Best central midfielders in Ligue 1

The highest-potential central midfielders in Ligue 1, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

João Neves of Paris Saint Germain is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Ligue 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 84.3, and V. Rongier has been the form player this season, grading 57.2, and S. Diop leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: I. Ganago has improved his Season rating most, up +31.3 on last season, while A. Sbaï's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +17.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Tessmann of Lyon is the most valuable name in this group at 126.8.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	João Neves Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	21	4424.6%	844.4%
2	Beraldo Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	22	3018%	802.4%
3	K. Danois Central midfielder	Auxerre	22	50153.1%	796.9%
4	T. Tessmann Central midfielder	Lyon	24	2840.1%	788%
5	Pedro Fernández Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	18	13	77
6	Vitinha Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	26	434.4%	757.8%
7	Bahereba Guirassy Central midfielder	Nantes	19	20154.5%	744.1%
8	A. Sbaï Central midfielder	Angers	25	270.7%	7233.1%
9	I. Osman Central midfielder	Auxerre	21	2012.9%	723.5%
10	A. Touré Central midfielder	Metz	20	22179.7%	7222.2%
11	S. Diop Central midfielder	Nice	26	4859.7%	717.2%
12	A. Gomes Central midfielder	Marseille	25	206.5%	7010.8%
13	A. Karabec Central midfielder	Lyon	23	871.4%	700.7%
14	M. Sauer Central midfielder	Toulouse	22	14	70
15	L. Gourna-Douath Central midfielder	Le Havre	22	15484.6%	691.4%
16	D. Yongwa Central midfielder	Lorient	25	2361.1%	693.5%
17	J. Casimir Central midfielder	Auxerre	24	2034%	6811.7%
18	N. Ahamada Central midfielder	Auxerre	24	91400%	646.1%
19	H. Boudaoui Central midfielder	Nice	26	3330.8%	6422.7%
20	S. Szymański Central midfielder	Rennes	27	387%	6321.6%
21	M. Camara Central midfielder	Rennes	28	4916.7%	6117.5%
22	I. Ganago Central midfielder	Nantes	27	31	581.6%
23	L. Blas Central midfielder	Rennes	28	3915.9%	5720.3%
24	C. Vanhoutte Central midfielder	Nice	27	3029.8%	573.9%
25	Mousa Tamari Central midfielder	Rennes	29	47123.6%	56±0%
26	S. Abdul Samed Central midfielder	Nice	26	7610%	56±0%
27	B. Chilwell Central midfielder	Strasbourg	29	2494.3%	4818.1%
28	V. Rongier Central midfielder	Rennes	31	5749%	47±0%
29	Fabián Ruiz Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	30	4024%	4623.7%
30	V. Marchetti Central midfielder	Paris FC	29	2148.5%	4515.8%
31	B. van den Boomen Central midfielder	Angers	30	27437.3%	4317.1%
32	F. Ballo-Touré Central midfielder	Metz	29	10104.3%	3919.4%
33	H. Belkebla Central midfielder	Angers	32	311.3%	393.5%
34	M. Sanson Central midfielder	Nice	31	30236.7%	3611.8%
35	A. Touré Central midfielder	Le Havre	32	3030.3%	3035.1%
36	B. Stambouli Central midfielder	Metz	35	1555.9%	1822.4%
37	F. Hanin Central midfielder	Angers	36	977.8%	1644.1%
38	P. Capelle Central midfielder	Angers	39	1233.3%	826.2%