Midfielders with the Best Potential in League Two 26/27

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

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At a glance

J. Benson of Rotherham is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 37.1, and B. Morris has been the form player this season, grading 33.4, and B. Dack leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Clucas has improved his Season rating most, up +25.3 on last season, while O. Lunt's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +5.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Williams of Crawley Town is the most valuable name in this group at 6.

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	Player	Team
1	J. Benson Central midfielder	Rotherham	26	15223.9%	3710.2%
2	A. Chang Central midfielder	Walsall	24	13204.7%	3410.3%
3	O. Lunt Central midfielder	Crewe	22	231110.5%	3417.8%
4	D. Duffy Central midfielder	Chesterfield	23	17126%	333.1%
5	J. Austerfield Central midfielder	Salford City	24	25±0%	33±0%
6	Kai Payne Central midfielder	Oldham	21	2210.4%	32±0%
7	B. Jackson Central midfielder	Barrow	25	2132.7%	3116.1%
8	G. Kilkenny Defensive midfielder	Swindon Town	26	284.8%	318.4%
9	J. Williams Defensive midfielder	Crawley Town	25	28±0%	31±0%
10	E. Taylor Central midfielder	Harrogate Town	23	2339.2%	3012.9%
11	Luke Joseph Butterfield Central midfielder	Chesterfield	22	9	30
12	O. Hammond Central midfielder	Oldham	23	6300%	2925%
13	L. Warrington Central midfielder	Tranmere	23	714.1%	297.7%
14	N. Khumbeni Central midfielder	Gillingham	23	561.2%	294.7%
15	J. Plant Central midfielder	Tranmere	22	6	281.4%
16	R. De Havilland Central midfielder	Bristol Rovers	25	939.6%	2835.7%
17	S. Smith Central midfielder	Barrow	25	1435.3%	2836.8%
18	D. Oldaker Central midfielder	Swindon Town	27	2110.5%	2717%
19	A. Rowe Central midfielder	Gillingham	26	1252.6%	277.8%
20	E. Coleman Defensive midfielder	Gillingham	26	1896.8%	275.9%
21	J. Hawkes Attacking midfielder	Oldham	27	138.3%	2414.7%
22	D. Pereira Central midfielder	Crawley Town	27	14±0%	24±0%
23	J. Earing Central midfielder	Barrow	27	1587.3%	2321.3%
24	A. Pattison Attacking midfielder	Walsall	29	1054.7%	2132.8%
25	B. Morris Central midfielder	Harrogate Town	30	3310.5%	2021.7%
26	D. Hume Central midfielder	Fleetwood Town	28	678.1%	1946.1%
27	B. Fox Defensive midfielder	Harrogate Town	28	729.5%	1921.2%
28	E. Newby Central midfielder	Barrow	30	1748.7%	1734.5%
29	B. Whitfield Central midfielder	Barrow	30	1941.8%	1643.6%
30	L. Sutton Central midfielder	Harrogate Town	29	632.1%	1629.9%
31	M. Williams Central midfielder	Barrow	30	1417.5%	1625.5%
32	J. Ball Defensive midfielder	Swindon Town	30	9±0%	15±0%
33	B. Dack Central midfielder	Gillingham	32	31325%	142.7%
34	C. Grant Central midfielder	Accrington ST	31	9±0%	13±0%
35	F. Ojo Central midfielder	Port Vale	35	951.1%	1133.9%
36	J. Williams Central midfielder	Gillingham	32	1014.9%	1121.7%
37	S. Clucas Central midfielder	Shrewsbury	35	31477.4%	112.9%
38	L. Kelly Defensive midfielder	Rotherham	36	660.5%	918.3%