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 Nathan De Cat's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +45.6 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 113.2.

Nathan De Cat+45.6RTG

1899 Hoffenheim · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Gustavo Sauer+50.1SsN

Wuhan Three Towns · 24/25→25/26

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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	W. Burger Central midfielder	1899 Hoffenheim	25	5869.9%	8425.9%
5	S. Ascacíbar Central midfielder	Boca Juniors	29	5731.6%	385.6%
6	E. Leopold Central midfielder	Borussia Mönchengladbach	26	569.1%	644.8%
7	E. Diop Central midfielder	Monaco	22	562216.7%	6013.3%
8	João Palhinha Central midfielder	Bayern München	31	55726.9%	420.7%
9	A. Bernabéi Central midfielder	Internacional	25	5577%	693.9%
10	Alex Telles Central midfielder	Botafogo	33	55120.3%	2925.8%
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	S. El-Faouzi Central midfielder	FC Schalke 04	24	5369.8%	7257.5%
17	M. Baur Central midfielder	Celtic	22	53542.7%	7469%
18	Wellington Silva Central midfielder	Chengdu Better City	33	53362.3%	1459.7%
19	O. Øhlenschlæger Central midfielder	Fredrikstad	22	5359.7%	471.5%
20	L. Verstraete Central midfielder	Patro Eisden	27	5244.2%	1860%
21	S. López Central midfielder	Banfield	28	52115.8%	4322%
22	A. Stiller Central midfielder	VfB Stuttgart	25	515.7%	814%
23	Bruno Xadas Central midfielder	Tianjin Teda	28	51148.3%	2747.2%
24	Berkay Yilmaz Central midfielder	SC Freiburg	21	51193.6%	7116.3%
25	N. Aséko Nkili Central midfielder	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	512104.3%	7293.8%
26	A. Gómez Central midfielder	Vasco DA Gama	23	51208.5%	6914%
27	Gustavo Sauer Central midfielder	Wuhan Three Towns	33	50	1439.1%
28	Wei Shihao Central midfielder	Chengdu Better City	31	50	18
29	Rômulo Central midfielder	Chengdu Better City	30	505.3%	2259.6%
30	B. Çoban Central midfielder	Sakaryaspor	31	50	21
31	A. Mehmeti Central midfielder	New York Red Bulls	17	49	53
32	L. Ulrich Central midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	21	49139.2%	6445.5%
33	Noah Makanza Central midfielder	KV Mechelen	21	49	58
34	D. Edvardsson Central midfielder	Tromso	24	4929.4%	486.6%
35	J. Holsgrove Central midfielder	Estoril	26	4923%	606.7%
36	K. Kangwa Central midfielder	Panathinaikos	27	49	3916.3%
37	N. Pierozzi Central midfielder	Palermo	24	48189.8%	7121%
38	Dor Peretz Central midfielder	Maccabi Tel Aviv	31	48322.8%	2260.7%
39	Matheus Bidu Central midfielder	Corinthians	27	4893.5%	6013.3%
40	É. Soumah-Abbad Central midfielder	Metz	23	48343.9%	457.9%
41	R. Fellhauer Central midfielder	FC Augsburg	28	488.9%	61±0%
42	R. Ascone Central midfielder	Halmstad	22	47263.8%	3610.1%
43	M. Camara Central midfielder	Rennes	28	4721.6%	6018.3%
44	J. Hendrix Central midfielder	Preußen Münster	31	474.7%	3323.4%
45	E. Pulgar Central midfielder	Flamengo	32	47190.1%	3017.3%
46	Chow Tim Central midfielder	Sichuan Jiuniu	32	47	19
47	L. Stojković Central midfielder	Dinamo Zagreb	22	47	43
48	Jorginho Central midfielder	Flamengo	34	4789.8%	2325.1%
49	Diogo Bezerra Central midfielder	OFK Beograd	24	46	43
50	Artur Central midfielder	Sao Paulo	28	4659.1%	496.9%