Midfielders with the Best Potential in 2. Bundesliga

The highest-potential midfielders in 2. Bundesliga, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Baur of SC Paderborn 07 is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 74.2, and M. Wanitzek has been the form player this season, grading 72.7.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: L. Curda has improved his Season rating most, up +47.8 on last season, while N. Aséko Nkili's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +35.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Curda of SC Paderborn 07 is the most valuable name in this group at 44.8.

N. Aséko Nkili+35.4RTG

Hannover 96 · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

L. Curda+47.8SsN

SC Paderborn 07 · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	M. Baur Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	22	54562.2%	7470.2%
2	L. Curda Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	24	70211.5%	7322%
3	N. Aséko Nkili Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	20	461917.4%	7395.2%
4	L. Petkov Attacking midfielder	SV Elversberg	25	60119.5%	727.8%
5	S. El-Faouzi Central midfielder	FC Schalke 04	24	5369.8%	7257.5%
6	Berkay Yilmaz Full-back	1. FC Nürnberg	21	2755.5%	7117.2%
7	A. Aouchiche Central midfielder	FC Schalke 04	24	47190.2%	7015.7%
8	Francis-Ikechukwu Onyeka Attacking midfielder	VfL Bochum	19	37	68
9	N. Skyttä Attacking midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	24	4215.6%	682.4%
10	B. Conté Attacking midfielder	SV Elversberg	23	3061.3%	6711.4%
11	Rafael Lubach Attacking midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	21	2945.2%	6610.2%
12	S. Castañeda Central midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	21	1930%	662.8%
13	Max Marie Central midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	21	44566.7%	6622.1%
14	Cajetan Benjamin Lenz Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	32	65
15	L. Ulrich Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	21	45118.6%	6445.5%
16	E. Leopold Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	26	51±0%	644.2%
17	H. Matsuda Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	22	24179.8%	6353.3%
18	K. Oudenne Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	24	32193.5%	6365.3%
19	Kofi Jeremy Amoako Defensive midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	21	32289.2%	6357%
20	J. Therkelsen Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	23	3519%	6339.3%
21	M. Hansen Full-back	SC Paderborn 07	22	30198%	635.9%
22	H. Akiyama Central midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	25	3711%	6217.1%
23	K. WÃ¤tjen Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	23420%	6256.1%
24	K. Davidsen Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	21	3233.2%	6242.2%
25	A. Marhiev Defensive midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	24	36	62
26	M. Pannewig Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	21	28806.5%	621.4%
27	R. Wagner Defensive midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	23	22575%	624.9%
28	M. Cuisance Attacking midfielder	Hertha BSC	26	2736.6%	618.8%
29	Ł. Poręba Defensive midfielder	SV Elversberg	26	38231.9%	618.7%
30	Reno Münz Full-back	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	20	24218.9%	6111.9%
31	F. Hornby Attacking midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	26	5418%	612.9%
32	S. Şahin Attacking midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	26	3228.3%	615.9%
33	Ruben Müller Centre-forward	SC Paderborn 07	20	8	61
34	F. Schmahl Central midfielder	SV Elversberg	23	2576.4%	611.3%
35	M. Karbownik Full-back	Hertha BSC	25	36235.2%	6011%
36	Dariusz Stalmach Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	20	278866.7%	6083.3%
37	K. Eichhorn Defensive midfielder	Hertha BSC	17	17	60
38	T. Zimmerschied Attacking midfielder	SV Elversberg	27	4244.3%	604.2%
39	J. Tolkin Full-back	Holstein Kiel	24	270.7%	5930%
40	F. Becker Attacking midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	26	24129.2%	598.1%
41	J. Eitschberger Full-back	Hertha BSC	22	2685.5%	5922.8%
42	Leon Robinson Full-back	1. FC Kaiserslautern	25	30192.2%	598.4%
43	K. Klefisch Full-back	SV Darmstadt 98	26	3920.4%	593.9%
44	T. Janisch Central midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	20	1130.6%	581.4%
45	F. Muller Centre-back	Dynamo Dresden	19	11	58
46	A. El Azzouzi Defensive midfielder	Fortuna Düsseldorf	25	368.3%	5819.2%
47	U. Tohumcu Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	21	16132.4%	5714.8%
48	N. Niehoff Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	21	1330.2%	5726.9%
49	L. Rosenboom Full-back	Holstein Kiel	24	2442.8%	5719.1%
50	P. Joly Attacking midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	26	2410.7%	5714.2%