Best central midfielders in Premier League

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

At a glance

K. Glebov of CSKA Moscow is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 38.6, and M. Petrov has been the form player this season, grading 40.3.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. Glebov has improved his Season rating most, up +31.6 on last season, while M. Petrov's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +9.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Petrov of Baltika is the most valuable name in this group at 10.7.

Baltika · 24/25→25/26

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CSKA Moscow · 24/25→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	K. Glebov Central midfielder	CSKA Moscow	20	38501.6%	3915.6%
2	M. Petrov Central midfielder	Baltika	25	40235.8%	3634.7%
3	V. Hodža Central midfielder	Rubin	23	3369.6%	355.4%
4	K. Shchetinin Central midfielder	FC Rostov	24	3434.1%	342.7%
5	I. Belikov Central midfielder	Baltika	21	24	34
6	Ronaldo Central midfielder	FC Rostov	25	3748.2%	336.7%
7	U. Iwu Central midfielder	Rubin	26	3760.3%	331.8%
8	N. Titkov Central midfielder	Baltika	25	28121.8%	3227.7%
9	D. Shabanhaxhaj Central midfielder	Rubin	25	2017.8%	325.9%
10	D. Vasiljev Central midfielder	FC Sochi	22	30	3210.9%
11	A. Ivlev Central midfielder	Nizhny Novgorod	19	1522.2%	31±0%
12	E. Smelov Central midfielder	Nizhny Novgorod	21	133125%	305.9%
13	A. Shumanskiy Central midfielder	CSKA Moscow	21	459.3%	304.7%
14	A. Opoku Central midfielder	Nizhny Novgorod	21	15	30
15	A. Mironov Central midfielder	FC Rostov	26	31	3018.5%
16	B. Jočić Central midfielder	Rubin	25	1520.6%	306.2%
17	I. Komarov Central midfielder	FC Rostov	23	1339.9%	309.7%
18	E. El Moubarik Central midfielder	Dinamo Makhachkala	25	23	30
19	H. Mrezigue Central midfielder	Dinamo Makhachkala	26	3423.5%	298.4%
20	M. Mukhin Central midfielder	FC Sochi	24	2250%	299%
21	L. Tičić Central midfielder	Nizhny Novgorod	25	2264.2%	292.6%
22	A. Arroyo Central midfielder	Rubin	26	2340.2%	2954.5%
23	K. Kravtsov Central midfielder	FC Sochi	24	2178.3%	292.5%
24	K. Nizhegorodov Central midfielder	Rubin	24	15195.9%	291.8%
25	Aleksa Đurasović I Central midfielder	Akron	23	1054.9%	2919.9%
26	S. Oganesyan Central midfielder	FC Orenburg	24	9213.8%	288.8%
27	N. Glushkov Central midfielder	Dinamo Makhachkala	27	259.2%	2812.9%
28	I. Saavedra Central midfielder	FC Sochi	27	33585.4%	28±0%
29	M. Mohebi Central midfielder	FC Rostov	27	2232.1%	277.8%
30	N. Ermakov Central midfielder	Nizhny Novgorod	23	653.7%	2710%
31	K. Maradishvili Central midfielder	Akron	26	61866.7%	242.4%
32	I. Đakovac Central midfielder	Akron	28	27295.6%	237.9%
33	K. Kuchaev Central midfielder	FC Rostov	28	2264.2%	2312.9%
34	M. Kramarič Central midfielder	FC Sochi	28	1939.9%	2215.4%
35	K. Khosonov Central midfielder	Akron	28	2033.6%	2230%
36	J. Marín Central midfielder	Krylia Sovetov	28	862.9%	2126%
37	K. Bistrović Central midfielder	Akron	28	1221.1%	2024.1%
38	Gerson Central midfielder	Zenit	29	1174.1%	1968.9%
39	S. Lončar Central midfielder	Akron	30	335.5%	1931.3%
40	I. Petrov Central midfielder	Baltika	31	27295.7%	184.5%
41	Victor Sá Central midfielder	FC Krasnodar	32	3237.5%	1621.3%
42	M. Kuzmin Central midfielder	Akron	30	1251.4%	1537.1%
43	A. Mendel Central midfielder	Baltika	31	15	1511.8%
44	A. Makarchuk Central midfielder	FC Sochi	30	1143.9%	1524.4%
45	A. Sutormin Central midfielder	Krylia Sovetov	32	482%	1138.2%
46	K. Zaika Central midfielder	FC Sochi	33	1817.1%	1126.6%
47	D. Kuzyaev Central midfielder	Rubin	33	926.1%	966.3%
48	I. Kvekveskiri Central midfielder	FC Orenburg	36	1733.7%	912.4%
49	R. Magal Central midfielder	FC Sochi	34	140.7%	828.2%