Best central midfielders in League Two

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

At a glance

Tom Iorpenda of Notts County is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 38.3, and R. Graydon has been the form player this season, grading 43.1.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Pett has improved his Season rating most, up +29.9 on last season, while O. Lunt's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +5.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Tom Iorpenda of Notts County is the most valuable name in this group at 6.2.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	Tom Iorpenda Central midfielder	Notts County	21	4013333.3%	384.5%
2	K. N’Mai Central midfielder	Salford City	22	266.2%	363.5%
3	W. Hondermarck Central midfielder	Bromley	25	32232.6%	3515.2%
4	O. Lunt Central midfielder	Crewe	21	231110.5%	3417.8%
5	R. Darcy Central midfielder	Chesterfield	25	2232.5%	3430.2%
6	J. Austerfield Central midfielder	Salford City	24	28243.2%	339.5%
7	D. Duffy Central midfielder	Chesterfield	23	17126%	333.1%
8	E. Khouri Central midfielder	Grimsby	23	2240.5%	339.9%
9	Alex Henderson Central midfielder	Accrington ST	21	1693.8%	3313.1%
10	K. Drummond Central midfielder	Oldham	25	322013.3%	3215%
11	R. Graydon Central midfielder	Salford City	27	4331%	322.7%
12	J. Williams Central midfielder	Crawley Town	25	28445.1%	3219.1%
13	Harry Ashfield Central midfielder	Cheltenham	20	14	32
14	C. McCann Central midfielder	Barrow	24	3210.9%	319.8%
15	M. Olakigbe Central midfielder	Swindon Town	22	719.1%	314.3%
16	Princewill Ehibhatiomhan Central midfielder	Swindon Town	20	6	31
17	A. Chang Central midfielder	Bristol Rovers	23	13204.7%	311.3%
18	C. Antwi Central midfielder	Newport County	24	1627.1%	313.2%
19	T. McDermott Central midfielder	Shrewsbury	21	14	3022.6%
20	S. Robertson Central midfielder	Notts County	24	16288.1%	303.8%
21	H. Forster Central midfielder	Crawley Town	26	27153.3%	3028.1%
22	L. Warrington Central midfielder	Walsall	23	714.1%	304.2%
23	Jamie Jellis Central midfielder	Walsall	25	1750.6%	3018.9%
24	J. Bauress Central midfielder	Accrington ST	20	5	29
25	B. Woodburn Central midfielder	Salford City	26	178.2%	2913.2%
26	R. Longelo-Mbule Central midfielder	Salford City	26	1520.5%	293.7%
27	M. Anderson Central midfielder	Crawley Town	25	1166.2%	2840.1%
28	D. Oldaker Central midfielder	Swindon Town	27	2110.5%	2717%
29	A. Rowe Central midfielder	Gillingham	25	1252.6%	277.8%
30	R. Harper Central midfielder	Barrow	26	22221.7%	278.8%
31	C. Lakin Central midfielder	Walsall	27	2618.3%	2718%
32	K. Gordon Central midfielder	Crawley Town	28	2393.2%	268.9%
33	K. Bennetts Central midfielder	Notts County	27	14297.2%	2547.6%
34	D. Pereira Central midfielder	Crawley Town	27	14677.8%	25±0%
35	J. Hawkes Central midfielder	Oldham	27	1630.8%	2513.7%
36	A. Pattison Central midfielder	Walsall	28	2934.4%	2325.2%
37	J. Earing Central midfielder	Barrow	27	1587.3%	2321.3%
38	M. Butcher Central midfielder	Salford City	29	2513.1%	2234.1%
39	D. Hume Central midfielder	Fleetwood Town	27	678.1%	2238.9%
40	D. Crowley Central midfielder	Milton Keynes Dons	28	1457.7%	2229.6%
41	M. Virtue-Thick Central midfielder	Fleetwood Town	29	2137.7%	2124.6%
42	Maziar Kouhyar Central midfielder	Notts County	28	7	20
43	C. Clarke Central midfielder	Walsall	29	22	20
44	W. Collar Central midfielder	Milton Keynes Dons	29	1268.9%	1954.8%
45	J. Grant Central midfielder	Salford City	31	3534.4%	1935.4%
46	S. Rooney Central midfielder	Fleetwood Town	29	1510.4%	1915.9%
47	S. McLoughlin Central midfielder	Cambridge United	29	1162.8%	1925.8%
48	C. Lemonheigh-Evans Central midfielder	Milton Keynes Dons	29	864.1%	1926.1%
49	J. Brophy Central midfielder	Cambridge United	31	3226.1%	1837.5%
50	C. Mahoney Central midfielder	Barrow	29	1470.9%	1824.2%