Most improved central midfielders

The most improved 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 86.1, 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 +59.7 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, M. Gibbs-White of Nottingham Forest is the most valuable name in this group at 144.2.

C. Baumgartner86.1SsN

RB Leipzig

Rising potential

T. Almada+36.8RTG

Atletico Madrid · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Q. Laçi+59.7SsN

Rizespor · 22/23→25/26

M. Gibbs-White144.2val

Nottingham Forest

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#	Player	Team	Age	ΔSsN	Season	Rating
1	Q. Laçi Central midfielder	Rizespor	30	+59.7 22/23→25/26	623142.1%	3432.5%
2	Dani Villahermosa Central midfielder	FC Andorra	25	+57.5 24/25→25/26	631150%	7026.7%
3	C. Baumgartner Central midfielder	RB Leipzig	26	+55.3 24/25→25/26	86179.5%	8414.2%
4	S. Silvera Central midfielder	Middlesbrough	25	+50.6 24/25→25/26	551076.6%	7780.2%
5	Gustavo Sauer Central midfielder	Wuhan Three Towns	33	+50.1 24/25→25/26	50	1439.1%
6	K. Kangwa Central midfielder	Hapoel Beer Sheva	27	+49.4 23/24→25/26	49	3916.3%
7	David González Central midfielder	Burgos	24	+48.2 24/25→25/26	65292.1%	7317.9%
8	S. Van Dessel Central midfielder	MVV	24	+47.5 24/25→25/26	53833.3%	5827.8%
9	I. Doumbia Central midfielder	Venezia	22	+46.5 24/25→25/26	54645.8%	7813.7%
10	G. Calò Central midfielder	Frosinone	29	+46.3 24/25→25/26	71188.2%	531%
11	B. Doucouré Central midfielder	Javor	27	+45.7 21/22→25/26	46	364.7%
12	S. Homenchenko Central midfielder	Club Queretaro	22	+45.5 24/25→25/26	491229.7%	557.8%
13	E. Guðmundsson Central midfielder	Brann	22	+44.8 24/25→25/26	481244.4%	4949.7%
14	Pablo Fornals Central midfielder	Real Betis	30	+43.3 24/25→25/26	67179.7%	561.2%
15	F. Dimarco Central midfielder	Inter	28	+42.8 24/25→25/26	80114.1%	709%
16	C. Aránguiz Central midfielder	Universidad de Chile	37	+42.2 24/25→25/26	442110%	733.6%
17	V. Vada Central midfielder	Damac	30	+41.8 24/25→25/26	62210.1%	3754.7%
18	G. Magnée Central midfielder	Cercle Brugge	26	+41.6 24/25→25/26	61212.2%	572.7%
19	J. Lukić Central midfielder	Philadelphia Union	24	+41.6 22/23→25/26	42	453.7%
20	K. Felida Central midfielder	Den Bosch	26	+41.6 24/25→25/26	461040%	521.7%
21	Wellington Silva Central midfielder	Qingdao Jonoon	33	+41.3 23/24→25/26	53362.3%	1459.7%
22	R. Vargas Central midfielder	Sevilla	27	+41 24/25→25/26	52379.6%	701.9%
23	J. Kamiński Central midfielder	1. FC Köln	24	+40.6 24/25→25/26	59224.3%	8213.6%
24	Cristian Salvador Central midfielder	Tianjin Teda	31	+39.2 24/25→25/26	431031.6%	1748.2%
25	J. Buckley Central midfielder	Al Kholood	26	+39.1 24/25→25/26	47471.1%	5112.7%
26	A. Fulgini Central midfielder	Al Taawon	29	+38.9 24/25→25/26	54262.8%	4025.2%
27	Germán Valera Central midfielder	Elche	24	+38.9 24/25→25/26	55238.7%	8733.7%
28	R. Touzghar Central midfielder	PAU	22	+38.6 24/25→25/26	421072.2%	6484.6%
29	R. Alebiosu Central midfielder	Blackburn	24	+37.8 24/25→25/26	44619.7%	7065.6%
30	Flávio Nazinho Central midfielder	Cercle Brugge	22	+37.6 24/25→25/26	55217.3%	617.3%
31	C. Eriksen Central midfielder	VfL Wolfsburg	34	+37.6 24/25→25/26	57196.9%	281.7%
32	I. Sangaré Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	28	+37.5 24/25→25/26	49317.8%	618.2%
33	Max Marie Central midfielder	Eintracht Braunschweig	21	+37.4 24/25→25/26	44566.7%	6622.1%
34	Pere Milla Central midfielder	Espanyol	33	+37.3 24/25→25/26	48358.7%	302.1%
35	Dor Peretz Central midfielder	Maccabi Tel Aviv	31	+36.8 21/22→25/26	48322.8%	2260.7%
36	K. Bamba Central midfielder	Clermont Foot	32	+36.8 24/25→25/26	47364.4%	2912%
37	F. Tănase Central midfielder	FCSB	31	+36.5 23/24→25/26	68116.6%	2243.9%
38	M. Zajc Central midfielder	Dinamo Zagreb	32	+36.5 24/25→25/26	391587%	1744.1%
39	M. Ejdum Central midfielder	Odense	21	+36.5 23/24→25/26	43579.4%	4915.4%
40	Peter Central midfielder	Valladolid	23	+36.3 24/25→25/26	36	653.6%
41	C. McCowatt Central midfielder	Silkeborg	27	+36.3 24/25→25/26	62139.6%	412.4%
42	K. Coman Central midfielder	Al-Nassr	30	+36.2 24/25→25/26	66119.9%	3931.3%
43	L. Bénes Central midfielder	Kayserispor	28	+36.1 24/25→25/26	48313.9%	3837.2%
44	T. Bašić Central midfielder	Lazio	29	+36 23/24→25/26	36	538.2%
45	M. Søndergaard Central midfielder	Viborg	23	+35.9 24/25→25/26	44466.2%	439.6%
46	M. Bähre Central midfielder	SCR Altach	30	+35.6 21/22→25/26	36	2820.4%
47	M. Aebischer Central midfielder	Pisa	29	+35.6 24/25→25/26	42565.1%	530.6%
48	I. Ganago Central midfielder	Nantes	27	+35.5 24/25→25/26	36	581.6%
49	A. Hainaut Central midfielder	Venezia	24	+35.3 24/25→25/26	56174.8%	743.2%
50	A. Matko Central midfielder	Ujpest	26	+35.2 21/22→25/26	44382.6%	335.5%