Most Valuable central midfielders by Market Value in La Liga

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

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At a glance

Marc Bernal of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in La Liga, with a Field Insider Rating of 84.8, and Samú Costa has been the form player this season, grading 58.5.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Edu Expósito has improved his Season rating most, up +27.2 on last season, while R. Bardghji's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +43.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Renato Veiga of Villarreal is the most valuable name in this group at 93.2.

Barcelona · 24/25→25/26

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Edu Expósito+27.2SsN

Espanyol · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Renato Veiga Central midfielder	Villarreal	23	93.2	1922.6%	8411.8%
2	Álex Baena Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	25	88.3	2844.2%	8012.6%
3	Pablo Barrios Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	23	87	2438.8%	7912.7%
4	P. Gueye Central midfielder	Villarreal	27	84.1	4612%	7015.1%
5	T. Almada Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	25	83.7	2629.4%	7684.4%
6	Pablo Marín Central midfielder	Real Sociedad	23	81.6	1333.5%	745.7%
7	Gavi Central midfielder	Barcelona	22	80.3	949.7%	774%
8	Marc Casadó Central midfielder	Barcelona	22	79.9	1262.3%	7611.5%
9	R. Bardghji Central midfielder	Barcelona	20	77.7	10	83110.2%
10	Marc Bernal Central midfielder	Barcelona	19	74.9	20712.5%	8513.1%
11	Julio Díaz del Romo Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	21	74	6	75
12	A. Zakharyan Central midfielder	Real Sociedad	23	73.7	314.3%	678.9%
13	Javi Serrano Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	23	72.8	0100%	668.1%
14	C. Gallagher Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	26	72.3	1559%	6621.9%
15	Thiago Pitarch Central midfielder	Real Madrid	19	69.7	11	79
16	Ávaro Leiva Central midfielder	Real Madrid	21	69.1	0	70
17	Pol Fortuny Central midfielder	Real Madrid	21	69.1	0	70
18	Hugo de Llanos García Central midfielder	Real Madrid	21	69.1	0	70
19	Samú Costa Central midfielder	Mallorca	25	64.6	5948.1%	794.5%
20	Tomás Marqués Central midfielder	Barcelona	19	63.1	0	71
21	Juan Hernández Central midfielder	Barcelona	18	59.6	0	72
22	Taufik Seidu Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	18	58.7	0	71
23	T. Seidu Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	17	54.9	0	71
24	Diego López Central midfielder	Valencia	24	52.5	3034.9%	7910.8%
25	Urko González Central midfielder	Espanyol	25	51.9	2921%	783.8%
26	Santi Comesaña Central midfielder	Villarreal	29	51.6	512.5%	6016.1%
27	Carlos Álvarez Central midfielder	Levante	23	51.5	2841.3%	783.1%
28	Mario Martín Central midfielder	Getafe	22	51.3	3332.7%	823%
29	I. Chaira Central midfielder	Oviedo	25	51	4668.2%	7713.1%
30	Fran Pérez Central midfielder	Rayo Vallecano	23	50.8	18252.9%	776.8%
31	Sergi Altimira Central midfielder	Real Betis	24	50.4	276%	765.7%
32	Hugo Sotelo Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	22	50.1	20122%	802.3%
33	H. Hassan Central midfielder	Oviedo	24	49.6	2414.8%	759.2%
34	Miguel Román Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	23	49.6	17	75
35	L. Beltrán Central midfielder	Valencia	25	48.6	1937.5%	7312%
36	Jon Ander Olasagasti Central midfielder	Levante	25	48.5	3293.3%	734.9%
37	Abel Bretones Central midfielder	Osasuna	25	47.6	263.7%	729.8%
38	Ramón Terrats Central midfielder	Espanyol	25	47.1	212.3%	719.4%
39	Unai Gómez Central midfielder	Athletic Club	23	46.4	1330.3%	7014.6%
40	Oihan Sancet Central midfielder	Athletic Club	26	46.4	2744%	7015.5%
41	Pol Lozano Central midfielder	Espanyol	26	46.2	3127.9%	707.1%
42	Joel Roca Central midfielder	Girona	21	45.4	248.2%	7612.1%
43	Iker Muñoz Central midfielder	Osasuna	23	45.2	71.4%	688.3%
44	Rodrigo Riquelme Central midfielder	Real Betis	26	45	1388.7%	686.1%
45	Carlos Martín Central midfielder	Rayo Vallecano	24	44.6	382.9%	6712.1%
46	Jofre Carreras Central midfielder	Espanyol	25	44.2	1057.9%	6717.7%
47	Óscar Mingueza Central midfielder	Celta Vigo	27	44	3235.9%	6624.8%
48	Asier Osambela Central midfielder	Osasuna	22	43.4	82400%	692.1%
49	André Almeida Central midfielder	Valencia	26	43.3	1647.1%	6517.1%
50	Hugo Solozábal Central midfielder	Getafe	23	43	0	65