Midfielders with the Best Potential in Championship 26/27

The highest-potential midfielders in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

K. Lund of Birmingham is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 73.1, and Gonçalo Franco has been the form player this season, grading 50.8, and Joseph Okopu leads the scoring with 10 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Hjertø-Dahl has improved his Season rating most, up +26.9 on last season, while L. Le Roux's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +17.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Gonçalo Franco of Swansea is the most valuable name in this group at 39.9.

Gonçalo Franco50.8SsN

Swansea

Rising potential

L. Le Roux+17.6RTG

Portsmouth · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Hjertø-Dahl+26.9SsN

Hull City · 24/25→25/26

Gonçalo Franco39.9val

Swansea

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	Player	Team
1	K. Lund Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	2827.6%	7319.2%
2	S. Magassa Defensive midfielder	West Ham	22	197.9%	722.8%
3	Ronald Central midfielder	Swansea	25	4360.4%	712.7%
4	C. Jander Defensive midfielder	Southampton	23	390.5%	702%
5	Gonçalo Franco Defensive midfielder	Swansea	25	5117.1%	69±0%
6	Joseph Okopu Attacking midfielder	Swansea	21	5046.4%	6624.6%
7	D. Mazou-Sacko Central midfielder	Millwall	21	1958.3%	6619.4%
8	D. Gyabi Central midfielder	Hull City	22	1066.9%	634.7%
9	I. Louza Attacking midfielder	Watford	27	429.1%	616.7%
10	L. Gibbs Central midfielder	Norwich	23	111144.4%	607.1%
11	K. Dembélé Central midfielder	QPR	23	1132.7%	608.8%
12	Welington Defensive midfielder	Southampton	25	1350.4%	609.5%
13	T. Gardner-Hickman Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	1441.7%	6021.8%
14	Y. Konak Defensive midfielder	Lincoln	20	7711.1%	5917.7%
15	M. Servais Attacking midfielder	Millwall	21	2253.4%	5911.2%
16	F. Bianchini Central midfielder	Swansea	25	106.8%	594.9%
17	M. Baradji Defensive midfielder	Blackburn	25	21	57
18	R. Apter Central midfielder	Charlton	23	782.6%	577.6%
19	M. Leonard Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	763.4%	5618.3%
20	M. Topić Defensive midfielder	Norwich	25	875.4%	5611.9%
21	L. Cacace Central midfielder	Wrexham	25	480.3%	5527.7%
22	A. Henriksson Central midfielder	Blackburn	24	585.7%	5542.2%
23	M. Kosznovszky Central midfielder	Portsmouth	24	4457.1%	5414.5%
24	D. De Neve Central midfielder	Blackburn	25	1035.1%	53±0%
25	S. Berhalter Attacking midfielder	Middlesbrough	25	4119%	505.9%
26	B. Khela Central midfielder	Birmingham	21	3313.4%	50±0%
27	L. Le Roux Defensive midfielder	Portsmouth	26	668%	4857.5%
28	N. Asiimwe Defensive midfielder	Charlton	21	28324.2%	4853.4%
29	M. Arfsten Attacking midfielder	Middlesbrough	25	4215.3%	483.9%
30	J. Cotterill Central midfielder	Swansea	20	1058%	4634.7%
31	J. Baptiste Defensive midfielder	Sheffield Utd	22	3029500%	4620.9%
32	H. Knibbs Attacking midfielder	Charlton	27	980.6%	4614%
33	B. Sheaf Central midfielder	Wrexham	28	1346.5%	4522.5%
34	X. Simons Central midfielder	Hull City	23	2128%	4526.1%
35	C. Campbell Central midfielder	Wolves	23	1814%	457.2%
36	J. Hjertø-Dahl Winger	Hull City	20	506.3%	4414.4%
37	J. Cullen Central midfielder	Burnley	30	3120.8%	4422.7%
38	G. Docherty Defensive midfielder	Charlton	29	369%	435.6%
39	R. Shein Central midfielder	Portsmouth	23	2911.2%	431.4%
40	T. Souček Central midfielder	West Ham	31	4130.2%	4227.6%
41	S. Revan Defensive midfielder	Wrexham	23	11113.7%	409.3%
42	F. Myhre Central midfielder	West Brom	27	391%	402.3%
43	T. Ouma Defensive midfielder	Charlton	21	7	39
44	J. Randall Central midfielder	Bolton	26	870.5%	3720.8%
45	E. Ukaki Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	21	13	37
46	E. Álvarez Defensive midfielder	West Ham	28	1728.8%	3548.8%
47	H. Morita Central midfielder	Hull City	31	3626.6%	3513.9%
48	B. Lloyd Central midfielder	Swansea	21	30	3341.5%
49	A. Ömür Central midfielder	Hull City	27	17236.7%	3239.8%
50	T. McDermott Central midfielder	Burnley	21	19	3219.1%