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Most Improved midfielders This Season in Bundesliga

The most improved midfielders in Bundesliga, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Manzambi of SC Freiburg is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in Bundesliga, with a Field Insider Rating of 90.3, and M. Olise has been the form player this season, grading 91.4, and D. Undav leads the scoring with 19 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: C. Baumgartner has improved his Season rating most, up +55.3 on last season, while D. Svensson's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +41.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Olise of Bayern München is the most valuable name in this group at 89.6.

Best talent
J. Manzambi90.3RTG
SC Freiburg
In form
M. Olise91.4SsN
Bayern München
Rising potential
D. Svensson+41.4RTG
Borussia Dortmund · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
C. Baumgartner+55.3SsN
RB Leipzig · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
D. Undav19goals
VfB Stuttgart
Most valuable
M. Olise89.6val
Bayern München
50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1C. BaumgartnerCentral midfielderRB Leipzig27+55.3
24/25→25/26
86179.5%785%
2J. LewelingDefensive midfielderVfB Stuttgart25+49.8
24/25→25/26
65319.2%8311.5%
3J. ManzambiDefensive midfielderSC Freiburg20+49.2
24/25→25/26
59512.5%9017%
4D. UndavCentre-forwardVfB Stuttgart30+46.3
24/25→25/26
89109.7%538%
5Álex GrimaldoDefensive midfielderBayer Leverkusen30+43.8
24/25→25/26
73149%5319.4%
6P. SanderFull-backBorussia Mönchengladbach28+42.5
24/25→25/26
65189.7%605.1%
7C. EriksenCentral midfielderVfL Wolfsburg34+37.6
24/25→25/26
57196.9%281.7%
8F. RiederDefensive midfielderFC Augsburg24+37.2
24/25→25/26
51265.7%8417.8%
9C. UzunAttacking midfielderEintracht Frankfurt20+32.7
24/25→25/26
50187.9%844.3%
10N. CapaldoFull-backHamburger SV27+30.5
21/22→25/26
40338.9%6434.7%
11Aleix GarcíaDefensive midfielderBayer Leverkusen29+30.4
24/25→25/26
56119.2%589.1%
12L. DíazAttacking midfielderBayern München29+30
24/25→25/26
8752.3%6319%
13H. MassengoDefensive midfielderFC Augsburg25+29.4
24/25→25/26
40291.1%7511.9%
14W. BurgerDefensive midfielder1899 Hoffenheim25+29.3
24/25→25/26
6386.4%8629.6%
15N. AmiriCentral midfielderFSV Mainz 0529+29
24/25→25/26
7464%5622.1%
16A. Sambi LokongaDefensive midfielderHamburger SV26+27.2
24/25→25/26
44159.1%686.4%
17Y. EngelhardtDefensive midfielderBorussia Mönchengladbach25+24.4
24/25→25/26
44125.1%768%
18D. SvenssonDefensive midfielderBorussia Dortmund24+24.2
24/25→25/26
38174.1%82103.2%
19B. GrudaWingerRB Leipzig22+24
24/25→25/26
38169%82±0%
20P. WimmerCentral midfielderVfL Wolfsburg25+24
24/25→25/26
5188.6%780.8%
21N. NarteyAttacking midfielderVfB Stuttgart26+23.6
24/25→25/26
27737.5%6794.2%
22ArthurCentral midfielderBayer Leverkusen23+22.4
24/25→25/26
32228.6%76±0%
23F. ChaïbiAttacking midfielderEintracht Frankfurt23+21.1
24/25→25/26
36142.6%782.5%
24Fábio VieiraAttacking midfielderHamburger SV26+20
24/25→25/26
4871.4%7412.3%
25N. SeiwaldCentral midfielderRB Leipzig25+19.3
24/25→25/26
4382.8%803%
26L. MajerCentral midfielderVfL Wolfsburg28+18.7
24/25→25/26
28198.9%549.9%
27N. DorschDefensive midfielder1. FC Heidenheim28+18.2
24/25→25/26
29175%5413%
28S. El MalaCentre-forward1. FC Köln19+17.9
24/25→25/26
5646.9%8472%
29E. PokuWingerBayer Leverkusen22+15.8
24/25→25/26
3584.5%8012.2%
30L. GoretzkaDefensive midfielderBayern München31+15.6
24/25→25/26
4749.8%4311.6%
31M. OliseAttacking midfielderBayern München24+15.5
24/25→25/26
9120.4%901.1%
32C. FührichAttacking midfielderVfB Stuttgart28+15.2
24/25→25/26
4452.2%5817.3%
33A. KemleinDefensive midfielderUnion Berlin22+14.5
24/25→25/26
27120.8%779.6%
34B. JattaDefensive midfielderHamburger SV28+14.4
24/25→25/26
22200%490.6%
35M. DahoudDefensive midfielderEintracht Frankfurt30+14.2
24/25→25/26
21200%3822.7%
36K. SanoCentral midfielderFSV Mainz 0525+13
24/25→25/26
4441.5%797.1%
37M. SabitzerDefensive midfielderBorussia Dortmund32+12.8
24/25→25/26
3363.7%3614.4%
38S. GnabryAttacking midfielderBayern München31+12.7
24/25→25/26
4934.6%4020.6%
39A. PavlovićDefensive midfielderBayern München22+11.4
24/25→25/26
3157.6%801.6%
40R. KhediraCentral midfielderUnion Berlin32+10.9
24/25→25/26
5425.4%4113.7%
41J. BahoyaAttacking midfielderEintracht Frankfurt21+10.7
24/25→25/26
2861.5%812%
42O. HøjlundCentral midfielderEintracht Frankfurt21+10.6
24/25→25/26
2477.4%743.1%
43F. NmechaDefensive midfielderBorussia Dortmund25+10
24/25→25/26
4727.3%847.6%
44J. BesteAttacking midfielderSC Freiburg27+9
24/25→25/26
2084.9%6011.1%
45R. AndrichCentre-backBayer Leverkusen31+8.8
24/25→25/26
3929.3%4413.5%
46A. PyrkaDefensive midfielderFC St. Pauli23+8.2
24/25→25/26
2842.5%75101.9%
47N. RembergDefensive midfielderHamburger SV26+8.2
24/25→25/26
3926.5%730.7%
48R. ReitzCentral midfielderBorussia Mönchengladbach24+7.8
24/25→25/26
4918.7%839.2%
49J. HofmannAttacking midfielderBayer Leverkusen34+6.8
24/25→25/26
1768.7%1923.2%
50C. MetcalfeAttacking midfielderFC St. Pauli26+6.7
24/25→25/26
9372.2%567.1%