Boulogne	23	35	57
36	J. Grillot Defensive midfielder	Clermont Foot	20	1413800%	5712.2%
37	E. Kabeya Centre-back	Clermont Foot	20	27	57
38	L. Lacroix Centre-back	Dijon	23	15302.6%	5721.8%
39	N. Zahui Full-back	Grenoble	23	23±0%	57±0%
40	A. Demouchy Centre-back	Guingamp	24	22±0%	57±0%
41	S. Sow Centre-back	Nantes	24	109.2%	579.7%
42	G. Poussin Goalkeeper	RED Star FC 93	27	45±0%	560.9%
43	P. Fall Centre-forward	Metz	22	4212.8%	564.3%
44	S. Kielt Centre-forward	Guingamp	24	19±0%	56±0%
45	T. Averlant Attacking midfielder	Guingamp	27	36±0%	5614.6%
46	L. Perrin Full-back	Nantes	27	276.9%	5510.5%
47	B. Ndezi Defensive midfielder	Dijon	25	21	55
48	G. Ott Attacking midfielder	Guingamp	24	12	5431.1%
49	A. Uriev Goalkeeper	Boulogne	22	9165.6%	5452.8%
50	W. Bouabdelli Defensive midfielder	Nancy	26	16±0%	54±0%