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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

N. O'Reilly of Manchester City is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 97, and E. Le Fée has been the form player this season, grading 67.9, and F. Tănase leads the scoring with 16 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: João Palhinha has improved his Season rating most, up +51.1 on last season, while E. Diouf's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +44.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Le Fée of Sunderland is the most valuable name in this group at 135.8.

Best talent
N. O'Reilly97RTG
Manchester City
In form
E. Le Fée67.9SsN
Sunderland
Rising potential
E. Diouf+44.3RTG
West Ham · 23/24→25/26
Most improved
João Palhinha+51.1SsN
Tottenham · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
F. Tănase16goals
FCSB
Most valuable
E. Le Fée135.8val
Sunderland
50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1João PalhinhaCentral midfielderTottenham31+51.1
24/25→25/26
58762.7%42±0%
2M. SangaréCentral midfielderLens24+50.4
22/23→25/26
57720%8566%
3Gustavo SauerCentral midfielderWuhan Three Towns33+50.1
24/25→25/26
501439.1%
4K. KangwaCentral midfielderHapoel Beer Sheva27+49.4
23/24→25/26
493916.3%
5E. Le FéeCentral midfielderSunderland26+48.6
24/25→25/26
68251.8%8637.8%
6A. GaleanoCentral midfielderCeara26+47.6
21/22→25/26
486610.8%
7S. Van DesselCentral midfielderMVV25+47.5
24/25→25/26
53833.3%5724.7%
8B. DoucouréCentral midfielderJavor27+45.7
21/22→25/26
46364.7%
9S. HomenchenkoCentral midfielderClub Queretaro22+45.5
24/25→25/26
491229.7%557.8%
10T. OostingCentral midfielderPEC Zwolle26+44.9
24/25→25/26
55467.7%638.7%
11M. BaurCentral midfielderSC Paderborn 0722+44.5
24/25→25/26
53542.7%7367.9%
12N. Aséko NkiliCentral midfielderHannover 9620+44.1
24/25→25/26
461917.4%7293.8%
13N. O'ReillyCentral midfielderManchester City21+43.2
24/25→25/26
55375.7%9718.3%
14G. MaineroCentral midfielderPlatense31+42.9
24/25→25/26
433215.3%
15R. YamamotoCentral midfielderSt. Truiden24+42.7
24/25→25/26
56331%6324.7%
16M. SkóraśCentral midfielderGent26+42.2
24/25→25/26
42504%
17C. AránguizCentral midfielderUniversidad de Chile37+42.2
24/25→25/26
442110%733.6%
18T. OkouCentral midfielderAl Riyadh28+41.9
21/22→25/26
424127.4%
19S. SilveraCentral midfielderMiddlesbrough25+41.7
24/25→25/26
46887.2%7371.5%
20K. FelidaCentral midfielderDen Bosch26+41.6
24/25→25/26
461040%521.7%
21Wellington SilvaCentral midfielderQingdao Jonoon33+41.3
23/24→25/26
53362.3%1459.7%
22N. DjouahraCentral midfielderArouca26+40.5
23/24→25/26
50440.2%611.5%
23F. AmbinaCentral midfielderValerenga24+39.5
24/25→25/26
51352.7%4723.8%
24Pedro MaranhãoCentral midfielderTondela27+39.4
24/25→25/26
47525.3%5217%
25Cristian SalvadorCentral midfielderTianjin Teda31+39.2
24/25→25/26
431031.6%1748.2%
26R. TouzgharCentral midfielderPAU22+38.6
24/25→25/26
421072.2%6484.6%
27M. PessinaCentral midfielderMonza29+38.6
24/25→25/26
45567.6%483.8%
28M. PalestraCentral midfielderCagliari21+38.5
24/25→25/26
411833.3%8721.7%
29C. ScottCentral midfielderAntwerp24+37.6
24/25→25/26
392088.9%5625.2%
30A. ScottCentral midfielderBournemouth22+37.6
24/25→25/26
47417.8%9117.8%
31Dor PeretzCentral midfielderMaccabi Tel Aviv31+36.8
21/22→25/26
48322.8%2260.7%
32F. TănaseCentral midfielderFCSB31+36.5
23/24→25/26
68116.6%2243.9%
33M. ZajcCentral midfielderDinamo Zagreb32+36.5
24/25→25/26
391587%1744.1%
34K. LofthouseCentral midfielderBurton Albion25+36.2
24/25→25/26
46354.9%5123.3%
35R. NdiayeCentral midfielderLe Havre24+35.6
24/25→25/26
54189.4%8122.5%
36M. AebischerCentral midfielderPisa29+35.6
24/25→25/26
42565.1%530.6%
37M. BähreCentral midfielderSCR Altach30+35.6
21/22→25/26
362820.4%
38A. HainautCentral midfielderVenezia24+35.3
24/25→25/26
56174.8%743.2%
39A. MatkoCentral midfielderUjpest26+35.2
21/22→25/26
44382.6%335.5%
40P. GerkensCentral midfielderCercle Brugge31+34.5
24/25→25/26
46305.3%3312.7%
41O. TarghallineCentral midfielderFeyenoord24+34.4
24/25→25/26
46307.1%707.2%
42I. KonéCentral midfielderSassuolo24+34.2
24/25→25/26
41495.7%8325.9%
43I. PriceCentral midfielderWest Brom22+34.1
24/25→25/26
48240.1%7230.7%
44S. BirindelliCentral midfielderMonza27+34.1
24/25→25/26
40550%5714%
45M. BoatengCentral midfielderPlymouth24+33.9
24/25→25/26
49218.7%5522.9%
46Justin JanssenCentral midfielderFC Nordsjaelland20+33.8
24/25→25/26
37965.7%4729.5%
47Y. BenziaCentral midfielderAl-Fayha31+33.5
21/22→25/26
52177.2%3336.8%
48H. MilneCentral midfielderHeart Of Midlothian29+33.5
24/25→25/26
37881.6%3415.1%
49M. SchikoraCentral midfielderVitesse31+33.4
24/25→25/26
51187.6%3023.2%
50L. BénesCentral midfielderKayserispor28+33.3
24/25→25/26
45289.6%3738.5%