Midfielders with the Best Potential in Bundesliga

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

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At a glance

M. Usor of Lask Linz is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 50.1, and V. Müller has been the form player this season, grading 59, and O. Kiteishvili leads the scoring with 15 goals.

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 R. Amané's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +9.7 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.

Rapid Vienna · 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	M. Usor Centre-forward	Lask Linz	24	53	50
2	E. Havel Central midfielder	TSV Hartberg	23	53	50
3	Jacob Peter Hödl Defensive midfielder	Sturm Graz	19	27	50
4	S. Kitano Attacking midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	21	32310.3%	491.8%
5	S. Seidl Defensive midfielder	FC BW Linz	23	52	47
6	R. Amané Defensive midfielder	Rapid Vienna	23	4128.2%	4725.9%
7	M. Ouédraogo Central midfielder	SCR Altach	23	43	47
8	M. Kjærgaard Central midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	23	28	46
9	K. Daněk Central midfielder	Lask Linz	23	22	46
10	B. Markuš Central midfielder	TSV Hartberg	25	29	45
11	P. Dahl Attacking midfielder	Rapid Vienna	22	227.5%	456.1%
12	S. Diabaté Central midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	21	30	45
13	A. Barry Defensive midfielder	Austria Vienna	26	47	45
14	B. Böckle Central midfielder	WSG Wattens	24	34158%	451.3%
15	Boris Matić Defensive midfielder	Wolfsberger AC	21	36	45
16	T. Trummer Full-back	Red Bull Salzburg	20	8	44
17	S. Saljic Attacking midfielder	Austria Vienna	20	15	44
18	Philipp Maybach Defensive midfielder	Austria Vienna	18	11	44
19	M. Yeo Central midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	22	21	43
20	M. Bidstrup Defensive midfielder	Red Bull Salzburg	25	2630.5%	4310.5%
21	M. Sulzner Defensive midfielder	Wolfsberger AC	23	24	43
22	C. Lang Winger	Lask Linz	24	21	43
23	M. Taferner Defensive midfielder	WSG Wattens	25	38	43
24	T. Chukwuani Defensive midfielder	Sturm Graz	23	1759%	4310.9%
25	J. Mayer Attacking midfielder	Ried	22	5	43
26	V. Müller Defensive midfielder	WSG Wattens	27	59	42
27	Lee Kang-Hee Defensive midfielder	Austria Vienna	24	16	42
28	Y. Massombo Winger	SCR Altach	26	28	4231.6%
29	J. Italiano Attacking midfielder	Grazer AK	25	19	41
30	J. Nasrawe Attacking midfielder	Ried	18	4	41
31	T. Gulliksen Defensive midfielder	Rapid Vienna	23	1846.7%	411%
32	F. Rossdorfer Full-back	Ried	20	12	41
33	R. Fosso Defensive midfielder	Sturm Graz	24	1362.3%	4141.9%
34	T. Koch Attacking midfielder	Grazer AK	25	12	41
35	I. Coulibaly Defensive midfielder	Lask Linz	25	119.6%	3913.3%
36	J. Naschberger Defensive midfielder	WSG Wattens	26	23	39
37	E. Agyemang Defensive midfielder	Wolfsberger AC	22	7	39
38	V. Demaku Central midfielder	SCR Altach	26	29	39
39	Q. Butler Central midfielder	WSG Wattens	24	8	38
40	S. Fofana Defensive midfielder	Grazer AK	23	1025%	3738.3%
41	T. Horvat Attacking midfielder	Sturm Graz	27	21	37
42	I. Dahlqvist Defensive midfielder	FC BW Linz	24	1069.8%	3713.2%
43	M. Olesen Defensive midfielder	Grazer AK	25	19185.1%	3728.5%
44	P. Pomer Defensive midfielder	Ried	28	40	35
45	Mamadou Fofana II Defensive midfielder	FC BW Linz	25	18371.1%	3532.4%
46	L. Klassen Attacking midfielder	Grazer AK	26	961.4%	3421.2%
47	S. Horvath Defensive midfielder	Lask Linz	29	39	336.7%
48	T. Schriebl Attacking midfielder	Grazer AK	27	8	32
49	S. Ingolitsch Central midfielder	SCR Altach	29	45	32
50	P. Greil Attacking midfielder	SCR Altach	29	46441.7%	316.5%