Midfielders with the Best Potential in Bundesliga 25/26

The highest-potential midfielders in Bundesliga in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

N. Niehoff of SCR Altach is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 55.9, and O. Kiteishvili has been the form player this season, grading 53.4.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: P. Greil has improved his Season rating most, up +37.1 on last season, while N. Niehoff's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +11 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Usor of Lask Linz is the most valuable name in this group at 16.2.

O. Kiteishvili53.4SsN

Sturm Graz

Rising potential

N. Niehoff+11RTG

SCR Altach · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

P. Greil+37.1SsN

SCR Altach · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

O. Kiteishvili15goals

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	Player	Team
1	N. Niehoff Central midfielder	SCR Altach	22	1237.6%	5624.5%
2	M. Usor Centre-forward	Lask Linz	24	53	50
3	Jacob Peter Hödl Defensive midfielder	Sturm Graz	19	27	50
4	G. Diakité Defensive midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	20	41	49
5	S. Kitano Attacking midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	22	30284.6%	484.4%
6	S. Seidl Defensive midfielder	Sturm Graz	24	52	47
7	M. Ouédraogo Central midfielder	SCR Altach	23	43±0%	47±0%
8	V. Matoshi Attacking midfielder	Sturm Graz	23	26	46
9	K. Daněk Central midfielder	Lask Linz	23	22	46
10	P. Dahl Attacking midfielder	Rapid Vienna	22	227.5%	456.1%
11	B. Markuš Central midfielder	TSV Hartberg	25	29	45
12	S. Diabaté Central midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	21	30	45
13	A. Barry Defensive midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	26	47	45
14	B. Böckle Central midfielder	SCR Altach	24	34158%	451.3%
15	Boris Matić Defensive midfielder	Wolfsberger AC	22	36	45
16	T. Trummer Full-back	Grazer AK	20	8	44
17	B. Mazurek Central midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	19	23	4432%
18	S. Saljic Attacking midfielder	Austria Vienna	20	15	44
19	Philipp Maybach Defensive midfielder	Austria Vienna	18	11	44
20	M. Sulzner Defensive midfielder	Wolfsberger AC	23	24	43
21	F. Matijašević Attacking midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	18	16	43
22	C. Lang Winger	Lask Linz	24	21	43
23	M. Taferner Defensive midfielder	WSG Wattens	25	38	43
24	J. Mayer Attacking midfielder	FC BW Linz	22	5	43
25	Lee Kang-Hee Defensive midfielder	Austria Vienna	25	16	42
26	Y. Massombo Winger	SCR Altach	26	28	4231.6%
27	J. Italiano Attacking midfielder	Grazer AK	25	19	41
28	J. Nasrawe Attacking midfielder	Ried	18	4	41
29	F. Rossdorfer Full-back	Ried	20	12	41
30	T. Koch Attacking midfielder	Grazer AK	25	12	41
31	E. Agyemang Defensive midfielder	Wolfsberger AC	22	7	39
32	V. Demaku Central midfielder	SCR Altach	26	29	39
33	Q. Butler Central midfielder	WSG Wattens	25	8	38
34	R. Elongo-Yombo Central midfielder	SCR Altach	25	1180.3%	362.2%
35	E. Weinhauer Central midfielder	FC BW Linz	25	12	36
36	S. Horvath Defensive midfielder	Lask Linz	30	39	336.7%
37	T. Schriebl Attacking midfielder	Wolfsberger AC	27	8	32
38	M. Olakigbe Central midfielder	WSG Wattens	22	813.5%	322.1%
39	P. Pomer Defensive midfielder	Ried	29	40	32
40	R. Ljubičić Attacking midfielder	Lask Linz	27	20121.3%	321.2%
41	S. Ingolitsch Central midfielder	SCR Altach	29	45	32
42	P. Greil Attacking midfielder	SCR Altach	30	46441.7%	316.5%
43	J. Heil Full-back	Sturm Graz	29	37	31
44	A. Pašić Full-back	FC BW Linz	29	32	31
45	J. Gorenc Stankovič Defensive midfielder	Sturm Graz	30	37	29
46	O. Kiteishvili Attacking midfielder	Sturm Graz	30	53	29
47	A. Bajić Attacking midfielder	Ried	31	29	28
48	Y. Diarra Central midfielder	TSV Hartberg	28	152071.4%	2810%
49	M. Şatin Attacking midfielder	WSG Wattens	30	15	27
50	M. Fischer Attacking midfielder	Austria Vienna	31	26	27