Central midfielders with the Best Potential in Championship

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

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At a glance

H. Hackney of Middlesbrough is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 79, and I. Louza has been the form player this season, grading 62.7, and A. Devine leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Alebiosu has improved his Season rating most, up +37.8 on last season, while S. Fusire's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +34.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, I. Louza of Watford is the most valuable name in this group at 47.2.

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	Player	Team
1	H. Hackney Central midfielder	Middlesbrough	24	5510.4%	793.8%
2	Sydie Peck Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	21	5398.5%	785.2%
3	A. Devine Central midfielder	Preston	22	5054.3%	7527.3%
4	I. Price Central midfielder	West Brom	22	48240.1%	7230.7%
5	B. Clark Central midfielder	Derby	21	403490.9%	724.1%
6	H. Vale Central midfielder	QPR	22	391.9%	7140.4%
7	N. Irankunda Central midfielder	Watford	20	32	71
8	R. Alebiosu Central midfielder	Blackburn	24	44619.7%	7065.6%
9	O. Maamma Central midfielder	Watford	20	35400%	691%
10	T. Small Central midfielder	Preston	22	2730.1%	6832.9%
11	E. Galbraith Central midfielder	Swansea	25	4111.2%	6826.1%
12	P. Mattsson Central midfielder	Norwich	25	3815%	6848.8%
13	S. Carey Central midfielder	Charlton	25	4561.2%	6843.3%
14	J. Solis Central midfielder	Birmingham	21	22145.1%	677.7%
15	D. Mazou-Sacko Central midfielder	Millwall	21	1958.3%	6619.4%
16	J. Ngakia Central midfielder	Watford	25	5268.7%	665.4%
17	T. Doyle Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	23165.5%	659.9%
18	Kieran Morgan Central midfielder	QPR	20	1746.2%	653.7%
19	L. Cundle Central midfielder	Millwall	24	20106.1%	646.1%
20	J. Varane Central midfielder	QPR	24	3313.7%	643.9%
21	K. Dembélé Central midfielder	QPR	23	173%	643.2%
22	S. Fusire Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	21	29271.8%	63117.2%
23	H. Kyprianou Central midfielder	Watford	25	2511%	6337.8%
24	D. Gyabi Central midfielder	Hull City	22	1647.6%	634.4%
25	B. De Keersmaecker Central midfielder	Oxford United	26	5410.6%	6310.4%
26	T. Goodrham Central midfielder	Oxford United	22	1734%	6311.2%
27	I. Louza Central midfielder	Watford	27	6363.7%	615.8%
28	S. Silvera Central midfielder	Middlesbrough	25	25438.3%	6143.5%
29	O. Arblaster Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	22	1412.7%	608.9%
30	Jaden Heskey Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	20	12	60
31	L. O'Brien Central midfielder	Wrexham	27	46243.3%	604.3%
32	L. Thompson Central midfielder	Derby	24	1445.3%	600.7%
33	R. Apter Central midfielder	Charlton	23	1367.8%	5911.9%
34	F. Bianchini Central midfielder	Portsmouth	25	1987.4%	593.7%
35	L. Cacace Central midfielder	Wrexham	25	861.1%	5923.1%
36	J. Molumby Central midfielder	West Brom	27	3012.2%	5815.4%
37	Kristi Montgomery Central midfielder	Blackburn	22	8	57
38	Jarvis Thornton Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	20	7	57
39	M. Kosznovszky Central midfielder	Portsmouth	24	81028.6%	5710%
40	A. Henriksson Central midfielder	Blackburn	24	682.7%	5644.7%
41	J. Cajuste Central midfielder	Ipswich	26	1742.1%	5624.8%
42	O. Diakité Central midfielder	West Brom	26	25192.9%	563.6%
43	D. De Neve Central midfielder	Blackburn	25	1035.1%	53±0%
44	T. Chong Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	26	761.5%	5212.5%
45	T. Cantwell Central midfielder	Blackburn	28	4782.3%	5218.3%
46	S. Ingelsson Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	28	3011.7%	5011.9%
47	E. Kayembe Central midfielder	Watford	28	3027%	4922.2%
48	B. Sheaf Central midfielder	Wrexham	28	1922.8%	4915.9%
49	M. Bola Central midfielder	Watford	28	3531.7%	491.7%
50	K. Ahearne-Grant Central midfielder	West Brom	28	304.5%	4823.9%