Midfielders with the Best Potential in 2. Bundesliga 26/27

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

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At a glance

A. Pyrka of FC St. Pauli is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 74.9, and M. Wanitzek has been the form player this season, grading 62.1, and M. Zoma leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Max Marie has improved his Season rating most, up +36.1 on last season, while A. Pyrka's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +37.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Zoma of 1. FC Nürnberg is the most valuable name in this group at 25.2.

FC St. Pauli · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Max Marie+36.1SsN

Eintracht Braunschweig · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	A. Pyrka Central midfielder	FC St. Pauli	24	28±0%	751.6%
2	M. Zoma Winger	1. FC Nürnberg	22	57±0%	70±0%
3	L. Oppie Central midfielder	FC St. Pauli	24	18±0%	67±0%
4	Mika Haas Central midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	21	27±0%	65±0%
5	Max Marie Central midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	22	43±0%	651.6%
6	K. Oudenne Central midfielder	Hannover 96	24	32±0%	62±0%
7	A. Kaprálik Attacking midfielder	Holstein Kiel	24	27±0%	62±0%
8	K. WÃ¤tjen Central midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	23±0%	62±0%
9	S. Şahin Attacking midfielder	1. FC Kaiserslautern	26	46±0%	61±0%
10	A. Marhiev Attacking midfielder	1. FC Nürnberg	24	32±0%	61±0%
11	R. Wagner Defensive midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	23	18±0%	60±0%
12	G. Balzi Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	25	3415.1%	6049.4%
13	B. Bobzien Central midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	23	26±0%	60±0%
14	K. Klefisch Central midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	26	31±0%	58±0%
15	L. Rosenboom Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	24	2447%	5620%
16	M. Papela Defensive midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	25	1910.6%	541.6%
17	S. Russo Defensive midfielder	Arminia Bielefeld	26	35±0%	54±0%
18	Ole Pohlmann Central midfielder	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	25	1048%	533.1%
19	Yoon Do-Yong Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	19	18291.5%	5313.1%
20	L. Hyryläinen Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	22	4±0%	521.4%
21	F. Flick Defensive midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	26	22±0%	51±0%
22	K. Sessa Defensive midfielder	Hertha BSC	26	12±0%	49±0%
23	S. Gnaka Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	27	1558.4%	4726.4%
24	T. Abe Defensive midfielder	Holstein Kiel	22	26	46
25	Lukas Michelbrink Central midfielder	Hertha BSC	21	1712.9%	463.2%
26	S. Bansé Defensive midfielder	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	25	1±0%	45±0%
27	P. Will Defensive midfielder	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	27	16±0%	44±0%
28	P. Müller Central midfielder	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	22	17137.1%	4129.1%
29	A. Opoku Central midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	27	840%	4017.2%
30	M. Neubauer Central midfielder	Hannover 96	30	40±0%	40±0%
31	J. Brekalo Winger	Hertha BSC	28	16±0%	40±0%
32	L. Marseiler Central midfielder	SV Darmstadt 98	29	2925%	4017.7%
33	N. Hauptmann Attacking midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	30	35±0%	39±0%
34	K. Miyoshi Attacking midfielder	VfL Bochum	29	20±0%	38±0%
35	M. Rasmussen Defensive midfielder	FC St. Pauli	28	0100%	370.8%
36	M. Wanitzek Attacking midfielder	Karlsruher SC	33	62±0%	31±0%
37	P. Kammerbauer Central midfielder	VfL Osnabrück	29	23±0%	30±0%
38	J. Meffert Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	32	20±0%	2715.5%
39	T. Ciğerci Attacking midfielder	Energie Cottbus	31	40±0%	24±0%
40	B. Jacobsen Defensive midfielder	VfL Osnabrück	33	24±0%	1922.9%