Players with the Best Potential in First League 26/27

The highest-potential players in First League in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

Best goalkeepers in First League Best defenders in First League Best midfielders in First League Best attackers in First League Most in-form players in First League Top-scoring players in First League

At a glance

A. Ivlev of Nizhny Novgorod is the standout for raw talent across players in First League, with a Field Insider Rating of 31.4, and S. Karič has been the form player this season, grading 28.6, and B. Fourrier leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Y. Koledin has improved his Season rating most, up +21 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. Tičić of Nizhny Novgorod is the most valuable name in this group at 3.

Nizhny Novgorod · 24/25→25/26

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Y. Koledin+21SsN

Nizhny Novgorod · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	A. Ivlev Defensive midfielder	Nizhny Novgorod	19	1518%	31±0%
2	A. Degtev Goalkeeper	FC Sochi	21	482.5%	318%
3	Y. Koledin Full-back	Nizhny Novgorod	21	26437.5%	3118%
4	A. Opoku Defensive midfielder	Nizhny Novgorod	21	22	30
5	L. Tičić Central midfielder	Nizhny Novgorod	25	2591.6%	292.6%
6	V. Aleksandrov Centre-back	Nizhny Novgorod	24	196.6%	296.5%
7	Z. Fedorov Centre-forward	FC Sochi	21	763.6%	286.4%
8	E. Fariña Centre-back	Nizhny Novgorod	24	2419.9%	289.4%
9	V. Litvinov Centre-back	FC Sochi	25	219.3%	273.4%
10	M. Ignatov Central midfielder	FC Sochi	26	26	27±0%
11	N. Ermakov Central midfielder	Nizhny Novgorod	23	933.1%	2710%
12	V. Pigas Full-back	Nizhny Novgorod	25	13	26
13	N. Kakkoev Full-back	Nizhny Novgorod	27	2417.1%	2519.4%
14	S. Karič Centre-back	Nizhny Novgorod	28	2910.4%	2510%
15	R. Evgenjev Centre-back	Nizhny Novgorod	27	1969.3%	2515.7%
16	I. Kalinin Centre-back	FC Sochi	30	239.1%	235.9%
17	V. Grulev Centre-forward	Nizhny Novgorod	27	169.3%	2318.7%
18	Marcelo Alves Centre-back	FC Sochi	28	17130.6%	223.7%
19	A. Soldatenkov Centre-back	FC Sochi	29	2218.7%	2219.8%
20	B. Fourrier Centre-forward	Ural	29	22	20
21	N. Stojić Centre-back	FC Sochi	28	10	19
22	R. Ezhov Central midfielder	FC Sochi	29	659.6%	1931.5%
23	N. Medvedev Goalkeeper	Nizhny Novgorod	31	828.2%	1820.7%
24	M. Kuzmin Defensive midfielder	FC Sochi	30	1734%	1632.1%
25	K. Gotsuk Centre-back	Arsenal Tula	34	2570.3%	165.3%
26	A. Makarchuk Full-back	FC Sochi	30	760.4%	1524.9%
27	M. Maiga Defensive midfielder	Nizhny Novgorod	31	1160.6%	1229.1%
28	K. Zaika Centre-back	FC Sochi	33	1149.3%	1027.3%
29	R. Magal Full-back	FC Sochi	34	1220.1%	827.3%