Most Valuable central midfielders by Market Value in Ligue 1

The most valuable central midfielders in Ligue 1, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

João Neves of Paris Saint Germain is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Ligue 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 84.3, and D. Durand has been the form player this season, grading 64.5.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: I. Ganago has improved his Season rating most, up +35.5 on last season, while D. Sylla's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +28.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Diop of Nice is the most valuable name in this group at 51.1.

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	Player	Team
1	S. Diop Central midfielder	Nice	26	51.1	5370.2%	717.2%
2	D. Sylla Central midfielder	RED Star FC 93	23	46.6	37372.2%	8056.7%
3	T. Tessmann Central midfielder	Lyon	24	45.7	2840.3%	788%
4	K. Danois Central midfielder	Auxerre	22	45.6	49183.9%	796.9%
5	Beraldo Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	22	44.5	3120%	802.4%
6	João Neves Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	21	44.2	4730.9%	844.4%
7	Vitinha Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	26	44.2	465.3%	757.8%
8	A. Sbaï Central midfielder	Angers	25	41.8	293.6%	7233.1%
9	A. Gomes Central midfielder	Marseille	25	40.9	225.6%	7010.8%
10	A. Karabec Central midfielder	Lyon	23	40.6	972%	700.7%
11	D. Yongwa Central midfielder	Lorient	25	40.2	2262.5%	693.5%
12	J. Casimir Central midfielder	Auxerre	24	39.5	2037.2%	6811.7%
13	G. Haag Central midfielder	RED Star FC 93	26	39.5	3640.2%	6811.9%
14	L. Gourna-Douath Central midfielder	Le Havre	23	39.4	14487%	683.3%
15	S. Szymański Central midfielder	Rennes	27	39.3	407.4%	6321.6%
16	M. Sauer Central midfielder	Toulouse	22	38.6	14	70
17	I. Osman Central midfielder	Auxerre	21	37.6	2115.8%	723.5%
18	N. Ahamada Central midfielder	Auxerre	24	37.4	91720%	646.1%
19	H. Boudaoui Central midfielder	Nice	26	37.2	3430.2%	6422.7%
20	Rafael LuÃs Central midfielder	Strasbourg	21	36.9	103166.7%	7063.1%
21	L. Coulibaly Central midfielder	Auxerre	23	35.9	581.5%	6212.1%
22	A. Touré Central midfielder	Metz	20	35.5	21202.9%	7222.2%
23	H. Ojediran Central midfielder	Lens	22	35.3	0	64
24	A. Bermont Central midfielder	Lens	21	34.7	194.5%	664.3%
25	I. Ganago Central midfielder	Nantes	27	34.5	36	581.6%
26	Bahereba Guirassy Central midfielder	Nantes	19	34.3	21163.3%	744.1%
27	R. Khadra Central midfielder	Le Havre	25	33.8	3800%	580.5%
28	Pedro Fernández Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	18	33.7	13	77
29	K. Páez Central midfielder	Strasbourg	19	33.5	9	72
30	B. Fadiga Central midfielder	Lorient	25	33.4	0100%	5746.9%
31	L. Michal Central midfielder	Metz	21	33.2	0	635.4%
32	C. Vanhoutte Central midfielder	Nice	27	33.1	2933.1%	573.9%
33	I. Halifa Central midfielder	RED Star FC 93	21	32.8	0	62
34	A. Diallo Central midfielder	Lens	20	32.6	0	66
35	S. Abdul Samed Central midfielder	Nice	26	32.5	6600%	56±0%
36	N. Lahmadi Central midfielder	Toulouse	21	32.5	0	62
37	L. Baret Central midfielder	Lille	20	32.4	0	65
38	Sacha Ziani Central midfielder	Nantes	22	32.2	0	58
39	M. Ngangué Central midfielder	Angers	21	32	0	61
40	P. Limon Central midfielder	Rennes	20	31.8	0	64
41	M. Bentoumi Central midfielder	Le Havre	21	31.8	0	61
42	M. Bley Central midfielder	Lorient	20	31.2	0	63
43	Dan Sinaté Central midfielder	Angers	20	30.6	0	62
44	Tiago Gonçalves Central midfielder	Lyon	19	30.6	0	66
45	F. Fall Central midfielder	Lyon	19	30.6	0	66
46	I. Garin Central midfielder	Angers	20	30.5	0	62
47	Y. Sellami Central midfielder	Marseille	19	30.5	0	65
48	I. Toure Central midfielder	Monaco	19	30.3	0	65
49	A. Diabate Central midfielder	Le Havre	20	30.3	0	61
50	M. Marechal Central midfielder	Strasbourg	19	29.9	0	64