Fastest-improving central midfielders

The fastest-improving (by % Season change) central midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

J. Pearman of Australia U20 is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and C. Baumgartner has been the form player this season, grading 78, and T. Allende leads the scoring with 20 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Q. Laçi has improved his Season rating most, up +54.4 on last season, while O. Windsor's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +55.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Anderson of Nottingham Forest is the most valuable name in this group at 189.6.

MetroStars · 21/22→25/26

Most improved

Q. Laçi+54.4SsN

Rizespor · 22/23→25/26

50 players · ranked by biggest season change %Customise →

#	Player	Team	Age	Δ%	Season	Rating
1	G. Calò Central midfielder	Frosinone	29	+164.4 24/25→25/26	63164.4%	531%
2	Pablo Fornals Central midfielder	Real Betis	30	+160.5 24/25→25/26	62160.5%	561.2%
3	C. Baumgartner Central midfielder	RB Leipzig	26	+155.7 24/25→25/26	78155.7%	8414.2%
4	A. Luna Central midfielder	Instituto Cordoba	22	+138.2 24/25→25/26	49138.2%	6115.6%
5	C. Bonsu Baah Central midfielder	Al-Qadisiyah FC	21	+135.5 24/25→25/26	52135.5%	635.2%
6	F. de Jong Central midfielder	Barcelona	29	+124.6 24/25→25/26	47124.6%	5810.6%
7	C. McCowatt Central midfielder	Silkeborg	27	+124.1 24/25→25/26	57124.1%	412.4%
8	Mousa Tamari Central midfielder	Rennes	29	+123.6 24/25→25/26	47123.6%	56±0%
9	C. Rotondi Central midfielder	Cruz Azul	29	+121.5 22/23→25/26	47121.5%	3919.7%
10	B. Kamara Central midfielder	Aston Villa	26	+121.2 24/25→25/26	56121.2%	844.1%
11	Z. Youssouf Central midfielder	Al-Fateh	27	+120.5 24/25→25/26	49120.5%	463.2%
12	Gaizka Larrazabal Central midfielder	Casa Pia	28	+117.1 24/25→25/26	52117.1%	5112.2%
13	R. Rios Central midfielder	Benfica	26	+112.1 24/25→25/26	47112.1%	6410.4%
14	S. Zanon Central midfielder	Carrarese	24	+110.8 24/25→25/26	51110.8%	688.5%
15	B. Whiteman Central midfielder	Preston	30	+109 24/25→25/26	51109%	45±0%
16	S. Jurić Central midfielder	Valladolid	29	+107.8 24/25→25/26	43107.8%	4325.4%
17	Igor Formiga Central midfielder	Juventude	27	+107.4 23/24→25/26	54107.4%	586.4%
18	F. Tănase Central midfielder	FCSB	31	+106.3 23/24→25/26	62106.3%	2243.9%
19	A. Saelemaekers Central midfielder	AC Milan	27	+103.1 24/25→25/26	52103.1%	706.9%
20	Kike Pérez Central midfielder	Venezia	29	+102.9 24/25→25/26	42102.9%	4716%
21	K. Coman Central midfielder	Al-Nassr	30	+101.7 24/25→25/26	59101.7%	3931.3%
22	N. Pépé Central midfielder	Villarreal	31	+100.4 24/25→25/26	53100.4%	477.9%
23	Iván Morante Central midfielder	Burgos	25	+99.1 24/25→25/26	4299.1%	679.5%
24	Adrián Bernabé Central midfielder	Parma	25	+98 24/25→25/26	4098%	8015.6%
25	S. Andersen Central midfielder	BK Hacken	22	+95.6 24/25→25/26	4995.6%	3825.2%
26	F. Dimarco Central midfielder	Inter	28	+94.9 24/25→25/26	7394.9%	709%
27	J. Pereyra Central midfielder	Minnesota United FC	27	+92.5 24/25→25/26	5192.5%	4119.8%
28	R. Curtis Central midfielder	Plymouth	30	+92 24/25→25/26	3892%	3122.7%
29	J. Florentín Central midfielder	Central Cordoba de Santiago	30	+90.8 24/25→25/26	4490.8%	348.4%
30	Iñigo Córdoba Central midfielder	Burgos	29	+88.6 24/25→25/26	4088.6%	4412.6%
31	M. Corboz Central midfielder	Arminia Bielefeld	31	+86.4 24/25→25/26	4486.4%	3624.2%
32	J. Tverskov Central midfielder	San Diego	33	+85.7 24/25→25/26	4985.7%	2110.5%
33	P. Wimmer Central midfielder	VfL Wolfsburg	25	+85.6 24/25→25/26	4985.6%	755%
34	J. Hjertø-Dahl Central midfielder	Tromso	20	+85.2 24/25→25/26	4585.2%	5218.1%
35	L. Modrić Central midfielder	AC Milan	40	+85 24/25→25/26	4785%	2439.4%
36	R. Marin Central midfielder	AEK Athens FC	30	+84.6 24/25→25/26	4284.6%	2749.9%
37	Sydie Peck Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	21	+83.6 24/25→25/26	5183.6%	785.2%
38	F. Tardieu Central midfielder	Saint Etienne	34	+78.2 24/25→25/26	3778.2%	2126.1%
39	Musab Al Juwayr Central midfielder	Al-Qadisiyah FC	23	+76.9 24/25→25/26	5576.9%	63±0%
40	T. Cantwell Central midfielder	Blackburn	28	+76.7 24/25→25/26	4576.7%	5218.3%
41	Sergio Molina Central midfielder	FC Andorra	30	+76.3 23/24→25/26	3876.3%	3921.7%
42	S. El-Faouzi Central midfielder	FC Schalke 04	24	+76.2 24/25→25/26	5376.2%	7257.5%
43	M. O'Hara Central midfielder	ST Mirren	30	+74.9 24/25→25/26	6379.3%	5640.4%
44	G. Busio Central midfielder	Venezia	24	+74.8 24/25→25/26	5474.8%	76±0%
45	K. Thorstvedt Central midfielder	Sassuolo	27	+74.7 24/25→25/26	5674.7%	7210%
46	Y. Ideguchi Central midfielder	Vissel Kobe	29	+74.6 24/25→25/26	3574.6%	3614.8%
47	Luis Rioja Central midfielder	Valencia	32	+74 24/25→25/26	4474%	4020.4%
48	S. Simons Central midfielder	FC Eindhoven	22	+73.6 24/25→25/26	5173.6%	607%
49	N. Seiwald Central midfielder	RB Leipzig	25	+71.4 24/25→25/26	4571.4%	803%
50	Álex Calatrava Central midfielder	Castellón	26	+70.9 24/25→25/26	6670.9%	695.5%