Attacking midfielders with the Best Potential in Championship

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

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At a glance

T. Conway of Middlesbrough is the standout for raw talent across attacking midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 78.9, and M. Whittaker has been the form player this season, grading 50.7, and J. Clarke leads the scoring with 16 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Philogene has improved his Season rating most, up +37 on last season, while A. Ahmed's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +29.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Whittaker of Middlesbrough is the most valuable name in this group at 38.9.

Norwich · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Philogene+37SsN

Ipswich · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	T. Conway Attacking midfielder	Middlesbrough	24	4721.3%	7910.8%
2	J. Stansfield Attacking midfielder	Birmingham	23	454.3%	7641.5%
3	O. Azeez Attacking midfielder	Millwall	25	49164.5%	7514.6%
4	F. Azaz Attacking midfielder	Southampton	25	4813.5%	743.4%
5	A. Fatawu Attacking midfielder	Leicester	22	44560.6%	741.6%
6	M. Whittaker Attacking midfielder	Middlesbrough	25	51184.8%	7417.9%
7	J. Gelhardt Attacking midfielder	Hull City	24	51	7441.3%
8	C. Neghli Attacking midfielder	Millwall	24	277.1%	739.7%
9	A. Mehmeti Attacking midfielder	Bristol City	25	4525%	720.6%
10	J. Philogene Attacking midfielder	Ipswich	24	46393.6%	722%
11	O. Schwartau Attacking midfielder	Norwich	20	24343.4%	7211.8%
12	J. Rudoni Attacking midfielder	Coventry	25	3922.6%	728.8%
13	A. Segecic Attacking midfielder	Portsmouth	22	39102.6%	7128%
14	Ronald Attacking midfielder	Swansea	25	271.1%	703.4%
15	M. Manhoef Attacking midfielder	Stoke City	24	3216.9%	704%
16	T. Fellows Attacking midfielder	Southampton	23	1659.2%	708.8%
17	A. Brooks Attacking midfielder	Sheffield Utd	22	2677.9%	691.8%
18	A. Ahmed Attacking midfielder	Norwich	25	36123.7%	6973.4%
19	J. Clarke Attacking midfielder	Ipswich	25	43223.9%	695.9%
20	K. Joseph Attacking midfielder	Hull City	24	3235.4%	6941.7%
21	E. Mason-Clark Attacking midfielder	Coventry	26	4262.1%	693.3%
22	Bae Jun-Ho Attacking midfielder	Stoke City	22	1860.4%	677.6%
23	M. Belloumi Attacking midfielder	Hull City	24	28173.8%	6710.4%
24	S. Mills Attacking midfielder	Oxford United	22	21251.7%	669.9%
25	M. Núñez Attacking midfielder	Ipswich	26	3112.9%	654%
26	J. Knight Attacking midfielder	Bristol City	25	979.6%	6516.3%
27	A. Emakhu Attacking midfielder	Millwall	22	1198.1%	653.7%
28	C. Archer Attacking midfielder	Southampton	24	1642.9%	6415.1%
29	A. Forson Attacking midfielder	Norwich	23	1330.3%	64±0%
30	K. McAteer Attacking midfielder	Ipswich	24	1316.6%	649.5%
31	Eom Ji-Sung Attacking midfielder	Swansea	24	1414.8%	645.2%
32	A. Ben Slimane Attacking midfielder	Norwich	25	2237.9%	643.3%
33	K. Matsuki Attacking midfielder	Southampton	23	1412.6%	6432.3%
34	S. Thomas Attacking midfielder	Stoke City	27	50119.4%	636.5%
35	L. Millar Attacking midfielder	Hull City	26	25233.8%	629.8%
36	S. Twine Attacking midfielder	Bristol City	27	4568.2%	619.3%
37	L. Gibbs Attacking midfielder	Norwich	23	6600%	619.1%
38	J. Monga Attacking midfielder	Leicester	17	9800%	6111.9%
39	B. Thomas-Asante Attacking midfielder	Coventry	27	50124.9%	615.2%
40	P. Maghoma Attacking midfielder	Norwich	25	12883.3%	6010.1%
41	J. Donley Attacking midfielder	Oxford United	21	1073.2%	609.3%
42	T. Rigo Attacking midfielder	Stoke City	24	9	60
43	M. Widell Attacking midfielder	Swansea	24	484.3%	6040.2%
44	M. Peart-Harris Attacking midfielder	Oxford United	23	1330.1%	6013.5%
45	B. Brereton Attacking midfielder	Derby	27	31100.6%	593.4%
46	J. Eccles Attacking midfielder	Coventry	26	1748%	5916.5%
47	M. Baradji Attacking midfielder	Blackburn	25	11	58
48	Y. Hirakawa Attacking midfielder	Bristol City	25	124%	578.3%
49	C. O'Hare Attacking midfielder	Sheffield Utd	28	4215.7%	5618%
50	Carlos Vicente Attacking midfielder	Birmingham	27	2338.9%	5336.8%