Central midfielders with the Best Potential in Premier League

The highest-potential central midfielders in Premier League, 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 in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 94.8, and M. Gibbs-White has been the form player this season, grading 72.1.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: I. Sangaré has improved his Season rating most, up +37.5 on last season, while E. Ampadu's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +16 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.

M. Gibbs-White72.1SsN

Nottingham Forest · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

M. Gibbs-White15goals

Nottingham Forest

Most valuable

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	Y. Ayari Central midfielder	Brighton	22	4428.2%	915.9%
3	Estêvão Central midfielder	Chelsea	19	2359.3%	875.5%
4	M. Gibbs-White Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	26	7244.8%	868.5%
5	N. Woltemade Central midfielder	Newcastle	24	454.7%	865.3%
6	A. Gray Central midfielder	Tottenham	20	26105.6%	855.3%
7	E. Ampadu Central midfielder	Leeds	25	4510%	8523.2%
8	D. Rice Central midfielder	Arsenal	27	623.4%	8410.7%
9	B. Kamara Central midfielder	Aston Villa	26	58135.7%	844.1%
10	Joshua King Central midfielder	Fulham	19	211066.7%	8415.8%
11	C. Hudson-Odoi Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	25	3830.1%	835.8%
12	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	4418.3%	825.2%
13	O. Hutchinson Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	22	2924.9%	813.2%
14	Martín Zubimendi Central midfielder	Arsenal	27	5518.5%	801.8%
15	J. Canvot Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	20	1523%	786.8%
16	J. Bogle Central midfielder	Leeds	26	4253.5%	775.8%
17	A. Stach Central midfielder	Leeds	27	6439.7%	775.2%
18	C. Alcaraz Central midfielder	Everton	23	1243.4%	756.7%
19	A. Hickey Central midfielder	Brentford	24	844.6%	720.8%
20	D. Ndoye Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	25	2049.9%	7014.4%
21	M. Ødegaard Central midfielder	Arsenal	27	352.2%	7021.5%
22	C. Gallagher Central midfielder	Tottenham	26	363.5%	7016.3%
23	I. Gruev Central midfielder	Leeds	26	2541.6%	698.6%
24	M. Drammeh Central midfielder	Free Agents	27	3781.4%	6864.9%
25	A. Tanaka Central midfielder	Leeds	27	2254.7%	6215.7%
26	I. Sangaré Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	28	49317.8%	618.2%
27	S. Longstaff Central midfielder	Leeds	28	33275%	5713%
28	J. Cullen Central midfielder	Burnley	30	6158.2%	543.4%
29	N. Domínguez Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	28	2715.3%	5328.2%
30	R. Yates Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	28	1553.1%	5030.9%
31	J. Ward-Prowse Central midfielder	Burnley	31	30396.7%	399.8%
32	J. Lerma Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	31	2512.7%	3830.3%
33	J. Laurent Central midfielder	Burnley	31	2740.6%	3722.9%
34	P. Groß Central midfielder	Brighton	35	481.7%	334.1%
35	P. Forsell Central midfielder	Free Agents	35	29	2448.1%