Central midfielders with the Best Potential in Championship 26/27

The highest-potential central midfielders in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Knight of Bristol City is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 63.7, and Tom Iorpenda has been the form player this season, grading 44.5, and T. Souček leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: B. Khela has improved his Season rating most, up +22.6 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, B. De Keersmaecker of Bristol City is the most valuable name in this group at 41.9.

Birmingham · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

B. Khela+22.6SsN

Birmingham · 24/25→25/26

B. De Keersmaecker41.9val

Bristol City

31 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	J. Knight Central midfielder	Bristol City	25	22±0%	64±0%
2	R. Edwards Central midfielder	QPR	23	20±0%	64±0%
3	D. Gyabi Central midfielder	Hull City	22	1066.9%	634.7%
4	J. Monga Central midfielder	Swansea	17	111030%	6210.3%
5	K. Dembélé Central midfielder	QPR	23	1132.7%	608.8%
6	T. Gardner-Hickman Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	1441.7%	6021.8%
7	M. Leonard Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	763.4%	5618.3%
8	B. De Keersmaecker Central midfielder	Bristol City	26	3345.5%	5620%
9	L. Cacace Central midfielder	Wrexham	25	480.3%	5527.7%
10	M. Kosznovszky Central midfielder	Portsmouth	24	4457.1%	5414.5%
11	D. De Neve Central midfielder	Blackburn	25	1035.1%	53±0%
12	B. Khela Central midfielder	Birmingham	21	3313.4%	50±0%
13	T. Iwata Central midfielder	Birmingham	29	38±0%	49±0%
14	B. Sheaf Central midfielder	Wrexham	28	1346.5%	4522.5%
15	X. Simons Central midfielder	Hull City	23	2113.8%	45±0%
16	C. Campbell Central midfielder	Wolves	23	1814%	457.2%
17	J. Cullen Central midfielder	Burnley	30	3120.8%	4422.7%
18	R. Shein Central midfielder	Portsmouth	23	2913%	421.2%
19	T. Souček Central midfielder	West Ham	31	4130.2%	4227.6%
20	Tom Iorpenda Central midfielder	Swansea	21	4514733.3%	384.5%
21	E. Ukaki Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	21	13	37
22	F. Myhre Central midfielder	West Brom	27	3315.7%	367.2%
23	B. Lloyd Central midfielder	Swansea	21	30	3341.5%
24	A. Ömür Central midfielder	Hull City	27	17236.7%	3239.8%
25	T. McDermott Central midfielder	Burnley	21	19	3219.1%
26	J. Bauress Central midfielder	Burnley	20	7	29
27	K. Anderson Central midfielder	Portsmouth	31	1352.6%	2912%
28	S. Eustáquio Central midfielder	Swansea	29	17876.5%	2615.7%
29	K. McLean Central midfielder	Norwich	34	43±0%	26±0%
30	J. Sheehan Central midfielder	Bolton	31	32±0%	25±0%
31	C. Coady Central midfielder	Wrexham	33	1635.9%	1751.9%