Players with the Best Potential

The highest-potential players, ranked on Field Insider.

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

At a glance

Y. Minteh of Brighton is the standout for raw talent across players, with a Field Insider Rating of 93.5, and L. Messi has been the form player this season, grading 86.1, and D. Beljo leads the scoring with 31 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Neymar has improved his Season rating most, up +71.5 on last season, while R. Jansson's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +50.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Timber of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 167.

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	Player	Team
1	Y. Minteh Central midfielder	Brighton	22	4429.8%	942.7%
2	J. Timber Full-back	Arsenal	25	67±0%	93±0%
3	J. Manzambi Attacking midfielder	Aston Villa	20	364.3%	914.8%
4	E. Kroupi Centre-forward	Bournemouth	20	4439.2%	9134.6%
5	H. Ekitike Winger	Liverpool	24	4736.6%	894%
6	M. Fernandez-Pardo Winger	Lille	21	47±0%	89±0%
7	R. Yamamoto Central midfielder	SC Freiburg	24	63387.6%	8975.1%
8	Q. Hartman Full-back	Espanyol	24	20±0%	8813.3%
9	J. Doku Winger	Manchester City	24	3317.9%	881.2%
10	W. Saliba Centre-back	Arsenal	25	6217.3%	885.7%
11	A. Diallo Winger	Manchester United	24	2250.3%	870.6%
12	M. Palestra Central midfielder	Chelsea	21	421895.2%	8721.7%
13	S. van den Berg Full-back	Brentford	24	3345.6%	870.9%
14	M. Penders Goalkeeper	Chelsea	21	27565.9%	8673.8%
15	J. Belocian Centre-back	Bayer Leverkusen	21	17±0%	8620.5%
16	Jon Gorrotxategi Defensive midfielder	Real Sociedad II	24	348.8%	866.8%
17	Natan Centre-back	Napoli	25	351.4%	863.6%
18	Fábio Vieira Attacking midfielder	Arsenal	26	462.9%	8617.1%
19	F. Asllani Centre-forward	1899 Hoffenheim	24	57±0%	85±0%
20	I. Kaboré Full-back	Wrexham	25	2623.7%	8528.6%
21	J. O'Brien Centre-back	Everton	25	41±0%	85±0%
22	T. Kristensen Centre-back	Atalanta	24	3338.5%	8512.6%
23	S. Esposito Attacking midfielder	Cagliari	24	415.1%	841.2%
24	T. Gillier Goalkeeper	Bologna	22	13	84134%
25	Pau Navarro Centre-back	Villarreal	21	32±0%	84±0%
26	K. Thuram Central midfielder	Juventus	25	438.6%	844.5%
27	M. Estève Centre-back	RB Leipzig	24	254.3%	842.8%
28	Alejandro Balde Full-back	Barcelona	22	32±0%	84±0%
29	Rômulo Centre-forward	RB Leipzig	24	47±0%	83±0%
30	N. Atubolu Goalkeeper	Eintracht Frankfurt	24	12±0%	83±0%
31	E. Ferguson Centre-forward	Brighton	21	16	8314.3%
32	I. Zabarnyi Centre-back	Paris Saint Germain	24	6461.2%	8311%
33	J. Panichelli Centre-forward	Strasbourg	23	604.8%	833.4%
34	R. Bardghji Central midfielder	Barcelona	20	10	83110.2%
35	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	4418.3%	825.2%
36	I. Koné Central midfielder	Sassuolo	24	41487%	8225.6%
37	J. Kamiński Centre-forward	Benfica	24	60±0%	82±0%
38	B. Barcola Winger	Paris Saint Germain	24	44±0%	821.9%
39	C. Baleba Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	22	1766%	8210.3%
40	F. Balogun Centre-forward	Monaco	25	58282.9%	8212.2%
41	William Dickson Centre-forward	Chesterfield	21	9	82107.1%
42	R. Jansson Full-back	FC St. Pauli	22	17281.8%	81208.3%
43	P. Kalulu Central midfielder	AC Milan	26	45±0%	810.7%
44	Manu Sánchez Full-back	Celta Vigo	26	39±0%	8111.3%
45	Diego Moreira Winger	AC Milan	22	36±0%	811.9%
46	I. Mbaye Winger	Paris Saint Germain	18	19±0%	81±0%
47	A. Circati Centre-back	Benfica	22	45±0%	80±0%
48	F. Terracciano Centre-back	AC Milan	23	51±0%	801.2%
49	E. Poku Winger	Bayer Leverkusen	22	353%	800.5%
50	A. Ouédraogo Attacking midfielder	RB Leipzig	20	23±0%	80±0%