Most In-Form central midfielders This Season in League One

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

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At a glance

M. Boateng of Plymouth is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 55.2, and O. Bailey has been the form player this season, grading 55.4.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Boateng has improved his Season rating most, up +33.9 on last season, while E. Brierley's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +15.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Boateng of Plymouth is the most valuable name in this group at 18.4.

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	Player	Team
1	O. Bailey Central midfielder	Doncaster	27	5538.2%	4412.9%
2	M. Boateng Central midfielder	Plymouth	24	49218.7%	5522.9%
3	H. White Central midfielder	Stevenage	24	4152.4%	5210.2%
4	R. Curtis Central midfielder	Plymouth	30	4199.5%	3122.7%
5	D. Campbell Central midfielder	Northampton	25	3564.8%	4644.5%
6	A. Reach Central midfielder	Lincoln	33	35339.2%	196.9%
7	C. Savage Central midfielder	Reading	23	345.5%	4912.4%
8	D. Kemp Central midfielder	Stevenage	27	340.9%	4310.9%
9	K. Doyle Central midfielder	Reading	21	335.4%	513.4%
10	C. McGeehan Central midfielder	Northampton	31	3214.1%	2332.6%
11	G. Saville Central midfielder	Luton	33	3227%	1754.6%
12	I. El Mizouni Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	25	3062.6%	4231.1%
13	M. Hippolyte Central midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	31	30100%	2317.3%
14	E. Archer Central midfielder	Port Vale	23	2740.7%	4415.4%
15	C. Boyd-Munce Central midfielder	Wycombe	26	2714%	4110.6%
16	E. Brierley Central midfielder	Exeter City	22	2683.9%	4846.3%
17	G. Honeyman Central midfielder	Blackpool	31	2627.5%	2349.2%
18	R. Gotts Central midfielder	Doncaster	26	2527.8%	4226.4%
19	J. Reeves Central midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	33	253.4%	171.7%
20	G. Broadbent Central midfielder	Doncaster	25	242.4%	4425.4%
21	Cian Ashford Central midfielder	Cardiff	21	2424.1%	5220%
22	C. Watts Central midfielder	Plymouth	24	2414.2%	474.3%
23	J. Powell Central midfielder	Rotherham	27	2442.8%	3627.7%
24	R. Croasdale Central midfielder	Port Vale	31	2346.6%	2118.2%
25	B. Sarpong-Wiredu Central midfielder	Plymouth	26	2312.1%	4023.1%
26	L. Evans Central midfielder	Blackpool	32	2249.3%	1840.9%
27	J. Roberts Central midfielder	Stevenage	32	2226.2%	2029.3%
28	K. Dempsey Central midfielder	Bolton	30	22103.8%	2615.5%
29	L. Woodhouse Central midfielder	Exeter City	22	22	43
30	S. McWilliams Central midfielder	Rotherham	27	22152.9%	3510.7%
31	O. Dale Central midfielder	Plymouth	27	21229.7%	375.4%
32	J. Bowler Central midfielder	Blackpool	27	21935%	3728.7%
33	J. Gibson Central midfielder	Doncaster	28	2023.7%	330.9%
34	H. Clifton Central midfielder	Doncaster	28	2026%	324.3%
35	T. Archibald Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	28	1931.9%	3131.3%
36	J. Houghton Central midfielder	Stevenage	30	1990.8%	2537%
37	Z. Nelson Central midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	21	19138.5%	4623.2%
38	Jack Perkins Central midfielder	Northampton	22	19	43
39	J. Benson Central midfielder	Rotherham	26	17265.2%	389%
40	J. Shipley Central midfielder	Port Vale	28	1613.1%	3021.2%
41	L. Thompson Central midfielder	Stevenage	31	1646.3%	2131.3%
42	J. Headley Central midfielder	Port Vale	24	1689.3%	4022.2%
43	G. Abbott Central midfielder	Wycombe	20	1562.9%	4512.2%
44	T. Fornah Central midfielder	Northampton	26	1547.9%	3810.8%
45	C. Campbell Central midfielder	Stevenage	23	148.9%	457.2%
46	J. Hungbo Central midfielder	Wigan	26	14	383%
47	L. Clarkson Central midfielder	Blackpool	24	1354.2%	4311.5%
48	G. Middleton Central midfielder	Doncaster	26	1350.4%	3919.2%
49	B. Woods Central midfielder	Peterborough	23	1164.2%	4115.4%
50	R. Williams Central midfielder	Reading	29	1150.7%	2633.2%