Midfielders with the Best Potential in First League 26/27
The highest-potential midfielders in First League in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
A. Ivlev of Nizhny Novgorod is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in First League, with a Field Insider Rating of 31.4, and L. Tičić has been the form player this season, grading 22.9, and M. Ignatov leads the scoring with 3 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: L. Tičić has improved his Season rating most, up +9.8 on last season, while A. Ivlev's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +0.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, M. Ignatov of FC Sochi is the most valuable name in this group at 3.
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| Player | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A. IvlevDefensive midfielder |  Nizhny Novgorod | 19 | 133.9% | 31±0% |
| 2 | A. OpokuDefensive midfielder | Nizhny Novgorod | 21 | 13 | 30 |
| 3 | L. TičićCentral midfielder | Nizhny Novgorod | 25 | 2374.8% | 292.6% |
| 4 | M. IgnatovCentral midfielder |  FC Sochi | 26 | 22 | 27±0% |
| 5 | N. ErmakovCentral midfielder | Nizhny Novgorod | 23 | 657.7% | 2710% |
| 6 | R. EzhovCentral midfielder | FC Sochi | 29 | 474.2% | 1931.5% |
| 7 | M. KuzminDefensive midfielder | FC Sochi | 30 | 1252.6% | 1632.1% |
| 8 | M. MaigaDefensive midfielder | Nizhny Novgorod | 31 | 74.2% | 1229.1% |