Arduino Pro Mini A6 pin reading incorect with a joystick

Hello,

I have a weird problem with my Arduino Pro mIni, the reading for A6 pin connected to one of thump joystick pot's is reading maximum ~800 and at the middle position the value is 42, at the lower position is zero, I can't understand why it's not working correct. If I insert the same cable to another pin I get the correct reading max:1023, middle ~507, min:0

here is a sample code I made just to test the joystick

#include <Wire.h> 
#include <LiquidCrystal_I2C.h>

LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(0x20,20,4);  

unsigned long currentmillis = 0;
long previousMillis = 0;
long LCDpreviousMillis = 0;
int lcd_refresh = 150;

// TESTED HW CONFIG
const int left_right_pin = A7;
const int up_down_pin = A0;
const int click_pin = 10;

int left_right_value;
int up_down_value;
int click_value ;

long int loop_count = 0;

String title = "XWD Tester: JOYSTICK";


void setup()
{
  pinMode(left_right_pin, INPUT);
  pinMode(up_down_pin, INPUT);
  pinMode(click_pin, INPUT_PULLUP);
  
  // initialize the lcd 
  lcd.init();                      
  lcd.backlight();
  lcd.setCursor(0,0);
  lcd.print(title);
  delay(2000);
  
  // initialize serial connection
  Serial.begin(9600);
  
}


void loop()
{

  
  left_right_value = analogRead(left_right_pin);
  up_down_value = analogRead(up_down_pin);
  click_value = digitalRead(click_pin);
  
  loop_count++;
  
  unsigned long currentMillis = millis();
  if(currentMillis - LCDpreviousMillis > lcd_refresh ) // && stepper3.distanceToGo() == 0
  {   
    LCDpreviousMillis = currentMillis;
  
    lcd.setCursor(0,1);
    lcd.print("Left Right ");
    lcd.print(left_right_value);
    lcd.print("  ");
    
    lcd.setCursor(0,2);
    lcd.print("Up Down ");
    lcd.print(up_down_value);
    lcd.print("  ");
    
    lcd.setCursor(0,3);
    lcd.print("Click ");
    lcd.print(click_value);
    lcd.print("  ");
    
    // PRINT ON SERIAL
    Serial.print("Left Right ["); 
    Serial.print(left_right_value); 
    Serial.print("] "); 
    Serial.print("Up Down ["); 
    Serial.print(up_down_value); 
    Serial.print("] ");
    Serial.println("");
  }
}

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here is a short video . I have tried another arduino pro mini and everything is ok while reading from pin A6 and A7, I don't know what might be wrong with this one, a pull-down resistors is not the case as I removed the promini from my project case and PCB, to exclude as many possible problems as I can, it's just the pro mini board, nothing else attached.

Any help is appreciated. Thank you.