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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 F. Tănase has been the form player this season, grading 67.8.

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 Nathan De Cat's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +45.6 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 112.6.

Best talent
Y. Minteh93.5RTG
Brighton
In form
F. Tănase67.8SsN
FCSB
Rising potential
Nathan De Cat+45.6RTG
1899 Hoffenheim · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
Gustavo Sauer+50.1SsN
Wuhan Three Towns · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
F. Tănase16goals
FCSB
Most valuable
Y. Minteh112.6val
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%
3João PalhinhaCentral midfielderBenfica31+48.7
24/25→25/26
55726.9%420.7%
4K. KangwaCentral midfielderPanathinaikos27+48.6
23/24→25/26
493916.3%
5N. Aséko NkiliCentral midfielderEintracht Frankfurt20+48.4
24/25→25/26
512104.3%7293.8%
6B. DoucouréCentral midfielderJavor27+45.7
21/22→25/26
46364.7%
7M. BaurCentral midfielderCeltic22+44.5
24/25→25/26
53542.7%7469%
8Alex TellesCentral midfielderBotafogo33+42.6
24/25→25/26
55120.3%2925.8%
9Cauan BarrosCentral midfielderVasco DA Gama22+42.5
23/24→25/26
46145.7%688.3%
10C. AránguizCentral midfielderUniversidad de Chile37+42.2
24/25→25/26
442110%733.6%
11JorginhoCentral midfielderFlamengo34+41.3
24/25→25/26
4789.8%2325.1%
12Wellington SilvaCentral midfielderChengdu Better City33+41.3
23/24→25/26
53362.3%1459.7%
13E. SegbergCentral midfielderStart29+40.9
24/25→25/26
451022.5%304.1%
14M. PalestraCentral midfielderChelsea21+39.8
24/25→25/26
421895.2%8721.7%
15ArturCentral midfielderSao Paulo28+39.4
24/25→25/26
4659.1%496.9%
16Cristian SalvadorCentral midfielderTianjin Teda31+39.2
24/25→25/26
431031.6%1748.2%
17M. PessinaCentral midfielderMonza29+38.6
24/25→25/26
45567.6%483.8%
18D. EdvardssonCentral midfielderTromso24+37.4
24/25→25/26
4929.4%486.6%
19É. Soumah-AbbadCentral midfielderMetz23+36.8
23/24→25/26
48343.9%457.9%
20Dor PeretzCentral midfielderMaccabi Tel Aviv31+36.8
21/22→25/26
48322.8%2260.7%
21D. SosaCentral midfielderInstituto Cordoba29+36.7
22/23→25/26
4093.6%3933.7%
22M. ZajcCentral midfielderDinamo Zagreb32+36.5
24/25→25/26
391587%1744.1%
23F. TănaseCentral midfielderFCSB31+36.5
23/24→25/26
68116.6%2243.9%
24M. BähreCentral midfielderSCR Altach31+35.6
21/22→25/26
362528.7%
25M. AebischerCentral midfielderPisa29+35.6
24/25→25/26
42565.1%530.6%
26A. MatkoCentral midfielderUjpest26+35.2
21/22→25/26
44382.6%335.5%
27Marcos AntônioCentral midfielderSao Paulo26+35
24/25→25/26
39177.5%600.5%
28P. GerkensCentral midfielderGent31+34.5
24/25→25/26
46305.3%328.9%
29A. SkogmarCentral midfielderMalmo FF20+34.4
24/25→25/26
3790.2%3911.4%
30I. KonéCentral midfielderSassuolo24+33.6
24/25→25/26
41487%8225.6%
31Berkay YilmazCentral midfielderSC Freiburg21+33.5
24/25→25/26
51193.6%7116.3%
32V. LoturiCentral midfielderCF Montreal25+33.5
24/25→25/26
3617.5%443.8%
33C. GustafssonCentral midfielderKalmar FF26+33.1
23/24→25/26
391668.2%3034.7%
34A. MedinaCentral midfielderEverton de Vina28+33
24/25→25/26
342357.1%1949.2%
35E. KartsevCentral midfielderSichuan Jiuniu26+31.7
23/24→25/26
36754.8%2931.3%
36N. PierozziCentral midfielderPalermo24+31.7
24/25→25/26
48189.8%7121%
37R. DonkorCentral midfielderNew York Red Bulls21+31.6
24/25→25/26
39141.6%4817.3%
38A. YusufCentral midfielderNew England Revolution26+31.6
24/25→25/26
408.2%41±0%
39S. PeetersCentral midfielderPatro Eisden34+31.2
24/25→25/26
41335.5%1610.1%
40Victor HugoCentral midfielderAtletico-MG22+31
24/25→25/26
457435.4%
41M. LanziniCentral midfielderVelez Sarsfield33+30.8
24/25→25/26
44195.3%2361.8%
42Pedro MaranhãoCentral midfielderHenan Jianye27+30.8
24/25→25/26
38410.7%2738.4%
43M. KarlsbakkCentral midfielderLillestrom26+30.8
24/25→25/26
4166.9%4128.6%
44M. LindbergCentral midfielderSirius26+30.8
24/25→25/26
5527.6%3917.1%
45DukCentral midfielderLeganes26+30.4
24/25→25/26
37±0%59±0%
46Bruno XadasCentral midfielderTianjin Teda28+30.4
23/24→25/26
51148.3%2747.2%
47A. PortilloCentral midfielderDefensa Y Justicia26+30.3
24/25→25/26
3426.2%463.2%
48M. MadjedCentral midfielderHammarby FF21+30.2
24/25→25/26
3915.2%426.9%
49E. RigoniCentral midfielderBelgrano Cordoba33+29.7
24/25→25/26
38714.9%2149%
50W. Ould-ChikhCentral midfielderHeracles26+29.6
24/25→25/26
311644.4%5414.4%