Attacking midfielders with the Best Potential

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

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At a glance

J. Bahoya of Leeds is the standout for raw talent across attacking midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 80, and Z. Tripić has been the form player this season, grading 80.9, and V. Qazaishvili leads the scoring with 27 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: V. Qazaishvili has improved his Season rating most, up +63.3 on last season, while N. Nartey's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +32.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, B. Saka of Arsenal is the most valuable name in this group at 94.1.

VfB Stuttgart · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

V. Qazaishvili+63.3SsN

Shandong Luneng · 23/24→25/26

Top scorer

V. Qazaishvili27goals

50 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	J. Bahoya Attacking midfielder	Leeds	21	2542.5%	80±0%
2	Allan Attacking midfielder	Manchester City	22	38152.3%	7914.6%
3	Sydie Peck Attacking midfielder	Sheffield Utd	22	49±0%	771.7%
4	C. Baumgartner Attacking midfielder	RB Leipzig	27	69124.4%	763.4%
5	Andre Attacking midfielder	Corinthians	19	34439.7%	7418.3%
6	I. Price Attacking midfielder	West Brom	22	48±0%	72±0%
7	S. Resink Attacking midfielder	AZ Alkmaar	23	34489.7%	7228%
8	Danilo Santos Attacking midfielder	Botafogo	25	58565.5%	7120.9%
9	N. Villareal Attacking midfielder	Cruzeiro	21	24	71
10	Samuel Lino Attacking midfielder	Flamengo	26	58294.5%	7117.9%
11	Maurício Attacking midfielder	Palmeiras	25	3733%	690.6%
12	E. Galbraith Attacking midfielder	Stoke City	25	34±0%	684.1%
13	Gustavinho Attacking midfielder	RB Bragantino	22	22282.5%	6712.5%
14	N. Nartey Attacking midfielder	VfB Stuttgart	26	25690.6%	6792.5%
15	E. Batalla Attacking midfielder	Bucaramanga	25	15292.3%	6743.2%
16	Ale García Attacking midfielder	Las Palmas	23	27	6616.5%
17	Reinier Attacking midfielder	Atletico-MG	24	18510.3%	6618.5%
18	A. Ochoa Attacking midfielder	Malaga	19	12143.8%	6612.6%
19	H. Traorè Attacking midfielder	Genoa	26	1274.4%	6515.6%
20	S. Thomas Attacking midfielder	Huddersfield	27	4411.8%	630.6%
21	Á. Barreal Attacking midfielder	Santos	26	5246.2%	610.8%
22	P. Nuamah Attacking midfielder	Sassuolo	20	68.5%	614.5%
23	J. Hartog Attacking midfielder	AZ Alkmaar	20	30874.2%	6021.1%
24	T. Zimmerschied Attacking midfielder	SV Elversberg	28	4244.3%	604.2%
25	N. Schelotto Attacking midfielder	Gimnasia L.P.	20	29233.3%	5922.2%
26	A. Canobbio Attacking midfielder	Fluminense	27	4312.4%	591.9%
27	A. Koné Attacking midfielder	NEOM	21	41±0%	59±0%
28	M. Servais Attacking midfielder	Millwall	21	2253.4%	5911.2%
29	J. Simons Attacking midfielder	De Graafschap	21	0100%	5810.9%
30	Rafa Tresaco Attacking midfielder	Huesca	26	16	567.9%
31	F. Thorvaldsen Attacking midfielder	Twente	19	25	56
32	Jean Lucas Attacking midfielder	Bahia	28	4522.4%	565.9%
33	R. Profini Attacking midfielder	FC Kharkiv	23	28107.5%	5515.3%
34	M. Perelló Attacking midfielder	Independiente	24	32	5431.1%
35	Massien Ghaddari Attacking midfielder	Jong Utrecht	21	15±0%	54±0%
36	G. Ott Attacking midfielder	Guingamp	24	12	5431.1%
37	N. Nakagawa Attacking midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	24	21±0%	54±0%
38	K. Serna Attacking midfielder	Fluminense	28	362.7%	53±0%
39	F. Lencioni Attacking midfielder	Gimnasia M.	25	38190%	5342.2%
40	J. Stage Attacking midfielder	Werder Bremen	29	488.1%	5324.2%
41	B. Kone Attacking midfielder	Como	26	911.8%	524.9%
42	S. Montiel Attacking midfielder	Independiente	25	2834.6%	524.2%
43	O. Kellyman Attacking midfielder	Strasbourg	20	3712366.7%	5230.2%
44	R. Hernandes Attacking midfielder	Belgrano Cordoba	21	24803.8%	5118.2%
45	I. Saviour Attacking midfielder	Al Ittihad	24	5	51
46	K. Asllani Attacking midfielder	Torino	24	157.7%	5135.6%
47	J. Carrascal Attacking midfielder	Flamengo	28	42136.2%	519%
48	D. Sasaki Attacking midfielder	Vissel Kobe	27	3327%	517.8%
49	M. Shibayama Attacking midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	24	18105.7%	507.2%
50	S. Nakano Attacking midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	26	27±0%	50±0%