Players with the Best Potential in Championship 26/27

The highest-potential players in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

Best goalkeepers in Championship Best defenders in Championship Best midfielders in Championship Best attackers in Championship Most in-form players in Championship Top-scoring players in Championship

At a glance

Ilyas Ansah of Hull City is the standout for raw talent across players in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 79.7, and C. Ward has been the form player this season, grading 74.6, and J. Gelhardt leads the scoring with 15 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Crama has improved his Season rating most, up +40.9 on last season, while R. Vítek's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +42 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Crama of Millwall is the most valuable name in this group at 47.8.

Middlesbrough · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

T. Crama+40.9SsN

Millwall · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Ilyas Ansah Winger	Hull City	21	2715.7%	8017%
2	T. Crama Full-back	Millwall	24	62192%	7973.3%
3	Sydie Peck Attacking midfielder	Sheffield Utd	22	49±0%	771.7%
4	M. Ivanović Centre-forward	Millwall	21	34±0%	763.7%
5	F. Ravaglia Goalkeeper	Watford	26	155.7%	7515.3%
6	J. Gelhardt Winger	Hull City	24	50	7543%
7	R. Vítek Goalkeeper	Middlesbrough	22	3110%	730.5%
8	S. Brynn Goalkeeper	Middlesbrough	25	27376.8%	7327.7%
9	C. Hughes Centre-back	Hull City	22	43145.5%	7211.9%
10	I. Price Attacking midfielder	West Brom	22	48±0%	72±0%
11	S. Magassa Defensive midfielder	West Ham	22	197.9%	722.8%
12	P. Agyemang Centre-forward	Derby	25	4528.2%	7153.8%
13	C. Doyle Centre-back	Wrexham	22	31±0%	71±0%
14	C. Jander Defensive midfielder	Southampton	23	390.5%	702%
15	C. Taylor Full-back	Millwall	23	39±0%	69±0%
16	E. Galbraith Attacking midfielder	Stoke City	25	34±0%	684.1%
17	P. Charles Goalkeeper	QPR	21	2±0%	6712.5%
18	M. Hermansen Goalkeeper	West Ham	26	6±0%	67±0%
19	M. Weiß Goalkeeper	Burnley	22	0	66±0%
20	C. Klarer Centre-back	Birmingham	26	31±0%	65±0%
21	M. Pollock Centre-back	Watford	24	19±0%	65±0%
22	S. Bueno Centre-back	Wolves	27	235.7%	6512.1%
23	J. Ngakia Full-back	Watford	26	323.3%	642.9%
24	A. Ahmed Full-back	Norwich	25	1318.1%	6460.9%
25	J. Bowen Winger	West Ham	29	58±0%	64±0%
26	Rayan Jawad Kolli Centre-forward	QPR	21	152.1%	642.1%
27	J. Knight Central midfielder	Bristol City	25	22±0%	64±0%
28	R. Edwards Central midfielder	QPR	23	20±0%	64±0%
29	J. Tchamadeu Full-back	Stoke City	22	2428.4%	649.2%
30	K. Keben Full-back	Watford	22	14±0%	64±0%
31	J. Tymon Full-back	Swansea	27	354.8%	630.6%
32	S. Langås Centre-back	Derby	25	23±0%	63±0%
33	K. Ramsay Centre-back	Charlton	25	3625.3%	6329.2%
34	J. Córdoba Full-back	Norwich	25	21±0%	63±0%
35	D. Gyabi Central midfielder	Hull City	22	1066.9%	634.7%
36	J. Monga Central midfielder	Swansea	17	111030%	6210.3%
37	João Henrique Full-back	QPR	20	87500%	626.9%
38	G. Coudert Goalkeeper	Burnley	27	17216.7%	612.2%
39	C. Styles Full-back	West Brom	26	47±0%	61±0%
40	J. Griffiths Goalkeeper	Stoke City	25	17154.5%	6136.6%
41	S. Sambo Centre-back	Burnley	25	348375%	617.6%
42	M. Cooper Goalkeeper	Sheffield Utd	26	12±0%	61±0%
43	K. Dembélé Central midfielder	QPR	23	1132.7%	608.8%
44	T. Gardner-Hickman Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	1441.7%	6021.8%
45	L. Miller Full-back	Blackburn	26	3024.4%	5924.4%
46	A. Ramsdale Goalkeeper	Southampton	28	4131.3%	5918.4%
47	M. Servais Attacking midfielder	Millwall	21	2253.4%	5911.2%
48	H. Kyprianou Defensive midfielder	Watford	25	16±0%	59±0%
49	J. Tanganga Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	27	41±0%	59±0%
50	A. Doughty Full-back	Millwall	26	1937%	585.7%