Field Insider
Player Finder

Defensive midfielders with the Best Potential in Süper Lig

The highest-potential defensive midfielders in Süper Lig, ranked on Field Insider.

Best goalkeepers in Süper LigBest defenders in Süper LigBest midfielders in Süper LigBest attackers in Süper LigMost in-form defensive midfielders in Süper LigTop-scoring defensive midfielders in Süper Lig

At a glance

C. Inao Oulaï of Trabzonspor is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in Süper Lig, with a Field Insider Rating of 54.9, and A. Maxim has been the form player this season, grading 49.5, and Gabriel Sara leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Kurtulan has improved his Season rating most, up +31.9 on last season, while A. Baldursson's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +15.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Kurtulan of Göztepe is the most valuable name in this group at 18.

Best talent
C. Inao Oulaï54.9RTG
Trabzonspor
In form
A. Maxim49.5SsN
Gaziantep FK
Rising potential
A. Baldursson+15.4RTG
Kasımpaşa · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
A. Kurtulan+31.9SsN
Göztepe · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
Gabriel Sara5goals
Galatasaray
Most valuable
A. Kurtulan18val
Göztepe
42 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1C. Inao OulaïDefensive midfielderTrabzonspor2039186.8%555.5%
2A. DennisDefensive midfielderGöztepe223811.8%553.8%
3A. CherniDefensive midfielderGöztepe253127.2%538.4%
4A. KurtulanDefensive midfielderGöztepe2347214.1%534.3%
5K. AsllaniDefensive midfielderBeşiktaş2430113.4%5135.8%
6N. DismasDefensive midfielderGöztepe2341102.5%512%
7A. BaldurssonDefensive midfielderKasımpaşa243157.7%5045.2%
8T. Jabol-FolcarelliDefensive midfielderTrabzonspor2636139.1%497.3%
9Gabriel SaraDefensive midfielderGalatasaray274354.1%4510.5%
10Jo Jin-HoDefensive midfielderKonyaspor231844
11U. GüneşDefensive midfielderBaşakşehir262023.8%444.6%
12M. İbrahimoğluDefensive midfielderKonyaspor2629113.3%441.1%
13B. BouchouariDefensive midfielderTrabzonspor24671.4%4339.3%
14T. Dele-BashiruDefensive midfielderGençlerbirliği S.K.262113.5%4333.7%
15S. OnurDefensive midfielderGençlerbirliği S.K.249416.9%
16İ. YüksekDefensive midfielderFenerbahçe2733121.5%407.3%
17M. GuendouziDefensive midfielderFenerbahçe272435.2%3952.6%
18G. PapanikolaouDefensive midfielderRizespor272564.4%3910.3%
19Y. KayanDefensive midfielderEyüpspor272771.1%3819.9%
20A. MakoumbouDefensive midfielderSamsunspor282511.7%3746.1%
21E. ÁlvarezDefensive midfielderFenerbahçe28242.6%3550%
22W. NdidiDefensive midfielderBeşiktaş294015.8%3448.3%
23C. YükselDefensive midfielderSamsunspor282574.3%3413.1%
24L. TorreiraDefensive midfielderGalatasaray304216.3%3323%
25O. KemenDefensive midfielderBaşakşehir30276.3%3217%
26B. ÖzdemirDefensive midfielderBaşakşehir28869.1%3128.8%
27O. NtchamDefensive midfielderSamsunspor302437.1%2925.5%
28Miguel CrespoDefensive midfielderBaşakşehir292124.7%2830.2%
29R. BazoerDefensive midfielderKonyaspor29855.6%2728.3%
30M. KabasakalDefensive midfielderGaziantep FK302923%2534.3%
31D. ToközDefensive midfielderKayserispor301346%2416.8%
32S. DikmenDefensive midfielderAntalyaspor323434.4%2211.2%
33Luis PérezDefensive midfielderGaziantep FK31211.5%2257.3%
34M. LeminaDefensive midfielderGalatasaray32298.2%2247.8%
35T. AntalyalıDefensive midfielderRizespor311268%2127%
36A. MaximDefensive midfielderGaziantep FK365036.7%2010.1%
37K. DemirbayDefensive midfielderEyüpspor3329206.3%183.7%
38M. KranevitterDefensive midfielderFatih Karagümrük3321195.8%1715.5%
39T. İlterDefensive midfielderEyüpspor3211118.8%1719.4%
40M. JevtovićDefensive midfielderKonyaspor331562.6%1540.7%
41CafúDefensive midfielderKasımpaşa33133.1%1526.9%
42İ. GündoğanDefensive midfielderGalatasaray352722.4%1554.3%