Midfielders with the Biggest Rating Jump

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

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At a glance

Y. Minteh of Brighton is the standout for raw talent across midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 93.5, and L. Messi has been the form player this season, grading 89.1, and V. Qazaishvili leads the scoring with 27 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: V. Qazaishvili has improved his Season rating most, up +63.3 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, Y. Minteh of Brighton is the most valuable name in this group at 111.9.

Barcelona · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

V. Qazaishvili+63.3SsN

Shandong Luneng · 23/24→25/26

Top scorer

V. Qazaishvili27goals

50 players · ranked by biggest rating change %Customise →

	Player	Team
1	S. Fusire Defensive midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	21	+114.1 24/25→25/26	31293.6%	62114.1%
2	R. Bardghji Central midfielder	Barcelona	20	+110.2 24/25→25/26	10	83110.2%
3	A. Pyrka Central midfielder	FC St. Pauli	24	+101.9 24/25→25/26	28±0%	751.6%
4	Álex Corredera Central midfielder	Sporting Gijon	30	+94.8 24/25→25/26	2154.4%	42±0%
5	J. Mendes Central midfielder	Rodez	22	+92.2 24/25→25/26	316.1%	641.3%
6	S. Ebonog Defensive midfielder	Le Havre	22	+87.5 24/25→25/26	25±0%	72±0%
7	D. Gómez Attacking midfielder	Brighton	23	+85.5 24/25→25/26	47±0%	87±0%
8	Artur Central midfielder	Sao Paulo	28	+85.2 24/25→25/26	4659.1%	496.9%
9	K. Bilalovic Central midfielder	Žilina	21	+84.8 24/25→25/26	111212.5%	4484.8%
10	M. Stamenić Central midfielder	Swansea	24	+82.9 24/25→25/26	974.4%	68±0%
11	R. Yamamoto Central midfielder	SC Freiburg	24	+75.1 24/25→25/26	63387.6%	8975.1%
12	A. Carlén Defensive midfielder	Artis	26	+71.2 24/25→25/26	1129.2%	5571.2%
13	D. Edvardsson Defensive midfielder	Tromso	24	+68 24/25→25/26	4520.2%	485.5%
14	O. Vargas Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	21	+64.8 24/25→25/26	3915.2%	7864.8%
15	K. Oudenne Central midfielder	Hannover 96	24	+63.9 24/25→25/26	32±0%	62±0%
16	J. Carrascal Attacking midfielder	Flamengo	28	+63.1 24/25→25/26	42136.2%	519%
17	Victor Mow Froholdt Central midfielder	FC Porto	20	+59 24/25→25/26	41±0%	79±0%
18	B. Mouazan Central midfielder	Grenoble	25	+58.2 24/25→25/26	13±0%	533.1%
19	R. Morishita Attacking midfielder	Blackburn	29	+58.1 24/25→25/26	2135.6%	463.4%
20	Victor Hugo Central midfielder	Atletico-MG	22	+57.7 24/25→25/26	45	7435.4%
21	T. Averlant Attacking midfielder	Guingamp	27	+56.9 24/25→25/26	36±0%	5614.6%
22	K. WÃ¤tjen Central midfielder	VfL Bochum	20	+54.6 24/25→25/26	23±0%	62±0%
23	B. Bobzien Central midfielder	Dynamo Dresden	23	+53.4 22/23→25/26	26±0%	60±0%
24	W. Bouabdelli Defensive midfielder	Nancy	26	+53.1 24/25→25/26	16±0%	54±0%
25	E. Quarshie Defensive midfielder	Le Mans	31	+51 24/25→25/26	33347.9%	3651%
26	B. Khela Central midfielder	Birmingham	21	+50.8 24/25→25/26	3314.8%	50±0%
27	G. Balzi Central midfielder	Holstein Kiel	25	+50.1 24/25→25/26	3415.1%	6049.4%
28	A. Kaprálik Attacking midfielder	Holstein Kiel	24	+49.6 23/24→25/26	27±0%	62±0%
29	L. Chambers Central midfielder	Liverpool	22	+49.4 24/25→25/26	110.9%	6449.4%
30	A. Gómez Central midfielder	Vasco DA Gama	24	+48 24/25→25/26	51208.5%	6916.2%
31	J. Palacios Attacking midfielder	Union Santa Fe	27	+47.6 24/25→25/26	3733.7%	467.2%
32	E. Brierley Central midfielder	Huddersfield	22	+46.3 22/23→25/26	2897.2%	4846.3%
33	T. Le Normand Central midfielder	FC Andorra	26	+45.5 22/23→25/26	24512.8%	5245.5%
34	Tetê Central midfielder	Gremio	26	+45 24/25→25/26	2243.6%	5665.4%
35	Patrick Kelly Central midfielder	Barnsley	22	+44.9 24/25→25/26	1651.5%	491.6%
36	L. Oppie Central midfielder	FC St. Pauli	24	+44.8 24/25→25/26	18±0%	67±0%
37	E. Batalla Attacking midfielder	Bucaramanga	25	+43.2 22/23→25/26	15292.3%	6743.2%
38	P. Mattsson Defensive midfielder	Norwich	25	+41.8 24/25→25/26	2136.9%	65±0%
39	Duk Central midfielder	Leganes	26	+41.3 24/25→25/26	4213.7%	59±0%
40	M. Rossignol Central midfielder	Le Mans	22	+41.3 24/25→25/26	1675.6%	5841.3%
41	I. Coulibaly Defensive midfielder	RAAL La Louvière	25	+40.8 24/25→25/26	127.9%	4924.2%
42	J. Stansfield Central midfielder	Birmingham	23	+40 24/25→25/26	2150.6%	76±0%
43	O. Sjöstrand Central midfielder	Malmo FF	21	+39.7 24/25→25/26	1957.2%	3741.5%
44	Rayan Central midfielder	Bournemouth	20	+39.7 24/25→25/26	2650.1%	8814.8%
45	C. Johnston Central midfielder	Peterborough	24	+38.7 24/25→25/26	756.8%	42±0%
46	M. Diagne Defensive midfielder	Vasteras SK FK	23	+38.2 24/25→25/26	33145.9%	3938.7%
47	E. Le Fée Central midfielder	Sunderland	26	+37.8 24/25→25/26	68±0%	86±0%
48	T. Gale Attacking midfielder	Bolton	24	+37.2 24/25→25/26	215.1%	47±0%
49	M. Carlier Defensive midfielder	Nancy	29	+37 24/25→25/26	30202%	3937%
50	H. Vale Central midfielder	QPR	23	+36.2 23/24→25/26	1921.6%	691.8%