Most In-Form central midfielders in Championship 26/27

The most in-form central midfielders in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Stansfield of Birmingham is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 75.6, and B. Whiteman has been the form player this season, grading 50.9, and T. Souček leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Stamenić has improved his Season rating most, up +30 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, B. De Keersmaecker of Bristol City is the most valuable name in this group at 41.9.

Swansea · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

M. Stamenić+30SsN

Swansea · 24/25→25/26

B. De Keersmaecker41.9val

Bristol City

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	Player	Team
1	B. Whiteman Central midfielder	Wrexham	30	51±0%	462.9%
2	Tom Iorpenda Central midfielder	Swansea	21	4514733.3%	384.5%
3	J. Stansfield Central midfielder	Birmingham	23	43±0%	76±0%
4	T. Souček Central midfielder	West Ham	31	4130.2%	4227.6%
5	T. Iwata Central midfielder	Birmingham	29	38±0%	49±0%
6	A. Devine Central midfielder	Preston	22	38±0%	75±0%
7	A. Segecic Central midfielder	Portsmouth	22	36±0%	70±0%
8	M. Stamenić Central midfielder	Swansea	24	35±0%	68±0%
9	T. Cantwell Central midfielder	Blackburn	28	34±0%	48±0%
10	F. Myhre Central midfielder	West Brom	27	3315.7%	367.2%
11	B. Khela Central midfielder	Birmingham	21	3313.4%	50±0%
12	B. De Keersmaecker Central midfielder	Bristol City	26	3345.5%	5620%
13	F. Downes Central midfielder	Southampton	27	32±0%	56±0%
14	J. Sheehan Central midfielder	Bolton	31	32±0%	25±0%
15	J. Cullen Central midfielder	Burnley	30	3120.8%	4422.7%
16	B. Lloyd Central midfielder	Swansea	21	30	3341.5%
17	R. Shein Central midfielder	Portsmouth	23	2913%	421.2%
18	O. Tanner Central midfielder	Cardiff	24	28±0%	49±0%
19	A. Engels Central midfielder	West Ham	23	24±0%	521.8%
20	J. Knight Central midfielder	Bristol City	25	22±0%	64±0%
21	R. Edwards Central midfielder	QPR	23	20±0%	64±0%
22	T. McDermott Central midfielder	Burnley	21	19	3219.1%
23	K. Ahearne-Grant Central midfielder	Charlton	29	19±0%	4825.2%
24	C. Campbell Central midfielder	Wolves	23	1814%	457.2%
25	S. Eustáquio Central midfielder	Swansea	29	17876.5%	2615.7%
26	C. Coady Central midfielder	Wrexham	33	1635.9%	1751.9%
27	T. Gardner-Hickman Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	1441.7%	6021.8%
28	J. Thompson Central midfielder	Preston	29	13±0%	36±0%
29	K. Anderson Central midfielder	Portsmouth	31	1352.6%	2912%
30	Carlos Vicente Central midfielder	Birmingham	27	1242.3%	4818.4%
31	J. Monga Central midfielder	Swansea	17	111030%	6210.3%
32	K. Dembélé Central midfielder	QPR	23	1132.7%	608.8%
33	D. De Neve Central midfielder	Blackburn	25	1035.1%	53±0%
34	J. Bauress Central midfielder	Burnley	20	7	29
35	M. Leonard Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	763.4%	5618.3%
36	Jenson Metcalfe Central midfielder	Millwall	22	562.2%	4432.5%
37	M. Kosznovszky Central midfielder	Portsmouth	24	4457.1%	5414.5%
38	L. Cacace Central midfielder	Wrexham	26	480.3%	5527.7%
39	Iker Bravo Central midfielder	Watford	21	4	7226.2%
40	A. Kamara Central midfielder	Portsmouth	23	0	5517.5%