Midfielders with the Best Potential in Premier League 26/27

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

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At a glance

Y. Minteh of Brighton is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 93.5, and M. Guéhi has been the form player this season, grading 55.8, and M. Harness leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. Dewsbury-Hall has improved his Season rating most, up +40.6 on last season, while L. Chambers's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +21.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Y. Minteh of Brighton is the most valuable name in this group at 111.9.

Liverpool · 24/25→25/26

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Everton · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Y. Minteh Central midfielder	Brighton	22	4429.8%	942.7%
2	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	4418.3%	825.2%
3	M. Guéhi Central midfielder	Manchester City	26	56±0%	802.4%
4	A. Onana Defensive midfielder	Aston Villa	25	3131.9%	797.6%
5	B. Gruda Winger	Brighton	22	951.8%	794.4%
6	K. Dewsbury-Hall Attacking midfielder	Everton	28	44±0%	7410.2%
7	H. Armstrong Central midfielder	Everton	19	565.4%	7420.5%
8	M. Ugarte Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	25	1460.7%	736.4%
9	B. Kamara Central midfielder	Aston Villa	26	29±0%	73±0%
10	H. Amass Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	19	26541.5%	721.9%
11	I. Gruev Central midfielder	Leeds	26	2226.6%	686.9%
12	L. Chambers Central midfielder	Liverpool	22	110.9%	6449.4%
13	D. Gyabi Central midfielder	Hull City	22	1066.9%	634.7%
14	H. Barnes Attacking midfielder	Newcastle	28	32±0%	61±0%
15	J. Eccles Central midfielder	Coventry	26	2328.7%	5916.7%
16	V. Janelt Central midfielder	Brentford	28	32±0%	58±0%
17	K. Mitoma Central midfielder	Brighton	29	2548.4%	5330.5%
18	Z. Gozo Winger	Crystal Palace	19	4389.3%	506.9%
19	R. Yates Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	28	1360.5%	5032%
20	J. Hjertø-Dahl Winger	Hull City	20	439.5%	494.7%
21	J. Taylor Central midfielder	Ipswich	28	2692.5%	4820%
22	X. Simons Central midfielder	Hull City	23	2113.8%	45±0%
23	G. Abbott Central midfielder	Tottenham	21	1924.5%	45±0%
24	Y. Wissa Central midfielder	Newcastle	30	5±0%	4318.3%
25	N. Huggins Central midfielder	Sunderland	25	938%	4131.7%
26	N. Garayalde Defensive midfielder	Liverpool	27	2134.9%	3622.9%
27	A. Browne Central midfielder	Sunderland	31	38253.3%	356.7%
28	T. Hall Attacking midfielder	Tottenham	21	23	34
29	E. Stroud Attacking midfielder	Hull City	24	2053.7%	3418.9%
30	A. Ömür Central midfielder	Hull City	27	17236.7%	3239.8%
31	M. Harness Attacking midfielder	Ipswich	30	3613.5%	321.6%
32	Jack Ethan Thompson Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	21	4	27
33	I. Gueye Central midfielder	Everton	37	38±0%	2639.4%
34	P. Forsell Central midfielder	Free Agents	36	29	24
35	Éverton Ribeiro Central midfielder	Everton	37	33±0%	1714%