Central midfielders with the Best Potential

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

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At a glance

E. Anderson of Nottingham Forest is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 94.8, and C. Baumgartner has been the form player this season, grading 86.1, and T. Allende leads the scoring with 20 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Q. Laçi has improved his Season rating most, up +59.7 on last season, while T. Almada's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +36.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Gibbs-White of Nottingham Forest is the most valuable name in this group at 144.2.

C. Baumgartner86.1SsN

RB Leipzig

Rising potential

T. Almada+36.8RTG

Atletico Madrid · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Q. Laçi+59.7SsN

Rizespor · 22/23→25/26

M. Gibbs-White144.2val

Nottingham Forest

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	Player	Team
1	E. Anderson Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	23	638.7%	95±0%
2	J. Bellingham Central midfielder	Real Madrid	23	6523.9%	941.1%
3	Alberto Moleiro Central midfielder	Villarreal	22	5938.7%	9410%
4	Y. Ayari Central midfielder	Brighton	22	4428.2%	915.9%
5	Germán Valera Central midfielder	Elche	24	55238.7%	8733.7%
6	A. Ouédraogo Central midfielder	RB Leipzig	20	47	8731.6%
7	Estêvão Central midfielder	Chelsea	19	2359.3%	875.5%
8	Pablo Barrios Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	23	401%	864.3%
9	M. Gibbs-White Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	26	7244.8%	868.5%
10	N. Woltemade Central midfielder	Newcastle	24	454.7%	865.3%
11	A. Gray Central midfielder	Tottenham	20	26105.6%	855.3%
12	E. Ampadu Central midfielder	Leeds	25	4510%	8523.2%
13	D. Bartesaghi Central midfielder	AC Milan	20	301664.7%	8524.6%
14	João Neves Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	21	4730.9%	844.4%
15	D. Rice Central midfielder	Arsenal	27	623.4%	8410.7%
16	B. Kamara Central midfielder	Aston Villa	26	58135.7%	844.1%
17	Joshua King Central midfielder	Fulham	19	211066.7%	8415.8%
18	Álex Baena Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	25	3529.2%	839.1%
19	R. Reitz Central midfielder	Borussia Mönchengladbach	24	4918.7%	839.2%
20	I. Koné Central midfielder	Sassuolo	24	41495.7%	8325.9%
21	C. Hudson-Odoi Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	25	3830.1%	835.8%
22	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	4418.3%	825.2%
23	Javi Rueda Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	24	3834.9%	8224.3%
24	J. Kamiński Central midfielder	1. FC Köln	24	59224.3%	8213.6%
25	Sergio Carreira Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	25	3389.6%	81±0%
26	L. Agoumé Central midfielder	Sevilla	24	4917.4%	810.6%
27	O. Hutchinson Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	22	2924.9%	813.2%
28	P. Nebel Central midfielder	FSV Mainz 05	23	511%	8111.1%
29	E. Camavinga Central midfielder	Real Madrid	23	3125.4%	811.2%
30	T. Kubo Central midfielder	Real Sociedad	25	4272.5%	813.5%
31	Hugo Sotelo Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	22	22140.7%	813.5%
32	Beraldo Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	22	3120%	802.4%
33	Adrián Bernabé Central midfielder	Parma	25	41102.9%	8015.6%
34	Fer López Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	22	26200%	804.2%
35	P. Sučić Central midfielder	Inter	22	30	80
36	N. Seiwald Central midfielder	RB Leipzig	25	4382.8%	803%
37	D. Sylla Central midfielder	RED Star FC 93	23	37372.2%	8056.7%
38	M. Keita Central midfielder	Parma	24	4264.8%	808.4%
39	Diego López Central midfielder	Valencia	24	3133.1%	8010.5%
40	Martín Zubimendi Central midfielder	Arsenal	27	5518.5%	801.8%
41	Luis Henrique Central midfielder	Inter	24	2158.8%	7912%
42	A. Tchouaméni Central midfielder	Real Madrid	26	4048.2%	797.7%
43	K. Sano Central midfielder	FSV Mainz 05	25	4441.5%	797.1%
44	H. Hackney Central midfielder	Middlesbrough	24	5510.4%	793.8%
45	Oso Central midfielder	Sevilla	23	28	79
46	A. Kade Central midfielder	FC Augsburg	22	402961.5%	7925.7%
47	Urko González Central midfielder	Espanyol	25	3018.8%	794.5%
48	K. Danois Central midfielder	Auxerre	22	49183.9%	796.9%
49	Victor Mow Froholdt Central midfielder	FC Porto	20	6052.3%	7959%
50	Miguel Román Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	23	24	79