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 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 108.4.

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	Player	Team
1	Y. Minteh Central midfielder	Brighton	22	108.4	4429.8%	942.7%
2	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	99.1	4418.3%	825.2%
3	M. Palestra Central midfielder	Chelsea	21	94.3	421895.2%	8721.7%
4	I. Gruev Central midfielder	Leeds	26	92.4	2226.6%	686.9%
5	D. Gyabi Central midfielder	Hull City	22	90.2	1066.9%	634.7%
6	J. Devenny Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	22	89.7	12±0%	75±0%
7	Marc Casadó Central midfielder	Barcelona	23	87.3	12±0%	762%
8	M. Gusto Central midfielder	Chelsea	23	85.2	32±0%	87±0%
9	C. Tzolis Central midfielder	Arsenal	24	84.5	9618.2%	671.8%
10	J. Eccles Central midfielder	Coventry	26	84.5	2328.7%	5916.7%
11	H. Elliott Central midfielder	Liverpool	23	84.4	0±0%	70±0%
12	D. Ouattara Central midfielder	Brentford	24	83.3	37±0%	89±0%
13	O. Vargas Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	21	82.9	3915.2%	7864.8%
14	Nico González Central midfielder	Newcastle	24	82.7	23±0%	81±0%
15	Pablo Marín Central midfielder	Real Sociedad	23	81.5	1333.5%	745.7%
16	T. Iroegbunam Central midfielder	Everton	23	81.2	29±0%	80±0%
17	Zé Vitor Central midfielder	Free Agents	24	81.1	0	68
18	E. Matazo Central midfielder	Hull City	24	81.1	0100%	545.5%
19	N. O'Reilly Central midfielder	Manchester City	21	81	55±0%	97±0%
20	M. Caicedo Central midfielder	Chelsea	24	80.9	54±0%	86±0%
21	L. Tchaouna Central midfielder	Coventry	23	80.5	128.9%	761.9%
22	H. Vaughan Central midfielder	Hull City	22	80.4	0100%	5640.2%
23	R. Bardghji Central midfielder	Barcelona	20	80.2	10	83110.2%
24	J. McAtee Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	23	80.2	6±0%	70±0%
25	C. Echeverri Central midfielder	Manchester City	20	79.7	101.1%	74±0%
26	Y. Ayari Central midfielder	Brighton	22	78.8	40±0%	90±0%
27	E. Fernández Central midfielder	Chelsea	25	78.4	51±0%	93±0%
28	K. McAteer Central midfielder	Ipswich	24	77.8	19±0%	64±0%
29	P. Brown Central midfielder	Hull City	21	77.8	0	58
30	Ben Winterburn Central midfielder	Bournemouth	22	77.5	0	71
31	R. Owen Central midfielder	Brentford	21	76.9	0	70
32	L. Miley Central midfielder	Newcastle	20	76.8	30±0%	83±0%
33	Tyrique George Central midfielder	Everton	20	76	0	72±0%
34	Thiago Pitarch Central midfielder	Real Madrid	19	75.8	11	79
35	P. Dorgu Central midfielder	Manchester United	21	75.8	27±0%	91±0%
36	Hitalo Central midfielder	Free Agents	25	75.8	0	63
37	Mateus Fernandes Central midfielder	Tottenham	22	75.2	3051%	900.9%
38	David García Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	23	74.7	0	50
39	César Palacios Central midfielder	Fulham	21	74.5	1±0%	70±0%
40	J. Rudoni Central midfielder	Coventry	25	74	32±0%	68±0%
41	L. Bogarde Central midfielder	Aston Villa	22	73.8	14±0%	79±0%
42	M. Lewis-Skelly Central midfielder	Arsenal	19	73.6	16±0%	82±0%
43	J. Bogle Central midfielder	Leeds	26	73.3	36±0%	77±0%
44	Javi Serrano Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	23	73.2	5372.7%	5622.3%
45	L. Chambers Central midfielder	Liverpool	22	73.2	110.9%	6449.4%
46	M. Tel Central midfielder	Tottenham	21	73	20±0%	80±0%
47	Arnau Ortiz Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	24	72.9	194.8%	6689.7%
48	R. James Central midfielder	Chelsea	26	72.8	29±0%	75±0%
49	Carlos Martín Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	24	72.4	3±0%	67±0%
50	Rayan Central midfielder	Bournemouth	20	72.3	2650.1%	8814.8%