Central midfielders with the Best Potential in Serie A

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

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At a glance

L. da Cunha of Como is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 87.6, and A. Rabiot has been the form player this season, grading 65.2.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Palestra has improved his Season rating most, up +38.5 on last season, while E. İlkhan's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +26 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, L. da Cunha of Como is the most valuable name in this group at 55.9.

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	Player	Team
1	L. da Cunha Central midfielder	Como	25	5441.9%	8810.5%
2	M. Perrone Central midfielder	Como	23	4676.4%	878.2%
3	M. Palestra Central midfielder	Cagliari	21	411833.3%	8721.7%
4	K. Thuram Central midfielder	Juventus	25	438.6%	844.5%
5	I. Koné Central midfielder	Sassuolo	24	41495.7%	8325.9%
6	A. Atta Central midfielder	Udinese	23	43226.7%	8213.7%
7	M. Koné Central midfielder	AS Roma	25	3813.6%	82±0%
8	P. Kalulu Central midfielder	Juventus	26	4535.6%	810.6%
9	P. Sučić Central midfielder	Inter	22	30	80
10	C. Casadei Central midfielder	Torino	23	37170.8%	789.8%
11	N. Zalewski Central midfielder	Atalanta	24	33108.9%	783.7%
12	Adrián Bernabé Central midfielder	Parma	25	3571.1%	7711.1%
13	A. Cambiaso Central midfielder	Juventus	26	484.4%	776.4%
14	M. Ellertsson Central midfielder	Genoa	24	297.9%	772.1%
15	L. Miller Central midfielder	Udinese	19	1567.9%	7645.2%
16	S. Angori Central midfielder	Pisa	22	2952.1%	7611.4%
17	S. Ricci Central midfielder	AC Milan	24	2420.9%	758.5%
18	M. Prati Central midfielder	Cagliari	22	26455.3%	7510.5%
19	J. Ekkelenkamp Central midfielder	Udinese	26	4537.4%	741.6%
20	W. McKennie Central midfielder	Juventus	27	5346.4%	748.1%
21	N. Fagioli Central midfielder	Fiorentina	25	3835.2%	744.2%
22	G. Fabbian Central midfielder	Bologna	23	151.3%	742.1%
23	W. Bondo Central midfielder	Cremonese	22	14240.5%	741.7%
24	E. İlkhan Central midfielder	Torino	22	2044.5%	7355.9%
25	M. Adopo Central midfielder	Cagliari	26	3820.9%	723.2%
26	O. Sørensen Central midfielder	Parma	24	2049.6%	7242.7%
27	L. Samardžić Central midfielder	Atalanta	24	1730.4%	7211.2%
28	E. Elmas Central midfielder	Napoli	26	2556.9%	721.7%
29	N. El Aynaoui Central midfielder	AS Roma	25	1944.1%	717%
30	R. Belahyane Central midfielder	Lazio	22	1151.6%	718.5%
31	T. Baldanzi Central midfielder	Genoa	23	1518.9%	713.3%
32	Y. Musah Central midfielder	Atalanta	23	947.2%	7111.1%
33	B. Gilmour Central midfielder	Napoli	25	1212%	705.3%
34	S. Sohm Central midfielder	Bologna	25	1462.4%	6915.7%
35	K. Thorstvedt Central midfielder	Sassuolo	27	4949.1%	695.1%
36	A. Saelemaekers Central midfielder	AC Milan	27	4968.3%	689.1%
37	F. Dele-Bashiru Central midfielder	Lazio	25	1216.9%	687%
38	G. Gaetano Central midfielder	Cagliari	26	3437.1%	673.9%
39	G. Oristanio Central midfielder	Parma	23	970.8%	6718.8%
40	Y. Fofana Central midfielder	AC Milan	27	3519.2%	6715.7%
41	I. Sulemana Central midfielder	Cagliari	23	1283.6%	679.6%
42	İ. Vural Central midfielder	Pisa	20	436.9%	6718.3%
43	Dodô Central midfielder	Fiorentina	27	3226.8%	6622.4%
44	L. Ferguson Central midfielder	Bologna	26	1814.6%	654.3%
45	H. Nicolussi Central midfielder	Parma	26	2365.2%	6520.8%
46	E. Valeri Central midfielder	Parma	27	281.1%	6420%
47	R. Bellanova Central midfielder	Atalanta	26	1373.4%	6426.8%
48	D. Bradarić Central midfielder	Hellas Verona	26	1717.3%	6313.4%
49	M. Brescianini Central midfielder	Fiorentina	26	1712.9%	6119.5%
50	J. Zemura Central midfielder	Udinese	26	1523.3%	6116.4%