Most valuable U23 central midfielders

The most valuable U23 central midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

E. Anderson of Nottingham Forest is the standout for raw talent across U23 central midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 94.8, and J. Bellingham has been the form player this season, grading 64.8, and E. Havel leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: I. Doumbia has improved his Season rating most, up +46.5 on last season, while S. Fusire's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +34.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Anderson of Nottingham Forest is the most valuable name in this group at 125.4.

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#	Player	Team	Age	val	Season	Rating
1	E. Anderson Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	23	125.4	638.7%	95±0%
2	J. Bellingham Central midfielder	Real Madrid	23	119.2	6523.9%	941.1%
3	Y. Ayari Central midfielder	Brighton	22	104	4428.2%	915.9%
4	Alberto Moleiro Central midfielder	Villarreal	22	103.3	5938.7%	9410%
5	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	98.9	4418.3%	825.2%
6	Pablo Barrios Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	23	95.4	401%	864.3%
7	O. Hutchinson Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	22	92.3	2924.9%	813.2%
8	C. Alcaraz Central midfielder	Everton	23	90.1	1243.4%	756.7%
9	E. Camavinga Central midfielder	Real Madrid	23	89	3125.4%	811.2%
10	A. Gray Central midfielder	Tottenham	20	86.9	26105.6%	855.3%
11	J. McAtee Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	23	83.8	638.1%	7014.3%
12	H. Elliott Central midfielder	Aston Villa	23	83.5	095.2%	7016.5%
13	Estêvão Central midfielder	Chelsea	19	83.1	2359.3%	875.5%
14	L. Sučić Central midfielder	Real Sociedad	23	82.2	223.3%	755.7%
15	Zé Vitor Central midfielder	Free Agents	23	81.1	0	68
16	Joshua King Central midfielder	Fulham	19	80.2	211066.7%	8415.8%
17	Conor McManus Central midfielder	Brentford	22	77.9	0	68
18	Ben Winterburn Central midfielder	Bournemouth	21	76.7	0100%	71±0%
19	J. Canvot Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	19	75.6	1523%	797.8%
20	Charlie Gray Central midfielder	Manchester City	20	74.7	0	73
21	F. Buonanotte Central midfielder	Leeds	21	74.5	294.9%	6917.9%
22	J. T. Bi Central midfielder	Sunderland	20	73	0	72
23	Javi Serrano Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	23	72.8	0100%	668.1%
24	K. Rodney Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	21	72.8	0	67
25	Joe Knight Central midfielder	Brighton	20	72.2	0	71
26	George Earthy Central midfielder	West Ham	21	71.6	0100%	663.1%
27	H. Armstrong Central midfielder	Everton	19	71.2	563.3%	7421%
28	K. Morrison Central midfielder	Liverpool	19	70.7	0	74
29	George Hemmings Central midfielder	Aston Villa	19	70.4	0	73
30	T. Nyoni Central midfielder	Liverpool	19	70.1	0	73
31	Pol Fortuny Central midfielder	Real Madrid	21	69.1	0	70
32	Ávaro Leiva Central midfielder	Real Madrid	21	69.1	0	70
33	R. Donovan Central midfielder	Brentford	19	68.5	0100%	7177.2%
34	T. Fletcher Central midfielder	Manchester United	18	66.9	0	74
35	B. Burrows Central midfielder	Aston Villa	18	66.6	0	74
36	Thiago Pitarch Central midfielder	Real Madrid	18	65.9	11	80
37	C. Stevens Central midfielder	Bournemouth	18	65.7	0	73
38	H. Howell Central midfielder	Brighton	18	65.7	0100%	731%
39	C. Olusesi Central midfielder	Tottenham	19	65.4	0	68
40	Luka Bentt Central midfielder	Brentford	18	64.7	0	72
41	J. Morcillo Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	19	64.1	2	73
42	Dani Díaz Central midfielder	Real Sociedad	20	63.2	0	671.3%
43	Tomás Marqués Central midfielder	Barcelona	19	63.1	0	71
44	Malcom Dacosta Central midfielder	Bournemouth	17	61.3	0	73
45	G. Brierley Central midfielder	Burnley	18	61.1	0	68
46	S. Ridgeon Central midfielder	Fulham	17	59.7	0	71
47	Juan Hernández Central midfielder	Barcelona	18	59.6	0	72
48	D. Benamar Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	17	59.1	1	70
49	Taufik Seidu Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	18	58.7	0	71
50	C. Holland Central midfielder	Chelsea	16	55.7	0	71