Midfielders with the Best Potential in Ligue 1 26/27
The highest-potential midfielders in Ligue 1 in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
K. Merah of Lyon is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Ligue 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 75.2, and E. Diop has been the form player this season, grading 55.6, and O. Kellyman leads the scoring with 11 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: E. Quarshie has improved his Season rating most, up +25.4 on last season, while M. Rossignol's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +16.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, E. Diop of Monaco is the most valuable name in this group at 49.7.
19 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →
| Player | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. MerahCentral midfielder |  Lyon | 19 | 15±0% | 75±0% |
| 2 | D. CisséDefensive midfielder |  Rennes | 22 | 1142.7% | 71±0% |
| 3 | A. Maitland-NilesCentral midfielder | Lyon | 29 | 45±0% | 6311.2% |
| 4 | A. DønnumCentral midfielder |  Toulouse | 28 | 5312.1% | 6211.9% |
| 5 | H. BoudaouiCentral midfielder |  Nice | 26 | 26±0% | 61±0% |
| 6 | E. DiopCentral midfielder |  Monaco | 22 | 562216.7% | 6013.3% |
| 7 | D. DionguCentral midfielder |  Strasbourg | 20 | 199.2% | 59±0% |
| 8 | M. RossignolCentral midfielder |  Le Mans | 22 | 1675.6% | 5841.3% |
| 9 | S. Abdul SamedCentral midfielder | Nice | 26 | 6600% | 56±0% |
| 10 | O. KellymanAttacking midfielder | Strasbourg | 20 | 3712366.7% | 5230.2% |
| 11 | B. ChilwellCentral midfielder | Strasbourg | 29 | 23±0% | 48±0% |
| 12 | H. PicardAttacking midfielder | Estac Troyes | 23 | 20372.1% | 4317.6% |
| 13 | E. QuarshieDefensive midfielder | Le Mans | 30 | 33347.9% | 3651% |
| 14 | T. MinaminoAttacking midfielder | Monaco | 31 | 1849.5% | 3341.3% |
| 15 | L. AbergelCentral midfielder | Nice | 33 | 2747.3% | 3216.4% |
| 16 | M. SansonCentral midfielder | Nice | 32 | 27190.3% | 3025.3% |
| 17 | A. RibelinCentral midfielder | Le Mans | 30 | 1397% | 3023.6% |
| 18 | A. AbdiCentral midfielder | Nice | 32 | 23±0% | 27±0% |
| 19 | A. TouréCentral midfielder |  Le Havre | 32 | 1664.7% | 2546.9% |