Best central midfielders in La Liga

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

At a glance

J. Bellingham of Real Madrid is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in La Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 94.2, and Pablo Fornals has been the form player this season, grading 62, and Alberto Moleiro leads the scoring with 10 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Pablo Fornals has improved his Season rating most, up +38.2 on last season, while T. Almada's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +36.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Bellingham of Real Madrid is the most valuable name in this group at 173.3.

Atletico Madrid · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Pablo Fornals+38.2SsN

Real Betis · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

Alberto Moleiro10goals

Villarreal

Most valuable

J. Bellingham173.3val

Real Madrid

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	J. Bellingham Central midfielder	Real Madrid	23	6018.9%	941.1%
2	Alberto Moleiro Central midfielder	Villarreal	22	5334.5%	9410%
3	Germán Valera Central midfielder	Elche	24	53232.9%	8733.7%
4	Pablo Barrios Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	23	403.6%	864.3%
5	Álex Baena Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	24	3331.5%	866.6%
6	Javi Rueda Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	24	3525.3%	8224.3%
7	Sergio Carreira Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	25	3286.1%	81±0%
8	L. Agoumé Central midfielder	Sevilla	24	4917.7%	810.6%
9	E. Camavinga Central midfielder	Real Madrid	23	3332.4%	811.2%
10	T. Kubo Central midfielder	Real Sociedad	25	4066.7%	813.5%
11	Hugo Sotelo Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	22	22117.6%	813.5%
12	Antonio Blanco Central midfielder	Alaves	25	5660.5%	810.9%
13	Fer López Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	22	26198.8%	804.2%
14	F. Valverde Central midfielder	Real Madrid	27	621.7%	807.8%
15	Diego López Central midfielder	Valencia	24	2835.9%	8010.5%
16	A. Tchouaméni Central midfielder	Real Madrid	26	4340.2%	797.7%
17	Oso Central midfielder	Sevilla	23	26	79
18	Urko González Central midfielder	Espanyol	25	3215.3%	794.5%
19	Miguel Román Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	23	25	79
20	T. Almada Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	25	3055%	7889.5%
21	Rodrigo Mendoza Central midfielder	Elche	21	2182.9%	7719.5%
22	L. Beltrán Central midfielder	Valencia	25	2227.3%	759.8%
23	Beñat Turrientes Central midfielder	Real Sociedad	24	24236.6%	753.3%
24	L. Sučić Central midfielder	Real Sociedad	23	213.3%	755.7%
25	C. Echeverri Central midfielder	Girona	20	973.7%	7422.4%
26	Peque Fernández Central midfielder	Sevilla	23	1783.3%	742.5%
27	Marc Aguado Central midfielder	Elche	26	43159.1%	7122.3%
28	P. Gueye Central midfielder	Villarreal	27	4921.3%	7112.9%
29	T. Fernández Central midfielder	Oviedo	22	1660.8%	718.2%
30	Pol Lozano Central midfielder	Espanyol	26	3326.4%	716%
31	Iker Losada Central midfielder	Levante	24	20124.1%	704.9%
32	R. Vargas Central midfielder	Sevilla	27	47344.8%	701.9%
33	Rodrigo Riquelme Central midfielder	Real Betis	26	1497.1%	685.5%
34	T. Buchanan Central midfielder	Villarreal	27	40372.6%	684.9%
35	U. Raghouber Central midfielder	Levante	23	1068.7%	674.5%
36	Jofre Carreras Central midfielder	Espanyol	25	1058.1%	6717.7%
37	B. Mendy Central midfielder	Sevilla	26	2324.2%	6633.3%
38	André Almeida Central midfielder	Valencia	26	1645.2%	6616.9%
39	Pablo Ibáñez Central midfielder	Alaves	27	3472.7%	639.8%
40	N. Deossa Central midfielder	Real Betis	26	7228.6%	6349.3%
41	Alfon González Central midfielder	Villarreal	27	1729.4%	6313%
42	Santi Comesaña Central midfielder	Villarreal	29	532.7%	6113.8%
43	N. Molina Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	28	2921.2%	5918.6%
44	Carles Aleñá Central midfielder	Alaves	28	2817.4%	5813.5%
45	F. de Jong Central midfielder	Barcelona	29	47124.6%	5810.6%
46	Carlos Soler Central midfielder	Real Sociedad	29	41140.1%	575.4%
47	M. Arambarri Central midfielder	Getafe	30	52±0%	5611%
48	Pablo Fornals Central midfielder	Real Betis	30	62160.5%	561.2%
49	D. Sow Central midfielder	Sevilla	29	4661.3%	568.4%
50	L. Ilić Central midfielder	Oviedo	27	1342.2%	553.7%