Best central midfielders

The highest-potential central midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

E. Anderson of Nottingham Forest is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 94.8, and C. Baumgartner has been the form player this season, grading 78, and T. Allende leads the scoring with 20 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Q. Laçi has improved his Season rating most, up +54.4 on last season, while T. Almada's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +36.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Anderson of Nottingham Forest is the most valuable name in this group at 189.6.

Atletico Madrid · 24/25→25/26

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Rizespor · 22/23→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	E. Anderson Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	23	629.3%	95±0%
2	J. Bellingham Central midfielder	Real Madrid	23	6018.9%	941.1%
3	Alberto Moleiro Central midfielder	Villarreal	22	5334.5%	9410%
4	Y. Ayari Central midfielder	Brighton	22	4223.4%	915.9%
5	Germán Valera Central midfielder	Elche	24	53232.9%	8733.7%
6	A. Ouédraogo Central midfielder	RB Leipzig	20	42	8731.6%
7	Estêvão Central midfielder	Chelsea	19	2162%	875.5%
8	Pablo Barrios Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	23	403.6%	864.3%
9	M. Gibbs-White Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	26	6431.2%	868.5%
10	N. Woltemade Central midfielder	Newcastle	24	4012.4%	865.3%
11	Álex Baena Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	24	3331.5%	866.6%
12	A. Gray Central midfielder	Tottenham	20	2471.8%	855.3%
13	E. Ampadu Central midfielder	Leeds	25	475.6%	8523.2%
14	D. Bartesaghi Central midfielder	AC Milan	20	301682.4%	8524.6%
15	C. Baumgartner Central midfielder	RB Leipzig	26	78155.7%	8414.2%
16	João Neves Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	21	4424.6%	844.4%
17	D. Rice Central midfielder	Arsenal	27	605.9%	8410.7%
18	Joshua King Central midfielder	Fulham	19	20915%	8415.8%
19	B. Kamara Central midfielder	Aston Villa	26	56121.2%	844.1%
20	R. Reitz Central midfielder	Borussia Mönchengladbach	24	5018.6%	839.2%
21	I. Koné Central midfielder	Sassuolo	24	39393.6%	8325.9%
22	C. Hudson-Odoi Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	25	3421.4%	835.8%
23	J. Bogle Central midfielder	Leeds	25	4352.6%	831.1%
24	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	4120.9%	825.2%
25	Javi Rueda Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	24	3525.3%	8224.3%
26	J. Kamiński Central midfielder	1. FC Köln	24	55205%	8213.6%
27	Sergio Carreira Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	25	3286.1%	81±0%
28	L. Agoumé Central midfielder	Sevilla	24	4917.7%	810.6%
29	O. Hutchinson Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	22	2719.5%	813.2%
30	P. Nebel Central midfielder	FSV Mainz 05	23	483.8%	8111.1%
31	E. Camavinga Central midfielder	Real Madrid	23	3332.4%	811.2%
32	T. Kubo Central midfielder	Real Sociedad	25	4066.7%	813.5%
33	Hugo Sotelo Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	22	22117.6%	813.5%
34	Antonio Blanco Central midfielder	Alaves	25	5660.5%	810.9%
35	Beraldo Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	22	3018%	802.4%
36	Adrián Bernabé Central midfielder	Parma	25	4098%	8015.6%
37	Fer López Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	22	26198.8%	804.2%
38	P. Sučić Central midfielder	Inter	22	30	80
39	N. Seiwald Central midfielder	RB Leipzig	25	4571.4%	803%
40	M. Keita Central midfielder	Parma	24	4467.7%	808.4%
41	D. Sylla Central midfielder	RED Star FC 93	23	37370.9%	8056.7%
42	F. Valverde Central midfielder	Real Madrid	27	621.7%	807.8%
43	Diego López Central midfielder	Valencia	24	2835.9%	8010.5%
44	Martín Zubimendi Central midfielder	Arsenal	27	5312.9%	801.8%
45	Luis Henrique Central midfielder	Inter	24	2059.7%	7912%
46	A. Tchouaméni Central midfielder	Real Madrid	26	4340.2%	797.7%
47	H. Hackney Central midfielder	Middlesbrough	24	526.3%	793.8%
48	K. Sano Central midfielder	FSV Mainz 05	25	4629.5%	797.1%
49	Oso Central midfielder	Sevilla	23	26	79
50	A. Kade Central midfielder	FC Augsburg	22	372373.3%	7925.7%