Midfielders with the Best Potential in 2. Bundesliga 26/27
The highest-potential midfielders in 2. Bundesliga in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
K. Wätjen of VfL Bochum is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in 2. Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 61.7, and T. Zimmerschied has been the form player this season, grading 42, and M. Zoma leads the scoring with 5 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Heußer has improved his Season rating most, up +20.4 on last season, while K. Wätjen's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +21.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, T. Zimmerschied of SV Elversberg is the most valuable name in this group at 26.7.
14 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →
| Player | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. WätjenCentral midfielder |  VfL Bochum | 20 | 23±0% | 62±0% |
| 2 | F. SchmahlCentral midfielder |  SV Elversberg | 23 | 2576.4% | 611.3% |
| 3 | T. ZimmerschiedAttacking midfielder | SV Elversberg | 27 | 4244.3% | 604.2% |
| 4 | C. PatinoDefensive midfielder | VfL Bochum | 22 | 9309.5% | 599% |
| 5 | L. RosenboomCentral midfielder |  Holstein Kiel | 24 | 2447% | 5620% |
| 6 | M. PapelaDefensive midfielder |  SV Darmstadt 98 | 25 | 1910.6% | 541.6% |
| 7 | Yoon Do-YongCentral midfielder | 1. FC Magdeburg | 19 | 18291.5% | 5313.1% |
| 8 | S. GnakaCentral midfielder |  1. FC Magdeburg | 27 | 1558.4% | 4726.4% |
| 9 | T. AbeDefensive midfielder | Holstein Kiel | 22 | 26 | 46 |
| 10 | Lukas MichelbrinkCentral midfielder |  Hertha BSC | 21 | 1712.9% | 463.2% |
| 11 | R. HeußerCentral midfielder |  Eintracht Braunschweig | 28 | 33167.2% | 4312.5% |
| 12 | P. MüllerCentral midfielder |  SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 22 | 17137.1% | 4129.1% |
| 13 | L. MarseilerCentral midfielder | SV Darmstadt 98 | 29 | 2925% | 4017.7% |
| 14 | L. FlachDefensive midfielder |  VfL Osnabrück | 25 | 1350.4% | 3415.6% |