Most in-form central midfielders in Premier League

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

At a glance

D. Kuzyk of LNZ Cherkasy is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Premier League, with a Field Insider Rating of 43.4, and E. Tverdokhlib has been the form player this season, grading 28, and O. Nazarenko leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: A. Ryabov has improved his Season rating most, up +20 on last season, while I. Lytvynenko's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +7.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, D. Kuzyk of LNZ Cherkasy is the most valuable name in this group at 19.1.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	E. Tverdokhlib Central midfielder	Kryvbas KR	25	2826.9%	396.6%
2	D. Kuzyk Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	23	27115.1%	430.9%
3	M. Zaderaka Central midfielder	Kryvbas KR	31	24112.3%	2015.6%
4	A. Ryabov Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	25	24512.8%	4011.3%
5	A. Chachua Central midfielder	Karpaty	32	2337%	1733.7%
6	O. Andrievskyi Central midfielder	Polessya	32	21263.8%	1612.6%
7	O. Nazarenko Central midfielder	Polessya	26	1941%	3516.9%
8	Y. Pastukh Central midfielder	LNZ Cherkasy	22	1763.8%	427.1%
9	A. Araujo Central midfielder	Kryvbas KR	23	17	38
10	V. Sharay Central midfielder	Veres Rivne	29	157.7%	2229.3%
11	M. Chekh Central midfielder	Obolon'-Brovar	27	15204.2%	279.7%
12	Y. Shevchenko Central midfielder	Kryvbas KR	19	14	4112.8%
13	O. Pikhalyonok Central midfielder	Dynamo Kyiv	29	1444.8%	2421.4%
14	B. Kushnirenko Central midfielder	Zorya Luhansk	30	13137.5%	2020.1%
15	O. Slobodyan Central midfielder	Obolon'-Brovar	29	1359.3%	2218.3%
16	V. Boyko Central midfielder	Veres Rivne	28	12127.8%	2517%
17	O. Demchenko Central midfielder	Kolos Kovalivka	30	11101.8%	2030.3%
18	D. Popara Central midfielder	Zorya Luhansk	23	11358.3%	370.5%
19	I. Lytvynenko Central midfielder	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	25	11	3625.3%
20	I. Kharatin Central midfielder	Veres Rivne	31	1115.6%	1632.5%
21	D. Myshnov Central midfielder	Oleksandria	32	840.5%	1341.6%
22	Fernando Henrique Central midfielder	Oleksandria	25	7371.4%	3243.3%
23	D. Vashchenko Central midfielder	Oleksandria	20	675%	3410.9%
24	R. Chernenko Central midfielder	Obolon'-Brovar	33	659.5%	1051%
25	I. Medynskyi Central midfielder	Obolon'-Brovar	33	525.4%	1042.1%
26	M. Mykhaylenko Central midfielder	Dynamo Kyiv	25	572.6%	3417.4%
27	S. Buletsa Central midfielder	Oleksandria	27	4412.5%	267.2%