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. Le Fée has been the form player this season, grading 67.9, 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 111.9.

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	Player	Team
1	Y. Minteh Central midfielder	Brighton	22	111.9	4429.8%	942.7%
2	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	101.4	4418.3%	825.2%
3	F. Wirtz Central midfielder	Liverpool	23	96.8	43±0%	94±0%
4	C. Tzolis Central midfielder	Arsenal	24	93	9618.2%	671.8%
5	I. Gruev Central midfielder	Leeds	26	93	2226.6%	686.9%
6	Pedri Central midfielder	Barcelona	23	92	34±0%	86±0%
7	E. Fernández Central midfielder	Manchester City	25	91.6	51±0%	93±0%
8	M. Guéhi Central midfielder	Manchester City	26	91.4	56±0%	802.4%
9	M. Sangaré Central midfielder	Brentford	24	91.1	604.7%	893.8%
10	A. Scott Central midfielder	Bournemouth	23	90	47±0%	911.7%
11	J. Enciso Central midfielder	Ipswich	22	89.8	32±0%	81±0%
12	A. Wharton Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	22	89.3	46±0%	88±0%
13	R. Lavia Central midfielder	Chelsea	22	88.9	3±0%	71±0%
14	Yeremy Pino Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	24	88.8	1839.5%	790.8%
15	Nico González Central midfielder	Newcastle	24	87.6	23±0%	81±0%
16	M. Gusto Central midfielder	Chelsea	23	87.2	32±0%	87±0%
17	A. Fatawu Central midfielder	Ipswich	22	86.6	440.7%	8212.4%
18	Oscar Bobb Central midfielder	Fulham	23	85.1	13±0%	74±0%
19	J. Eccles Central midfielder	Coventry	26	84.5	2328.7%	5916.7%
20	Pablo Barrios Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	23	84.5	24±0%	79±0%
21	Q. Timber Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	25	84.2	0100%	67±0%
22	J. McAtee Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	24	84.1	6±0%	702.2%
23	N. O'Reilly Central midfielder	Manchester City	21	84.1	55±0%	97±0%
24	D. Szoboszlai Central midfielder	Liverpool	26	84	45±0%	95±0%
25	H. Armstrong Central midfielder	Everton	19	83.9	565.4%	7420.5%
26	J. Bogle Central midfielder	Leeds	26	83.8	36±0%	77±0%
27	O. Vargas Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	21	83.4	3915.2%	7864.8%
28	João Gomes Central midfielder	Aston Villa	25	83.4	45±0%	802%
29	K. Mainoo Central midfielder	Manchester United	21	83.4	28±0%	89±0%
30	Tyrique George Central midfielder	Everton	20	82.8	0	72±0%
31	I. Ndiaye Central midfielder	Manchester City	26	82.8	57±0%	80±0%
32	N. Williams Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	25	82.3	50±0%	84±0%
33	B. Kamara Central midfielder	Aston Villa	26	82.1	29±0%	73±0%
34	R. Bardghji Central midfielder	Barcelona	20	81.5	10	83110.2%
35	E. Le Fée Central midfielder	Sunderland	26	81.1	68±0%	86±0%
36	M. Lewis-Skelly Central midfielder	Arsenal	20	81	16±0%	821%
37	Sávio Central midfielder	Tottenham	22	80.7	9±0%	77±0%
38	Mateus Fernandes Central midfielder	Tottenham	22	80	3051%	900.9%
39	S. Tonali Central midfielder	Tottenham	26	80	29±0%	762%
40	L. Tchaouna Central midfielder	Coventry	23	80	128.9%	761.9%
41	N. Sadiki Central midfielder	Sunderland	21	79.7	30±0%	92±0%
42	Zé Vitor Central midfielder	Free Agents	24	79.4	0	68
43	L. Miley Central midfielder	Newcastle	20	79.4	30±0%	83±0%
44	I. Kamate Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	22	79.1	5	73
45	Joshua King Central midfielder	Fulham	19	79	21±0%	84±0%
46	K. McAteer Central midfielder	Ipswich	24	78.8	19±0%	64±0%
47	M. O'Riley Central midfielder	Brighton	25	78.8	465.8%	701.6%
48	J. Cardoso Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	25	78.8	12±0%	723%
49	Rayan Central midfielder	Bournemouth	20	78.5	2650.1%	8814.8%
50	M. Ødegaard Central midfielder	Arsenal	27	78.4	22±0%	67±0%