Midfielders with the Best Potential in Major League Soccer 2026

The highest-potential midfielders in Major League Soccer in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

A. Mehmeti of New York Red Bulls is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Major League Soccer, with a Field Insider Rating of 53.4, and L. Messi has been the form player this season, grading 89.1.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Pep Biel has improved his Season rating most, up +47.2 on last season, while H. Synchuk's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, D. Edelman of St. Louis City is the most valuable name in this group at 15.6.

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	Player	Team
1	A. Mehmeti Defensive midfielder	New York Red Bulls	17	47	53
2	Cavan Sullivan Winger	Philadelphia Union	16	301415%	5340.5%
3	M. Galarza Central midfielder	Inter Miami	24	1743.7%	506.6%
4	A. Ojeda Attacking midfielder	New York City FC	22	45112.9%	5019.6%
5	D. Edelman Central midfielder	St. Louis City	23	50122.4%	5018.2%
6	P. Aaronson Attacking midfielder	Colorado Rapids	23	39452.1%	4933.9%
7	Kaick Central midfielder	FC Dallas	20	3541.4%	4913.5%
8	L. Ennali Central midfielder	Houston Dynamo	24	37173%	4931.3%
9	R. Donkor Central midfielder	New York Red Bulls	21	38137.3%	4817.8%
10	T. Habroune Central midfielder	Columbus Crew	20	40206.1%	4815.6%
11	Beau Leroux Attacking midfielder	San Jose Earthquakes	23	3325.8%	485.7%
12	C. Sanchez Central midfielder	Atlanta United FC	18	212462.5%	4831.3%
13	J. Badwal Central midfielder	Vancouver Whitecaps	20	29104.2%	4811.9%
14	T. Segovia Attacking midfielder	Inter Miami	23	4237.5%	487.9%
15	N. Tsakiris Attacking midfielder	San Jose Earthquakes	21	28386.2%	4718.4%
16	W. Frederick II Central midfielder	Colorado Rapids	22	34	4734.5%
17	B. Raines Central midfielder	New England Revolution	21	32164.7%	4713.4%
18	T. Jacob Defensive midfielder	Atlanta United FC	22	44377.4%	475.7%
19	David Pereira da Costa Attacking midfielder	Portland Timbers	25	4021.3%	450.9%
20	J. Hopkins Central midfielder	DC United	22	30104.1%	4513.8%
21	S. Brunell Defensive midfielder	Seattle Sounders	19	24332.1%	4510.1%
22	D. Luna Attacking midfielder	Real Salt Lake	23	346%	454.1%
23	Antony Central midfielder	Portland Timbers	25	353.6%	451.1%
24	G. Valenzuela Central midfielder	FC Cincinnati	21	31101.3%	457.2%
25	M. Corcoran Central midfielder	Nashville SC	20	15274.4%	4417.2%
26	C. Bassett Attacking midfielder	Portland Timbers	25	283.4%	441.8%
27	J. Ricketts Central midfielder	San Jose Earthquakes	24	2551.2%	4415.5%
28	S. Gidi Defensive midfielder	FC Cincinnati	22	29232.2%	4412.5%
29	E. Echenique Attacking midfielder	FC Cincinnati	22	26282.1%	4416.8%
30	H. Ojediran Defensive midfielder	Colorado Rapids	22	26107.9%	4438.2%
31	M. Peltola Defensive midfielder	DC United	24	33112.8%	4410.6%
32	J. Valiente Attacking midfielder	FC Dallas	25	31	44
33	L. Sanabria Defensive midfielder	Los Angeles Galaxy	22	35302.3%	4314.8%
34	R. Binyamin Central midfielder	FC Dallas	22	13411.5%	4321.3%
35	K. Velde Winger	Portland Timbers	27	49321.7%	4335.7%
36	T. D'Avilla Central midfielder	Chicago Fire	23	2719.9%	435.4%
37	W. Carmona Attacking midfielder	CF Montreal	23	2538.8%	433.6%
38	J. Haak Defensive midfielder	Los Angeles Galaxy	25	3027.5%	433.6%
39	K. Kossa-Rienzi Defensive midfielder	Seattle Sounders	24	3797.3%	43±0%
40	D. Vazquez Central midfielder	San Diego	20	252350%	439.8%
41	Luis Otávio Defensive midfielder	Orlando City SC	19	19125.3%	4329.7%
42	P. Delgado Attacking midfielder	FC Dallas	22	1518.9%	431.2%
43	I. Vassilev Central midfielder	Philadelphia Union	25	317.8%	43±0%
44	D. Jean-Jacques Central midfielder	Philadelphia Union	26	5137.4%	438.4%
45	O. Larraz Central midfielder	Vancouver Whitecaps	25	2423.1%	430.7%
46	V. Loturi Central midfielder	CF Montreal	25	327%	431%
47	J. Lukić Defensive midfielder	Philadelphia Union	24	2635%	424.5%
48	N. Palacio Defensive midfielder	Toronto FC	25	28136.1%	425%
49	A. Yusuf Central midfielder	New England Revolution	26	5240.9%	421.7%
50	J. Rosales Central midfielder	Austin	25	39114.2%	422.2%