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Most Improved central midfielders This Season

The most improved central midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Y. Minteh of Brighton is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 93.5, and E. Le Fée has been the form player this season, grading 67.9, and Dor Peretz leads the scoring with 14 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Gustavo Sauer has improved his Season rating most, up +50.1 on last season, while R. Bardghji's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +43.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Y. Minteh of Brighton is the most valuable name in this group at 111.9.

Best talent
Y. Minteh93.5RTG
Brighton
In form
E. Le Fée67.9SsN
Sunderland
Rising potential
R. Bardghji+43.4RTG
Barcelona · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
Gustavo Sauer+50.1SsN
Wuhan Three Towns · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
Dor Peretz14goals
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Most valuable
Y. Minteh111.9val
Brighton
50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1Gustavo SauerCentral midfielderWuhan Three Towns33+50.1
24/25→25/26
501439.1%
2R. YamamotoCentral midfielderSC Freiburg24+50
24/25→25/26
63387.6%8975.1%
3K. AskildsenCentral midfielderViking25+49
24/25→25/26
55129%466.2%
4E. Le FéeCentral midfielderSunderland26+48.6
24/25→25/26
68±0%86±0%
5D. Jean-JacquesCentral midfielderPhiladelphia Union26+46.2
24/25→25/26
5137.4%438.4%
6B. DoucouréCentral midfielderJavor27+45.7
21/22→25/26
46364.7%
7E. SegbergCentral midfielderStart29+44.8
24/25→25/26
491120%312.9%
8Q. LaçiCentral midfielderRizespor30+44.1
22/23→25/26
46±0%33±0%
9A. YusufCentral midfielderNew England Revolution26+43.6
24/25→25/26
5240.9%421.7%
10Alex TellesCentral midfielderBotafogo33+42.6
24/25→25/26
55120.3%2925.8%
11Cauan BarrosCentral midfielderVasco DA Gama22+42.5
23/24→25/26
46145.7%688.3%
12C. AránguizCentral midfielderUniversidad de Chile37+42.2
24/25→25/26
442110%733.6%
13N. CaliskanCentral midfielderReal Salt Lake26+41.4
24/25→25/26
4365.3%4111%
14Wellington SilvaCentral midfielderChengdu Better City33+41.3
23/24→25/26
53362.3%1459.7%
15JorginhoCentral midfielderFlamengo34+41.3
24/25→25/26
4789.8%2325.1%
16ArturCentral midfielderSao Paulo28+39.4
24/25→25/26
4659.1%496.9%
17W. Ould-ChikhCentral midfielderHeracles26+39.2
24/25→25/26
412177.8%5414.4%
18Cristian SalvadorCentral midfielderTianjin Teda31+39.2
24/25→25/26
431031.6%1748.2%
19M. PessinaCentral midfielderMonza29+38.6
24/25→25/26
45567.6%483.8%
20Dor PeretzCentral midfielderMaccabi Tel Aviv31+36.8
21/22→25/26
48322.8%2260.7%
21É. Soumah-AbbadCentral midfielderMetz23+36.8
23/24→25/26
48343.9%457.9%
22M. ZajcCentral midfielderDinamo Zagreb32+36.5
24/25→25/26
391587%1744.1%
23S. ClucasCentral midfielderShrewsbury36+36.1
24/25→25/26
41681.1%112.9%
24Max MarieCentral midfielderEintracht Braunschweig22+36.1
24/25→25/26
43±0%651.6%
25M. BähreCentral midfielderSCR Altach31+35.6
21/22→25/26
362528.7%
26J. FlorentínCentral midfielderIndepend. Rivadavia30+35.5
24/25→25/26
5931.5%342.4%
27DukCentral midfielderLeganes26+35.4
24/25→25/26
4213.7%59±0%
28A. MatkoCentral midfielderUjpest26+35.2
21/22→25/26
44382.6%335.5%
29Marcos AntônioCentral midfielderSao Paulo26+35
24/25→25/26
39177.5%600.5%
30P. GerkensCentral midfielderGent31+34.5
24/25→25/26
46305.3%328.9%
31S. BirindelliCentral midfielderMonza27+34.1
24/25→25/26
40±0%57±0%
32D. SosaCentral midfielderInstituto Cordoba29+33.7
22/23→25/26
3778.9%3934%
33A. SkogmarCentral midfielderMalmo FF20+33.7
24/25→25/26
3686.6%3912.3%
34I. KonéCentral midfielderSassuolo24+33.6
24/25→25/26
41487%8225.6%
35Justin JanssenCentral midfielderFC Nordsjaelland20+33.4
24/25→25/26
371.1%493.8%
36A. MedinaCentral midfielderEverton de Vina28+33
24/25→25/26
342357.1%1949.2%
37D. KruseCentral midfielderIFK Goteborg24+33
24/25→25/26
402%383.1%
38Á. BarrealCentral midfielderSantos26+32.7
24/25→25/26
5246.2%610.8%
39A. HjulsagerCentral midfielderVejle31+31.8
24/25→25/26
39474.6%2315.4%
40E. KartsevCentral midfielderSichuan Jiuniu26+31.7
23/24→25/26
36754.8%2931.3%
41Victor HugoCentral midfielderAtletico-MG22+31
24/25→25/26
457435.4%
42R. DonkorCentral midfielderNew York Red Bulls21+30.9
24/25→25/26
38137.3%4817.8%
43S. WegenCentral midfielderJong Utrecht21+30.9
24/25→25/26
4222.6%57±0%
44Pedro MaranhãoCentral midfielderHenan Jianye27+30.8
24/25→25/26
38410.7%2738.4%
45C. LangeCentral midfielderValerenga28+30.6
24/25→25/26
3918.6%3813.2%
46E. HagenCentral midfielderAalesund26+30.6
24/25→25/26
4261.1%407.9%
47Bruno XadasCentral midfielderTianjin Teda28+30.4
23/24→25/26
51148.3%2747.2%
48V. LoturiCentral midfielderCF Montreal25+30.3
24/25→25/26
327%431%
49I. DoumbiaCentral midfielderSporting CP23+30.1
24/25→25/26
37±0%731.8%
50D. EdelmanCentral midfielderSt. Louis City23+30
24/25→25/26
50122.4%5018.2%