Fastest-Rising midfielders by Potential Gain

The fastest-rising midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and V. Qazaishvili leads the scoring with 27 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: João Félix has improved his Season rating most, up +71 on last season, while E. Diouf's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +48.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Gibbs-White of Nottingham Forest is the most valuable name in this group at 144.2.

West Ham · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

João Félix+71SsN

Al-Nassr · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

V. Qazaishvili27goals

Shandong Luneng

Most valuable

M. Gibbs-White144.2val

Nottingham Forest

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	Player	Team
1	E. Diouf Full-back	West Ham	21	+48.8 23/24→25/26	34139.3%	93110.2%
2	R. Bardghji Attacking midfielder	Barcelona	20	+42.2 24/25→25/26	8	82107.1%
3	D. Gómez Attacking midfielder	Brighton	23	+41.5 24/25→25/26	2950%	8988.3%
4	D. Svensson Defensive midfielder	Borussia Dortmund	24	+41.4 24/25→25/26	38174.1%	82103.2%
5	A. Pyrka Defensive midfielder	FC St. Pauli	23	+37.8 24/25→25/26	2842.5%	75101.9%
6	T. Almada Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	25	+36.8 24/25→25/26	3158.4%	7889.5%
7	M. Sangaré Defensive midfielder	Lens	24	+36.3 22/23→25/26	63798.6%	8870.6%
8	S. Ebonog Defensive midfielder	Le Havre	21	+36.2 24/25→25/26	26528.6%	7594.3%
9	N. Aséko Nkili Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	20	+35.4 24/25→25/26	461917.4%	7395.2%
10	S. El Mala Centre-forward	1. FC Köln	19	+35.3 24/25→25/26	5646.9%	8472%
11	S. Fusire Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	21	+34.1 24/25→25/26	29271.8%	63117.2%
12	O. Pietuszewski Central midfielder	FC Porto	18	+33.9 24/25→25/26	28	6898.8%
13	O. Vargas Defensive midfielder	Atletico Madrid	21	+33.4 24/25→25/26	1750.3%	8170.5%
14	A. Ounahi Attacking midfielder	Girona	26	+33 24/25→25/26	36131.6%	7186.8%
15	M. Linday Defensive midfielder	Heerenveen	23	+32.9 24/25→25/26	4056.5%	6991.1%
16	N. Nartey Attacking midfielder	VfB Stuttgart	26	+32.7 24/25→25/26	27737.5%	6794.2%
17	M. Yalcouyé Defensive midfielder	Swansea	20	+31.9 24/25→25/26	155%	6596.7%
18	M. Stamenić Defensive midfielder	Swansea	24	+31.1 24/25→25/26	37619.6%	6884.3%
19	J. Mendes Central midfielder	Rodez	22	+30.9 24/25→25/26	31623.3%	6492.2%
20	M. Baur Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	22	+30.6 24/25→25/26	54562.2%	7470.2%
21	D. Karim Attacking midfielder	Lorient	22	+29.8 24/25→25/26	1451.4%	7466.8%
22	N. Sadiki Defensive midfielder	Sunderland	21	+29.8 24/25→25/26	3210.3%	9545.6%
23	Victor Mow Froholdt Central midfielder	FC Porto	20	+29.2 24/25→25/26	6052.3%	7959%
24	R. Touzghar Central midfielder	PAU	22	+29.2 24/25→25/26	421072.2%	6484.6%
25	D. Sylla Central midfielder	RED Star FC 93	23	+28.9 24/25→25/26	37372.2%	8056.7%
26	L. Calodat Attacking midfielder	Le Mans	24	+28.7 24/25→25/26	24148.4%	6677.8%
27	O. Joly Central midfielder	Rodez	23	+28.4 24/25→25/26	26725%	6088.8%
28	E. Bajraktarevic Central midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	21	+28.3 24/25→25/26	2977.1%	7265.4%
29	Y. Suzuki Attacking midfielder	SC Freiburg	24	+28 24/25→25/26	2746.9%	7954.6%
30	Artur Attacking midfielder	Botafogo	28	+27.5 24/25→25/26	33372.5%	54104.2%
31	E. İlkhan Defensive midfielder	Torino	22	+26.6 23/24→25/26	2048.9%	7357.2%
32	S. El-Faouzi Central midfielder	FC Schalke 04	24	+26.1 24/25→25/26	5369.8%	7257.5%
33	Franco Mastantuono Winger	Real Madrid	18	+25.9 24/25→25/26	758%	8047.6%
34	K. Kouassi Defensive midfielder	Lorient	21	+24.8 24/25→25/26	48106%	8739.7%
35	K. Oudenne Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	24	+24.8 24/25→25/26	32193.5%	6365.3%
36	L. Miller Defensive midfielder	Udinese	19	+24.4 24/25→25/26	1667.1%	7746.6%
37	S. Sebulonsen Full-back	1. FC Köln	26	+24.3 24/25→25/26	1549.8%	6954%
38	C. Olivera Central midfielder	Gremio	24	+23.3 24/25→25/26	265.6%	6753.2%
39	E. Le Fée Attacking midfielder	Sunderland	26	+23.1 24/25→25/26	41109.8%	8636.8%
40	G. Versini Central midfielder	PAU	22	+23 24/25→25/26	14	58
41	J. Sands Defensive midfielder	FC St. Pauli	26	+22.9 24/25→25/26	4114.3%	6751.6%
42	Kofi Jeremy Amoako Defensive midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	21	+22.8 24/25→25/26	32289.2%	6357%
43	B. Zeneli Central midfielder	Union St. Gilloise	23	+22.5 24/25→25/26	3651.1%	5863.4%
44	Cameron Bragg Defensive midfielder	Southampton	21	+22.4 24/25→25/26	6328.6%	6256.9%
45	J. Stansfield Attacking midfielder	Birmingham	23	+22.4 24/25→25/26	454.3%	7641.5%
46	K. WÃ¤tjen Defensive midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	+22.4 24/25→25/26	23420%	6256.1%
47	P. Mattsson Central midfielder	Norwich	25	+22.3 24/25→25/26	3815%	6848.8%
48	S. Resink Attacking midfielder	Groningen	23	+22.1 24/25→25/26	46698.3%	7939.2%
49	R. Bamba Central midfielder	Nancy	22	+22.1 24/25→25/26	20600%	5763%
50	P. Diop Attacking midfielder	Toulouse	22	+22 24/25→25/26	2243.3%	7839.1%