Most Valuable central midfielders by Market Value in Championship 26/27

The most valuable central midfielders in Championship in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

K. Lund of Birmingham is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 73.1, and Ronald has been the form player this season, grading 42.5, and T. Souček leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: B. Khela has improved his Season rating most, up +22.6 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Lund of Birmingham is the most valuable name in this group at 33.9.

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	Player	Team
1	K. Lund Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	33.9	2827.6%	7319.2%
2	Ronald Central midfielder	Swansea	25	33.3	4360.4%	712.7%
3	K. Dembélé Central midfielder	QPR	23	31.1	1132.7%	608.8%
4	F. Myhre Central midfielder	West Brom	27	30.4	391%	402.3%
5	R. Apter Central midfielder	Charlton	23	29.6	782.6%	577.6%
6	T. Gardner-Hickman Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	29.4	1441.7%	6021.8%
7	D. Mazou-Sacko Central midfielder	Millwall	21	29.4	1958.3%	6619.4%
8	Sidnei Tavares Central midfielder	Blackburn	24	28.5	672.1%	553.3%
9	L. Gibbs Central midfielder	Norwich	23	28.4	111144.4%	607.1%
10	A. Henriksson Central midfielder	Blackburn	24	28.3	585.7%	5542.2%
11	D. De Neve Central midfielder	Blackburn	25	27.7	1035.1%	53±0%
12	D. Gyabi Central midfielder	Hull City	22	27.4	1066.9%	634.7%
13	M. Kosznovszky Central midfielder	Portsmouth	24	27.3	4457.1%	5414.5%
14	F. Bianchini Central midfielder	Swansea	25	27.3	106.8%	594.9%
15	M. Leonard Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	27	763.4%	5618.3%
16	J. Randall Central midfielder	Bolton	26	26.4	870.5%	3720.8%
17	L. Cacace Central midfielder	Wrexham	25	26.3	480.3%	5527.7%
18	R. Shein Central midfielder	Portsmouth	23	26	2911.2%	431.4%
19	J. Stansfield Central midfielder	Birmingham	23	25.5	43±0%	76±0%
20	Z. Larkeche Central midfielder	QPR	23	25.3	0100%	528.6%
21	J. Garrett Central midfielder	Blackburn	23	25.2	0100%	5589.9%
22	M. Yeo Central midfielder	Swansea	22	25	2424%	454.6%
23	M. Peart-Harris Central midfielder	Middlesbrough	23	25	13±0%	59±0%
24	Benicio Baker-Boaitey Central midfielder	Millwall	22	25	0	5720%
25	J. Varane Central midfielder	QPR	24	24.8	30±0%	63±0%
26	E. Matazo Central midfielder	Hull City	24	24.7	0100%	545.5%
27	D. Kelly Central midfielder	Millwall	21	24.6	1	59
28	A. Ramsey Central midfielder	Burnley	23	24.5	69.6%	572.4%
29	H. Vaughan Central midfielder	Hull City	22	24.4	0100%	5640.2%
30	H. Mejbri Central midfielder	Burnley	23	24.3	17±0%	74±0%
31	O. Arblaster Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	22	24.3	10±0%	59±0%
32	Ollie Hobden Central midfielder	Charlton	21	24.2	1	54
33	U. Raghouber Central midfielder	Burnley	23	24.2	911.1%	67±0%
34	K. Goudmijn Central midfielder	Derby	24	24	198.1%	5316%
35	J. Solis Central midfielder	Birmingham	21	24	111.8%	62±0%
36	O. Fraulo Central midfielder	Derby	22	23.9	452.6%	60±0%
37	Bae Jun-Ho Central midfielder	Stoke City	23	23.9	30±0%	671.8%
38	El Hadji Djibril Soumaré Central midfielder	Stoke City	23	23.9	10±0%	59±0%
39	W. Smallbone Central midfielder	Southampton	26	23.8	282.4%	5225.1%
40	Sydie Peck Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	21	23.8	49±0%	77±0%
41	A. Devine Central midfielder	Preston	22	23.6	38±0%	75±0%
42	S. Greenwood Central midfielder	Bristol City	24	23.5	1920.9%	36±0%
43	Leo Castledine Central midfielder	Middlesbrough	21	23.4	485.9%	6328%
44	D. Jefferies Central midfielder	Lincoln	24	23.4	9±0%	45±0%
45	L. Dobbin Central midfielder	Southampton	23	23.4	43±0%	70±0%
46	S. Sharples Central midfielder	Bolton	21	23.4	0	40
47	M. Manhoef Central midfielder	Stoke City	24	23.3	38±0%	71±0%
48	I. Varfolomeev Central midfielder	Lincoln	22	23.3	18±0%	46±0%
49	H. Rylah Central midfielder	Charlton	20	23.2	0	5535.6%
50	J. Knight Central midfielder	Bristol City	25	23.2	22±0%	64±0%