Most Valuable central midfielders by Market Value in Championship

The most valuable central midfielders in Championship, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

H. Hackney of Middlesbrough is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 79, and I. Louza has been the form player this season, grading 62.7, and A. Devine leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Alebiosu has improved his Season rating most, up +37.8 on last season, while S. Fusire's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +34.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, I. Louza of Watford is the most valuable name in this group at 47.2.

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	Player	Team
1	I. Louza Central midfielder	Watford	27	47.2	6363.7%	615.8%
2	H. Hackney Central midfielder	Middlesbrough	24	42.5	5510.4%	793.8%
3	B. De Keersmaecker Central midfielder	Oxford United	26	41.5	5410.6%	6310.4%
4	J. Ngakia Central midfielder	Watford	25	39.8	5268.7%	665.4%
5	Sydie Peck Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	21	36.8	5398.5%	785.2%
6	A. Devine Central midfielder	Preston	22	36.7	5054.3%	7527.3%
7	L. O'Brien Central midfielder	Wrexham	27	35.3	46243.3%	604.3%
8	I. Price Central midfielder	West Brom	22	35.2	48240.1%	7230.7%
9	S. Carey Central midfielder	Charlton	25	34.4	4561.2%	6843.3%
10	R. Alebiosu Central midfielder	Blackburn	24	33.7	44619.7%	7065.6%
11	E. Galbraith Central midfielder	Swansea	25	31.4	4111.2%	6826.1%
12	H. Vale Central midfielder	QPR	22	31	391.9%	7140.4%
13	P. Mattsson Central midfielder	Norwich	25	30.6	3815%	6645.1%
14	T. Doyle Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	30	23165.5%	659.9%
15	T. Small Central midfielder	Preston	22	29.9	2730.1%	6832.9%
16	B. Clark Central midfielder	Derby	21	29.8	403490.9%	724.1%
17	L. Cundle Central midfielder	Millwall	24	29.6	20106.1%	646.1%
18	J. Varane Central midfielder	QPR	24	29.4	3313.7%	643.9%
19	K. Dembélé Central midfielder	QPR	23	29.4	173%	643.2%
20	H. Kyprianou Central midfielder	Watford	25	29.1	2511%	6337.8%
21	T. Goodrham Central midfielder	Oxford United	23	28.2	1734%	6112.9%
22	A. Moran Central midfielder	Preston	22	28.1	2046.2%	649.4%
23	S. Silvera Central midfielder	Middlesbrough	25	28.1	25438.3%	6143.5%
24	J. Solis Central midfielder	Birmingham	21	27.7	22145.1%	677.7%
25	N. Irankunda Central midfielder	Watford	20	27.7	32	71
26	L. Thompson Central midfielder	Derby	24	27.6	1445.3%	600.7%
27	D. Gyabi Central midfielder	Hull City	22	27.4	1647.6%	634.4%
28	R. Apter Central midfielder	Charlton	23	27.3	1367.8%	5911.9%
29	D. Mazou-Sacko Central midfielder	Millwall	21	27.3	1958.3%	6619.4%
30	F. Bianchini Central midfielder	Portsmouth	25	27.3	1987.4%	593.7%
31	L. Cacace Central midfielder	Wrexham	25	27.1	861.1%	5923.1%
32	O. Maamma Central midfielder	Watford	20	26.9	35400%	691%
33	O. Arblaster Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	22	26.4	1412.7%	608.9%
34	M. Kosznovszky Central midfielder	Portsmouth	24	26.3	81028.6%	5710%
35	S. Fusire Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	21	26.2	29271.8%	63117.2%
36	Sidnei Tavares Central midfielder	Blackburn	24	26.1	958.7%	571%
37	A. Henriksson Central midfielder	Blackburn	24	25.9	682.7%	5644.7%
38	J. Cajuste Central midfielder	Ipswich	26	25.9	1742.1%	5624.8%
39	O. Diakité Central midfielder	West Brom	26	25.6	25192.9%	563.6%
40	K. Poku Central midfielder	QPR	24	25.5	489.2%	5514%
41	Kieran Morgan Central midfielder	QPR	20	25.5	1746.2%	653.7%
42	Tobias Christopher Collyer Central midfielder	West Brom	22	25.2	9210.3%	5818.5%
43	Kristi Montgomery Central midfielder	Blackburn	22	25.1	8	57
44	Benicio Baker-Boaitey Central midfielder	Millwall	22	24.7	0	5720%
45	D. De Neve Central midfielder	Blackburn	25	24.6	1035.1%	53±0%
46	J. Molumby Central midfielder	West Brom	27	24.5	3012.2%	5322.7%
47	D. Kelly Central midfielder	Millwall	21	24.4	1	59
48	J. Cáceres Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	23	24.4	0	53
49	D. Kelly Central midfielder	Millwall	20	24.2	333.3%	6232.4%
50	L. Ayinde Central midfielder	Ipswich	21	24	0	58