Most In-Form midfielders in Championship 26/27

The most in-form midfielders in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

K. Lund of Birmingham is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 73.1, and Gonçalo Franco has been the form player this season, grading 50.8, and Joseph Okopu leads the scoring with 10 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Hjertø-Dahl has improved his Season rating most, up +26.9 on last season, while L. Le Roux's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +17.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Gonçalo Franco of Swansea is the most valuable name in this group at 39.9.

Gonçalo Franco50.8SsN

Swansea

Rising potential

L. Le Roux+17.6RTG

Portsmouth · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Hjertø-Dahl+26.9SsN

Hull City · 24/25→25/26

Gonçalo Franco39.9val

Swansea

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	Player	Team
1	Gonçalo Franco Defensive midfielder	Swansea	25	5117.1%	69±0%
2	J. Hjertø-Dahl Winger	Hull City	20	506.3%	4414.4%
3	Joseph Okopu Attacking midfielder	Swansea	21	5046.4%	6624.6%
4	Ronald Central midfielder	Swansea	25	4360.4%	712.7%
5	I. Louza Attacking midfielder	Watford	27	429.1%	616.7%
6	M. Arfsten Attacking midfielder	Middlesbrough	25	4215.3%	483.9%
7	T. Souček Central midfielder	West Ham	31	4130.2%	4227.6%
8	S. Berhalter Attacking midfielder	Middlesbrough	25	4119%	505.9%
9	F. Myhre Central midfielder	West Brom	27	391%	402.3%
10	C. Jander Defensive midfielder	Southampton	23	390.5%	702%
11	G. Docherty Defensive midfielder	Charlton	29	369%	435.6%
12	H. Morita Central midfielder	Hull City	31	3626.6%	3513.9%
13	B. Khela Central midfielder	Birmingham	21	3313.4%	50±0%
14	J. Cullen Central midfielder	Burnley	30	3120.8%	4422.7%
15	B. Lloyd Central midfielder	Swansea	21	30	3341.5%
16	J. Baptiste Defensive midfielder	Sheffield Utd	22	3029500%	4620.9%
17	R. Shein Central midfielder	Portsmouth	23	2911.2%	431.4%
18	A. Wan-Bissaka Central midfielder	West Ham	28	2966.3%	5731.1%
19	K. Lund Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	2827.6%	7319.2%
20	N. Asiimwe Defensive midfielder	Charlton	21	28324.2%	4853.4%
21	E. Stroud Attacking midfielder	Hull City	24	2642.2%	3124.9%
22	J. Swift Central midfielder	Portsmouth	31	235.1%	3026.5%
23	M. Servais Attacking midfielder	Millwall	21	2253.4%	5911.2%
24	M. Baradji Defensive midfielder	Blackburn	25	21	57
25	X. Simons Central midfielder	Hull City	23	2128%	4526.1%
26	D. Mazou-Sacko Central midfielder	Millwall	21	1958.3%	6619.4%
27	T. McDermott Central midfielder	Burnley	21	19	3219.1%
28	S. Magassa Defensive midfielder	West Ham	22	197.9%	722.8%
29	C. Campbell Central midfielder	Wolves	23	1814%	457.2%
30	B. Pearson Central midfielder	Stoke City	31	18314%	2911.3%
31	E. Álvarez Defensive midfielder	West Ham	28	1728.8%	3548.8%
32	A. Ömür Central midfielder	Hull City	27	17236.7%	3239.8%
33	C. Coady Central midfielder	Wrexham	33	1635.9%	1751.9%
34	H. Clarke Central midfielder	Preston	25	16±0%	637.9%
35	T. Gardner-Hickman Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	1441.7%	6021.8%
36	E. Lee Attacking midfielder	Wrexham	31	1449.8%	2233.8%
37	Welington Defensive midfielder	Southampton	25	1350.4%	609.5%
38	E. Ukaki Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	21	13	37
39	B. Sheaf Central midfielder	Wrexham	28	1346.5%	4522.5%
40	K. Anderson Central midfielder	Portsmouth	31	1352.6%	2912%
41	N. Sutoh Attacking midfielder	Preston	23	12	26
42	K. Dembélé Central midfielder	QPR	23	1132.7%	608.8%
43	L. Gibbs Central midfielder	Norwich	23	111144.4%	607.1%
44	S. Revan Defensive midfielder	Wrexham	23	11113.7%	409.3%
45	B. Potts Attacking midfielder	Preston	32	1067.9%	2237.7%
46	J. Cotterill Central midfielder	Swansea	20	1058%	4634.7%
47	D. Gyabi Central midfielder	Hull City	22	1066.9%	634.7%
48	D. De Neve Central midfielder	Blackburn	25	1035.1%	53±0%
49	F. Bianchini Central midfielder	Swansea	25	106.8%	594.9%
50	H. Knibbs Attacking midfielder	Charlton	27	980.6%	4614%