Most in-form central midfielders in Championship

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

At a glance

H. Hackney of Middlesbrough is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 79, and I. Louza has been the form player this season, grading 58.9, and A. Devine leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Silvera has improved his Season rating most, up +47.6 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, H. Hackney of Middlesbrough is the most valuable name in this group at 101.1.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	I. Louza Central midfielder	Watford	27	5957.1%	615.8%
2	B. De Keersmaecker Central midfielder	Oxford United	26	539.5%	6310.4%
3	S. Silvera Central midfielder	Middlesbrough	25	521057.8%	7780.2%
4	H. Hackney Central midfielder	Middlesbrough	24	526.3%	793.8%
5	J. Ngakia Central midfielder	Watford	25	5268.1%	665.4%
6	Sydie Peck Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	21	5183.6%	785.2%
7	B. Whiteman Central midfielder	Preston	30	51109%	45±0%
8	A. Devine Central midfielder	Preston	21	4653%	7629.3%
9	I. Price Central midfielder	West Brom	22	45183.8%	7230.7%
10	T. Cantwell Central midfielder	Blackburn	28	4576.7%	5218.3%
11	L. O'Brien Central midfielder	Wrexham	27	44219%	604.3%
12	R. Alebiosu Central midfielder	Blackburn	24	43611.5%	7065.6%
13	S. Carey Central midfielder	Charlton	25	4265.1%	6843.3%
14	E. Galbraith Central midfielder	Swansea	25	406.3%	6826.1%
15	P. Mattsson Central midfielder	Norwich	24	3916.5%	6848.8%
16	B. Clark Central midfielder	Derby	21	392869.2%	724.1%
17	G. Docherty Central midfielder	Charlton	29	3816.3%	435.6%
18	H. Vale Central midfielder	QPR	22	364.5%	7140.4%
19	M. Bola Central midfielder	Watford	28	3533.1%	491.7%
20	J. Varane Central midfielder	QPR	24	3410.4%	643.9%
21	O. Maamma Central midfielder	Watford	20	33391%	691%
22	C. Coady Central midfielder	Charlton	33	32171.8%	2336.7%
23	S. Ingelsson Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	28	3122.4%	5011.9%
24	A. Mowatt Central midfielder	West Brom	31	3134.3%	3431.1%
25	S. Fusire Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	21	30290.9%	63117.2%
26	N. Irankunda Central midfielder	Watford	20	29	71
27	J. Molumby Central midfielder	West Brom	26	2912.2%	5815.4%
28	P. Roberts Central midfielder	Birmingham	29	2829.8%	4526.5%
29	E. Kayembe Central midfielder	Watford	28	2825.3%	4922.2%
30	K. Ahearne-Grant Central midfielder	West Brom	28	281.1%	4823.9%
31	P. Smyth Central midfielder	QPR	28	2773.9%	4622.4%
32	H. Kyprianou Central midfielder	Watford	25	266%	6337.8%
33	O. Diakité Central midfielder	West Brom	25	26174%	604%
34	T. Small Central midfielder	Preston	21	2633.5%	6935.3%
35	T. Seko Central midfielder	Stoke City	28	2476.5%	4711%
36	T. Doyle Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	23166.7%	659.9%
37	J. Solis Central midfielder	Birmingham	21	23152.8%	677.7%
38	B. Potts Central midfielder	Preston	32	2227.1%	2529.7%
39	A. Bell Central midfielder	Charlton	32	2110.1%	3018.4%
40	B. Sheaf Central midfielder	Wrexham	28	2116.7%	4915.9%
41	A. Forshaw Central midfielder	Blackburn	34	2146.4%	1624.9%
42	I. Chair Central midfielder	QPR	28	203.2%	4420%
43	D. Mazou-Sacko Central midfielder	Millwall	21	1960.2%	6619.4%
44	I. Hayden Central midfielder	QPR	31	19107.7%	2917.6%
45	L. Cundle Central midfielder	Millwall	24	1993.8%	646.1%
46	F. Bianchini Central midfielder	Portsmouth	25	1987%	593.7%
47	S. Gallagher Central midfielder	Stoke City	30	1839.1%	3223.5%
48	S. Field Central midfielder	QPR	28	1750.1%	4425.5%
49	K. Dembélé Central midfielder	QPR	23	176.1%	643.2%
50	J. Thompson Central midfielder	Preston	29	1747.4%	3816.9%