Best central midfielders in USL Championship

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

At a glance

B. Willey of Sacramento Republic is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in USL Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 35, and M. Benítez has been the form player this season, grading 22.1, and D. Griffin leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Gurr has improved his Season rating most, up +16.1 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. Benalcazar of Orange County SC is the most valuable name in this group at 11.2.

Phoenix Rising · 22/23→25/26

Most improved

J. Gurr+16.1SsN

Sacramento Republic · 21/22→25/26

Top scorer

D. Griffin3goals

Pittsburgh Riverhounds

Most valuable

N. Benalcazar11.2val

Orange County SC

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	B. Willey Central midfielder	Sacramento Republic	19	13	35
2	N. Benalcazar Central midfielder	Orange County SC	25	216766.7%	333%
3	M. Vargas Central midfielder	New Mexico United	25	16	335.2%
4	F. Daroma Central midfielder	El Paso Locomotive	25	19	32
5	A. Sanchez Central midfielder	Rhode Island	24	14	32
6	M. Nyeman Central midfielder	Loudoun United	22	92175%	3212.7%
7	Nick Firmino Central midfielder	Lexington	25	203283.3%	318.5%
8	N. Okello Central midfielder	Phoenix Rising	25	18348.7%	319.6%
9	K. Hernández-Foster Central midfielder	Birmingham Legion	24	1178.3%	3121.1%
10	Z. Bailey Central midfielder	New Mexico United	25	11657.1%	3018.5%
11	Evan Davila Central midfielder	Louisville City	24	5	30
12	C. Holstad Central midfielder	Rhode Island	26	19	29
13	P. Barnes Central midfielder	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	25	10	29
14	A. Rocha Central midfielder	Colorado Springs	25	7	29
15	J. Cedeño Central midfielder	Detroit City	26	14	29
16	M. Ngalina Central midfielder	Hartford Athletic	26	9	2912.3%
17	C. Turner Central midfielder	Loudoun United	25	4	2823.9%
18	G. Colli Central midfielder	FC Tulsa	26	11	28
19	A. Fontana Central midfielder	Colorado Springs	26	132440%	2847.6%
20	D. Gomez Central midfielder	Oakland Roots	26	11	27
21	B. Makangila Central midfielder	Hartford Athletic	26	7	27
22	A. McFadden Central midfielder	Louisville City	27	19226.3%	2626.9%
23	A. Stanley Central midfielder	Indy Eleven	26	5783.3%	2628.4%
24	D. Hernandez Central midfielder	San Antonio	27	13	26
25	C. Vázquez Central midfielder	Miami FC	27	13	25
26	D. McCartney Central midfielder	Birmingham Legion	27	9	25
27	Y. Hanya Central midfielder	Colorado Springs	27	11	2525%
28	V. Noël Central midfielder	Las Vegas Lights	27	15	25
29	D. Griffin Central midfielder	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	28	21	24
30	E. Laszo Central midfielder	Birmingham Legion	27	11	24
31	T. McCabe Central midfielder	Loudoun United	28	9	23
32	E. Calvillo Central midfielder	El Paso Locomotive	28	12577.8%	2338%
33	D. Trejo Central midfielder	Birmingham Legion	28	16864.7%	2314.7%
34	S. Turnbull Central midfielder	Birmingham Legion	28	11135.4%	2234.6%
35	B. Bodily Central midfielder	Tampa Bay Rowdies	28	11	2234.6%
36	O. Bassett Central midfielder	Tampa Bay Rowdies	28	4	22
37	J. Scearce Central midfielder	Phoenix Rising	28	12	22
38	K. Scott Central midfielder	Orange County SC	28	4146.7%	2134%
39	C. Lindley Central midfielder	Indy Eleven	28	8	21
40	D. Beckford Central midfielder	Hartford Athletic	28	9	21
41	J. Murphy Central midfielder	Indy Eleven	28	0	21
42	C. Pinzón Central midfielder	Las Vegas Lights	28	12	21
43	E. Ycaza Central midfielder	Charleston Battery	29	13	20
44	R. Coronado Central midfielder	El Paso Locomotive	29	11	20
45	M. Benítez Central midfielder	Sacramento Republic	30	22	20
46	Z. Zandi Central midfielder	Colorado Springs	29	7	19
47	Rafael Mentzingen Central midfielder	North Carolina	30	21	19
48	K. Lambert Central midfielder	Louisville City	29	7825%	1936.2%
49	J. Gurr Central midfielder	Sacramento Republic	30	181006.2%	1949%
50	M. Rodriguez Central midfielder	Rhode Island	30	19	18