Midfielders with the Best Potential in Premier League 26/27

The highest-potential midfielders in Premier League in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

R. Profini of FC Kharkiv is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 55.1, and Eguinaldo leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Ryabov has improved his Season rating most, up +19.2 on last season, while Y. Shevchenko's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +4.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Eguinaldo of Shakhtar Donetsk is the most valuable name in this group at 9.2.

Kryvbas KR · 24/25→25/26

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A. Ryabov+19.2SsN

LNZ Cherkasy · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	R. Profini Attacking midfielder	FC Kharkiv	22	28107.5%	5513.1%
2	D. Kuzyk Attacking midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	23	2479.4%	431.4%
3	Y. Pastukh Central midfielder	Karpaty	22	1867.9%	427.1%
4	C. Paraco Attacking midfielder	FC Kharkiv	22	21	41
5	Newertton Attacking midfielder	Shakhtar Donetsk	21	151.3%	411%
6	O. Ocheretko Attacking midfielder	Shakhtar Donetsk	23	1424.3%	414%
7	Marlon Gomes Central midfielder	Shakhtar Donetsk	22	1241.5%	403.1%
8	M. Ponomarenko Winger	Dynamo Kyiv	20	18658.3%	400.5%
9	Y. Shevchenko Attacking midfielder	Kryvbas KR	19	11	4012%
10	A. Slesar Central midfielder	Zorya Luhansk	21	16127.8%	406.1%
11	Eguinaldo Winger	Shakhtar Donetsk	22	185.2%	405.7%
12	P. Obah Winger	Shakhtar Donetsk	22	1526.3%	4026%
13	A. Ryabov Defensive midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	26	24408.5%	4011.5%
14	Moha Central midfielder	Karpaty	26	985.1%	4031.4%
15	N. Voloshyn Attacking midfielder	Dynamo Kyiv	23	18	397.1%
16	M. Bragaru Winger	Polessya	24	19266.7%	393.2%
17	E. Tverdokhlib Attacking midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	25	2243.7%	395.8%
18	B. Lin Central midfielder	Kryvbas KR	22	15	38
19	A. Araujo Central midfielder	Polessya	23	14	38
20	A. Salabay Central midfielder	Kolos Kovalivka	24	19258.5%	3810%
21	D. Popara Central midfielder	Zorya Luhansk	23	12452.4%	370.5%
22	A. Bondarenko Attacking midfielder	Shakhtar Donetsk	26	1077.3%	3718.5%
23	A. Kitela Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	21	852.9%	375.4%
24	Y. Kostenko Central midfielder	Karpaty	23	1617.4%	375.9%
25	A. Mykytyshyn Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	23	1115%	3712.8%
26	B. Zabërgja Central midfielder	FC Kharkiv	25	14	36
27	I. Nesterenko Central midfielder	Zorya Luhansk	23	818.2%	363%
28	N. Gagnidze Central midfielder	Kolos Kovalivka	25	1221%	35±0%
29	M. Myronyuk Central midfielder	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	24	925.4%	35±0%
30	O. Gorin Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	26	17136.1%	355.8%
31	D. Pidgurskyi Central midfielder	Kryvbas KR	23	922.9%	3512.3%
32	Klayver Gabriel Central midfielder	Ruh Lviv	23	632.6%	354.9%
33	P. Tanda Defensive midfielder	Karpaty	24	71.5%	3427.3%
34	M. Mykhaylenko Central midfielder	Dynamo Kyiv	25	477.1%	3417.4%
35	D. Nagnoynyi Central midfielder	FC Kharkiv	24	12	3329.6%
36	I. Kane Central midfielder	Kolos Kovalivka	26	932.8%	327.6%
37	Elias Telles Central midfielder	Kolos Kovalivka	28	202450%	326.8%
38	D. Semenov Central midfielder	Obolon'-Brovar	26	157.8%	3212.5%
39	T. Cara Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	26	842.7%	3021.9%
40	Nene Central midfielder	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	23	6	28
41	I. Kalyuzhnyi Central midfielder	FC Kharkiv	28	1628.1%	2827.2%
42	Pedrinho Attacking midfielder	Shakhtar Donetsk	28	1659.8%	2816.8%
43	R. Vantukh Attacking midfielder	Karpaty	28	1822.4%	2822%
44	M. Chekh Defensive midfielder	Obolon'-Brovar	27	14152.6%	279%
45	Talles Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	28	6577.8%	2631.2%
46	D. Antyukh Central midfielder	FC Kharkiv	29	1812.6%	2613.1%
47	Nil Coch Defensive midfielder	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	28	17	25
48	V. Boyko Central midfielder	Veres Rivne	28	12113.8%	2517%
49	Joaquinete Winger	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	29	22	24
50	E. Prokopenko Central midfielder	Obolon'-Brovar	28	6	249.4%