Best central midfielders in Serie A

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

At a glance

D. Bartesaghi of AC Milan is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 84.7, and F. Dimarco has been the form player this season, grading 80.3.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: F. Dimarco has improved his Season rating most, up +42.8 on last season, while C. Ndour's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +30.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Thorstvedt of Sassuolo is the most valuable name in this group at 60.3.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	D. Bartesaghi Central midfielder	AC Milan	20	301664.7%	8524.6%
2	I. Koné Central midfielder	Sassuolo	24	41495.7%	8325.9%
3	Adrián Bernabé Central midfielder	Parma	25	41102.9%	8015.6%
4	P. Sučić Central midfielder	Inter	22	30	80
5	M. Keita Central midfielder	Parma	24	4264.8%	808.4%
6	Luis Henrique Central midfielder	Inter	24	2158.8%	7912%
7	C. Ndour Central midfielder	Fiorentina	21	29238.4%	7863.5%
8	M. Adopo Central midfielder	Cagliari	25	3820.9%	773.9%
9	W. Bondo Central midfielder	Cremonese	22	18316.7%	765.5%
10	S. Angori Central midfielder	Pisa	22	2952.1%	7611.4%
11	G. Fabbian Central midfielder	Bologna	23	1927.8%	760.8%
12	S. Ricci Central midfielder	AC Milan	24	2420.9%	758.5%
13	N. Fagioli Central midfielder	Fiorentina	25	4039.1%	743.6%
14	E. Akinsanmiro Central midfielder	Pisa	21	2779.7%	7328.2%
15	I. Sulemana Central midfielder	Cagliari	23	25267.2%	731.6%
16	B. Gilmour Central midfielder	Napoli	25	1623.3%	732%
17	E. Del Prato Central midfielder	Parma	26	3528.5%	729.7%
18	O. Sørensen Central midfielder	Parma	24	2049.4%	7242.7%
19	K. Thorstvedt Central midfielder	Sassuolo	27	5877%	7210%
20	T. Barbieri Central midfielder	Cremonese	23	233.6%	723.3%
21	R. Belahyane Central midfielder	Lazio	22	1150.2%	728.3%
22	L. Lipani Central midfielder	Sassuolo	21	1563.3%	7111.4%
23	F. Dele-Bashiru Central midfielder	Lazio	25	1716.9%	712.6%
24	F. Dimarco Central midfielder	Inter	28	80114.1%	709%
25	İ. Vural Central midfielder	Pisa	20	815.4%	7024.9%
26	A. Saelemaekers Central midfielder	AC Milan	27	5382.8%	706.9%
27	G. Gaetano Central midfielder	Cagliari	26	3958.1%	691%
28	G. Oristanio Central midfielder	Parma	23	1163%	6817%
29	Y. Fofana Central midfielder	AC Milan	27	3714.8%	6814.6%
30	R. Floriani Mussolini Central midfielder	Cremonese	23	1552.8%	681.5%
31	A. Vranckx Central midfielder	Sassuolo	23	519.7%	67±0%
32	G. Zappa Central midfielder	Cagliari	26	248%	6616.3%
33	E. Valeri Central midfielder	Parma	27	3212.9%	6617.5%
34	L. Ferguson Central midfielder	Bologna	26	1920.9%	663.5%
35	T. Pobega Central midfielder	Bologna	27	3640.7%	6214.8%
36	Y. Maleh Central midfielder	Cremonese	27	33±0%	629.5%
37	M. Brescianini Central midfielder	Fiorentina	26	1710.8%	6119.2%
38	A. Zerbin Central midfielder	Cremonese	27	30301.3%	616.4%
39	G. Piccinini Central midfielder	Pisa	25	783.1%	6113.7%
40	M. Højholt Central midfielder	Pisa	25	750%	614.3%
41	M. Folorunsho Central midfielder	Cagliari	28	30220.2%	591%
42	G. Pezzella Central midfielder	Cremonese	28	3036.9%	5915%
43	N. Barella Central midfielder	Inter	29	5519%	5918.5%
44	R. Mandragora Central midfielder	Fiorentina	29	5755.3%	5715%
45	M. Aebischer Central midfielder	Pisa	29	42565.1%	530.6%
46	M. Léris Central midfielder	Pisa	28	393820%	5315%
47	T. Bašić Central midfielder	Lazio	29	36	538.2%
48	A. Rabiot Central midfielder	AC Milan	31	6527.9%	5211.5%
49	P. Estupiñán Central midfielder	AC Milan	28	1750.7%	5132.6%
50	D. Dumfries Central midfielder	Inter	30	331.2%	4720.1%