Best central midfielders in Premier League

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

At a glance

Mahmoud Saber of Masr is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 38.4, and Trézéguet has been the form player this season, grading 44.1.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Emam Ashour has improved his Season rating most, up +23 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Mahmoud Saber of Masr is the most valuable name in this group at 13.8.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	Mahmoud Saber Central midfielder	Masr	24	32	38
2	S. Attidjikou Central midfielder	Smouha SC	22	18	36
3	Hesham Hafez Central midfielder	Smouha SC	25	25	36
4	Yassin El Mallah Central midfielder	Pharco	21	25	36
5	Ahn Hyeok-Ju Central midfielder	Kahraba Ismailia	21	19	35
6	M. Ouka Central midfielder	Haras El Hodood	22	19	35
7	Hartmut von Kameke Central midfielder	Ismaily SC	0	18	35
8	Rashad Metwally Central midfielder	Future FC	25	23	35
9	A. Eba Central midfielder	Future FC	23	19	34
10	Ahmed Gomma Central midfielder	Masr	21	11	34
11	Mohamed Reda Central midfielder	Ceramica Cleopatra	25	14	33
12	M. Ben Romdhane Central midfielder	Al Ahly	26	20	33
13	Mohamed Mossad Central midfielder	Future FC	24	13	32
14	I. Cooper Central midfielder	Haras El Hodood	23	17	32
15	Mohamed Ezz Central midfielder	Pharco	23	10	32
16	M. Fathy Central midfielder	Pharco	0	5	32
17	Belal El Sayed Central midfielder	El Gouna FC	25	9	32
18	Abdel Katkout Central midfielder	Ismaily SC	20	11	32
19	Bonheur Mugisha Central midfielder	AL Masry	26	10	31
20	Ali Hamdy Central midfielder	El Geish	27	27	31
21	Marwan Attia Central midfielder	Al Ahly	27	19	30
22	Ahmed Shabaan Central midfielder	Pharco	24	13	30
23	Marwan Hamdi Central midfielder	Ismaily SC	24	6	30
24	Y. Galal Central midfielder	Kahraba Ismailia	23	5	30
25	Ghaith Al Madadha Central midfielder	El Geish	26	13	29
26	Abdel Rahman Osama Central midfielder	Future FC	26	10	29
27	Mohamed Abdel Samiae Central midfielder	Ismaily SC	26	11	28
28	Ahmed Youssef Central midfielder	Future FC	27	20	28
29	Walid Mostafa Central midfielder	Pharco	26	10	28
30	Mohamed Sabry Central midfielder	Future FC	26	12	28
31	Mohamed Fakhry Central midfielder	Pharco	27	19	27
32	Emam Ashour Central midfielder	Al Ahly	28	251045.5%	2624.8%
33	Ramez Medhat Central midfielder	Pharco	26	3	26
34	A. Dieng Central midfielder	Al Ahly	28	1366%	2647.7%
35	Abdel Rahman Magdi Central midfielder	Al Ittihad	28	22	26
36	Ghanam Mohamed Central midfielder	Future FC	29	25	24
37	Ahmed Fouad Central midfielder	Pharco	27	6	24
38	A. Hafez Central midfielder	Haras El Hodood	27	6	24
39	Ayman Moka Central midfielder	Ceramica Cleopatra	29	23	24
40	Zizo Central midfielder	Al Ahly	30	33	22
41	Mohamed Toni Central midfielder	Al Ittihad	29	20	22
42	Taher Mohamed Central midfielder	Al Ahly	29	13	22
43	Trézéguet Central midfielder	Al Ahly	31	4414600%	217.2%
44	E. Traoré Central midfielder	Ismaily SC	30	21	19
45	Khaled El Ghandour Central midfielder	Smouha SC	32	31	18
46	Mahmoud Emad Central midfielder	Al Ittihad	30	17	18
47	Amr El Sisi Central midfielder	Smouha SC	32	21	17
48	Mohamed Helal Central midfielder	Future FC	30	11	17
49	S. Aka Central midfielder	Kahraba Ismailia	31	1276.9%	1556.2%
50	Mahmoud Abdel Halim Central midfielder	Pharco	31	16	14