Most In-Form central midfielders This Season

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

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At a glance

Y. Minteh of Brighton is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 93.5, and F. Tănase has been the form player this season, grading 67.8.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Gustavo Sauer has improved his Season rating most, up +50.1 on last season, while R. Bardghji's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +43.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Y. Minteh of Brighton is the most valuable name in this group at 108.4.

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	Player	Team
1	F. Tănase Central midfielder	FCSB	31	68116.6%	2243.9%
2	E. Havel Central midfielder	Genoa	23	66	50
3	R. Yamamoto Central midfielder	SC Freiburg	24	63387.6%	8975.1%
4	S. Ascacíbar Central midfielder	Boca Juniors	29	5731.6%	385.6%
5	E. Leopold Central midfielder	Borussia Mönchengladbach	26	569.1%	644.8%
6	E. Diop Central midfielder	Monaco	22	562216.7%	6013.3%
7	João Palhinha Central midfielder	Benfica	31	554%	42±0%
8	A. Bernabéi Central midfielder	Internacional	25	5577%	693.9%
9	Alex Telles Central midfielder	Botafogo	33	55120.3%	2925.8%
10	A. Doumbia Central midfielder	BK Hacken	18	55	45
11	Gabriel Baralhas Central midfielder	Vitoria	27	5557%	6113.7%
12	V. Kostov Central midfielder	FK Crvena Zvezda	18	55	53
13	M. Lindberg Central midfielder	Sirius	26	5527.6%	3917.1%
14	S. Simons Central midfielder	FC Eindhoven	22	5372.2%	607%
15	A. Dønnum Central midfielder	Toulouse	28	5312.1%	6211.9%
16	Wellington Silva Central midfielder	Chengdu Better City	33	53362.3%	1459.7%
17	O. Øhlenschlæger Central midfielder	Fredrikstad	22	5359.7%	471.5%
18	L. Verstraete Central midfielder	Patro Eisden	27	5220.6%	182.3%
19	S. López Central midfielder	Banfield	28	52115.8%	4322%
20	Bruno Xadas Central midfielder	Tianjin Teda	28	51148.3%	2747.2%
21	Berkay Yilmaz Central midfielder	SC Freiburg	21	519.2%	71±0%
22	N. Aséko Nkili Central midfielder	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	519.3%	72±0%
23	A. Gómez Central midfielder	Vasco DA Gama	24	51208.5%	6916.2%
24	Gustavo Sauer Central midfielder	Wuhan Three Towns	33	50	1439.1%
25	Wei Shihao Central midfielder	Chengdu Better City	31	50	18
26	Rômulo Central midfielder	Chengdu Better City	30	505.3%	2259.6%
27	B. Çoban Central midfielder	Sakaryaspor	31	50	211.9%
28	A. Mehmeti Central midfielder	New York Red Bulls	17	49	53
29	Noah Makanza Central midfielder	KV Mechelen	21	49	58
30	D. Edvardsson Central midfielder	Tromso	24	4929.4%	486.6%
31	J. Holsgrove Central midfielder	Estoril	27	49±0%	608.9%
32	K. Kangwa Central midfielder	Panathinaikos	27	491.6%	39±0%
33	Dor Peretz Central midfielder	Maccabi Tel Aviv	31	48322.8%	2260.7%
34	Matheus Bidu Central midfielder	Corinthians	27	4893.5%	6013.3%
35	É. Soumah-Abbad Central midfielder	Metz	23	48343.9%	457.9%
36	J. Hendrix Central midfielder	Preußen Münster	31	474.7%	3323.4%
37	Chow Tim Central midfielder	Sichuan Jiuniu	32	47	19
38	Jorginho Central midfielder	Flamengo	34	4789.8%	2325.1%
39	L. Stojković Central midfielder	Dinamo Zagreb	22	47	43
40	Diogo Bezerra Central midfielder	OFK Beograd	24	46	438.4%
41	Artur Central midfielder	Sao Paulo	28	4659.1%	496.9%
42	Thiago Mendes Central midfielder	Vasco DA Gama	34	462215%	24135.9%
43	Cauan Barros Central midfielder	Vasco DA Gama	22	46145.7%	688.3%
44	A. Potur Central midfielder	Ham-Kam	22	46	46
45	I. Chaira Central midfielder	Oviedo	25	4668.2%	7713.1%
46	G. Cerato Central midfielder	Instituto Cordoba	28	4640.7%	4314%
47	Vitinho Central midfielder	Internacional	27	4643.9%	5811.8%
48	F. Muslija Central midfielder	SC Freiburg	28	462762.5%	4714.6%
49	P. Gerkens Central midfielder	Gent	31	46305.3%	328.9%
50	M. Bomholt Central midfielder	Rosenborg	20	4673.5%	499.1%