Most in-form attacking midfielders in Championship

The most in-form attacking midfielders in Championship, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

T. Conway of Middlesbrough is the standout for raw talent across attacking midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 78.9, and M. Whittaker has been the form player this season, grading 50.7, and J. Clarke leads the scoring with 16 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Fatawu has improved his Season rating most, up +37 on last season, while A. Ahmed's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +29.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Whittaker of Middlesbrough is the most valuable name in this group at 38.9.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	M. Whittaker Attacking midfielder	Middlesbrough	25	51184.8%	7417.9%
2	J. Gelhardt Attacking midfielder	Hull City	24	51204.2%	7418.6%
3	S. Thomas Attacking midfielder	Stoke City	27	50119.4%	636.5%
4	B. Thomas-Asante Attacking midfielder	Coventry	27	50124.9%	615.2%
5	O. Azeez Attacking midfielder	Millwall	25	49164.5%	7514.6%
6	J. Windass Attacking midfielder	Wrexham	32	481.3%	3227.6%
7	F. Azaz Attacking midfielder	Southampton	25	4813.5%	743.4%
8	T. Conway Attacking midfielder	Middlesbrough	23	4721.3%	7910.8%
9	J. Philogene Attacking midfielder	Ipswich	24	46393.6%	722%
10	S. Twine Attacking midfielder	Bristol City	27	4568.2%	619.3%
11	J. Stansfield Attacking midfielder	Birmingham	23	454.3%	7641.5%
12	G. Hamer Attacking midfielder	Sheffield Utd	29	453.2%	4823.9%
13	A. Mehmeti Attacking midfielder	Bristol City	25	4525%	720.6%
14	A. Fatawu Attacking midfielder	Leicester	22	44560.6%	741.6%
15	J. Clarke Attacking midfielder	Ipswich	25	43223.9%	695.9%
16	C. O'Hare Attacking midfielder	Sheffield Utd	28	4215.7%	5618%
17	E. Mason-Clark Attacking midfielder	Coventry	26	4262.1%	693.3%
18	J. Rudoni Attacking midfielder	Coventry	25	3922.6%	728.8%
19	A. Segecic Attacking midfielder	Portsmouth	22	39102.6%	7128%
20	R. Morishita Attacking midfielder	Blackburn	29	36121.6%	4658.1%
21	A. Ahmed Attacking midfielder	Norwich	25	36123.7%	6973.4%
22	T. Sakamoto Attacking midfielder	Coventry	29	3312.7%	5016.2%
23	D. Gray Attacking midfielder	Birmingham	30	32	4211.7%
24	K. Joseph Attacking midfielder	Hull City	24	3235.4%	6941.7%
25	M. Manhoef Attacking midfielder	Stoke City	24	3216.9%	704%
26	B. Brereton Attacking midfielder	Derby	27	31100.6%	593.4%
27	M. Núñez Attacking midfielder	Ipswich	26	3112.9%	654%
28	L. Baker Attacking midfielder	Stoke City	31	2891.2%	3315.1%
29	M. Belloumi Attacking midfielder	Hull City	24	28173.8%	6710.4%
30	C. Neghli Attacking midfielder	Millwall	24	277.1%	739.7%
31	Ronald Attacking midfielder	Swansea	25	271.1%	703.4%
32	S. Szmodics Attacking midfielder	Derby	30	2658.5%	4119.9%
33	A. Brooks Attacking midfielder	Sheffield Utd	22	2677.9%	691.8%
34	L. Millar Attacking midfielder	Hull City	26	25233.8%	629.8%
35	O. Schwartau Attacking midfielder	Norwich	20	24343.4%	7211.8%
36	J. Murphy Attacking midfielder	Portsmouth	31	2352.1%	3036.9%
37	Carlos Vicente Attacking midfielder	Birmingham	27	2338.9%	5336.8%
38	B. De Cordova-Reid Attacking midfielder	Leicester	33	23121.2%	2132.5%
39	A. Ben Slimane Attacking midfielder	Norwich	25	2237.9%	643.3%
40	S. Mills Attacking midfielder	Oxford United	22	21251.7%	669.9%
41	C. Lang Attacking midfielder	Portsmouth	27	2138.2%	5119.3%
42	M. Sykes Attacking midfielder	Bristol City	28	2013.3%	4917.3%
43	Bae Jun-Ho Attacking midfielder	Stoke City	22	1860.4%	677.6%
44	J. Wallace Attacking midfielder	West Brom	32	1881%	2520.7%
45	C. Chaplin Attacking midfielder	Portsmouth	29	18105.8%	4320.6%
46	W. Burns Attacking midfielder	Ipswich	31	17270.2%	3224.2%
47	L. Cullen Attacking midfielder	Swansea	27	1757%	5124.3%
48	J. Eccles Attacking midfielder	Coventry	26	1748%	5916.5%
49	T. Fellows Attacking midfielder	Southampton	22	1659.2%	717.1%
50	C. Archer Attacking midfielder	Southampton	24	1642.9%	6415.1%