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Central midfielders with the Best Potential in League One 26/27

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

At a glance

L. Thompson of Mansfield Town is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 59.9, and C. Brannagan has been the form player this season, grading 46, and C. McGeehan leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Braybrooke has improved his Season rating most, up +41 on last season, while Patrick Kelly's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +15.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Joe Knight of Stevenage is the most valuable name in this group at 14.1.

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PlayerTeam
1L. ThompsonCentral midfielderMansfield Town2411±0%602.6%
2H. WhiteCentral midfielderPlymouth2541±0%522.6%
3Patrick KellyCentral midfielderBarnsley2233±0%491.6%
4R. WaltersCentral midfielderLuton211732.8%4917.3%
5E. BrierleyCentral midfielderHuddersfield222683.9%4846.3%
6J. WeirCentral midfielderWigan2425±0%46±0%
7I. BronkhorstCentral midfielderHuddersfield292311.7%45±0%
8W. AlvesCentral midfielderLeicester21713.6%43±0%
9Bolu ShofowokeCentral midfielderPeterborough184±0%42±0%
10C. JohnstonCentral midfielderPeterborough2417±0%42±0%
11R. GottsCentral midfielderDoncaster2724±0%41±0%
12C. Boyd-MunceCentral midfielderWycombe2627±0%41±0%
13J. MoorhouseCentral midfielderLeyton Orient208±0%41±0%
14Declan FrithCentral midfielderPeterborough241040
15A. SmithCentral midfielderAFC Wimbledon2736±0%40±0%
16Donay O'Brien-BradyCentral midfielderPeterborough22370.2%403.7%
17C. BrannaganCentral midfielderOxford United3046±0%39±0%
18S. SeddonCentral midfielderAFC Wimbledon2839±0%39±0%
19J. BowlerCentral midfielderBlackpool2721±0%37±0%
20R. WintleCentral midfielderMilton Keynes Dons29329.6%374.9%
21A. MorganCentral midfielderBlackpool2610±0%36±0%
22S. BraybrookeCentral midfielderLeicester224325.1%360.8%
23L. WalshCentral midfielderLuton2934±0%3612.3%
24L. ReedCentral midfielderMansfield Town2936±0%32±0%
25L. WingCentral midfielderReading3144±0%30±0%
26J. SeniorCentral midfielderDoncaster2925±0%30±0%
27C. ConnollyCentral midfielderBradford2910±0%3014.6%
28R. CurtisCentral midfielderPlymouth3036±0%29±0%
29I. TourayCentral midfielderBradford3131±0%28±0%
30C. BramallCentral midfielderMilton Keynes Dons30109.1%25±0%
31G. EvansCentral midfielderBurton Albion3129±0%24±0%
32M. PowerCentral midfielderWigan3331±0%234%
33C. McGeehanCentral midfielderBarnsley3123±0%23±0%
34M. HippolyteCentral midfielderAFC Wimbledon3216±0%23±0%
35B. BannanCentral midfielderSheffield Wednesday36394.8%224.7%
36L. KellyCentral midfielderPeterborough3039±0%22±0%
37M. PinnockCentral midfielderBromley3135±0%21±0%
38O. NorwoodCentral midfielderStockport County3540±0%20±0%
39D. BallCentral midfielderCambridge United3125±0%17±0%
40P. MpanzuCentral midfielderCambridge United3228±0%17±0%
41A. SarcevicCentral midfielderBradford3433±0%17±0%