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

A. Touré of Metz is the standout for raw talent across players in Ligue 2, with a Field Insider Rating of 70.9, and Sergio Akieme has been the form player this season, grading 55.9, and Keito Nakamura leads the scoring with 14 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 G. Versini's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +21.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Keito Nakamura of Reims is the most valuable name in this group at 38.7.

Clermont Foot · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

É. Soumah-Abbad+36.8SsN

Metz · 23/24→25/26

Top scorer

Keito Nakamura14goals

Reims

Most valuable

Keito Nakamura38.7val

Reims

49 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	A. Touré Central midfielder	Metz	20	20185.7%	7121%
2	H. Ibrahim Centre-forward	Reims	20	23529.7%	635.3%
3	Ali Yousef Musrati Centre-back	Nantes	25	12	61
4	B. Old Central midfielder	Saint Etienne	24	282.9%	610.5%
5	Keito Nakamura Centre-forward	Reims	26	53±0%	61±0%
6	B. Touré Winger	Annecy	23	19±0%	601.9%
7	Á. Csongvai Full-back	Saint Etienne	25	2830.7%	6065.2%
8	K. Fayad Central midfielder	Montpellier	22	1539.8%	5911.6%
9	Everson Centre-forward	Montpellier	22	774.9%	585.2%
10	E. Annan Full-back	Saint Etienne	24	203980%	5811.3%
11	A. Moueffek Central midfielder	Saint Etienne	25	1828.5%	5810%
12	N. El Jamali Central midfielder	Saint Etienne	19	42.6%	57±0%
13	Chico Lamba Centre-back	Saint Etienne	23	1449.8%	5710.8%
14	G. Versini Central midfielder	Clermont Foot	22	1451.4%	579.9%
15	M. Nadé Centre-back	Saint Etienne	27	537.4%	56±0%
16	M. Lecolier Centre-forward	Boulogne	23	1517.2%	5443.1%
17	G. Ott Attacking midfielder	Guingamp	24	12	5431.1%
18	M. Jaber Central midfielder	Saint Etienne	26	293.2%	54±0%
19	A. Uriev Goalkeeper	Boulogne	22	9165.6%	5452.8%
20	L. Quenabio Centre-back	Rodez	25	1621.5%	544.8%
21	Sergio Akieme Full-back	Reims	28	56±0%	53±0%
22	M. Commaret Full-back	Laval	24	14231.7%	5253.7%
23	M. Mion Centre-back	Grenoble	26	17±0%	518.8%
24	A. Salama Winger	Reims	26	15	5113.5%
25	W. Benard Defensive midfielder	Laval	23	7	5060.2%
26	B. Pierret Defensive midfielder	RED Star FC 93	26	163.2%	50±0%
27	Mostafa Mohamed Centre-forward	Nantes	28	19±0%	48±0%
28	C. Fatou Attacking midfielder	Laval	27	26±0%	482.8%
29	Mamour Ndiaye Goalkeeper	Saint Etienne	20	1949.6%	480.8%
30	É. Soumah-Abbad Central midfielder	Metz	23	48343.9%	457.9%
31	B. Owusu Full-back	Saint Etienne	22	26133.3%	4528%
32	M. Djitté Centre-forward	Grenoble	26	5±0%	45±0%
33	J. Evan's Centre-back	Rodez	27	583.6%	4325.6%
34	G. Haag Central midfielder	RED Star FC 93	26	098.8%	4034.2%
35	M. Carlier Defensive midfielder	Nancy	29	30202%	3937%
36	C. Makutungu Full-back	Annecy	28	995.7%	3832.4%
37	T. Bartouche Goalkeeper	Guingamp	29	7	34
38	F. Centonze Full-back	Nantes	30	20266.7%	3418.6%
39	Y. Demoncy Centre-forward	Reims	30	14±0%	3313.3%
40	S. Duflos Full-back	Boulogne	31	21523.5%	2837.6%
41	K. Boto Centre-back	Clermont Foot	30	5360%	2615.7%
42	P. Lemonnier Full-back	RED Star FC 93	33	4582.1%	2510.5%
43	N. Saint-Ruf Centre-back	Nancy	33	1854.2%	226.1%
44	E. Salles Goalkeeper	PAU	32	9	2144.1%
45	C. Jullien Centre-back	Montpellier	33	2938.2%	2143.6%
46	O. Kanté Centre-back	PAU	36	158.1%	141.5%
47	I. Koné Goalkeeper	Boulogne	36	5	1236.9%
48	S. Nzonzi Central midfielder	Dunkerque	37	132.4%	85.6%
49	T. Boros Defensive midfielder	Annecy	39	15	8