Fastest-improving midfielders

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

At a glance

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and V. Qazaishvili leads the scoring with 27 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: João Félix has improved his Season rating most, up +69.1 on last season, while E. Diouf's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +48.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Rogers of Aston Villa is the most valuable name in this group at 202.2.

West Ham · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

João Félix+69.1SsN

Al-Nassr · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

V. Qazaishvili27goals

50 players · ranked by biggest season change %Customise →

#	Player	Team	Age	Δ%	Season	Rating
1	G. de Arrascaeta Attacking midfielder	Flamengo	32	+213 24/25→25/26	77213%	370.5%
2	L. Curda Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	24	+194.7 24/25→25/26	67194.7%	7322%
3	P. Sander Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	28	+179.7 24/25→25/26	65179.7%	605.1%
4	J. Veerman Defensive midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	27	+173.8 24/25→25/26	75173.8%	662.9%
5	G. Calò Central midfielder	Frosinone	29	+164.4 24/25→25/26	63164.4%	531%
6	Pablo Fornals Central midfielder	Real Betis	30	+160.5 24/25→25/26	62160.5%	561.2%
7	Matheus Nunes Full-back	Manchester City	27	+160.5 24/25→25/26	58160.5%	792.8%
8	Talisca Attacking midfielder	Fenerbahçe	32	+156.3 24/25→25/26	65156.3%	261.2%
9	C. Baumgartner Central midfielder	RB Leipzig	26	+155.7 24/25→25/26	78155.7%	8414.2%
10	Casemiro Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	34	+149.2 24/25→25/26	75149.2%	348.7%
11	R. Zerrouki Defensive midfielder	Twente	28	+137.6 24/25→25/26	51137.6%	581%
12	C. Bonsu Baah Central midfielder	Al-Qadisiyah FC	21	+135.5 24/25→25/26	52135.5%	635.2%
13	Mathias De Amorim Defensive midfielder	Famalicao	21	+135 24/25→25/26	48135%	7017.8%
14	A. Wharton Defensive midfielder	Crystal Palace	22	+134.9 24/25→25/26	51134.9%	908.9%
15	Pote Attacking midfielder	Sporting CP	28	+134.6 24/25→25/26	56134.6%	518%
16	V. Barco Defensive midfielder	Strasbourg	21	+132.4 24/25→25/26	50132.4%	8612.8%
17	Álex Grimaldo Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	30	+128.2 24/25→25/26	67128.2%	5319.4%
18	S. Thomas Attacking midfielder	Stoke City	27	+127.2 24/25→25/26	48127.2%	636.5%
19	A. Şimşir Attacking midfielder	FC Midtjylland	24	+125.3 24/25→25/26	55125.3%	485.9%
20	H. Wilson Attacking midfielder	Fulham	29	+125.1 24/25→25/26	54125.1%	621.6%
21	J. van Overeem Defensive midfielder	Heerenveen	32	+125 21/22→25/26	55125%	3725.5%
22	J. Kitolano Defensive midfielder	Sparta Rotterdam	24	+124.9 24/25→25/26	50124.9%	739.8%
23	F. de Jong Central midfielder	Barcelona	29	+124.6 24/25→25/26	47124.6%	5810.6%
24	C. McCowatt Central midfielder	Silkeborg	27	+124.1 24/25→25/26	57124.1%	412.4%
25	M. Meulensteen Defensive midfielder	GO Ahead Eagles	27	+121.6 24/25→25/26	57121.6%	6111.3%
26	B. Kamara Central midfielder	Aston Villa	26	+121.2 24/25→25/26	56121.2%	844.1%
27	Z. Youssouf Central midfielder	Al-Fateh	27	+120.5 24/25→25/26	49120.5%	463.2%
28	L. Petkov Attacking midfielder	SV Elversberg	25	+119.7 24/25→25/26	58119.7%	727.8%
29	Rúben Neves Centre-back	Al-Hilal Saudi FC	29	+117.5 24/25→25/26	59117.5%	448.4%
30	G. Brugman Defensive midfielder	Pescara	33	+115.8 24/25→25/26	44115.8%	2430.6%
31	E. Watt Defensive midfielder	Motherwell	26	+113.5 24/25→25/26	51113.5%	476.3%
32	R. Rios Central midfielder	Benfica	26	+112.1 24/25→25/26	47112.1%	6410.4%
33	Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise Attacking midfielder	Motherwell	23	+112.1 24/25→25/26	51112.1%	5311.1%
34	S. Zanon Central midfielder	Carrarese	24	+110.8 24/25→25/26	51110.8%	688.5%
35	D. Undav Centre-forward	VfB Stuttgart	29	+110 24/25→25/26	86110%	626.8%
36	B. Whiteman Central midfielder	Preston	30	+109 24/25→25/26	51109%	45±0%
37	I. Zhelizko Defensive midfielder	Lechia Gdansk	25	+108.5 24/25→25/26	54108.5%	4010.3%
38	S. Jurić Central midfielder	Valladolid	29	+107.8 24/25→25/26	43107.8%	4325.4%
39	Aleix García Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	29	+107.7 24/25→25/26	52107.7%	589.1%
40	Igor Formiga Central midfielder	Juventude	27	+107.4 23/24→25/26	54107.4%	586.4%
41	L. Camara Defensive midfielder	Monaco	22	+107.4 24/25→25/26	64107.4%	884.5%
42	M. Suray Attacking midfielder	GO Ahead Eagles	24	+106.6 24/25→25/26	50106.6%	728.4%
43	S. Berhalter Defensive midfielder	Vancouver Whitecaps	25	+106.3 24/25→25/26	56106.3%	4913.5%
44	Sergio Arribas Attacking midfielder	Almeria	24	+106.2 24/25→25/26	73106.2%	7710.6%
45	J. Neufville Defensive midfielder	Bradford	26	+105.6 24/25→25/26	44105.6%	4731.2%
46	D. Sabia Attacking midfielder	Amed	33	+105.5 22/23→25/26	45105.5%	2125.9%
47	T. Leoni Defensive midfielder	Reims	26	+103.6 24/25→25/26	45103.6%	599.4%
48	N. Dismas Defensive midfielder	Göztepe	23	+103.5 24/25→25/26	41103.5%	512%
49	A. Saelemaekers Central midfielder	AC Milan	27	+103.1 24/25→25/26	52103.1%	706.9%
50	Kike Pérez Central midfielder	Venezia	29	+102.9 24/25→25/26	42102.9%	4716%