Midfielders with the Best Potential in Premier League 26/27

The highest-potential midfielders in Premier League in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Y. Minteh of Brighton is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 93.5, and Bruno Fernandes has been the form player this season, grading 79.5, and M. Harness leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: E. Le Fée has improved his Season rating most, up +48.6 on last season, while D. Gómez's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +40.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Y. Minteh of Brighton is the most valuable name in this group at 111.9.

Bruno Fernandes79.5SsN

Manchester United

Rising potential

D. Gómez+40.2RTG

Brighton · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

E. Le Fée+48.6SsN

Sunderland · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Y. Minteh Central midfielder	Brighton	22	4429.8%	942.7%
2	Rayan Central midfielder	Bournemouth	20	2650.1%	8814.8%
3	A. Wharton Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	22	46±0%	88±0%
4	D. Gómez Attacking midfielder	Brighton	23	47±0%	87±0%
5	E. Le Fée Central midfielder	Sunderland	26	68±0%	86±0%
6	E. Ampadu Defensive midfielder	Leeds	26	45±0%	847.3%
7	N. Williams Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	25	50±0%	84±0%
8	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	4418.3%	825.2%
9	M. Guéhi Central midfielder	Manchester City	26	56±0%	802.4%
10	A. Onana Defensive midfielder	Aston Villa	25	3131.9%	797.6%
11	T. Mitchell Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	27	47±0%	798.8%
12	B. Gruda Winger	Brighton	22	951.8%	794.4%
13	B. Mbeumo Attacking midfielder	Manchester United	27	50±0%	77±0%
14	S. Tonali Central midfielder	Tottenham	26	29±0%	762%
15	K. Dewsbury-Hall Attacking midfielder	Everton	28	44±0%	7410.2%
16	H. Armstrong Central midfielder	Everton	19	565.4%	7420.5%
17	M. Ugarte Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	25	1460.7%	736.4%
18	B. Kamara Central midfielder	Aston Villa	26	29±0%	73±0%
19	A. Stach Defensive midfielder	Leeds	27	52±0%	73±0%
20	H. Amass Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	19	26541.5%	721.9%
21	I. Gruev Central midfielder	Leeds	26	2226.6%	686.9%
22	L. Chambers Central midfielder	Liverpool	22	110.9%	6449.4%
23	H. Barnes Attacking midfielder	Newcastle	28	32±0%	61±0%
24	J. Eccles Central midfielder	Coventry	26	2328.7%	5916.7%
25	J. Justin Defensive midfielder	Leeds	28	305.7%	581.2%
26	V. Janelt Central midfielder	Brentford	28	32±0%	58±0%
27	Bruno Fernandes Attacking midfielder	Manchester United	32	80±0%	5412%
28	K. Mitoma Central midfielder	Brighton	29	2548.4%	5330.5%
29	Z. Gozo Winger	Crystal Palace	19	4389.3%	506.9%
30	R. Yates Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	28	1360.5%	5032%
31	J. Taylor Central midfielder	Ipswich	28	2692.5%	4820%
32	G. Abbott Central midfielder	Tottenham	21	1924.5%	45±0%
33	D. Kamada Attacking midfielder	Crystal Palace	30	0	44±0%
34	Y. Wissa Central midfielder	Newcastle	30	5±0%	4318.3%
35	M. Grimes Central midfielder	Coventry	31	38±0%	42±0%
36	N. Huggins Central midfielder	Sunderland	25	938%	4131.7%
37	G. Xhaka Central midfielder	Sunderland	34	50±0%	3711.8%
38	N. Garayalde Defensive midfielder	Liverpool	27	2134.9%	3622.9%
39	A. Browne Central midfielder	Sunderland	31	38253.3%	356.7%
40	T. Hall Attacking midfielder	Tottenham	21	23	34
41	M. Harness Attacking midfielder	Ipswich	30	3613.5%	321.6%
42	Jack Ethan Thompson Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	21	4	27
43	I. Gueye Central midfielder	Everton	37	38±0%	2639.4%
44	P. Forsell Central midfielder	Free Agents	36	29	24
45	P. Groß Attacking midfielder	Brighton	35	27±0%	24±0%
46	Éverton Ribeiro Central midfielder	Everton	37	33±0%	1714%