Most in-form central midfielders in K League 1

The most in-form central midfielders in K League 1, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

Lee Seung-Won of Gimcheon Sangmu FC is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in K League 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 45.5, and Mo Jae-Hyeon has been the form player this season, grading 27.3, and Lee Dong-Jun leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Maeng Seong-Ung has improved his Season rating most, up +14.6 on last season, while Lee Jin-Hyun's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +2.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Lee Seung-Won of Gimcheon Sangmu FC is the most valuable name in this group at 30.9.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	Mo Jae-Hyeon Central midfielder	Gangwon FC	29	2771.7%	3020.4%
2	Park Tae-Jun Central midfielder	Gimcheon Sangmu FC	27	25112.1%	3816.5%
3	Lee Jae-Won Central midfielder	Suwon City FC	29	2212.6%	2922.7%
4	Lee Soon-Min Central midfielder	Daejeon Citizen	32	22156.3%	1929.2%
5	Lee Dong-Jun Central midfielder	Gimcheon Sangmu FC	29	19182.4%	2915.2%
6	Anderson Oliveira Central midfielder	FC Seoul	28	1950.5%	3233.5%
7	Maeng Seong-Ung Central midfielder	Gimcheon Sangmu FC	28	18394.6%	3213.8%
8	Seo Min-Woo Central midfielder	Gangwon FC	28	182.7%	3128.2%
9	Lee Seung-Won Central midfielder	Gimcheon Sangmu FC	23	18304.5%	460.7%
10	Jeong-Hyun Kim Central midfielder	Daegu FC	26	17	392.4%
11	Kim Dae-Won Central midfielder	Gangwon FC	29	1615.2%	2828%
12	Hwang Do-Yoon Central midfielder	FC Seoul	23	16260.5%	430.5%
13	Kim Bong-Soo Central midfielder	Daejeon Citizen	26	1533%	4121.6%
14	Choi Kyoung-Rok Central midfielder	Gwangju FC	31	1523.9%	2039.8%
15	Lee Chang-Min Central midfielder	Jeju United FC	32	15157.6%	1737.6%
16	Kim Seung-Sub Central midfielder	Gimcheon Sangmu FC	29	15130.3%	2914%
17	T. Oude Kotte Central midfielder	FC Anyang	30	1527.5%	2532.3%
18	Jeong Seung-Won Central midfielder	FC Seoul	29	1563.4%	2735.2%
19	Oberdan Central midfielder	Pohang Steelers	30	1429%	2427.2%
20	Luan Dias Central midfielder	Suwon City FC	28	14483.3%	3328.1%
21	Hernandes Central midfielder	Daejeon Citizen	26	13103.1%	412.4%
22	Ki Sung-Yueng Central midfielder	Pohang Steelers	37	136.5%	841.8%
23	Choi Jun Central midfielder	FC Seoul	27	1365%	3234.5%
24	Lee You-Hyeon Central midfielder	Gangwon FC	29	1364.9%	2631.1%
25	Lucas Silva Central midfielder	FC Seoul	26	1257.7%	3616%
26	Bruno Lamas Central midfielder	Daegu FC	32	1283.4%	1758.5%
27	Lee Seung-Mo Central midfielder	FC Seoul	28	1231.4%	2833.8%
28	Moon Seon-Min Central midfielder	FC Seoul	34	1140.2%	949.7%
29	Eo Jeong-Won Central midfielder	Pohang Steelers	27	117.9%	3614.9%
30	Oh Jae-Hyeok Central midfielder	Jeju United FC	24	11678.6%	456.9%
31	Yu In-Soo Central midfielder	Jeju United FC	31	1114.5%	1938.7%
32	Oh Hu-Seong Central midfielder	Gwangju FC	26	10827.3%	40±0%
33	Jeong Chi-In Central midfielder	Daegu FC	28	1021.2%	3121.6%
34	Lee Jin-Hyun Central midfielder	Ulsan Hyundai FC	28	929.3%	329%
35	D. Bojanić Central midfielder	Ulsan Hyundai FC	31	948.6%	1943.4%
36	Kim Jung-Hyun Central midfielder	FC Anyang	33	9100%	1266%
37	Shin Chang-Moo Central midfielder	Gwangju FC	33	952.5%	1232.6%
38	Juninho Rocha Central midfielder	Pohang Steelers	28	9	3039.7%
39	Hwang Jae-Won Central midfielder	Daegu FC	23	825.9%	4415.7%
40	Kang Min-Jun Central midfielder	Pohang Steelers	23	8	43
41	Italo Moreira Central midfielder	Jeju United FC	28	764.7%	3033%
42	Moon Seong-Woo Central midfielder	FC Anyang	23	7	44
43	Lee Kang-Hyun Central midfielder	Gwangju FC	27	725.5%	3410.4%
44	Han Chan-Hee Central midfielder	Suwon City FC	29	732%	2621.5%
45	Ryu Jae-Moon Central midfielder	FC Seoul	32	629.7%	1539.3%
46	Kim Kang-Guk Central midfielder	Gangwon FC	29	641.1%	2438%
47	Kim Gyeong-Min Central midfielder	Suwon City FC	29	513.3%	2622.4%
48	Seo Jin-Su Central midfielder	Daejeon Citizen	25	471.5%	4119%