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Midfielders with the Best Potential in Primeira Liga

The highest-potential midfielders in Primeira Liga, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Victor Mow Froholdt of FC Porto is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Primeira Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 78.7, and R. Zalazar leads the scoring with 16 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Pote has improved his Season rating most, up +33.2 on last season, while O. Pietuszewski's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, R. Zalazar of SC Braga is the most valuable name in this group at 37.8.

Best talent
Victor Mow Froholdt78.7RTG
FC Porto
In form
Victor Mow Froholdt60SsN
FC Porto
Rising potential
O. Pietuszewski+33.9RTG
FC Porto · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
Pote+33.2SsN
Sporting CP · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
R. Zalazar16goals
SC Braga
Most valuable
R. Zalazar37.8val
SC Braga
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PlayerTeam
1Victor Mow FroholdtCentral midfielderFC Porto206052.3%7959%
2Gustavo SáAttacking midfielderFamalicao212723.9%712.9%
3Mathias De AmorimDefensive midfielderFamalicao2149140.5%7017.8%
4SorrisoAttacking midfielderFamalicao253413.8%705.8%
5O. PietuszewskiCentral midfielderFC Porto18286898.8%
6T. FukuiDefensive midfielderArouca224862.5%687.4%
7Santi GarcíaAttacking midfielderGIL Vicente243557.8%678.2%
8Lee Hyun-JuAttacking midfielderArouca233659.9%677.8%
9TrincãoAttacking midfielderSporting CP265313.7%6610.4%
10O. CamaraAttacking midfielderGuimaraes192566
11Gabri VeigaCentral midfielderFC Porto24437.8%664.9%
12Geovany Tcherno QuendaAttacking midfielderSporting CP191941%659.4%
13M. StjepanovićDefensive midfielderMoreirense222365
14Rodri AlonsoDefensive midfielderMoreirense2331115.5%646.5%
15R. RiosCentral midfielderBenfica2650119.2%6410.4%
16A. VarelaCentral midfielderFC Porto253014.8%632%
17Geny CatamoAttacking midfielderSporting CP253016.3%635.9%
18Rodrigo MoraCentral midfielderFC Porto191758.2%6210.2%
19H. SudakovWingerBenfica232051.6%6235.5%
20A. NtoiDefensive midfielderRio Ave2333147.4%626.2%
21João SimõesCentral midfielderSporting CP19920.3%621.3%
22M. DorgelesDefensive midfielderSC Braga211754.9%6233.7%
23BeniDefensive midfielderGuimaraes243135.8%61±0%
24AlanCentre-forwardMoreirense263715.8%619.6%
25R. ZalazarAttacking midfielderSC Braga2659102.7%612.9%
26N. DjouahraAttacking midfielderArouca2636287%610.8%
27B. AkinsolaWingerAVS232069.2%618%
28E. van EeDefensive midfielderArouca233412.6%6112.7%
29F. CáseresDefensive midfielderGIL Vicente25219.7%618%
30Matheus DiasCentral midfielderNacional243011.2%602.9%
31J. RodríguezDefensive midfielderTondela201660
32I. JamesCentral midfielderAlverca2121296.2%607.5%
33J. HolsgroveDefensive midfielderEstoril264923%606.7%
34Diego RodriguesCentral midfielderSC Braga2117529.6%604.3%
35Luis GuilhermeAttacking midfielderSporting CP206130.8%606.4%
36Gabriel MoscardoFull-backSC Braga2017463.3%6013.2%
37Gonçalo NogueiraAttacking midfielderGuimaraes22144.6%6018.5%
38SerginhoDefensive midfielderSanta Clara2646122%600.7%
39E. BarrenecheaDefensive midfielderBenfica252624.1%6024.7%
40Pedro LimaCentral midfielderAVS233959
41Jean-Baptiste GorbyAttacking midfielderSC Braga24759
42D. GuiDefensive midfielderAlverca2015417.9%5958.1%
43Diogo SousaDefensive midfielderGuimaraes202059
44L. BarreiroAttacking midfielderBenfica26276.8%583.8%
45M. FernándezAttacking midfielderGIL Vicente23858
46M. MitrovićCentral midfielderGuimaraes211358
47M. HjulmandDefensive midfielderSporting CP274621.5%587.7%
48Afonso AssisDefensive midfielderMoreirense20165811.6%
49Ó. PereaWingerAVS20115712.9%
50Zé CarlosDefensive midfielderGIL Vicente241512.8%578%