Best central midfielders in Serie B

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

At a glance

I. Doumbia of Venezia is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Serie B, with a Field Insider Rating of 77.8, and G. Calò has been the form player this season, grading 63.2.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: I. Doumbia has improved his Season rating most, up +40.9 on last season, while Y. Massolin's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +19.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, G. Busio of Venezia is the most valuable name in this group at 83.4.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	I. Doumbia Central midfielder	Venezia	22	49504.9%	7813.7%
2	G. Busio Central midfielder	Venezia	24	5474.8%	76±0%
3	A. Hainaut Central midfielder	Venezia	24	53166.8%	743.2%
4	Matteo Cichella Central midfielder	Frosinone	20	32310.4%	7125.4%
5	L. Hasa Central midfielder	Carrarese	22	37	68
6	S. Zanon Central midfielder	Carrarese	24	51110.8%	688.5%
7	E. Zuelli Central midfielder	Carrarese	24	3544.3%	675.5%
8	Z. Menyhárt Central midfielder	Virtus Entella	22	36	66
9	Y. Massolin Central midfielder	Modena	23	2420.7%	6542.2%
10	N. Squizzato Central midfielder	Virtus Entella	24	31	63
11	S. Santoro Central midfielder	Modena	26	423.7%	634.3%
12	Gady Beyuku Central midfielder	Modena	20	16425.8%	626.8%
13	D. Degli Innocenti Central midfielder	Empoli	23	24417.4%	615%
14	S. Tronchin Central midfielder	Sudtirol	23	3649.2%	611.8%
15	L. Di Maggio Central midfielder	Padova	21	15	60
16	Kevin Zeroli Central midfielder	Juve Stabia	21	121060%	607.1%
17	S. Pafundi Central midfielder	Sampdoria	20	151566.7%	6010.4%
18	N. Pyyhtiä Central midfielder	Modena	22	847.8%	596.5%
19	J. Rouhi Central midfielder	Carrarese	22	11158.1%	5816.9%
20	M. Dalla Vecchia Central midfielder	Virtus Entella	21	14	58
21	L. Ignacchiti Central midfielder	Empoli	22	1320%	579.6%
22	A. Romano Central midfielder	Spezia	20	17	57
23	C. Comotto Central midfielder	Spezia	18	13	57
24	G. Aurelio Central midfielder	Spezia	26	3462.5%	577.9%
25	M. Caprini Central midfielder	Mantova	20	4	5716.5%
26	J. Kumi Central midfielder	Avellino	22	12611.8%	576.2%
27	G. De Pieri Central midfielder	Bari	19	8	56
28	F. Paoletti Central midfielder	Mantova	23	7700%	5610.4%
29	F. Mezzoni Central midfielder	Virtus Entella	25	18	56
30	C. Gomes Central midfielder	Palermo	25	865.8%	568.4%
31	D. Bouah Central midfielder	Carrarese	24	1234.1%	556.1%
32	G. Parlanti Central midfielder	Carrarese	22	766.8%	551.1%
33	L. Zanimacchia Central midfielder	Modena	27	29154.9%	541.3%
34	L. Benedetti Central midfielder	Virtus Entella	26	1750.4%	542.5%
35	S. Esposito Central midfielder	Spezia	25	2439.6%	5425.8%
36	G. Calò Central midfielder	Frosinone	29	63164.4%	531%
37	N. Karić Central midfielder	Virtus Entella	27	3247.2%	5310.2%
38	S. Davì Central midfielder	Sudtirol	26	1781.3%	527.3%
39	A. Ghion Central midfielder	Empoli	26	18100%	5112.5%
40	B. Bjarkason Central midfielder	Venezia	26	11657.1%	5013.7%
41	M. Frigerio Central midfielder	Sudtirol	25	11322.2%	502.3%
42	K. Zedadka Central midfielder	Sudtirol	26	1854.6%	4914.8%
43	Kike Pérez Central midfielder	Venezia	29	42102.9%	4716%
44	P. Fusi Central midfielder	Padova	28	45	47
45	A. Capelli Central midfielder	Padova	29	44	46
46	L. Magnino Central midfielder	Empoli	28	3269%	4514.6%
47	A. Franzoni Central midfielder	Virtus Entella	29	42	44
48	F. Melegoni Central midfielder	Carrarese	27	15900%	4410.4%
49	F. Gerli Central midfielder	Modena	29	1639.2%	4313.1%
50	J. Ceesay Central midfielder	Empoli	28	1772.3%	4219.8%