Most In-Form central midfielders in League One 26/27

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

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At a glance

L. Thompson of Mansfield Town is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 59.9, and C. Brannagan has been the form player this season, grading 46, and C. McGeehan leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Braybrooke has improved his Season rating most, up +41 on last season, while Patrick Kelly's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +15.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Joe Knight of Stevenage is the most valuable name in this group at 14.1.

Patrick Kelly+15.3RTG

Barnsley · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

S. Braybrooke+41SsN

Leicester · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	C. Brannagan Central midfielder	Oxford United	30	46±0%	39±0%
2	L. Wing Central midfielder	Reading	31	44±0%	30±0%
3	S. Braybrooke Central midfielder	Leicester	22	4325.1%	360.8%
4	H. White Central midfielder	Plymouth	25	41±0%	522.6%
5	O. Norwood Central midfielder	Stockport County	35	40±0%	20±0%
6	B. Bannan Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	36	394.8%	224.7%
7	S. Seddon Central midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	28	39±0%	39±0%
8	L. Kelly Central midfielder	Peterborough	30	39±0%	22±0%
9	L. Reed Central midfielder	Mansfield Town	29	36±0%	32±0%
10	A. Smith Central midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	27	36±0%	40±0%
11	R. Curtis Central midfielder	Plymouth	30	36±0%	29±0%
12	M. Pinnock Central midfielder	Bromley	31	35±0%	21±0%
13	L. Walsh Central midfielder	Luton	29	34±0%	3612.3%
14	A. Sarcevic Central midfielder	Bradford	34	33±0%	17±0%
15	Patrick Kelly Central midfielder	Barnsley	22	33±0%	491.6%
16	R. Wintle Central midfielder	Milton Keynes Dons	29	329.6%	374.9%
17	I. Touray Central midfielder	Bradford	31	31±0%	28±0%
18	M. Power Central midfielder	Wigan	33	31±0%	234%
19	G. Evans Central midfielder	Burton Albion	31	29±0%	24±0%
20	P. Mpanzu Central midfielder	Cambridge United	32	28±0%	17±0%
21	C. Boyd-Munce Central midfielder	Wycombe	26	27±0%	41±0%
22	E. Brierley Central midfielder	Huddersfield	22	2683.9%	4846.3%
23	J. Senior Central midfielder	Doncaster	29	25±0%	30±0%
24	J. Weir Central midfielder	Wigan	24	25±0%	46±0%
25	D. Ball Central midfielder	Cambridge United	31	25±0%	17±0%
26	R. Gotts Central midfielder	Doncaster	26	24±0%	41±0%
27	I. Bronkhorst Central midfielder	Huddersfield	29	2311.7%	45±0%
28	C. McGeehan Central midfielder	Barnsley	31	23±0%	23±0%
29	J. Bowler Central midfielder	Blackpool	27	21±0%	37±0%
30	R. Walters Central midfielder	Luton	21	1732.8%	4917.3%
31	C. Johnston Central midfielder	Peterborough	24	17±0%	42±0%
32	M. Hippolyte Central midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	31	16±0%	23±0%
33	L. Thompson Central midfielder	Mansfield Town	24	11±0%	602.6%
34	C. Connolly Central midfielder	Bradford	29	10±0%	3014.6%
35	C. Bramall Central midfielder	Milton Keynes Dons	30	109.1%	25±0%
36	Declan Frith Central midfielder	Peterborough	24	10	40
37	A. Morgan Central midfielder	Blackpool	26	10±0%	36±0%
38	J. Moorhouse Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	20	8±0%	41±0%
39	W. Alves Central midfielder	Leicester	21	713.6%	43±0%
40	Bolu Shofowoke Central midfielder	Peterborough	18	4±0%	42±0%
41	Donay O'Brien-Brady Central midfielder	Peterborough	22	370.2%	403.7%