Most valuable central midfielders

The most valuable central midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

E. Anderson of Nottingham Forest is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 94.8, and C. Baumgartner has been the form player this season, grading 78, and T. Allende leads the scoring with 20 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Q. Laçi has improved his Season rating most, up +54.4 on last season, while T. Almada's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +36.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Anderson of Nottingham Forest is the most valuable name in this group at 189.6.

Atletico Madrid · 24/25→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	val	Season	Rating
1	E. Anderson Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	23	189.6	629.3%	95±0%
2	Marcelinho Braz Central midfielder	RB Bragantino U20	21	180.7	73	100
3	Y. Ayari Central midfielder	Brighton	22	173.3	4223.4%	915.9%
4	J. Bellingham Central midfielder	Real Madrid	23	173.3	6018.9%	941.1%
5	M. Gibbs-White Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	26	172.6	6431.2%	868.5%
6	N. Woltemade Central midfielder	Newcastle	24	171.4	4012.4%	865.3%
7	E. Ampadu Central midfielder	Leeds	25	169.8	475.6%	8523.2%
8	Finn de Bruin Central midfielder	ADO Den Haag	22	169.1	512231.8%	8988.2%
9	D. Rice Central midfielder	Arsenal	27	168.4	605.9%	8410.7%
10	B. Kamara Central midfielder	Aston Villa	26	167	56121.2%	844.1%
11	L. Díaz Central midfielder	Envigado	22	165.9	38	87
12	Bassam Hazazi Central midfielder	Saudi Arabia U20	21	165.6	35	92
13	C. Hudson-Odoi Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	25	165.2	3421.4%	835.8%
14	J. Bogle Central midfielder	Leeds	25	165	4352.6%	831.1%
15	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	164.8	4120.9%	825.2%
16	Alberto Moleiro Central midfielder	Villarreal	22	164	5334.5%	9410%
17	Germán Valera Central midfielder	Elche	24	160.6	53232.9%	8733.7%
18	Martín Zubimendi Central midfielder	Arsenal	27	159.2	5312.9%	801.8%
19	Pablo Barrios Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	23	159	403.6%	864.3%
20	Lucas Emanoel Central midfielder	Fortaleza U20	20	157.3	38	93
21	Álex Baena Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	24	157.3	3331.5%	866.6%
22	C. Cabellos Central midfielder	Sporting Cristal	21	156.6	35	87
23	O. Hutchinson Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	22	153.9	2719.5%	813.2%
24	A. Stach Central midfielder	Leeds	27	153.2	6130.3%	775.2%
25	Abbas Al Hassan Central midfielder	NEOM	22	152.6	25814.8%	8076.1%
26	A. Montaño Central midfielder	Orsomarso	25	151.6	11	76
27	Javi Rueda Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	24	151.4	3525.3%	8224.3%
28	E. González Central midfielder	Paraguay U20	21	151	32	84
29	C. Alcaraz Central midfielder	Everton	23	150.2	1242%	756.7%
30	Sergio Carreira Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	25	149.8	3286.1%	81±0%
31	Ásgeir Galdur Guðmundsson Central midfielder	Iceland U19	20	149.4	0	88
32	L. Agoumé Central midfielder	Sevilla	24	149.4	4917.7%	810.6%
33	E. Camavinga Central midfielder	Real Madrid	23	148.3	3332.4%	811.2%
34	T. Kubo Central midfielder	Real Sociedad	25	148.3	4066.7%	813.5%
35	Antonio Blanco Central midfielder	Alaves	25	148.1	5660.5%	810.9%
36	A. Diouf Central midfielder	Inter	23	148	873.9%	747.4%
37	Luiz Henrique Central midfielder	Sport Recife U20	21	148	0	82
38	Z. Uno Central midfielder	Japan	22	147.8	19	78
39	João Vitor Gomes Lucio da Silva Central midfielder	Madureira	23	147.6	5	74
40	V. Halvorsen Central midfielder	Sarpsborg 08 FF	22	147.6	13	78
41	F. Valverde Central midfielder	Real Madrid	27	146.6	621.7%	807.8%
42	Diego López Central midfielder	Valencia	24	146.5	2835.9%	8010.5%
43	A. Tchouaméni Central midfielder	Real Madrid	26	145.5	4340.2%	797.7%
44	Oso Central midfielder	Sevilla	23	145.4	26	79
45	Allex Central midfielder	Internacional U20	20	145.2	22	85
46	Urko González Central midfielder	Espanyol	25	145	3215.3%	794.5%
47	A. Gray Central midfielder	Tottenham	20	144.8	2471.8%	855.3%
48	Miguel Román Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	23	144.6	25	79
49	I. Kamate Central midfielder	Inter	21	144.4	20	80
50	A. Hickey Central midfielder	Brentford	24	144	962.5%	720.8%