Most in-form central midfielders in League One

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

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 51.6.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Boateng has improved his Season rating most, up +31.9 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 34.2.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	O. Bailey Central midfielder	Doncaster	27	5232.6%	4412.9%
2	M. Boateng Central midfielder	Plymouth	24	48204.5%	5522.9%
3	H. White Central midfielder	Stevenage	24	3946.4%	5210.2%
4	R. Curtis Central midfielder	Plymouth	30	3892%	3122.7%
5	D. Campbell Central midfielder	Northampton	25	3656.8%	4644.5%
6	C. Savage Central midfielder	Reading	23	346.6%	4912.4%
7	A. Reach Central midfielder	Lincoln	33	33274.2%	196.9%
8	K. Doyle Central midfielder	Reading	20	318.5%	524.2%
9	D. Kemp Central midfielder	Stevenage	27	316.1%	4310.9%
10	G. Saville Central midfielder	Luton	33	3131.3%	1754.6%
11	I. El Mizouni Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	25	3061.1%	4231.1%
12	C. McGeehan Central midfielder	Northampton	31	3017.8%	2332.6%
13	M. Hippolyte Central midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	31	29100.7%	2317.3%
14	C. Boyd-Munce Central midfielder	Wycombe	26	2612.4%	4110.6%
15	G. Honeyman Central midfielder	Blackpool	31	2626.3%	2349.2%
16	E. Brierley Central midfielder	Exeter City	22	2687.1%	4846.3%
17	R. Gotts Central midfielder	Doncaster	26	2625.4%	4226.4%
18	E. Archer Central midfielder	Port Vale	23	2641.5%	4415.4%
19	G. Broadbent Central midfielder	Doncaster	25	241.6%	4425.4%
20	J. Reeves Central midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	33	247.6%	171.7%
21	J. Powell Central midfielder	Rotherham	27	2441.8%	3627.7%
22	B. Sarpong-Wiredu Central midfielder	Plymouth	26	2314.7%	4023.1%
23	Cian Ashford Central midfielder	Cardiff	21	2222.7%	5220%
24	C. Watts Central midfielder	Plymouth	24	2210%	474.3%
25	R. Croasdale Central midfielder	Port Vale	31	2247.2%	2118.2%
26	L. Evans Central midfielder	Blackpool	31	2249.4%	2131.2%
27	J. Roberts Central midfielder	Stevenage	32	2229.3%	2029.3%
28	L. Woodhouse Central midfielder	Exeter City	21	22	44
29	S. McWilliams Central midfielder	Rotherham	27	21122.1%	3510.7%
30	O. Dale Central midfielder	Plymouth	27	21230.2%	375.4%
31	K. Dempsey Central midfielder	Bolton	30	2098.1%	2615.5%
32	H. Clifton Central midfielder	Doncaster	28	2022.8%	324.3%
33	J. Bowler Central midfielder	Blackpool	27	19743.5%	3728.7%
34	J. Houghton Central midfielder	Stevenage	30	1975.5%	2537%
35	J. Gibson Central midfielder	Doncaster	28	1926.3%	330.9%
36	T. Archibald Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	28	1830.8%	3131.3%
37	Jack Perkins Central midfielder	Northampton	22	18	43
38	Z. Nelson Central midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	21	17120.3%	4623.2%
39	J. Headley Central midfielder	Port Vale	24	1691.7%	4022.2%
40	L. Thompson Central midfielder	Stevenage	31	1646.3%	2131.3%
41	J. Shipley Central midfielder	Port Vale	28	1617.9%	3021.2%
42	J. Benson Central midfielder	Rotherham	26	16259.1%	389%
43	T. Fornah Central midfielder	Northampton	26	1547.3%	3810.8%
44	G. Abbott Central midfielder	Wycombe	20	1563.9%	4512.2%
45	C. Campbell Central midfielder	Stevenage	23	1314.4%	457.2%
46	J. Hungbo Central midfielder	Wigan	26	13	383%
47	L. Clarkson Central midfielder	Blackpool	24	1255.3%	4311.5%
48	G. Middleton Central midfielder	Doncaster	26	1250.2%	3919.2%
49	B. Woods Central midfielder	Peterborough	23	1262.5%	4115.4%
50	R. Williams Central midfielder	Reading	29	1150.9%	2633.2%