Central midfielders with the Best Potential in Premiership 26/27
The highest-potential central midfielders in Premiership in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
M. Tait of Heart Of Midlothian is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 49.7, and S. Pittman has been the form player this season, grading 36.8.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Pittman has improved his Season rating most, up +26.3 on last season, while M. Tait's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +5.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, J. Cifuentes of Rangers is the most valuable name in this group at 12.2.
12 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →
| Player | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. TaitCentral midfielder | Heart Of Midlothian | 21 | 24±0% | 503.8% |
| 2 | T. KeskinenCentral midfielder |  Aberdeen | 23 | 24±0% | 46±0% |
| 3 | J. CifuentesCentral midfielder |  Rangers | 27 | 23280.3% | 4037.1% |
| 4 | E. HamiltonCentral midfielder |  Dundee | 27 | 28±0% | 39±0% |
| 5 | H. MahouCentral midfielder | Aberdeen | 27 | 153750% | 3347.7% |
| 6 | G. KiltieCentral midfielder |  Kilmarnock | 29 | 30±0% | 31±0% |
| 7 | B. van HoevenCentral midfielder |  Livingston | 26 | 20101% | 317.5% |
| 8 | K. BaccusCentral midfielder |  ST Mirren | 28 | 1349.8% | 2933.4% |
| 9 | T. LoweryCentral midfielder | Kilmarnock | 28 | 15±0% | 29±0% |
| 10 | L. PolworthCentral midfielder | Livingston | 31 | 196.6% | 2027.4% |
| 11 | S. PittmanCentral midfielder | Livingston | 34 | 37250.5% | 1634.2% |
| 12 | S. ArfieldCentral midfielder | Livingston | 37 | 9877.8% | 621.4% |