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 F. Tănase has been the form player this season, grading 67.8.

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 Nathan De Cat's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +45.6 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 113.2.

Nathan De Cat+45.6RTG

1899 Hoffenheim · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Gustavo Sauer+50.1SsN

Wuhan Three Towns · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Y. Minteh Central midfielder	Brighton	22	113.2	4429.8%	942.7%
2	N. Woltemade Central midfielder	Newcastle	24	106.1	454.7%	865.3%
3	V. Barco Central midfielder	Chelsea	22	101.3	44111%	8511.3%
4	C. Hudson-Odoi Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	25	101	329.3%	808.7%
5	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	100.2	4418.3%	825.2%
6	C. Jones Central midfielder	Liverpool	25	94.8	2917%	8011.8%
7	M. Palestra Central midfielder	Chelsea	21	94.3	421895.2%	8721.7%
8	Oscar Bobb Central midfielder	Fulham	23	94.2	13±0%	74±0%
9	I. Gruev Central midfielder	Leeds	26	91.9	2226.6%	686.9%
10	S. Charles Central midfielder	Fulham	22	91	33±0%	756.9%
11	J. Devenny Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	22	90.2	1267.1%	754.4%
12	E. Smith Rowe Central midfielder	Fulham	26	88.7	3022.5%	7414.6%
13	Estêvão Central midfielder	Chelsea	19	87.6	2364.7%	874.1%
14	R. Lavia Central midfielder	Chelsea	22	86.1	3±0%	71±0%
15	C. Tzolis Central midfielder	Arsenal	24	84.5	9618.2%	671.8%
16	H. Elliott Central midfielder	Liverpool	23	84.4	095.2%	7016.5%
17	Marc Casadó Central midfielder	Barcelona	22	84.2	1262.3%	7611.5%
18	Y. Ayari Central midfielder	Brighton	22	84	40±0%	90±0%
19	D. Ouattara Central midfielder	Brentford	24	83.9	37±0%	89±0%
20	H. Hackney Central midfielder	Everton	24	83.6	519.9%	795.5%
21	J. Eccles Central midfielder	Coventry	26	83.5	2328.7%	5916.7%
22	O. Vargas Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	21	82.9	3915.2%	7864.8%
23	Óscar Mingueza Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	27	81.7	3338.4%	6822.9%
24	R. Bardghji Central midfielder	Barcelona	20	81.5	10	83110.2%
25	Joshua King Central midfielder	Fulham	19	81.4	21±0%	84±0%
26	Zé Vitor Central midfielder	Free Agents	23	81.1	0	68
27	F. Wirtz Central midfielder	Liverpool	23	80.8	43±0%	94±0%
28	A. Tanaka Central midfielder	Leeds	27	80.2	2254.7%	6215.7%
29	C. Echeverri Central midfielder	Manchester City	20	79.7	1071.4%	7422.4%
30	J. McAtee Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	23	78.7	6±0%	70±0%
31	Pablo Marín Central midfielder	Real Sociedad	23	78.7	1333.5%	745.7%
32	R. Owen Central midfielder	Brentford	21	77.8	0	70
33	N. O'Reilly Central midfielder	Manchester City	21	77	55±0%	97±0%
34	Tyrique George Central midfielder	Everton	20	76.6	0	72±0%
35	H. Diarra Central midfielder	Sunderland	22	76.3	21±0%	86±0%
36	Pablo Barrios Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	23	76.2	24±0%	79±0%
37	Pedri Central midfielder	Barcelona	23	76.2	34±0%	86±0%
38	Andrey Santos Central midfielder	Manchester United	22	75.8	20±0%	824.7%
39	M. Lewis-Skelly Central midfielder	Arsenal	19	75.8	16±0%	82±0%
40	Hitalo Central midfielder	Free Agents	25	75.8	0	63
41	M. Yalcouyé Central midfielder	Brighton	20	75.1	159.2%	662.2%
42	N. Sadiki Central midfielder	Sunderland	21	75	30±0%	92±0%
43	N. Williams Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	25	74.9	50±0%	84±0%
44	L. Tchaouna Central midfielder	Coventry	22	74.8	128.9%	76±0%
45	Mateus Fernandes Central midfielder	Tottenham	22	74.7	3051%	900.9%
46	Thiago Pitarch Central midfielder	Real Madrid	19	74.1	11	79
47	Ben Winterburn Central midfielder	Bournemouth	21	73.4	0	71
48	L. Bogarde Central midfielder	Aston Villa	22	73.3	14±0%	79±0%
49	Javi Serrano Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	23	73.2	5372.7%	5622.3%
50	L. Chambers Central midfielder	Liverpool	22	73.2	110.9%	6449.4%