Most Improved midfielders This Season

The most improved midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

Most improved goalkeepers Most improved defenders Most improved attackers Best midfielders Most in-form midfielders Top-scoring midfielders

At a glance

Y. Minteh of Brighton is the standout for raw talent across midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 93.5, and L. Messi has been the form player this season, grading 89.1, and V. Qazaishvili leads the scoring with 27 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: V. Qazaishvili has improved his Season rating most, up +63.3 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.

Barcelona · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

V. Qazaishvili+63.3SsN

Shandong Luneng · 23/24→25/26

Top scorer

V. Qazaishvili27goals

50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	V. Qazaishvili Attacking midfielder	Shandong Luneng	33	+63.3 23/24→25/26	79408.4%	1634.7%
2	Danilo Santos Attacking midfielder	Botafogo	25	+54.9 24/25→25/26	58565.5%	7120.9%
3	Y. Carrasco Attacking midfielder	Al Shabab	33	+53.5 24/25→25/26	70±0%	2818.6%
4	K. Monzialo Winger	Den Bosch	26	+51.9 24/25→25/26	63±0%	55±0%
5	R. Yamamoto Central midfielder	SC Freiburg	24	+50 24/25→25/26	63387.6%	8975.1%
6	R. Niemeijer Attacking midfielder	FC Volendam	31	+49.7 24/25→25/26	60±0%	35±0%
7	K. Askildsen Central midfielder	Viking	25	+49 24/25→25/26	55129%	466.2%
8	Pep Biel Attacking midfielder	Charlotte	30	+47.2 24/25→25/26	6030.3%	3118.6%
9	D. Jean-Jacques Central midfielder	Philadelphia Union	26	+46.2 24/25→25/26	5137.4%	438.4%
10	B. Doucouré Central midfielder	Javor	27	+45.7 21/22→25/26	46	364.7%
11	M. Hansen Attacking midfielder	IF Brommapojkarna	24	+45.1 24/25→25/26	49	395.4%
12	D. Genreau Defensive midfielder	Melbourne Victory	27	+45 24/25→25/26	481730.8%	1870.3%
13	E. Segberg Central midfielder	Start	29	+44.8 24/25→25/26	491120%	312.9%
14	F. Ezeh Winger	Keçiörengücü	29	+44.1 21/22→25/26	47±0%	33±0%
15	Mateus Vital Defensive midfielder	SHANGHAI SIPG	28	+43.9 24/25→25/26	53493.3%	2848.3%
16	A. Yusuf Central midfielder	New England Revolution	26	+43.6 24/25→25/26	5240.9%	421.7%
17	Alex Telles Central midfielder	Botafogo	33	+42.6 24/25→25/26	55120.3%	2925.8%
18	Cauan Barros Central midfielder	Vasco DA Gama	22	+42.5 23/24→25/26	46145.7%	688.3%
19	C. Aránguiz Central midfielder	Universidad de Chile	37	+42.2 24/25→25/26	442110%	733.6%
20	A. Dobre Winger	Rapid	28	+41.7 23/24→25/26	42	3039.9%
21	A. Dreyer Attacking midfielder	San Diego	28	+41.7 24/25→25/26	6216.8%	379.3%
22	S. Meïté Attacking midfielder	PAOK	32	+41.6 24/25→25/26	451188.6%	2441.9%
23	N. Caliskan Defensive midfielder	Real Salt Lake	26	+41.4 24/25→25/26	4365.3%	4111%
24	Wellington Silva Central midfielder	Chengdu Better City	33	+41.3 23/24→25/26	53362.3%	1459.7%
25	Jorginho Central midfielder	Flamengo	34	+41.3 24/25→25/26	4789.8%	2325.1%
26	A. Potur Central midfielder	Ham-Kam	24	+40.8 24/25→25/26	41	4434.7%
27	F. Winther Defensive midfielder	FC Fredericia	26	+40.4 24/25→25/26	45897.8%	4122.2%
28	S. Homenchenko Attacking midfielder	Club Queretaro	23	+40 24/25→25/26	49±0%	4811.3%
29	M. Palestra Central midfielder	Chelsea	21	+39.8 24/25→25/26	421895.2%	8721.7%
30	T. Ito Attacking midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	29	+39.6 24/25→25/26	43±0%	36±0%
31	Bo Åsulv Hegland Winger	Djurgardens IF	22	+39.5 24/25→25/26	68901.5%	4347.8%
32	Artur Central midfielder	Sao Paulo	28	+39.4 24/25→25/26	4659.1%	496.9%
33	Cristian Salvador Central midfielder	Tianjin Teda	31	+39.2 24/25→25/26	431031.6%	1748.2%
34	L. Bertone Defensive midfielder	FC Luzern	32	+38.9 21/22→25/26	55243.1%	2438.8%
35	L. Ferreyra Attacking midfielder	San Martin S.J.	24	+38.6 24/25→25/26	412031.6%	453.9%
36	M. Pessina Central midfielder	Monza	29	+38.6 24/25→25/26	45567.6%	483.8%
37	C. Baumgartner Attacking midfielder	RB Leipzig	27	+38.3 24/25→25/26	69124.4%	763.4%
38	X. Shaqiri Attacking midfielder	FC Basel 1893	34	+38.3 24/25→25/26	48386.9%	1718.6%
39	David Pereira da Costa Attacking midfielder	Portland Timbers	25	+38.3 24/25→25/26	4021.3%	450.9%
40	T. Seferi Attacking midfielder	Kayserispor	29	+37.7 24/25→25/26	54±0%	31±0%
41	V. Darida Defensive midfielder	Hradec Králové	36	+37.4 24/25→25/26	44550%	193.9%
42	N. Doodeman Attacking midfielder	FC Volendam	29	+37.1 24/25→25/26	48±0%	403.9%
43	P. Greil Attacking midfielder	SCR Altach	30	+37.1 24/25→25/26	46441.7%	316.5%
44	Dani Villahermosa Central midfielder	Oviedo	25	+37 24/25→25/26	42±0%	69±0%
45	É. Soumah-Abbad Central midfielder	Metz	23	+36.8 23/24→25/26	48343.9%	457.9%
46	Dor Peretz Central midfielder	Maccabi Tel Aviv	31	+36.8 21/22→25/26	48322.8%	2260.7%
47	M. Zajc Central midfielder	Dinamo Zagreb	32	+36.5 24/25→25/26	391587%	1744.1%
48	K. Lofthouse Attacking midfielder	Burton Albion	25	+36.2 24/25→25/26	46±0%	51±0%
49	M. Bähre Central midfielder	SCR Altach	31	+35.6 21/22→25/26	36	2528.7%
50	J. Florentín Central midfielder	Independ. Rivadavia	30	+35.5 24/25→25/26	5931.5%	342.4%