Midfielders with the Best Potential in Ligue 2 26/27

The highest-potential midfielders in Ligue 2 in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Lepenant of Nantes is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Ligue 2, with a Field Insider Rating of 73.2, and J. Benet has been the form player this season, grading 57.4, and Y. Fofana leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: É. Soumah-Abbad has improved his Season rating most, up +36.8 on last season, while J. Mendes's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +30.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Y. Fofana of Reims is the most valuable name in this group at 27.4.

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	Player	Team
1	J. Lepenant Defensive midfielder	Nantes	24	34±0%	73±0%
2	A. Boakye Attacking midfielder	Saint Etienne	25	433.1%	670.8%
3	I. Housni Attacking midfielder	Nancy	21	27	676.1%
4	G. Abuashvili Central midfielder	Metz	23	10±0%	64±0%
5	J. Mendes Central midfielder	Rodez	22	316.1%	641.3%
6	M. Koné Defensive midfielder	Annecy	19	22	64
7	N. Binet Central midfielder	Boulogne	22	36±0%	62±0%
8	T. Leoni Defensive midfielder	Reims	26	46±0%	59±0%
9	C. Fall Central midfielder	PAU	22	19±0%	57±0%
10	J. Grillot Defensive midfielder	Clermont Foot	20	1413800%	5712.2%
11	T. Averlant Attacking midfielder	Guingamp	27	36±0%	5614.6%
12	B. Ndezi Defensive midfielder	Dijon	25	21	55
13	G. Ott Attacking midfielder	Guingamp	24	12	5431.1%
14	W. Bouabdelli Defensive midfielder	Nancy	26	16±0%	54±0%
15	B. Mouazan Central midfielder	Grenoble	25	13±0%	533.1%
16	Y. Fofana Attacking midfielder	Reims	22	2±0%	53±0%
17	I. Halifa Central midfielder	RED Star FC 93	21	0100%	52±0%
18	S. Sanna Defensive midfielder	Laval	27	35±0%	51±0%
19	W. Benard Defensive midfielder	Laval	23	7	5060.2%
20	R. Hachem Central midfielder	Nantes	28	333.1%	491%
21	É. Soumah-Abbad Central midfielder	Metz	23	48343.9%	457.9%
22	I. Sissoko Defensive midfielder	Nantes	28	14±0%	44±0%
23	M. Bernauer Central midfielder	Saint Etienne	28	212.5%	420.5%
24	A. Lebeau Central midfielder	Dunkerque	27	610.9%	4236.7%
25	D. Durand Attacking midfielder	RED Star FC 93	31	54±0%	4112.7%
26	G. Haag Central midfielder	RED Star FC 93	26	098.8%	4034.2%
27	M. Carlier Defensive midfielder	Nancy	29	30202%	3937%
28	D. Louiserre Central midfielder	Guingamp	31	22±0%	34±0%
29	J. Benet Attacking midfielder	PAU	31	57±0%	341.8%
30	Y. Magnin Defensive midfielder	Grenoble	29	719.3%	3371.1%
31	Antonin Cartillier Central midfielder	Rodez	22	0100%	3210.3%
32	K. Kebe Central midfielder	Nancy	2025	10	32
33	J. Masson Central midfielder	Sochaux	28	293.1%	2260.6%