U18 midfielders with the Best Potential

The highest-potential U18 midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Monga of Swansea is the standout for raw talent across U18 midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 62, and V. Kostov has been the form player this season, grading 54.9.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: F. Bzdyl has improved his Season rating most, up +3.1 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, R. Ngumoha of Liverpool is the most valuable name in this group at 69.2.

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	Player	Team
1	J. Monga Central midfielder	Swansea	17	181650%	6210.3%
2	K. Eichhorn Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	17	19	60
3	Bae Seung-Gyun Defensive midfielder	Feyenoord	18	19±0%	6013.4%
4	L. Page Attacking midfielder	Leicester	18	5±0%	59±0%
5	C. Comotto Defensive midfielder	AC Milan	18	13	57
6	Y. Hamdaoui Central midfielder	Antwerp	18	11	5623%
7	E. C. Owen Winger	Utrecht	18	28	55
8	A. Ouazane Winger	Jong Ajax	16	3752.1%	54±0%
9	A. Mehmeti Defensive midfielder	New York Red Bulls	17	47	53
10	V. Kostov Central midfielder	FK Crvena Zvezda	18	55	53
11	Cavan Sullivan Winger	Philadelphia Union	17	301415%	5340.5%
12	T. Peralta Attacking midfielder	Huracan	18	123800%	5119.6%
13	Mohamed Abdalla Central midfielder	Jong Ajax	16	139.8%	50±0%
14	J. Son Central midfielder	FC Seoul	18	9	49
15	C. Sanchez Central midfielder	Atlanta United FC	18	212462.5%	4831.3%
16	J. Mattar Defensive midfielder	Newells Old Boys	18	172271.4%	4815.1%
17	S. Cornecion Attacking midfielder	Jong PSV U21	17	193640%	47±0%
18	Raf Vullers Central midfielder	VVV Venlo	18	25850%	47±0%
19	D. Laaouina Central midfielder	Jong Utrecht	16	20427%	46±0%
20	A. Ouarghi Attacking midfielder	Dordrecht	17	26	4623.3%
21	A. Doumbia Central midfielder	BK Hacken	18	51	46
22	D. Daga Central midfielder	Molde	18	23	44
23	Philipp Maybach Defensive midfielder	Austria Vienna	18	11	44
24	Thomas Lopes Attacking midfielder	Servette FC	18	14	43
25	J. Bisiwu Central midfielder	Barcelona	18	469.8%	433.4%
26	F. Matijašević Attacking midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	18	16	43
27	Bolu Shofowoke Central midfielder	Peterborough	18	4±0%	42±0%
28	Ervin Torres Central midfielder	Austin	18	12	4111.9%
29	T. Koren Central midfielder	Club Brugge II	15	15	41
30	J. Nasrawe Attacking midfielder	Ried	18	4	41
31	M. Subotić Defensive midfielder	NK Lokomotiva Zagreb	18	19	41
32	N. Ratner Central midfielder	Maccabi Haifa	18	13	41
33	L. Arvidsson Central midfielder	Halmstad	18	26495.5%	3917.3%
34	Y. Spalt Central midfielder	Stuttgart II	18	773.2%	39±0%
35	Theodor Lundbergh Central midfielder	Malmo FF	17	24	3823.3%
36	A. Hoog Central midfielder	Malmo FF	18	16	36
37	Yannick Geiger Central midfielder	AIK Stockholm	18	13	35
38	Hartmut von Kameke Central midfielder	Ismaily SC	18	18	35
39	M. Hamilton Defensive midfielder	Degerfors IF	18	193100%	35215.5%
40	K. Saygan Attacking midfielder	Adana Demirspor	16	5	35
41	O. Mansson Defensive midfielder	IFK Goteborg	16	17	35
42	P. Ating Centre-forward	Hatayspor	18	4	34
43	I. Eremeev Defensive midfielder	Lokomotiv	18	15	34
44	Sevi Idriz Attacking midfielder	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	18	8	34
45	F. Bzdyl Central midfielder	Žilina	18	952.5%	3211.3%
46	M. Bacik Central midfielder	Ružomberok	18	3	31
47	Mohamed Okasha Central midfielder	Petrojet	0	16	21
48	Giovanni De Abreu Central midfielder	Perth Glory	18	22	20
49	H. Eames Defensive midfielder	Central Coast Mariners	18	19	19
50	T. Bayar Attacking midfielder	Adana Demirspor	0	4	18