Most productive central midfielders

The most productive central midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

E. Anderson of Nottingham Forest is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 94.8, and C. Baumgartner has been the form player this season, grading 78, and T. Allende leads the scoring with 20 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Q. Laçi has improved his Season rating most, up +54.4 on last season, while T. Almada's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +36.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Anderson of Nottingham Forest is the most valuable name in this group at 189.6.

Atletico Madrid · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Q. Laçi+54.4SsN

Rizespor · 22/23→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	G+A	Season	Rating
1	F. Tănase Central midfielder	FCSB	31	25	62106.3%	2243.9%
2	G. Calò Central midfielder	Frosinone	29	25	63164.4%	531%
3	F. Dimarco Central midfielder	Inter	28	23	7394.9%	709%
4	Álex Calatrava Central midfielder	Castellón	26	23	6670.9%	695.5%
5	T. Allende Central midfielder	Inter Miami	27	22	54	3837.8%
6	M. Wanitzek Central midfielder	Karlsruher SC	33	22	654.5%	3123.7%
7	K. Coman Central midfielder	Al-Nassr	30	21	59101.7%	3931.3%
8	C. Baumgartner Central midfielder	RB Leipzig	26	21	78155.7%	8414.2%
9	V. Kostov Central midfielder	FK Crvena Zvezda	18	19	49	50
10	L. Stojković Central midfielder	Dinamo Zagreb	22	19	42	43
11	R. Graydon Central midfielder	Salford City	27	19	3819.7%	322.7%
12	Carles Gil Central midfielder	New England Revolution	33	19	4948.8%	217.8%
13	M. Gibbs-White Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	26	19	6431.2%	868.5%
14	L. Berrío Central midfielder	Junior	28	18	43	62
15	Wei Shihao Central midfielder	Chengdu Better City	31	18	44	18
16	N. Nández Central midfielder	Al-Qadisiyah FC	30	18	6055.4%	3910.9%
17	David González Central midfielder	Burgos	24	18	59286.9%	7317.9%
18	J. Randall Central midfielder	Auckland	23	17	44	23
19	Musab Al Juwayr Central midfielder	Al-Qadisiyah FC	23	17	5576.9%	63±0%
20	P. Berg Central midfielder	Bodo/Glimt	28	17	6161.6%	3715.8%
21	V. Vada Central midfielder	Damac	30	17	56200.5%	3754.7%
22	Marco Pasalic Central midfielder	Orlando City SC	25	17	50	4827.5%
23	O. Bailey Central midfielder	Doncaster	27	17	5232.6%	4412.9%
24	Q. Laçi Central midfielder	Rizespor	30	16	572590.5%	3432.5%
25	Dor Peretz Central midfielder	Maccabi Tel Aviv	31	16	42259.3%	2260.7%
26	A. Todoroski Central midfielder	TSC Backa Topola	27	16	39	35
27	E. Havel Central midfielder	TSV Hartberg	23	16	46	50
28	N. Pépé Central midfielder	Villarreal	31	16	53100.4%	477.9%
29	C. McCowatt Central midfielder	Silkeborg	27	16	57124.1%	412.4%
30	S. Mané Central midfielder	Al-Nassr	34	16	4726.9%	2133.1%
31	J. Pereyra Central midfielder	Minnesota United FC	27	16	5192.5%	4119.8%
32	D. Durand Central midfielder	RED Star FC 93	30	16	5248.4%	419.6%
33	I. Louza Central midfielder	Watford	27	16	5957.1%	615.8%
34	K. Kangwa Central midfielder	Hapoel Beer Sheva	27	15	45	3916.3%
35	Rômulo Central midfielder	Chengdu Better City	30	15	4411.6%	2259.6%
36	B. Cipenga Central midfielder	Castellón	28	15	42280.7%	50±0%
37	F. Hadërgjonaj Central midfielder	Alanyaspor	31	15	4549.8%	2714.4%
38	H. Johansson Central midfielder	Mjallby AIF	28	15	5250.6%	326.2%
39	Alberto Moleiro Central midfielder	Villarreal	22	15	5334.5%	9410%
40	C. Bonsu Baah Central midfielder	Al-Qadisiyah FC	21	15	52135.5%	635.2%
41	Dani Villahermosa Central midfielder	FC Andorra	25	15	591102%	7026.7%
42	Pablo Fornals Central midfielder	Real Betis	30	15	62160.5%	561.2%
43	C. Rodríguez Central midfielder	Cruz Azul	29	14	43	40
44	A. Matko Central midfielder	Ujpest	26	14	39337.1%	335.5%
45	S. Tomović Central midfielder	FK Spartak Zdrepceva KRV	24	14	37	43
46	M. Zajc Central midfielder	Dinamo Zagreb	32	14	351238.5%	1744.1%
47	A. Fulgini Central midfielder	Al Taawon	29	14	49253.2%	4025.2%
48	V. Lind Central midfielder	IF Brommapojkarna	23	14	532204.3%	405.2%
49	N. Amiri Central midfielder	FSV Mainz 05	29	14	6753%	5622.1%
50	Mario Soriano Central midfielder	Deportivo La Coruna	24	14	5123.8%	779.7%