Most Valuable central midfielders by Market Value

The most valuable 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 E. Havel has been the form player this season, grading 65.6, and Dor Peretz leads the scoring with 14 goals.

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 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 110.8.

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	Player	Team
1	Y. Minteh Central midfielder	Brighton	22	110.8	4429.8%	942.7%
2	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	100.8	4418.3%	825.2%
3	I. Gruev Central midfielder	Leeds	26	94.9	2226.6%	686.9%
4	M. Palestra Central midfielder	Chelsea	21	94.3	421895.2%	8721.7%
5	D. Gómez Central midfielder	Brighton	23	93.1	47±0%	87±0%
6	C. Tzolis Central midfielder	Arsenal	24	92	9618.2%	671.8%
7	F. Wirtz Central midfielder	Liverpool	23	91.2	43±0%	94±0%
8	M. Sangaré Central midfielder	Brentford	24	88.7	604.7%	893.8%
9	D. Szoboszlai Central midfielder	Liverpool	25	88	45±0%	95±0%
10	R. Lavia Central midfielder	Chelsea	22	87.6	3±0%	71±0%
11	A. Scott Central midfielder	Bournemouth	23	87.5	47±0%	911.7%
12	N. Angulo Central midfielder	Sunderland	23	87.2	0100%	560.7%
13	M. Gusto Central midfielder	Chelsea	23	86.2	32±0%	87±0%
14	J. McAtee Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	23	85.8	6±0%	70±0%
15	A. Fatawu Central midfielder	Ipswich	22	85.3	440.7%	8212.4%
16	M. Lewis-Skelly Central midfielder	Arsenal	20	83.6	16±0%	821%
17	M. Guéhi Central midfielder	Manchester City	26	83.3	56±0%	802.4%
18	E. Fernández Central midfielder	Manchester City	25	83.3	51±0%	93±0%
19	J. Eccles Central midfielder	Coventry	26	83	2328.7%	5916.7%
20	O. Vargas Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	21	82.5	3915.2%	7864.8%
21	D. Ouattara Central midfielder	Brentford	24	82.2	37±0%	89±0%
22	N. O'Reilly Central midfielder	Manchester City	21	82.1	55±0%	97±0%
23	Pablo Marín Central midfielder	Real Sociedad	23	81.9	1333.5%	745.7%
24	Pablo Barrios Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	23	81.7	24±0%	79±0%
25	Oscar Bobb Central midfielder	Fulham	23	81.5	13±0%	74±0%
26	R. Bardghji Central midfielder	Barcelona	20	81.5	10	83110.2%
27	Nico González Central midfielder	Newcastle	24	81.4	23±0%	81±0%
28	Tyrique George Central midfielder	Everton	20	81.3	0	72±0%
29	Yeremy Pino Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	23	80.8	1839.5%	790.8%
30	K. Mainoo Central midfielder	Manchester United	21	80.8	28±0%	89±0%
31	A. Wharton Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	22	80.1	46±0%	88±0%
32	M. Caicedo Central midfielder	Chelsea	24	80	54±0%	86±0%
33	H. Armstrong Central midfielder	Everton	19	79.6	565.4%	7420.5%
34	Zé Vitor Central midfielder	Free Agents	24	79.4	0	68
35	N. Sadiki Central midfielder	Sunderland	21	79.1	30±0%	92±0%
36	Mateus Fernandes Central midfielder	Tottenham	22	79	3051%	900.9%
37	K. McAteer Central midfielder	Ipswich	24	78.8	19±0%	64±0%
38	I. Kamate Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	22	78.2	5	73
39	L. Tchaouna Central midfielder	Coventry	23	78	128.9%	761.9%
40	Sávio Central midfielder	Tottenham	22	78	9±0%	77±0%
41	M. O'Riley Central midfielder	Brighton	25	77.6	465.8%	701.6%
42	E. Le Fée Central midfielder	Sunderland	26	77.3	68±0%	86±0%
43	K. Rodney Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	22	76.5	0	67
44	M. Tel Central midfielder	Tottenham	21	76.5	20±0%	80±0%
45	R. Owen Central midfielder	Brentford	21	76.1	0	70
46	Thiago Pitarch Central midfielder	Real Madrid	19	75.8	11	79
47	L. Miley Central midfielder	Newcastle	20	75.8	30±0%	83±0%
48	Hitalo Central midfielder	Free Agents	26	75.8	0	63
49	Ben Winterburn Central midfielder	Bournemouth	22	75.5	0	71
50	I. Ndiaye Central midfielder	Manchester City	26	75.5	57±0%	80±0%