Midfielders with the Best Potential in Premier League

The highest-potential midfielders in Premier League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

D. Kuzyk of LNZ Cherkasy is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 43.4, and O. Gorin has been the form player this season, grading 45.4, and Bruninho leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: O. Gorin has improved his Season rating most, up +38.2 on last season, while I. Lytvynenko's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +7.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, O. Gorin of LNZ Cherkasy is the most valuable name in this group at 9.3.

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv · 24/25→25/26

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LNZ Cherkasy · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	D. Kuzyk Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	23	30127.5%	430.9%
2	Y. Pastukh Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	22	1867.9%	427.1%
3	Eguinaldo Attacking midfielder	Shakhtar Donetsk	21	2423.8%	421.4%
4	O. Ocheretko Defensive midfielder	Shakhtar Donetsk	23	180.6%	413.3%
5	Newertton Attacking midfielder	Shakhtar Donetsk	21	151.3%	411%
6	M. Ponomarenko Centre-forward	Dynamo Kyiv	20	18658.3%	411.5%
7	Y. Shevchenko Central midfielder	Kryvbas KR	19	15	4112.8%
8	M. Bragaru Attacking midfielder	Polessya	24	21307.8%	406.9%
9	P. Obah Attacking midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	22	1526.3%	4025%
10	Marlon Gomes Attacking midfielder	Shakhtar Donetsk	22	860.5%	403.4%
11	C. Paraco Centre-forward	Kryvbas KR	22	21	40
12	A. Ryabov Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	25	24408.5%	4011.3%
13	A. Slesar Winger	Zorya Luhansk	21	1381.9%	394.2%
14	N. Voloshyn Winger	Dynamo Kyiv	23	18	396%
15	E. Tverdokhlib Central midfielder	Kryvbas KR	25	3023.4%	396.6%
16	B. Lin Winger	Kryvbas KR	21	12	38
17	A. Araujo Central midfielder	Kryvbas KR	23	16	38
18	D. Popara Central midfielder	Zorya Luhansk	23	12452.4%	370.5%
19	A. Bondarenko Attacking midfielder	Shakhtar Donetsk	25	1077.3%	3718.5%
20	A. Salabay Winger	Kolos Kovalivka	24	13141.5%	378.5%
21	Y. Kostenko Winger	Karpaty	23	126.8%	367.1%
22	A. Kitela Full-back	Ruh Lviv	21	335.3%	363.1%
23	B. Zabërgja Attacking midfielder	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	25	11	36
24	I. Lytvynenko Central midfielder	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	25	11	3625.3%
25	A. Mykytyshyn Centre-forward	Kryvbas KR	23	933.1%	3615.8%
26	M. Myronyuk Defensive midfielder	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	24	925.4%	360.9%
27	O. Gorin Full-back	LNZ Cherkasy	26	45530.6%	357.3%
28	N. Gagnidze Attacking midfielder	Kolos Kovalivka	25	568.8%	351.4%
29	Klayver Gabriel Attacking midfielder	Ruh Lviv	22	513%	355.2%
30	Bruninho Centre-forward	Karpaty	26	2522.4%	3417.7%
31	D. Pidgurskyi Centre-back	Ruh Lviv	23	1044.3%	3413.6%
32	D. Vashchenko Central midfielder	Oleksandria	20	633.3%	3410.9%
33	P. Tanda Defensive midfielder	Karpaty	24	71.5%	3427.3%
34	I. Nesterenko Centre-forward	Obolon'-Brovar	23	457.6%	347.9%
35	M. Mykhaylenko Central midfielder	Dynamo Kyiv	25	477.1%	3417.4%
36	D. Nagnoynyi Defensive midfielder	Kudrivka	24	12	3430.4%
37	D. Semenov Centre-back	Obolon'-Brovar	26	1511.4%	3211.7%
38	Emin Kujovic Defensive midfielder	SK Poltava	25	11	32
39	Elias Telles Defensive midfielder	Kolos Kovalivka	27	202450%	327.1%
40	Fernando Henrique Central midfielder	Oleksandria	25	6353.8%	3243.3%
41	I. Kane Winger	Kolos Kovalivka	26	655.7%	319%
42	O. Prytula Attacking midfielder	Ruh Lviv	26	652.3%	3017.7%
43	T. Cara Winger	Oleksandria	26	658%	3022.2%
44	I. Kalyuzhnyi Defensive midfielder	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	28	1628.1%	2827%
45	Pedrinho Attacking midfielder	Shakhtar Donetsk	28	1659.8%	2816.8%
46	M. Chekh Central midfielder	Obolon'-Brovar	27	14152.6%	279.7%
47	Edson Fernando Defensive midfielder	Karpaty	28	14160%	2610.8%
48	R. Vantukh Full-back	Zorya Luhansk	28	1121%	2626.5%
49	Talles Attacking midfielder	Ruh Lviv	28	8800%	2631.2%
50	V. Danylenko Defensive midfielder	SK Poltava	27	7	2616.5%