Midfielders with the Best Potential in League One 26/27

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

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At a glance

S. Silvera of Milton Keynes Dons is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 64.6, and Tom Iorpenda has been the form player this season, grading 44.5, and A. Gilbey leads the scoring with 12 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Charles has improved his Season rating most, up +24.8 on last season, while S. Fusire's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Thomas of Huddersfield is the most valuable name in this group at 18.5.

Sheffield Wednesday · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

A. Charles+24.8SsN

Bromley · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	S. Silvera Central midfielder	Milton Keynes Dons	25	17251.1%	6552%
2	S. Thomas Attacking midfielder	Huddersfield	27	4411.8%	630.6%
3	S. Fusire Defensive midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	21	27239.7%	62114.1%
4	B. De Keersmaecker Central midfielder	Oxford United	26	3345.5%	5620%
5	R. Walters Central midfielder	Luton	21	1732.8%	4917.3%
6	E. Brierley Central midfielder	Huddersfield	22	2683.9%	4846.3%
7	O. O'Neill Attacking midfielder	Leyton Orient	23	2611.6%	472.9%
8	C. Ashia Winger	Huddersfield	19	11	47
9	Vimal Yoganathan Defensive midfielder	Barnsley	20	212871.4%	4614.1%
10	M. Mothersille Central midfielder	Stockport County	22	1371.9%	4612.6%
11	S. Mavididi Central midfielder	Leicester	28	2937.4%	4633.4%
12	M. Garbett Central midfielder	Peterborough	24	23167.8%	4424.3%
13	C. Hayes Attacking midfielder	Peterborough	23	144.5%	442.4%
14	M. Smith Central midfielder	Wigan	25	2642.5%	430.5%
15	C. Chaplin Central midfielder	Leicester	29	25194.2%	4320%
16	M. Craig Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	23	1539%	4312.7%
17	J. Moorhouse Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	20	8	41
18	Declan Frith Central midfielder	Peterborough	24	10	40
19	Donay O'Brien-Brady Central midfielder	Peterborough	22	370.2%	403.7%
20	G. Middleton Central midfielder	Doncaster	26	1350.4%	3919.2%
21	Tom Iorpenda Central midfielder	Huddersfield	21	4514733.3%	384.5%
22	L. Bolton Central midfielder	Mansfield Town	26	764.3%	3614.2%
23	T. Bakinson Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	27	27525.6%	3610.3%
24	H. Kane Attacking midfielder	Huddersfield	27	1138.6%	3522.3%
25	O. Moxon Defensive midfielder	Stockport County	28	23219.4%	347.6%
26	G. Hoddle Defensive midfielder	Cambridge United	21	5	3120.8%
27	A. Charles Defensive midfielder	Bromley	27	40159%	301.3%
28	G. Lapslie Central midfielder	Bradford	28	948.2%	295.4%
29	M. Sanders Central midfielder	Notts County	27	3274.6%	288.1%
30	S. Clare Defensive midfielder	Leyton Orient	29	1442.1%	2825.1%
31	J. Dacres-Cogley Central midfielder	Stockport County	30	1922.7%	2729.8%
32	A. Gilbey Attacking midfielder	Milton Keynes Dons	31	3517.5%	2112.6%
33	L. Leahy Central midfielder	Wycombe	33	3115.5%	1832.4%
34	J. Reeves Central midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	33	25±0%	17±0%
35	G. Saville Central midfielder	Luton	33	3227%	1754.6%
36	M. Palmer Central midfielder	Notts County	31	234.2%	1631.5%