Most Valuable central midfielders by Market Value in League One 26/27

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

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At a glance

R. Walters of Luton is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 49.2, and M. Sanders has been the form player this season, grading 31.6.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Garbett has improved his Season rating most, up +14.6 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, Joe Knight of Stevenage is the most valuable name in this group at 14.1.

Huddersfield · 22/23→25/26

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Peterborough · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Joe Knight Central midfielder	Stevenage	21	14.1	0	71
2	M. Garbett Central midfielder	Peterborough	24	13.3	23167.8%	4424.3%
3	R. Walters Central midfielder	Luton	21	11.4	1732.8%	4917.3%
4	M. Sanders Central midfielder	Notts County	27	11.2	3274.6%	288.1%
5	M. Craig Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	23	10.6	1539%	4312.7%
6	I. Fullah Central midfielder	Milton Keynes Dons	19	10.4	2±0%	57±0%
7	E. Brierley Central midfielder	Huddersfield	22	10.3	2683.9%	4846.3%
8	H. White Central midfielder	Plymouth	25	9.6	41±0%	522.6%
9	L. Bennett Central midfielder	Cambridge United	24	9.6	39±0%	35±0%
10	Jamie Carson McDonnell Central midfielder	Oxford United	22	9.4	674.8%	5518.2%
11	Declan Frith Central midfielder	Peterborough	24	9.3	10	40
12	S. Braybrooke Central midfielder	Leicester	22	9.2	4325.1%	360.8%
13	Patrick Kelly Central midfielder	Barnsley	22	9.1	33±0%	491.6%
14	Jacob Borgnis Central midfielder	Reading	23	9	4	41
15	O. Tanner Central midfielder	Cardiff	24	8.9	28±0%	49±0%
16	J. Weir Central midfielder	Wigan	24	8.9	25±0%	46±0%
17	B. Mitchell Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	25	8.9	20±0%	663.6%
18	C. Humphreys Central midfielder	Huddersfield	22	8.8	098.5%	5723.4%
19	A. Emakhu Central midfielder	Oxford United	22	8.7	11±0%	65±0%
20	J. Moylan Central midfielder	Cardiff	25	8.7	34±0%	502.9%
21	L. Thompson Central midfielder	Mansfield Town	24	8.7	11±0%	602.6%
22	Charlie Gerard Richard Wellens Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	23	8.7	16±0%	44±0%
23	Donay O'Brien-Brady Central midfielder	Peterborough	22	8.7	370.2%	403.7%
24	Z. Nelson Central midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	21	8.6	15±0%	45±0%
25	Daniel Gore Central midfielder	Luton	22	8.5	26±0%	461.8%
26	J. Moorhouse Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	20	8.5	8±0%	41±0%
27	M. Boateng Central midfielder	Plymouth	24	8.5	49±0%	55±0%
28	R. Darcy Central midfielder	Wigan	25	8.4	488.9%	3821.3%
29	Silko Amari Otieno Thomas Central midfielder	Wycombe	22	8.4	312.1%	56±0%
30	O. Irow Central midfielder	Plymouth	20	8.4	1224.7%	45±0%
31	Finn Flanagan Central midfielder	Mansfield Town	21	8.4	7	43
32	S. Sandal Central midfielder	Luton	23	8.3	096.4%	385.7%
33	J. Stokes Central midfielder	Reading	22	8.3	16±0%	494.9%
34	M. Ferdinan Central midfielder	Oxford United	22	8.3	0100%	5335.3%
35	A. Morgan Central midfielder	Blackpool	26	8.3	10±0%	36±0%
36	J. Pattenden Central midfielder	Stevenage	24	8.3	22±0%	44±0%
37	Henry Cartwright Central midfielder	Bradford	21	8.2	0100%	398.2%
38	T. Taylor Central midfielder	Stevenage	25	8.2	27±0%	452.3%
39	R. Shipston Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	21	8.2	0100%	5325.9%
40	C. Barrett Central midfielder	Wigan	24	8.1	3210.3%	32±0%
41	Delano McCoy-Splatt\t Central midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	21	8.1	1	38
42	C. Johnston Central midfielder	Peterborough	24	8.1	17±0%	42±0%
43	J. Brown Central midfielder	Blackpool	25	8.1	38±0%	49±0%
44	G. McConnell Central midfielder	Cambridge United	21	8.1	2±0%	30±0%
45	Roman Dixon Central midfielder	Stockport County	21	8.1	1	41
46	J. McKiernan Central midfielder	Bromley	24	8	89.9%	42±0%
47	M. Smith Central midfielder	Stevenage	26	8	26±0%	43±0%
48	Matthew Christopher Rowley Central midfielder	Reading	22	8	0	38
49	L. Connell Central midfielder	Barnsley	25	8	41±0%	46±0%
50	Emilio Lawrence Central midfielder	Luton	21	8	1624%	46±0%