Most in-form central midfielders in Serie A

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

At a glance

Álvaro Montoro of Botafogo is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Serie A, with a Field Insider Rating of 73.3, and Igor Formiga has been the form player this season, grading 53.5, and Gabriel leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Igor Formiga has improved his Season rating most, up +27.7 on last season, while C. Olivera's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +23.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Felipe Negrucci of Sao Paulo is the most valuable name in this group at 89.5.

Best talent

Álvaro Montoro73.3RTG

Juventude · 23/24→25/26

Felipe Negrucci89.5val

Sao Paulo

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	Igor Formiga Central midfielder	Juventude	27	54107.4%	586.4%
2	Gabriel Baralhas Central midfielder	Vitoria	27	4211.6%	5614%
3	Jean Lucas Central midfielder	Bahia	28	4013.3%	5419.2%
4	D. Bobadilla Central midfielder	Sao Paulo	25	39166.4%	689.4%
5	Felipe Anderson Central midfielder	Palmeiras	33	3859.8%	2522.5%
6	Felipe Negrucci Central midfielder	Sao Paulo	22	37	7125%
7	Éverton Ribeiro Central midfielder	Bahia	37	3618.9%	1733.9%
8	Jádson Central midfielder	Juventude	32	3529.2%	3322%
9	Lucas Evangelista Central midfielder	Palmeiras	31	349.8%	3520.3%
10	Zé Rafael Central midfielder	Santos	33	33118.4%	2612.3%
11	Ferreira Central midfielder	Sao Paulo	28	3365.3%	5111%
12	Danielzinho Central midfielder	Mirassol	31	32	41
13	T. Cuello Central midfielder	Atletico-MG	26	3226.6%	6110.1%
14	Thiago Maia Central midfielder	Internacional	29	319.4%	4225.9%
15	Álvaro Montoro Central midfielder	Botafogo	19	30800%	7348.1%
16	Breno Central midfielder	Corinthians	21	2970.9%	711.9%
17	Bruno Gomes Central midfielder	Internacional	25	297.7%	639%
18	Gabriel Central midfielder	Mirassol	36	28787.5%	2121.2%
19	Marcos Antônio Central midfielder	Sao Paulo	26	28466%	647.8%
20	Eric Ramires Central midfielder	RB Bragantino	25	2843.9%	63±0%
21	Matheuzinho Central midfielder	Vitoria	28	2716.7%	4826.1%
22	Maycon Central midfielder	Corinthians	29	278866.7%	432.1%
23	Luiz Gustavo Central midfielder	Sao Paulo	38	2713%	1220%
24	Cédric Soares Central midfielder	Sao Paulo	34	27	2317.2%
25	Euder Galdino da Silva Central midfielder	Vasco da Gama U20	21	27	71
26	N. Acevedo Central midfielder	Bahia	27	26810.3%	532.2%
27	Matheus Pereira Central midfielder	Fortaleza EC	28	268.9%	4523.1%
28	C. Olivera Central midfielder	Gremio	24	265.8%	6753.2%
29	Caio Alexandre Central midfielder	Bahia	27	2419.7%	5420.1%
30	A. Moreno Central midfielder	Palmeiras	27	2429%	5520.7%
31	Ronald Central midfielder	Vitoria	29	2410.1%	4117.5%
32	J. Martínez Central midfielder	Corinthians	31	2365.5%	3032.2%
33	Gabriel Bontempo Central midfielder	Santos	21	23	65
34	Alisson Central midfielder	Sao Paulo	33	22±0%	2620.2%
35	Vinicius Central midfielder	RB Bragantino	22	22171.6%	667.1%
36	Rodrigo Nestor Central midfielder	Bahia	25	2265.2%	622.8%
37	Lourenço Central midfielder	Ceara	28	22	45
38	Fernando Sobral Central midfielder	Ceara	31	2235.4%	2927.7%
39	Wesley Central midfielder	Internacional	27	2147.4%	5029.5%
40	Erick Central midfielder	Bahia	28	2146.4%	4721.2%
41	A. Rodríguez Central midfielder	Internacional	26	2140.8%	539.2%
42	Zé Phelipe Central midfielder	Atlético Mineiro U20	21	20	65
43	Sérgio Oliveira Central midfielder	Sport Recife	34	20866.7%	1637.7%
44	A. Carrillo Central midfielder	Corinthians	35	1947%	187.7%
45	Tchê Tchê Central midfielder	Vasco DA Gama	33	19157.3%	2517.7%
46	José Aldo Central midfielder	Mirassol	27	19	51
47	Neto Moura Central midfielder	Mirassol	29	19	46
48	Wanderson Central midfielder	Cruzeiro	31	1839.2%	377.3%
49	Diogo Barbosa Central midfielder	Fortaleza EC	33	1835.3%	1943.6%
50	Wendell Central midfielder	Sao Paulo	32	17	2527.6%