Midfielders with the Best Potential in Serie A

The highest-potential midfielders in Serie A, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

N. Paz of Como is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 95.3, and F. Dimarco has been the form player this season, grading 80.3.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: F. Dimarco has improved his Season rating most, up +42.8 on last season, while E. İlkhan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +26.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Thorstvedt of Sassuolo is the most valuable name in this group at 60.3.

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	Player	Team
1	N. Paz Attacking midfielder	Como	21	6136.1%	954.5%
2	L. da Cunha Defensive midfielder	Como	25	5441.9%	8810.8%
3	M. Perrone Defensive midfielder	Como	23	4881.4%	889.2%
4	M. Koné Defensive midfielder	AS Roma	25	4741.7%	875.7%
5	M. Palestra Attacking midfielder	Cagliari	21	21914.3%	8620.9%
6	A. Atta Defensive midfielder	Udinese	23	50277.9%	8618.1%
7	Jesús Rodríguez Attacking midfielder	Como	20	35241.2%	856.2%
8	K. Thuram Defensive midfielder	Juventus	25	453.4%	853%
9	N. Pisilli Defensive midfielder	AS Roma	21	3040.7%	844.2%
10	M. Baturina Attacking midfielder	Como	23	31	83
11	S. Esposito Centre-forward	Cagliari	24	4523.6%	834.8%
12	I. Koné Central midfielder	Sassuolo	24	41495.7%	8325.9%
13	P. Kalulu Full-back	Juventus	26	5817.7%	822.1%
14	Adrián Bernabé Central midfielder	Parma	25	41102.9%	8015.6%
15	P. Sučić Central midfielder	Inter	22	30	80
16	M. Keita Central midfielder	Parma	24	4264.8%	808.4%
17	N. Zalewski Defensive midfielder	Atalanta	24	35120.9%	795.5%
18	C. Casadei Defensive midfielder	Torino	23	37170.8%	7910.5%
19	M. Berisha Attacking midfielder	Lecce	22	31219.6%	7911.3%
20	A. Cambiaso Defensive midfielder	Juventus	26	497.2%	785.5%
21	M. Ellertsson Defensive midfielder	Genoa	24	305.4%	783.5%
22	M. Frendrup Defensive midfielder	Genoa	25	4113.9%	785.2%
23	M. Prati Defensive midfielder	Cagliari	22	30540.4%	7714.1%
24	L. Miller Defensive midfielder	Udinese	19	1667.1%	7746.6%
25	W. Bondo Central midfielder	Cremonese	22	18316.7%	765.5%
26	S. Angori Central midfielder	Pisa	22	2952.1%	7611.4%
27	G. Gineitis Defensive midfielder	Torino	22	259.9%	763.1%
28	G. Fabbian Central midfielder	Bologna	23	1927.8%	760.8%
29	J. Ekkelenkamp Attacking midfielder	Udinese	26	342.8%	76±0%
30	A. Vergara Attacking midfielder	Napoli	23	1262.3%	7611%
31	T. Baldanzi Attacking midfielder	Genoa	23	2163%	763.4%
32	N. Cambiaghi Winger	Bologna	25	28143%	766.3%
33	F. Miretti Attacking midfielder	Juventus	23	1160.4%	757.3%
34	S. Ricci Central midfielder	AC Milan	24	2420.9%	758.5%
35	C. Volpato Winger	Sassuolo	22	20±0%	7514.6%
36	W. McKennie Defensive midfielder	Juventus	27	5550.5%	757.1%
37	N. Fagioli Central midfielder	Fiorentina	25	4039.1%	743.6%
38	N. El Aynaoui Defensive midfielder	AS Roma	25	2431.4%	734.6%
39	E. İlkhan Defensive midfielder	Torino	22	2048.9%	7357.2%
40	E. Akinsanmiro Central midfielder	Pisa	21	2779.7%	7328.2%
41	I. Sulemana Central midfielder	Cagliari	23	25267.2%	731.6%
42	B. Gilmour Central midfielder	Napoli	25	1623.3%	732%
43	O. Ngom Defensive midfielder	Lecce	22	1728.9%	7319.4%
44	A. Jashari Defensive midfielder	AC Milan	24	1266.8%	7222.3%
45	S. Sohm Attacking midfielder	Bologna	25	780.8%	7212.2%
46	M. Adopo Central midfielder	Cagliari	26	3820.9%	723.2%
47	O. Sørensen Central midfielder	Parma	24	2049.4%	7242.7%
48	K. Thorstvedt Central midfielder	Sassuolo	27	5877%	7210%
49	R. Belahyane Central midfielder	Lazio	22	1150.2%	728.3%
50	L. Lipani Central midfielder	Sassuolo	21	1563.3%	7111.4%