Midfielders with the Best Potential in Ligue 1

The highest-potential midfielders in Ligue 1, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Senny Mayulu of Paris Saint Germain is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Ligue 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 86.9, and V. Rongier has been the form player this season, grading 57.9, and P. Šulc leads the scoring with 11 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Sangaré has improved his Season rating most, up +50.4 on last season, while S. Ebonog's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +34.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Sangaré of Lens is the most valuable name in this group at 55.8.

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	Player	Team
1	Senny Mayulu Attacking midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	20	30102.7%	878%
2	A. Bouaddi Defensive midfielder	Lille	18	3052.8%	8513.1%
3	M. Sangaré Central midfielder	Lens	24	57720%	8566%
4	K. Kouassi Central midfielder	Lorient	21	4695.3%	8535.7%
5	H. Haraldsson Attacking midfielder	Lille	23	4235%	84±0%
6	M. Akliouche Attacking midfielder	Monaco	24	4410.6%	842.8%
7	L. Camara Central midfielder	Monaco	22	4952.5%	822.3%
8	T. Morton Central midfielder	Lyon	23	422.7%	818.5%
9	J. Enciso Attacking midfielder	Strasbourg	22	32228.9%	814.4%
10	R. Ndiaye Central midfielder	Le Havre	24	54189.4%	8122.5%
11	V. Barco Central midfielder	Strasbourg	22	42101.4%	815.8%
12	Félix Correia Attacking midfielder	Lille	25	3421.4%	8019.8%
13	S. El Mourabet Defensive midfielder	Strasbourg	20	42	80
14	João Neves Attacking midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	21	2432.9%	809.5%
15	K. Danois Defensive midfielder	Auxerre	22	49183.9%	797.6%
16	A. Avom Defensive midfielder	Lorient	21	3820.1%	7910.5%
17	M. Coulibaly Attacking midfielder	Monaco	22	2311300%	7919.8%
18	P. Šulc Attacking midfielder	Lyon	25	46	78
19	D. Methalie Defensive midfielder	Toulouse	20	37	78
20	K. Doumbia Attacking midfielder	Stade Brestois 29	23	3334.1%	781.1%
21	Lee Kang-In Attacking midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	25	2634.4%	775.8%
22	N. Mukau Central midfielder	Lille	21	2012%	772.8%
23	Pedro Fernández Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	18	12	77
24	M. Fofana Attacking midfielder	Lyon	21	1262%	777.5%
25	R. Matondo Central midfielder	Paris FC	18	237433.3%	7719.7%
26	A. Bulatović Attacking midfielder	Lens	19	13	76
27	T. Tessmann Central midfielder	Lyon	24	2319.4%	764.6%
28	K. Merah Central midfielder	Lyon	19	15	75
29	D. Karim Central midfielder	Lorient	22	2320.2%	7466.6%
30	S. Nanasi Attacking midfielder	Strasbourg	24	3021.3%	7412.1%
31	A. Vermeeren Defensive midfielder	Marseille	21	1443.7%	749%
32	T. Le Bris Central midfielder	Lorient	23	3453.6%	7422.1%
33	Vitinha Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	26	430.9%	749.1%
34	S. Ebonog Central midfielder	Le Havre	21	25490.5%	7390.9%
35	A. Bamba Central midfielder	Monaco	20	17	73
36	C. Cásseres Defensive midfielder	Toulouse	26	530.6%	736.6%
37	J. Lepenant Defensive midfielder	Nantes	23	3438.2%	732.9%
38	Bahereba Guirassy Central midfielder	Nantes	19	20146.8%	733.5%
39	Y. Belkhdim Defensive midfielder	Angers	24	4347.9%	734.1%
40	P. Diop Central midfielder	Toulouse	22	2925.1%	7329.7%
41	A. Vossah Central midfielder	Toulouse	18	16	73
42	T. Louchet Attacking midfielder	Nice	23	2231.1%	722.4%
43	S. Adingra Winger	Monaco	24	1819.3%	7112.1%
44	A. Touré Central midfielder	Metz	20	20185.7%	7121%
45	M. Bard Defensive midfielder	Nice	25	4223.9%	718.5%
46	D. Cissé Defensive midfielder	Rennes	22	1142.7%	71±0%
47	Louis Leroux Central midfielder	Nantes	20	2310.8%	706.8%
48	A. Karabec Central midfielder	Lyon	23	972%	700.7%
49	S. Diop Attacking midfielder	Nice	26	4030.1%	708.4%
50	Y. Kechta Central midfielder	Le Havre	24	2722.1%	696%