Best central midfielders in Premiership

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

At a glance

A. Kyziridis of Heart Of Midlothian is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Premiership, with a Field Insider Rating of 53.3, and M. O'Hara has been the form player this season, grading 54.8.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Karlsson has improved his Season rating most, up +19.5 on last season, while K. Bilalovic's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +20.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Kyziridis of Heart Of Midlothian is the most valuable name in this group at 15.4.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	A. Kyziridis Central midfielder	Heart Of Midlothian	25	42	53
2	J. Mulligan Central midfielder	Hibernian	23	316.4%	472.9%
3	T. Magnússon Central midfielder	Heart Of Midlothian	23	19	47
4	J. Cotterill Central midfielder	Dundee	20	1826.1%	4634.7%
5	Ethan Williams Central midfielder	Falkirk	20	16100%	4643.7%
6	K. Bilalovic Central midfielder	Aberdeen	21	111212.5%	4484.8%
7	D. Lobban Central midfielder	Aberdeen	20	7	42
8	R. Idowu Central midfielder	ST Mirren	24	665.3%	4014.9%
9	K. Trapanovski Central midfielder	Dundee Utd	26	1143.5%	3818.1%
10	B. Baningime Central midfielder	Heart Of Midlothian	27	1939%	3817.2%
11	J. Karlsson Central midfielder	Aberdeen	27	29212%	3738.2%
12	C. Devlin Central midfielder	Heart Of Midlothian	28	3830.2%	379.7%
13	M. O'Hara Central midfielder	ST Mirren	30	5543.8%	3024.3%
14	K. Baccus Central midfielder	ST Mirren	28	1349.8%	2933.4%
15	T. Lowery Central midfielder	Kilmarnock	28	1515.7%	298%
16	Panutche Camará Central midfielder	Dundee Utd	29	2137.8%	2826.8%
17	C. Cadden Central midfielder	Hibernian	29	1524.5%	2730.9%
18	B. Spittal Central midfielder	Heart Of Midlothian	30	1745.8%	2630.8%
19	C. Sibbald Central midfielder	Dundee Utd	31	2966.5%	2315.7%
20	C. McMenamin Central midfielder	ST Mirren	30	1310.7%	2227.3%
21	G. Shinnie Central midfielder	Aberdeen	34	2439.7%	1344.9%