Most Valuable central midfielders by Market Value in League One

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

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At a glance

M. Boateng of Plymouth is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 55.2, and O. Bailey has been the form player this season, grading 55.4.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Boateng has improved his Season rating most, up +33.9 on last season, while E. Brierley's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +15.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Boateng of Plymouth is the most valuable name in this group at 18.4.

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	Player	Team
1	M. Boateng Central midfielder	Plymouth	24	18.4	49218.7%	5522.9%
2	O. Bailey Central midfielder	Doncaster	27	16.3	5538.2%	4412.9%
3	H. White Central midfielder	Stevenage	24	15.3	4152.4%	5210.2%
4	D. Campbell Central midfielder	Northampton	25	13.1	3564.8%	4644.5%
5	C. Savage Central midfielder	Reading	23	12.8	345.5%	4912.4%
6	D. Kemp Central midfielder	Stevenage	27	12.7	340.9%	4310.9%
7	I. El Mizouni Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	25	11.3	3062.6%	4231.1%
8	K. Doyle Central midfielder	Reading	21	11.1	335.4%	513.4%
9	Cian Ashford Central midfielder	Cardiff	21	10.5	2424.1%	5220%
10	C. Watts Central midfielder	Plymouth	24	10.4	2414.2%	474.3%
11	E. Archer Central midfielder	Port Vale	23	10.2	2740.7%	4415.4%
12	E. Brierley Central midfielder	Exeter City	22	10.1	2683.9%	4846.3%
13	C. Boyd-Munce Central midfielder	Wycombe	26	10	2714%	4110.6%
14	C. Campbell Central midfielder	Stevenage	23	10	148.9%	457.2%
15	G. Broadbent Central midfielder	Doncaster	25	9.8	242.4%	4425.4%
16	L. Clarkson Central midfielder	Blackpool	24	9.6	1354.2%	4311.5%
17	A. Lowry Central midfielder	Wycombe	23	9.6	7483.3%	433.9%
18	R. Gotts Central midfielder	Doncaster	26	9.4	2527.8%	4226.4%
19	Z. Nelson Central midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	21	9.3	19138.5%	4623.2%
20	L. Woodhouse Central midfielder	Exeter City	22	9.2	22	43
21	A. Benarous Central midfielder	Plymouth	23	9.2	55.4%	4130%
22	D. Levitt Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	25	9.1	161.3%	419.4%
23	L. Bate Central midfielder	Stockport County	23	9.1	390.5%	4119.6%
24	R. Trevitt Central midfielder	Wigan	23	9.1	712.3%	411%
25	Jack Perkins Central midfielder	Northampton	22	9.1	19	43
26	B. Woods Central midfielder	Peterborough	23	9	1164.2%	4115.4%
27	Jacob Borgnis Central midfielder	Reading	23	9	4	41
28	Declan Frith Central midfielder	Peterborough	24	9	10	40
29	T. Rushesha Central midfielder	Reading	24	8.9	5	404.5%
30	K. Simon-Swyer Central midfielder	Northampton	23	8.9	9	4040.8%
31	T. Nixon Central midfielder	Doncaster	23	8.9	7116.7%	4034.2%
32	Dylan Williams Central midfielder	Burton Albion	22	8.9	1019.7%	426.5%
33	J. Headley Central midfielder	Port Vale	24	8.9	1689.3%	4022.2%
34	J. Powell Central midfielder	Rotherham	27	8.9	2442.8%	3627.7%
35	Jenson Metcalfe Central midfielder	Bradford	21	8.8	5	44
36	B. Sarpong-Wiredu Central midfielder	Plymouth	26	8.8	2312.1%	4023.1%
37	E. Ring Central midfielder	Lincoln	24	8.8	190%	4010%
38	K. Conteh Central midfielder	Lincoln	23	8.7	097.7%	397.3%
39	Finn Flanagan Central midfielder	Mansfield Town	21	8.7	9	43
40	B. Elliott Central midfielder	Reading	23	8.7	285.5%	3919.2%
41	J. White Central midfielder	Bradford	23	8.7	097.8%	3921.1%
42	G. Abbott Central midfielder	Wycombe	20	8.6	1562.9%	4512.2%
43	G. Middleton Central midfielder	Doncaster	26	8.6	1350.4%	3919.2%
44	A. Lyons Central midfielder	Blackpool	26	8.6	9	381.6%
45	S. Sandal Central midfielder	Luton	23	8.5	192.9%	385.4%
46	T. Fornah Central midfielder	Northampton	26	8.5	1547.9%	3810.8%
47	J. Hungbo Central midfielder	Wigan	26	8.5	14	383%
48	J. Benson Central midfielder	Rotherham	26	8.4	17265.2%	389%
49	Donay O'Brien-Brady Central midfielder	Peterborough	22	8.4	370.2%	403.7%
50	Francis Okoronkwo Central midfielder	Lincoln	21	8.3	1	41