Best central midfielders in Championship

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

At a glance

H. Hackney of Middlesbrough is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 79, and I. Louza has been the form player this season, grading 58.9, and A. Devine leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Silvera has improved his Season rating most, up +47.6 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, H. Hackney of Middlesbrough is the most valuable name in this group at 101.1.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	H. Hackney Central midfielder	Middlesbrough	24	526.3%	793.8%
2	Sydie Peck Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	21	5183.6%	785.2%
3	S. Silvera Central midfielder	Middlesbrough	25	521057.8%	7780.2%
4	A. Devine Central midfielder	Preston	21	4653%	7629.3%
5	I. Price Central midfielder	West Brom	22	45183.8%	7230.7%
6	B. Clark Central midfielder	Derby	21	392869.2%	724.1%
7	H. Vale Central midfielder	QPR	22	364.5%	7140.4%
8	N. Irankunda Central midfielder	Watford	20	29	71
9	R. Alebiosu Central midfielder	Blackburn	24	43611.5%	7065.6%
10	T. Small Central midfielder	Preston	21	2633.5%	6935.3%
11	O. Maamma Central midfielder	Watford	20	33391%	691%
12	E. Galbraith Central midfielder	Swansea	25	406.3%	6826.1%
13	P. Mattsson Central midfielder	Norwich	24	3916.5%	6848.8%
14	S. Carey Central midfielder	Charlton	25	4265.1%	6843.3%
15	J. Solis Central midfielder	Birmingham	21	23152.8%	677.7%
16	D. Mazou-Sacko Central midfielder	Millwall	21	1960.2%	6619.4%
17	J. Ngakia Central midfielder	Watford	25	5268.1%	665.4%
18	T. Doyle Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	23166.7%	659.9%
19	Kieran Morgan Central midfielder	QPR	20	1639.3%	653.7%
20	D. Gyabi Central midfielder	Hull City	22	1551.5%	641.8%
21	L. Cundle Central midfielder	Millwall	24	1993.8%	646.1%
22	J. Varane Central midfielder	QPR	24	3410.4%	643.9%
23	K. Dembélé Central midfielder	QPR	23	176.1%	643.2%
24	S. Fusire Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	21	30290.9%	63117.2%
25	H. Kyprianou Central midfielder	Watford	25	266%	6337.8%
26	B. De Keersmaecker Central midfielder	Oxford United	26	539.5%	6310.4%
27	T. Goodrham Central midfielder	Oxford United	22	1635.7%	6311.2%
28	I. Louza Central midfielder	Watford	27	5957.1%	615.8%
29	O. Arblaster Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	22	1523.7%	608.9%
30	Jaden Heskey Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	20	13	60
31	L. O'Brien Central midfielder	Wrexham	27	44219%	604.3%
32	O. Diakité Central midfielder	West Brom	25	26174%	604%
33	L. Thompson Central midfielder	Derby	24	1429%	600.7%
34	R. Apter Central midfielder	Charlton	23	1366.4%	5911.9%
35	F. Bianchini Central midfielder	Portsmouth	25	1987%	593.7%
36	L. Cacace Central midfielder	Wrexham	25	956%	5923.1%
37	J. Molumby Central midfielder	West Brom	26	2912.2%	5815.4%
38	Kristi Montgomery Central midfielder	Blackburn	22	9	57
39	Jarvis Thornton Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	20	7	57
40	M. Kosznovszky Central midfielder	Portsmouth	24	91012.5%	5710%
41	A. Henriksson Central midfielder	Blackburn	24	779.8%	5644.7%
42	J. Cajuste Central midfielder	Ipswich	26	1646.6%	5624.8%
43	D. De Neve Central midfielder	Blackburn	25	1033.8%	53±0%
44	T. Chong Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	26	760.3%	5212.5%
45	T. Cantwell Central midfielder	Blackburn	28	4576.7%	5218.3%
46	J. Rankin-Costello Central midfielder	Charlton	26	1145%	5118.7%
47	S. Ingelsson Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	28	3122.4%	5011.9%
48	E. Kayembe Central midfielder	Watford	28	2825.3%	4922.2%
49	B. Sheaf Central midfielder	Wrexham	28	2116.7%	4915.9%
50	M. Bola Central midfielder	Watford	28	3533.1%	491.7%