U18 midfielders with the Best Potential

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

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At a glance

A. Bouaddi of Lille is the standout for raw talent across U18 midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 85.4, and V. Kostov has been the form player this season, grading 54.9.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: O. Pietuszewski has improved his Season rating most, up +20.4 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, D. Mukasa of Manchester City is the most valuable name in this group at 67.3.

O. Pietuszewski+32RTG

FC Porto · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

O. Pietuszewski+20.4SsN

FC Porto · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	A. Bouaddi Defensive midfielder	Lille	18	3052.8%	8513.1%
2	L. Karl Winger	Bayern München	18	32	84
3	Franco Mastantuono Winger	Real Madrid	18	758%	8047.6%
4	Pedro Fernández Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	18	12	77
5	R. Matondo Central midfielder	Paris FC	18	237433.3%	7719.7%
6	M. Culbreath Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	18	14	76
7	A. Vossah Central midfielder	Toulouse	18	16	73
8	O. Pietuszewski Central midfielder	FC Porto	18	20	6693.3%
9	Zé Lucas Defensive midfielder	Sport Recife	18	16	64
10	Nathan De Cat Central midfielder	Anderlecht	18	3910.3%	6129.1%
11	J. Monga Central midfielder	Leicester	17	10930%	6112.2%
12	K. Karetsas Attacking midfielder	Genk	18	248.5%	600.5%
13	K. Eichhorn Defensive midfielder	Hertha BSC	17	17	60
14	S. Dahal Attacking midfielder	Al-Fayha	17	23	58
15	C. Comotto Defensive midfielder	Spezia	18	11	57
16	E. Mensah Defensive midfielder	Zaragoza	18	6	55
17	Y. Hamdaoui Central midfielder	Antwerp	18	11	5520.2%
18	X. Dierckx Defensive midfielder	Antwerp	16	16	54
19	J. van Ommeren Defensive midfielder	Jong Utrecht	18	20	5423.7%
20	A. Ouazane Winger	Jong Ajax	16	24	54
21	Bae Seung-Gyun Defensive midfielder	Dordrecht	18	19	53
22	G. Mora Attacking midfielder	Club Tijuana	17	22	53
23	Robin van Asten Central midfielder	Dordrecht	17	16	52
24	V. Kostov Central midfielder	FK Crvena Zvezda	18	55	50
25	J. Richards Attacking midfielder	Luton	18	16105%	509.5%
26	Mohamed Abdalla Central midfielder	Jong Ajax	16	14	50
27	M. Zekri Defensive midfielder	KV Mechelen	17	71300%	491.2%
28	Abdulaziz Al Fawaz Central midfielder	Al-Fateh	18	5	49
29	Vasilije Novicic Attacking midfielder	IMT Novi Beograd	18	35	48
30	Sean Steur Central midfielder	Jong Ajax	18	1050.5%	4714.5%
31	F. Ayaz Ozcan Central midfielder	Gençlerbirliği S.K.	0	12	46
32	H. Gray Central midfielder	Rotherham	17	17	46
33	A. De Ridder Central midfielder	RSC Anderlecht II	18	33	44
34	W. Kirk Central midfielder	Silkeborg	0	13	44
35	Philipp Maybach Defensive midfielder	Austria Vienna	18	11	44
36	Thomas Lopes Attacking midfielder	Servette FC	18	14	43
37	M. El Âdfaoui Central midfielder	KAA Gent II	18	94250%	434.7%
38	T. Koren Central midfielder	Club Brugge II	15	15	41
39	J. Nasrawe Attacking midfielder	Ried	18	4	41
40	N. Ratner Central midfielder	Maccabi Haifa	18	13	41
41	J. Bisiwu Central midfielder	Club Brugge II	18	469.8%	4011.2%
42	F. Matijašević Attacking midfielder	Cukaricki	18	16	40
43	S. Mladenović Defensive midfielder	TSC Backa Topola	18	16	39
44	S. Pnevmonidis Attacking midfielder	Atromitos	18	11	39
45	Y. Spalt Central midfielder	Stuttgart II	18	4	39
46	Georgios Tzovaras Central midfielder	Atromitos	0	13	39
47	M. Subotić Defensive midfielder	NK Lokomotiva Zagreb	18	19	39
48	M. Mantini Defensive midfielder	Grasshoppers	18	7	38
49	Mohamed Okasha Central midfielder	Petrojet	0	16	37
50	T. Bayar Attacking midfielder	Adana Demirspor	0	4	35