U21 midfielders with the Best Potential in 3. Liga

The highest-potential U21 midfielders in 3. Liga, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

I. Badjie of VfL Osnabrück is the standout for raw talent across U21 midfielders in 3. Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 45.9, and P. Hennrich has been the form player this season, grading 23.9.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: I. Badjie has improved his Season rating most, up +15.4 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, P. Hennrich of Hoffenheim II is the most valuable name in this group at 7.4.

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	Player	Team
1	I. Badjie Winger	VfL Osnabrück	20	19416.2%	4617.4%
2	Lukas Michelbrink Central midfielder	Energie Cottbus	21	15	44
3	P. Hennrich Attacking midfielder	Hoffenheim II	21	2411850%	4429.6%
4	Jan-Simon Symalla Winger	MSV Duisburg	21	12	4322.9%
5	K. Wiethaup Central midfielder	VfL Osnabrück	21	71050%	4217.8%
6	Yann Sturm Central midfielder	FC Ingolstadt 04	21	13	42
7	G. Christensen Central midfielder	FC Ingolstadt 04	21	14375.9%	426.9%
8	L. Bierschenk Attacking midfielder	Waldhof Mannheim	20	8	42
9	J. Diehl Attacking midfielder	Stuttgart II	21	10255.2%	417.1%
10	M. Catovic Central midfielder	Stuttgart II	19	10188.6%	406.3%
11	L. Penna Central midfielder	Stuttgart II	19	9	40
12	Max Plath Defensive midfielder	FC Ingolstadt 04	21	14136.1%	400.5%
13	K. Okpala Central midfielder	Waldhof Mannheim	21	845.3%	403.9%
14	Florian Micheler Central midfielder	Hoffenheim II	21	8	4036.2%
15	Y. Tonye Central midfielder	FC Viktoria Köln	21	6	39
16	Matti Wagner Central midfielder	Alemannia Aachen	21	466.7%	393.7%
17	L. Engelns Defensive midfielder	Hoffenheim II	19	12175.6%	3932.4%
18	Y. Spalt Central midfielder	Stuttgart II	18	4	39
19	L. Bausenwein Central midfielder	FC Schweinfurt 05	20	8	38
20	S. Di Benedetto Central midfielder	Stuttgart II	20	4	38
21	Samuele Di Benedetto Central midfielder	Stuttgart II	21	52450%	3844.8%
22	Diren Dağdeviren Central midfielder	Hoffenheim II	21	5	37