Midfielders with the Best Potential in Championship

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

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At a glance

H. Hackney of Middlesbrough is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 79, and I. Louza has been the form player this season, grading 62.7, and J. Clarke leads the scoring with 16 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: H. Amass has improved his Season rating most, up +43.4 on last season, while S. Fusire's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +34.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, I. Louza of Watford is the most valuable name in this group at 47.2.

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	Player	Team
1	H. Hackney Central midfielder	Middlesbrough	24	5510.4%	793.8%
2	Sydie Peck Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	21	5398.5%	785.2%
3	J. Stansfield Attacking midfielder	Birmingham	23	454.3%	7641.5%
4	A. Devine Central midfielder	Preston	22	5054.3%	7527.3%
5	S. Charles Defensive midfielder	Southampton	22	475.1%	752.9%
6	O. Azeez Attacking midfielder	Millwall	25	49164.5%	7514.6%
7	A. Fatawu Attacking midfielder	Leicester	22	44560.6%	741.6%
8	J. Coburn Centre-forward	Millwall	23	37141.8%	7312.1%
9	C. Neghli Attacking midfielder	Millwall	24	277.1%	739.7%
10	I. Price Central midfielder	West Brom	22	48240.1%	7230.7%
11	J. Philogene Attacking midfielder	Ipswich	24	46393.6%	722%
12	B. Clark Central midfielder	Derby	21	403490.9%	724.1%
13	J. Rudoni Attacking midfielder	Coventry	25	3922.6%	728.8%
14	A. Segecic Attacking midfielder	Portsmouth	22	39102.6%	7128%
15	A. Morris Defensive midfielder	Middlesbrough	24	3618.6%	712.4%
16	H. Vale Central midfielder	QPR	22	391.9%	7140.4%
17	Ronald Attacking midfielder	Swansea	25	271.1%	703.4%
18	M. Manhoef Attacking midfielder	Stoke City	24	3216.9%	704%
19	J. James Defensive midfielder	Leicester	22	51204.8%	701.1%
20	H. Amass Defensive midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	19	481058.5%	704.8%
21	T. Fellows Attacking midfielder	Southampton	23	1659.2%	708.8%
22	W. Lankshear Centre-forward	Oxford United	21	38	6917.2%
23	Gonçalo Franco Defensive midfielder	Swansea	25	5117.1%	69±0%
24	A. Brooks Attacking midfielder	Sheffield Utd	22	2677.9%	691.8%
25	D. Ozoh Defensive midfielder	Derby	21	30159.1%	6912.7%
26	G. Thomason Defensive midfielder	Wrexham	25	3916%	6936.5%
27	J. Clarke Attacking midfielder	Ipswich	25	43223.9%	695.9%
28	T. Devlin Full-back	Portsmouth	22	37112.8%	699%
29	A. Randell Defensive midfielder	Bristol City	25	428.5%	695.1%
30	E. Mason-Clark Attacking midfielder	Coventry	26	4262.1%	693.3%
31	T. Small Central midfielder	Preston	22	2730.1%	6832.9%
32	E. Galbraith Central midfielder	Swansea	25	4111.2%	6826.1%
33	M. Stamenić Defensive midfielder	Swansea	24	37619.6%	6884.3%
34	S. Carey Central midfielder	Charlton	25	4561.2%	6843.3%
35	Bae Jun-Ho Attacking midfielder	Stoke City	22	1860.4%	677.6%
36	J. Solis Central midfielder	Birmingham	21	22145.1%	677.7%
37	P. Mattsson Central midfielder	Norwich	25	3815%	6645.1%
38	Jacob Wright Defensive midfielder	Norwich	20	1672%	663.3%
39	D. Mazou-Sacko Central midfielder	Millwall	21	1958.3%	6619.4%
40	S. Mills Attacking midfielder	Oxford United	22	21251.7%	669.9%
41	M. Núñez Attacking midfielder	Ipswich	26	3112.9%	654%
42	J. Knight Attacking midfielder	Bristol City	25	979.6%	6516.3%
43	T. Doyle Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	23165.5%	659.9%
44	B. Mitchell Defensive midfielder	Millwall	25	23205.3%	659.6%
45	M. Yalcouyé Defensive midfielder	Swansea	20	155%	6596.7%
46	L. Cundle Central midfielder	Millwall	24	20106.1%	646.1%
47	J. Varane Central midfielder	QPR	24	3313.7%	643.9%
48	K. McAteer Attacking midfielder	Ipswich	24	1316.6%	649.5%
49	Eom Ji-Sung Attacking midfielder	Swansea	24	1414.8%	645.2%
50	K. Dembélé Central midfielder	QPR	23	173%	643.2%