Players with the Best Potential in 2. Bundesliga 26/27

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

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

At a glance

R. Jansson of FC St. Pauli is the standout for raw talent across players in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 81.4, and M. Hartel has been the form player this season, grading 46.2, and M. Schröers leads the scoring with 15 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Schröers has improved his Season rating most, up +42 on last season, while R. Jansson's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +50.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Schröers of Arminia Bielefeld is the most valuable name in this group at 29.6.

FC St. Pauli · 24/25→25/26

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M. Schröers+42SsN

Arminia Bielefeld · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	R. Jansson Full-back	FC St. Pauli	22	17281.8%	81208.3%
2	A. Zehnter Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	21	874.3%	723.8%
3	M. Amoura Centre-forward	VfL Wolfsburg	26	39±0%	67±0%
4	K. WÃ¤tjen Central midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	23±0%	62±0%
5	N. Cozza Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	27	269.3%	6013.6%
6	K. Schmidt Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	24	12228.6%	5866.9%
7	S. Prufrock Goalkeeper	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	20	6	58
8	L. Rosenboom Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	24	2447%	5620%
9	M. Jenz Centre-back	VfL Wolfsburg	27	1573.3%	5621.8%
10	F. Hagmann Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	22	843.1%	5429.7%
11	M. Papela Defensive midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	25	1910.6%	541.6%
12	Yoon Do-Yong Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	19	18291.5%	5313.1%
13	F. Nürnberger Full-back	SV Darmstadt 98	27	1741.9%	5013.4%
14	L. Schneider Centre-back	Arminia Bielefeld	26	1435.3%	4918.4%
15	T. Wellenreuther Goalkeeper	VfL Wolfsburg	30	326.3%	4713.8%
16	S. Gnaka Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	27	1558.4%	4726.4%
17	Mathias Pereira Lage Centre-forward	FC St. Pauli	29	1934%	4625.7%
18	P. Strompf Centre-back	VfL Bochum	28	2631.9%	4614.6%
19	N. Madsen Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	24	25±0%	46±0%
20	T. Abe Defensive midfielder	Holstein Kiel	22	26	46
21	M. Schröers Winger	Arminia Bielefeld	24	461050%	4615.7%
22	Lukas Michelbrink Central midfielder	Hertha BSC	21	1712.9%	463.2%
23	L. Ritzka Centre-back	FC St. Pauli	28	19±0%	45±0%
24	Lee Ho-Jae Centre-forward	SV Darmstadt 98	25	1829.1%	452%
25	D. Kovacevic Defensive midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	22	21	44
26	P. Nkoa Full-back	Eintracht Braunschweig	27	15±0%	44±0%
27	R. Heußer Central midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	28	33167.2%	4312.5%
28	G. Christensen Central midfielder	Hertha BSC	22	1612.3%	423.7%
29	P. Müller Central midfielder	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	22	17137.1%	4129.1%
30	J. Þorsteinsson Winger	Hertha BSC	27	0	40±0%
31	T. Janotta Centre-back	VfL Osnabrück	22	14±0%	40±0%
32	L. Marseiler Central midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	29	2925%	4017.7%
33	N. Awortwie-Grant Centre-back	Energie Cottbus	26	20	38
34	L. Bünning Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	28	946%	384.1%
35	S. Trémoulet Centre-back	Karlsruher SC	26	39±0%	375.1%
36	P. Boevink Goalkeeper	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	28	452.9%	3633.6%
37	A. Dźwigała Full-back	FC St. Pauli	30	2121.7%	367%
38	D. Mitov Goalkeeper	FC St. Pauli	29	1785.1%	358.4%
39	S. Conteh Centre-forward	1. FC Heidenheim	30	1229.2%	3424.7%
40	I. Prtajin Centre-forward	1. FC Kaiserslautern	30	34	3319.5%
41	L. Musonda Centre-forward	1. FC Magdeburg	31	120.8%	3019.5%
42	M. Hartel Centre-forward	Hannover 96	30	4620%	29±0%
43	C. Eriksen Attacking midfielder	VfL Wolfsburg	34	40108.9%	275.9%
44	F. Ronstadt Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	29	914.6%	2446%
45	C. Johansson Centre-back	Holstein Kiel	32	15245.2%	2034.4%
46	C. Ortag Goalkeeper	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	31	369.8%	1947.3%
47	S. Skrzybski Winger	Holstein Kiel	33	1551.8%	1847.5%
48	B. Uphoff Goalkeeper	Eintracht Braunschweig	33	252%	1634.6%
49	F. Holland Centre-back	SV Darmstadt 98	36	1335.3%	1250.4%
50	K. Vogt Centre-back	VfL Bochum	34	944.4%	1259.2%