Midfielders with the Best Potential in Ligue 2

The highest-potential midfielders in Ligue 2, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Adeline of Estac Troyes is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Ligue 2, with a Field Insider Rating of 71.9, and A. Boakye has been the form player this season, grading 61.9.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Boakye has improved his Season rating most, up +48.9 on last season, while J. Mendes's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +30.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Boakye of Saint Etienne is the most valuable name in this group at 38.6.

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	Player	Team
1	M. Adeline Attacking midfielder	Estac Troyes	22	58204.2%	7221.7%
2	M. Detourbet Attacking midfielder	Estac Troyes	19	28	7135.2%
3	Y. Sekongo Attacking midfielder	Dunkerque	22	45268.9%	6919.3%
4	A. Boakye Defensive midfielder	Saint Etienne	25	62376.2%	695.5%
5	E. Bardeli Attacking midfielder	Dunkerque	25	494.5%	676.6%
6	L. Calodat Attacking midfielder	Le Mans	24	24148.4%	6677.8%
7	N. Mbuku Attacking midfielder	Montpellier	24	31105.2%	657.3%
8	M. Diop Defensive midfielder	Estac Troyes	25	4041.9%	654.9%
9	J. Mendes Central midfielder	Rodez	22	31623.3%	6492.2%
10	A. Tia Attacking midfielder	Reims	19	24280.6%	644.5%
11	E. Zabi Attacking midfielder	Reims	19	18	643.6%
12	T. Chennahi Defensive midfielder	Montpellier	21	361531.8%	644.1%
13	R. Touzghar Central midfielder	PAU	22	421072.2%	6484.6%
14	Aristide Zossou Attacking midfielder	Dunkerque	21	21	640.6%
15	T. Rowe Full-back	Annecy	19	28	63
16	K. Dong Centre-forward	PAU	21	30520.8%	6312.1%
17	G. Versini Centre-forward	PAU	21	28	63
18	B. Old Full-back	Saint Etienne	23	36	630.8%
19	N. Binet Attacking midfielder	Boulogne	22	10	61
20	M. Saka Central midfielder	Rodez	19	13	61
21	D. Meddah Centre-back	PAU	23	31342%	6111.2%
22	A. Kanté Defensive midfielder	Saint Etienne	21	1352.2%	614.7%
23	A. Bojang Central midfielder	Reims	22	16	615.8%
24	O. Joly Central midfielder	Rodez	23	26725%	6088.8%
25	M. Gbane Defensive midfielder	Reims	25	3022.1%	607%
26	E. Cantero Central midfielder	Clermont Foot	20	12	59
27	T. Leoni Defensive midfielder	Reims	26	46100.4%	599.4%
28	W. Younoussa Central midfielder	Rodez	24	2245%	593.3%
29	Y. Mouanga Centre-back	Montpellier	21	24319.3%	5911.1%
30	E. Koné Full-back	Clermont Foot	20	11	59
31	D. Diongu Defensive midfielder	Dunkerque	20	17424.2%	5918.8%
32	Alexandre Bi Zaouai Attacking midfielder	Bastia	21	16	59
33	P. Venot Defensive midfielder	Annecy	24	21	59
34	K. Fayad Attacking midfielder	Montpellier	22	916.7%	5811.9%
35	I. Fofana Central midfielder	Amiens	23	35131.3%	585.2%
36	G. Versini Central midfielder	PAU	22	14	58
37	E. Tacafred Full-back	Nancy	21	20	5872.6%
38	M. Rossignol Central midfielder	Le Mans	22	1675.6%	5841.3%
39	N. El Jamali Central midfielder	Saint Etienne	19	4	58
40	C. Fall Central midfielder	PAU	22	19	578.5%
41	N. Zahui Defensive midfielder	Grenoble	23	23	5713.7%
42	R. Bamba Central midfielder	Nancy	22	20600%	5763%
43	I. Miladinović Attacking midfielder	Saint Etienne	23	93033.3%	573.9%
44	L. Bretelle Central midfielder	Le Mans	24	20	5775.2%
45	A. Moueffek Attacking midfielder	Saint Etienne	25	1210.9%	5711.2%
46	R. Lutin Central midfielder	Amiens	23	2723.8%	577.3%
47	E. Clavreul Attacking midfielder	Laval	20	17	57
48	S. Kielt Winger	Guingamp	24	19739.1%	5657.9%
49	J. Janneh Defensive midfielder	Bastia	23	245.2%	558.3%
50	S. Diba Defensive midfielder	Grenoble	22	14189.8%	5549.1%