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Midfielders with the Best Potential in Premier League

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

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At a glance

A. Batrakov of Lokomotiv is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 41.9, and E. Spertsyan has been the form player this season, grading 65.6.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Beveev has improved his Season rating most, up +41.6 on last season, while M. Petrov's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +9.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Batrakov of Lokomotiv is the most valuable name in this group at 6.8.

Best talent
A. Batrakov41.9RTG
Lokomotiv
In form
E. Spertsyan65.6SsN
FC Krasnodar
Rising potential
M. Petrov+9.2RTG
Baltika · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
M. Beveev+41.6SsN
Baltika · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
E. Spertsyan13goals
FC Krasnodar
Most valuable
A. Batrakov6.8val
Lokomotiv
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PlayerTeam
1A. BatrakovAttacking midfielderLokomotiv21584.5%423.5%
2M. KislyakDefensive midfielderCSKA Moscow214886.9%4115.7%
3K. GlebovCentral midfielderCSKA Moscow2041529.2%3915.6%
4Pedro HenriqueAttacking midfielderZenit20229.7%394.3%
5J. ThompsonAttacking midfielderFC Orenburg21322566.7%3840.7%
6Luiz HenriqueAttacking midfielderZenit25337.4%3751.3%
7M. PetrovCentral midfielderBaltika2544204.9%3634.7%
8Matheus AlvesAttacking midfielderCSKA Moscow211935
9E. SpertsyanAttacking midfielderFC Krasnodar266636.4%359.8%
10V. HodžaCentral midfielderRubin233470.6%355.4%
11V. SausDefensive midfielderBaltika23283522.8%
12K. ShchetininCentral midfielderFC Rostov243537.9%354.2%
13A. KarpukasDefensive midfielderLokomotiv243335.8%353%
14P. SolariAttacking midfielderSpartak Moscow253232.8%3442.2%
15E. GürlükAttacking midfielderFC Orenburg222029.8%347.6%
16M. HosseinnezhadAttacking midfielderDinamo Makhachkala231919.4%343.1%
17N. KrivtsovAttacking midfielderFC Krasnodar232853.6%343.2%
18BitelloAttacking midfielderDynamo264316.1%348%
19I. DmitrievAttacking midfielderSpartak Moscow22176%331.8%
20N. UmyarovDefensive midfielderSpartak Moscow263417%337.8%
21U. IwuCentral midfielderRubin263784.2%331.8%
22MarquinhosAttacking midfielderSpartak Moscow263325.6%336.1%
23S. BabkinDefensive midfielderKrylia Sovetov232819%334.4%
24S. PryakhinDefensive midfielderAkhmat232525.3%326.2%
25D. PrutsevDefensive midfielderLokomotiv2633184.5%320.9%
26E. BarcoAttacking midfielderSpartak Moscow27448.4%3214.5%
27M. GlushenkovAttacking midfielderZenit274954.7%325.1%
28D. VasiljevCentral midfielderFC Sochi22313210.9%
29E. BolotovDefensive midfielderFC Orenburg2525369.8%3222.5%
30D. KozlovAttacking midfielderCSKA Moscow21812.7%314%
31A. IvlevCentral midfielderNizhny Novgorod19147%31±0%
32Manuel KelianoDefensive midfielderAkhmat232223.3%3143%
33E. El MoubarikCentral midfielderDinamo Makhachkala252331
34H. MrezigueCentral midfielderDinamo Makhachkala263424.3%314.4%
35A. MironovCentral midfielderFC Rostov26313120.1%
36E. SmelovCentral midfielderNizhny Novgorod21134300%305.9%
37A. ShumanskiyCentral midfielderCSKA Moscow21435.7%304.7%
38A. OpokuCentral midfielderNizhny Novgorod211330
39B. JočićCentral midfielderRubin251519.4%306.2%
40A. RudenkoAttacking midfielderLokomotiv273443.4%300.7%
41Gedson FernandesAttacking midfielderSpartak Moscow272648.6%3044.1%
42L. SadulaevAttacking midfielderAkhmat261461.9%3015%
43L. TičićCentral midfielderNizhny Novgorod252374.8%292.6%
44M. MukhinCentral midfielderFC Sochi242245%299%
45S. OganesyanCentral midfielderFC Orenburg249250%2911.9%
46I. OblyakovAttacking midfielderCSKA Moscow28352.5%2917%
47K. KravtsovCentral midfielderFC Sochi242253.8%292.5%
48D. KrugovoyAttacking midfielderCSKA Moscow28395.4%299.4%
49N. GlushkovCentral midfielderDinamo Makhachkala27233.7%299.1%
50A. ChernikovDefensive midfielderFC Krasnodar262025.3%2913.2%