Most in-form central midfielders in First League

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

At a glance

A. Ivanov of Dobrudzha is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in First League, with a Field Insider Rating of 32.4, and B. Tsonev leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. Malinov has improved his Season rating most, up +6.4 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, J. Martínez of CSKA 1948 is the most valuable name in this group at 9.9.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	A. Ivanov Central midfielder	Dobrudzha	21	17	32
2	A. Chandarov Central midfielder	Cherno More Varna	27	16	26
3	B. Tsonev Central midfielder	CSKA 1948	31	15	15
4	G. Rusev Central midfielder	CSKA 1948	28	13	23
5	F. Krebs Central midfielder	CSKA 1948	27	11	2626.6%
6	R. Schouten Central midfielder	Septemvri Sofia	28	952.8%	2052.9%
7	Adrián Lapeña Central midfielder	CSKA Sofia	30	930.2%	1661%
8	Frédéric Maciel Central midfielder	CSKA 1948	32	97.2%	1362.9%
9	A. Tsingaras Central midfielder	Montana	26	854.4%	2544.2%
10	E. Rodríguez Central midfielder	Botev Plovdiv	25	827.7%	3051.7%
11	E. Yanchev Central midfielder	Spartak Varna	27	8	22
12	D. Burov Central midfielder	Montana	28	8	20
13	I. Kokonov Central midfielder	Montana	34	8	7
14	P. Vitanov Central midfielder	CSKA 1948	31	79.3%	1349.4%
15	M. Triki Central midfielder	Dobrudzha	24	7	28
16	K. Malinov Central midfielder	Botev Vratsa	32	6	1164.3%
17	Y. Magnin Central midfielder	CSKA 1948	29	674.5%	1956.6%
18	Tomás Azevedo Central midfielder	Montana	25	6	2735%
19	A. Yordanov Central midfielder	Botev Plovdiv	24	6	29
20	A. Todorov Central midfielder	Montana	25	6	28
21	V. Ochayi Central midfielder	Septemvri Sofia	24	6	28
22	Nene Central midfielder	Beroe	23	5	28
23	D. Pirgov Central midfielder	Dobrudzha	36	5	6
24	M. Fall Central midfielder	Dobrudzha	23	5	28
25	Luann Central midfielder	Lokomotiv Sofia	25	4	27
26	Moi Parra Central midfielder	Septemvri Sofia	24	31300%	2758.1%
27	K. Stoyanov Central midfielder	Slavia Sofia	23	3	29
28	I. Iliev Central midfielder	CSKA Sofia	26	351.9%	2621.8%
29	S. Stoichkov Central midfielder	Septemvri Sofia	22	2	28