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

D. Kuzyk of LNZ Cherkasy is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 43.2, and Bruninho has been the form player this season, grading 25.3.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Ryabov has improved his Season rating most, up +19.2 on last season, while I. Lytvynenko's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +7.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, D. Kuzyk of LNZ Cherkasy is the most valuable name in this group at 6.8.

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	Player	Team
1	D. Kuzyk Attacking midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	23	2479.4%	431.4%
2	Y. Pastukh Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	22	1867.9%	427.1%
3	C. Paraco Attacking midfielder	Kryvbas KR	22	21	41
4	Newertton Attacking midfielder	Shakhtar Donetsk	21	151.3%	411%
5	Eguinaldo Winger	Shakhtar Donetsk	21	185.2%	413.8%
6	O. Ocheretko Attacking midfielder	Shakhtar Donetsk	23	1424.3%	414%
7	M. Ponomarenko Winger	Dynamo Kyiv	20	18658.3%	400.5%
8	Marlon Gomes Central midfielder	Shakhtar Donetsk	22	1241.5%	403.1%
9	Y. Shevchenko Attacking midfielder	Kryvbas KR	19	11	4012%
10	A. Slesar Central midfielder	Zorya Luhansk	21	16127.8%	406.1%
11	P. Obah Winger	LNZ Cherkasy	22	1526.3%	4026.5%
12	A. Ryabov Defensive midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	25	24408.5%	4011.5%
13	N. Voloshyn Attacking midfielder	Dynamo Kyiv	23	18	397.1%
14	M. Bragaru Winger	Polessya	24	19266.7%	393.2%
15	B. Lin Central midfielder	Kryvbas KR	21	15	39
16	E. Tverdokhlib Attacking midfielder	Kryvbas KR	25	2243.7%	387.8%
17	A. Salabay Central midfielder	Kolos Kovalivka	24	19258.5%	3810%
18	D. Popara Central midfielder	Zorya Luhansk	23	12452.4%	370.5%
19	A. Bondarenko Attacking midfielder	Shakhtar Donetsk	25	1077.3%	3718.5%
20	A. Araujo Central midfielder	Kryvbas KR	23	14	37
21	Y. Kostenko Central midfielder	Karpaty	23	1617.4%	375.9%
22	B. Zabërgja Central midfielder	FC Kharkiv	25	14	36
23	A. Mykytyshyn Central midfielder	Kryvbas KR	23	1115%	3614.7%
24	A. Kitela Central midfielder	Ruh Lviv	21	852.9%	362.6%
25	I. Lytvynenko Central midfielder	FC Kharkiv	25	11	3625.3%
26	N. Gagnidze Central midfielder	Kolos Kovalivka	25	1221%	35±0%
27	M. Myronyuk Central midfielder	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi	24	925.4%	35±0%
28	O. Gorin Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	26	17136.1%	355.8%
29	Klayver Gabriel Central midfielder	Ruh Lviv	22	632.6%	354.9%
30	I. Nesterenko Central midfielder	Obolon'-Brovar	23	818.2%	355.4%
31	D. Pidgurskyi Central midfielder	Ruh Lviv	23	922.9%	3413.8%
32	Bruninho Winger	Karpaty	26	2522.4%	3417.9%
33	D. Vashchenko Central midfielder	Oleksandria	20	633.3%	3410.9%
34	P. Tanda Defensive midfielder	Karpaty	24	71.5%	3427.3%
35	M. Mykhaylenko Central midfielder	Dynamo Kyiv	25	477.1%	3417.4%
36	D. Nagnoynyi Central midfielder	Kudrivka	24	12	3329.6%
37	Emin Kujovic Central midfielder	SK Poltava	25	11	32
38	I. Kane Central midfielder	Kolos Kovalivka	26	932.8%	327.6%
39	Elias Telles Central midfielder	Kolos Kovalivka	27	202450%	326.8%
40	D. Semenov Central midfielder	Obolon'-Brovar	26	157.8%	3212.5%
41	Fernando Henrique Central midfielder	Oleksandria	25	4230.8%	3145%
42	O. Prytula Central midfielder	Ruh Lviv	26	1115.4%	3017.4%
43	T. Cara Central midfielder	Oleksandria	26	842.7%	3022.2%
44	I. Kalyuzhnyi Central midfielder	FC Kharkiv	28	1628.1%	2827.2%
45	Pedrinho Attacking midfielder	Shakhtar Donetsk	28	1659.8%	2816.8%
46	M. Chekh Defensive midfielder	Obolon'-Brovar	27	14152.6%	279%
47	R. Vantukh Attacking midfielder	Zorya Luhansk	28	1822.4%	2626.2%
48	V. Danylenko Central midfielder	SK Poltava	27	7	2616.5%
49	D. Antyukh Central midfielder	FC Kharkiv	29	1812.6%	2613.1%
50	S. Buletsa Central midfielder	Oleksandria	27	4414.3%	267.2%