Players with the Best Potential in League One 26/27

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

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

At a glance

D. Sanches Fernandes of Huddersfield is the standout for raw talent across players in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 70.7, and K. Wootton has been the form player this season, grading 46.8, and C. Stead leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Eastwood has improved his Season rating most, up +45.3 on last season, while S. Fusire's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Charles of Bromley is the most valuable name in this group at 14.7.

Best talent

D. Sanches Fernandes70.7RTG

Sheffield Wednesday · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Eastwood+45.3SsN

Cambridge United · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	D. Sanches Fernandes Winger	Huddersfield	25	3911.9%	71±0%
2	T. Noslin Defensive midfielder	Barnsley	24	4011.9%	691.6%
3	L. Thomas Full-back	Leicester	25	27±0%	67±0%
4	S. Fusire Defensive midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	21	27239.7%	62114.1%
5	B. Nelson Centre-back	Leicester	22	177.5%	612.3%
6	L. Thompson Central midfielder	Mansfield Town	24	11±0%	602.6%
7	L. Page Attacking midfielder	Leicester	18	5±0%	59±0%
8	I. Bowat Centre-back	Huddersfield	24	8±0%	592.2%
9	J. Williams Centre-back	Blackpool	27	1612.2%	588%
10	H. Matthews Centre-back	Bradford	22	7133.3%	57±0%
11	F. Stevens Centre-back	Leyton Orient	23	0	57±0%
12	C. O'Riordan Centre-back	Barnsley	23	477.1%	5526.3%
13	E. Pye Centre-back	Stockport County	24	44±0%	54±0%
14	H. White Central midfielder	Plymouth	25	41±0%	522.6%
15	Oliver Whatmuff Goalkeeper	Stockport County	19	24	52
16	K. Lofthouse Attacking midfielder	Burton Albion	26	46±0%	51±0%
17	B. Pointon Centre-forward	Bradford	22	29±0%	51±0%
18	Joshua Feeney Centre-back	Peterborough	21	2424.7%	5111.8%
19	H. Leonard Centre-forward	Peterborough	23	46±0%	511.8%
20	A. Mitchell Centre-back	Plymouth	25	30±0%	492.5%
21	Patrick Kelly Central midfielder	Barnsley	22	33±0%	491.6%
22	R. Walters Central midfielder	Luton	21	1732.8%	4917.3%
23	A. Pepple Centre-forward	Plymouth	23	38±0%	49±0%
24	B. Peacock-Farrell Goalkeeper	Blackpool	30	2813.5%	4944.8%
25	I. Ogundere Centre-back	AFC Wimbledon	24	28±0%	49±0%
26	C. Brown Centre-back	Oxford United	28	26±0%	49±0%
27	A. Kay Full-back	Barnsley	18	17	48
28	M. Mahoney Goalkeeper	Plymouth	24	2±0%	4814.3%
29	J. Taylor Centre-forward	Huddersfield	23	36±0%	48±0%
30	O. Casey Full-back	Blackpool	26	42±0%	487.2%
31	E. Brierley Central midfielder	Huddersfield	22	2683.9%	4846.3%
32	T. Wright Centre-forward	Bradford	25	18146.6%	4846.3%
33	B. Hills Centre-back	Stockport County	22	2431.5%	482.8%
34	J. Diamond Winger	Stockport County	26	29±0%	47±0%
35	Y. Valery Full-back	Sheffield Wednesday	27	10±0%	47±0%
36	C. Webster Centre-forward	Burton Albion	22	21±0%	47±0%
37	O. O'Neill Attacking midfielder	Leyton Orient	23	2611.6%	472.9%
38	C. Ashia Winger	Huddersfield	20	11	47
39	J. Neufville Defensive midfielder	Bradford	26	45±0%	47±0%
40	K. Chauke Centre-forward	Burton Albion	23	18±0%	47±0%
41	O. Cooper Attacking midfielder	Notts County	26	095.9%	4633.7%
42	Tommy Simkin Goalkeeper	Doncaster	21	541.9%	4625.9%
43	M. Harris Centre-forward	Oxford United	27	10±0%	46±0%
44	J. Weir Central midfielder	Wigan	24	25±0%	46±0%
45	S. Morris Winger	Luton	25	1625.9%	456.9%
46	I. Bronkhorst Central midfielder	Huddersfield	29	2311.7%	45±0%
47	Kyron Silveria Gordon Centre-back	Stockport County	24	266400%	4524.3%
48	C. Taylor Centre-back	Wycombe	25	19±0%	44±0%
49	L. Sørensen Full-back	Huddersfield	27	2117.2%	443.9%
50	J. Olowu Centre-back	Leyton Orient	26	19±0%	449.4%