Full-backs with the Best Potential in Premier League

The highest-potential full-backs in Premier League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

I. Krupskyi of Metalist 1925 Kharkiv is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 40.5, and H. Pasich has been the form player this season, grading 47.4, and R. Vantukh leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: O. Gorin has improved his Season rating most, up +38.2 on last season, while Artem Machelyuk's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +3.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, O. Drambaev of LNZ Cherkasy is the most valuable name in this group at 10.

Best talent

I. Krupskyi40.5RTG

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Artem Machelyuk+3.3RTG

Kudrivka · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

O. Gorin+38.2SsN

LNZ Cherkasy · 24/25→25/26

39 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	I. Krupskyi Full-back	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	21	3181.1%	413.1%
2	Pedrinho Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	24	1921.7%	386.8%
3	O. Drambaev Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	25	4161.9%	387.1%
4	Y. Dibango Full-back	Kryvbas KR	24	1333.9%	384.6%
5	K. Vivcharenko Full-back	Dynamo Kyiv	24	820.6%	373.3%
6	Jan Jurčec Full-back	Kryvbas KR	25	18456.3%	379.5%
7	O. Gusev Full-back	Kudrivka	21	7	375.2%
8	B. Krushynskyi Full-back	Polessya	24	2410.6%	3714.1%
9	I. Ukhan Full-back	SK Poltava	23	115300%	3613.1%
10	A. Kitela Full-back	Ruh Lviv	21	335.3%	363.1%
11	O. Gorin Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	26	45530.6%	357.3%
12	Mykola Oharkov Full-back	Oleksandria	21	2	35
13	V. Roman Full-back	Ruh Lviv	23	774.8%	3516.4%
14	O. Martynyuk Full-back	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	24	1665.3%	3520.9%
15	Y. Konoplya Full-back	Shakhtar Donetsk	26	167.7%	356.7%
16	R. Lyakh Full-back	Ruh Lviv	25	130.7%	343.4%
17	M. Smiyan Full-back	Veres Rivne	24	11356%	34±0%
18	K. Stamoulis Full-back	Veres Rivne	25	15	34±0%
19	O. Sych Full-back	Karpaty	25	1543%	3414.7%
20	M. Kononov Full-back	SK Poltava	23	57.1%	3319.1%
21	Artem Machelyuk Full-back	Kudrivka	26	1051%	3311.3%
22	D. Skorko Full-back	Oleksandria	24	246.9%	3110%
23	O. Klymets Full-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	26	1655.5%	319%
24	M. Melnychuk Full-back	Kudrivka	26	819.8%	308.6%
25	B. Mykhailichenko Full-back	Polessya	29	4282.6%	2621.3%
26	R. Vantukh Full-back	Zorya Luhansk	28	1121%	2626.5%
27	M. Buzhyn Full-back	SK Poltava	27	487.6%	2619.4%
28	A. Ponedelnik Full-back	Kolos Kovalivka	29	298.2%	2523.9%
29	E. Prokopenko Full-back	Obolon'-Brovar	28	8	258.2%
30	Juninho Full-back	Zorya Luhansk	30	1789%	2221.2%
31	V. Pryymak Full-back	Obolon'-Brovar	29	1049.5%	2234%
32	Y. Shevchenko Full-back	Obolon'-Brovar	30	1984.5%	2028.8%
33	A. Savenkov Full-back	SK Poltava	29	536.4%	204.7%
34	I. Kyryukhantsev Full-back	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	30	10244.8%	1921.8%
35	I. Kotsyumaka Full-back	SK Poltava	30	5	18
36	D. Miroshnichenko Full-back	Karpaty	31	1946.4%	1640%
37	H. Pasich Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	33	47125.7%	1430%
38	A. Tsurikov Full-back	Kolos Kovalivka	33	282.8%	1340.7%
39	I. Perduta Full-back	Zorya Luhansk	35	1318.9%	924.4%