Most valuable midfielders

The most valuable midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and V. Qazaishvili leads the scoring with 27 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: João Félix has improved his Season rating most, up +69.1 on last season, while E. Diouf's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +48.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Rogers of Aston Villa is the most valuable name in this group at 202.2.

West Ham · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

João Félix+69.1SsN

Al-Nassr · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

V. Qazaishvili27goals

50 players · ranked by highest valueCustomise →

#	Player	Team	Age	val	Season	Rating
1	M. Rogers Attacking midfielder	Aston Villa	23	202.2	527%	1000.5%
2	D. Szoboszlai Attacking midfielder	Liverpool	25	193.4	437.4%	97±0%
3	F. Wirtz Attacking midfielder	Liverpool	23	191.6	3546.2%	964%
4	E. Anderson Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	23	189.6	629.3%	95±0%
5	R. Gravenberch Defensive midfielder	Liverpool	24	188	6022.1%	945.9%
6	E. Fernández Attacking midfielder	Chelsea	25	187	5012%	944.1%
7	A. Semenyo Attacking midfielder	Bournemouth	26	182.8	6624.6%	913.7%
8	D. Ouattara Attacking midfielder	Brentford	24	182.6	4110.4%	913.2%
9	K. Schade Attacking midfielder	Brentford	24	182.2	45±0%	912.1%
10	Marcelinho Braz Central midfielder	RB Bragantino U20	21	180.7	73	100
11	R. Cherki Attacking midfielder	Manchester City	22	179	4617%	949%
12	C. Palmer Attacking midfielder	Chelsea	24	177	4928%	8911.5%
13	D. Gómez Attacking midfielder	Brighton	23	177	2949.7%	8988.3%
14	M. Caicedo Defensive midfielder	Chelsea	24	176.6	6118.5%	887.9%
15	H. Diarra Attacking midfielder	Sunderland	22	176.5	2638.1%	935.6%
16	N. O'Reilly Full-back	Manchester City	21	174.1	56432.1%	9717.9%
17	A. Scott Defensive midfielder	Bournemouth	22	173.5	47361.4%	9118.6%
18	Y. Ayari Central midfielder	Brighton	22	173.3	4223.4%	915.9%
19	J. Bellingham Central midfielder	Real Madrid	23	173.3	6018.9%	941.1%
20	M. Gibbs-White Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	26	172.6	6431.2%	868.5%
21	A. Wharton Defensive midfielder	Crystal Palace	22	171.8	51134.9%	908.9%
22	E. Le Fée Attacking midfielder	Sunderland	26	171.6	39108.5%	8636.8%
23	N. Woltemade Central midfielder	Newcastle	24	171.4	4012.4%	865.3%
24	N. Sadiki Defensive midfielder	Sunderland	21	171.2	344.8%	9545.6%
25	P. Dorgu Attacking midfielder	Manchester United	21	170.3	3543.4%	9520.4%
26	Y. Minteh Attacking midfielder	Brighton	21	169.9	2719.3%	943.7%
27	E. Ampadu Central midfielder	Leeds	25	169.8	475.6%	8523.2%
28	Mateus Fernandes Attacking midfielder	West Ham	22	169.7	2944.8%	890.6%
29	Finn de Bruin Central midfielder	ADO Den Haag	22	169.1	512231.8%	8988.2%
30	J. Hinshelwood Attacking midfielder	Brighton	21	169	329.3%	944.7%
31	K. Lewis-Potter Full-back	Brentford	25	168.8	2115.7%	844.5%
32	D. Rice Central midfielder	Arsenal	27	168.4	605.9%	8410.7%
33	Y. Yarmolyuk Defensive midfielder	Brentford	22	168.2	42128.4%	899.8%
34	Fermín Attacking midfielder	Barcelona	23	167.8	5075.2%	916.4%
35	E. Diouf Full-back	West Ham	21	167.6	34146.3%	93110.2%
36	B. Kamara Central midfielder	Aston Villa	26	167	56121.2%	844.1%
37	A. Onana Defensive midfielder	Aston Villa	24	166	3624.9%	833.2%
38	L. Díaz Central midfielder	Envigado	22	165.9	38	87
39	Bassam Hazazi Central midfielder	Saudi Arabia U20	21	165.6	35	92
40	B. Aaronson Centre-forward	Leeds	25	165.2	3226.7%	835.8%
41	C. Hudson-Odoi Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	25	165.2	3421.4%	835.8%
42	I. Ndiaye Attacking midfielder	Everton	26	165	396.6%	832.9%
43	Pedri Defensive midfielder	Barcelona	23	165	5915.9%	908.4%
44	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	164.8	4120.9%	825.2%
45	Alberto Moleiro Central midfielder	Villarreal	22	164	5334.5%	9410%
46	Pedro Neto Centre-forward	Chelsea	26	163.8	434.9%	828.7%
47	P. Foden Centre-forward	Manchester City	26	163.2	4129.9%	823.8%
48	P. Sarr Attacking midfielder	Tottenham	23	163	2439.4%	822%
49	Nico González Defensive midfielder	Manchester City	24	162.2	246.9%	8123.4%
50	T. Iroegbunam Defensive midfielder	Everton	23	162	33144.1%	816.3%