Fastest-growing central midfielders

The fastest-growing (by % Rating change) central midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

E. Anderson of Nottingham Forest is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 94.8, and C. Baumgartner has been the form player this season, grading 78, and T. Allende leads the scoring with 20 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Q. Laçi has improved his Season rating most, up +54.4 on last season, while T. Almada's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +36.8 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 189.6.

Atletico Madrid · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Q. Laçi+54.4SsN

Rizespor · 22/23→25/26

50 players · ranked by biggest rating change %Customise →

#	Player	Team	Age	Δ%	Season	Rating
1	S. Fusire Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	21	+117.2 24/25→25/26	30290.9%	63117.2%
2	O. Pietuszewski Central midfielder	FC Porto	18	+98.8 24/25→25/26	25	6898.8%
3	Álex Corredera Central midfielder	Sporting Gijon	30	+93.9 24/25→25/26	46221%	4193.9%
4	J. Mendes Central midfielder	Rodez	22	+92.2 24/25→25/26	32570.8%	6492.2%
5	T. Almada Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	25	+89.5 24/25→25/26	3055%	7889.5%
6	O. Joly Central midfielder	Rodez	23	+88.8 24/25→25/26	26613.9%	6088.8%
7	K. Bilalovic Central midfielder	Aberdeen	21	+84.8 24/25→25/26	9933.3%	4484.8%
8	R. Touzghar Central midfielder	PAU	22	+84.6 24/25→25/26	41892.7%	6484.6%
9	S. Silvera Central midfielder	Middlesbrough	25	+80.2 24/25→25/26	521057.8%	7780.2%
10	W. Bouabdelli Central midfielder	Nancy	25	+65.7 24/25→25/26	35728.6%	5865.7%
11	R. Alebiosu Central midfielder	Blackburn	24	+65.6 24/25→25/26	43611.5%	7065.6%
12	E. Bajraktarevic Central midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	21	+65.4 24/25→25/26	2664%	7265.4%
13	C. Ndour Central midfielder	Fiorentina	21	+63.5 24/25→25/26	29239.3%	7863.5%
14	B. Zeneli Central midfielder	Union St. Gilloise	23	+63.4 24/25→25/26	3137.9%	5863.4%
15	R. Bamba Central midfielder	Nancy	22	+63 24/25→25/26	20589.7%	5763%
16	D. Edvardsson Central midfielder	Tromso	24	+60.6 24/25→25/26	38241.4%	4660.6%
17	Victor Mow Froholdt Central midfielder	FC Porto	20	+59 24/25→25/26	5645%	7959%
18	S. El-Faouzi Central midfielder	FC Schalke 04	24	+57.5 24/25→25/26	5376.2%	7257.5%
19	V. Vada Central midfielder	Damac	30	+54.7 24/25→25/26	56200.5%	3754.7%
20	C. Olivera Central midfielder	Gremio	24	+53.2 24/25→25/26	265.8%	6753.2%
21	T. Averlant Central midfielder	Amiens	26	+49.9 24/25→25/26	33278.4%	5349.9%
22	E. Guðmundsson Central midfielder	Brann	22	+49.7 24/25→25/26	451191.4%	4949.7%
23	N. Deossa Central midfielder	Real Betis	26	+49.3 22/23→25/26	7228.6%	6349.3%
24	P. Mattsson Central midfielder	Norwich	24	+48.8 24/25→25/26	3916.5%	6848.8%
25	Abbas Al Hassan Central midfielder	NEOM	22	+48.7 23/24→25/26	25814.8%	8076.1%
26	E. Brierley Central midfielder	Exeter City	22	+46.3 22/23→25/26	2687.1%	4846.3%
27	E. Álvarez Central midfielder	Guadalajara Chivas	24	+46.1 23/24→25/26	30	5446.1%
28	L. Ulrich Central midfielder	1. FC Magdeburg	21	+45.5 24/25→25/26	43137.4%	6445.5%
29	A. Henriksson Central midfielder	Blackburn	24	+44.7 24/25→25/26	779.8%	5644.7%
30	D. Campbell Central midfielder	Northampton	25	+44.5 24/25→25/26	3656.8%	4644.5%
31	Ethan Williams Central midfielder	Falkirk	20	+43.7 24/25→25/26	1591.1%	4643.7%
32	S. Carey Central midfielder	Charlton	25	+43.3 24/25→25/26	4265.1%	6843.3%
33	T. Bouriaud Central midfielder	Nancy	29	+43 24/25→25/26	39376.8%	4043%
34	O. Sørensen Central midfielder	Parma	24	+42.7 24/25→25/26	2048.7%	7242.7%
35	Y. Massolin Central midfielder	Modena	23	+42.2 24/25→25/26	2420.7%	6542.2%
36	K. Davidsen Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	21	+42.2 24/25→25/26	3121.7%	6242.2%
37	B. İnce Central midfielder	Al Okhdood	22	+42.1 24/25→25/26	1222.7%	4842.1%
38	Paolo Fernandes Central midfielder	Al Khaleej Saihat	27	+41.5 24/25→25/26	31923.3%	4341.5%
39	Duk Central midfielder	Leganes	26	+41.3 24/25→25/26	34465%	5941.3%
40	M. Rossignol Central midfielder	Le Mans	22	+41.3 24/25→25/26	15106.8%	5841.3%
41	H. Vale Central midfielder	QPR	22	+40.4 23/24→25/26	364.5%	7140.4%
42	J. Therkelsen Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	23	+39.3 24/25→25/26	3322.4%	6339.3%
43	H. Kyprianou Central midfielder	Watford	25	+37.8 24/25→25/26	266%	6337.8%
44	J. Palacios Central midfielder	Union Santa Fe	27	+37.7 24/25→25/26	261429.4%	4337.7%
45	A. Blake Central midfielder	Utrecht	21	+37.3 24/25→25/26	1428.8%	6937.3%
46	M. Carlier Central midfielder	Nancy	29	+36.3 24/25→25/26	31213.3%	3836.3%
47	T. Small Central midfielder	Preston	21	+35.3 24/25→25/26	2633.5%	6935.3%
48	J. Cotterill Central midfielder	Dundee	20	+34.7 24/25→25/26	1725.2%	4634.7%
49	M. Petrov Central midfielder	Baltika	25	+34.7 24/25→25/26	40235.8%	3634.7%
50	Z. Sertdemir Central midfielder	Preußen Münster	21	+34.5 24/25→25/26	1224.8%	5334.5%