Top-Scoring attacking midfielders in Championship

The top-scoring attacking midfielders in Championship, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Stansfield of Birmingham is the standout for raw talent across attacking midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 75.6, and S. Thomas has been the form player this season, grading 49.8, and J. James leads the scoring with 11 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: W. Lankshear has improved his Season rating most, up +37.3 on last season, while J. Stansfield's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +21.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Thomas of Stoke City is the most valuable name in this group at 38.2.

J. Stansfield+21.6RTG

Birmingham · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

W. Lankshear+37.3SsN

Oxford United · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	J. James Attacking midfielder	Leicester	22	11	37118.5%	684.1%
2	W. Lankshear Attacking midfielder	Oxford United	21	11	37	6916.7%
3	A. Segecic Attacking midfielder	Portsmouth	22	10	3684.9%	7026%
4	S. Thomas Attacking midfielder	Stoke City	27	10	50119.4%	637.1%
5	E. Mason-Clark Attacking midfielder	Coventry	26	10	4262.1%	693.3%
6	V. Torp Attacking midfielder	Coventry	27	10	4055.5%	6010.8%
7	J. Stansfield Attacking midfielder	Birmingham	23	10	438.6%	7640%
8	A. Fatawu Attacking midfielder	Leicester	22	9	44560.6%	741.6%
9	J. Coburn Attacking midfielder	Millwall	23	9	2566%	695.5%
10	C. O'Hare Attacking midfielder	Sheffield Utd	28	8	4215.7%	5618%
11	A. Devine Attacking midfielder	Preston	22	8	3816%	7526.4%
12	O. Rathbone Attacking midfielder	Wrexham	29	7	2038.4%	3911.5%
13	I. Louza Attacking midfielder	Watford	27	7	429.1%	616.7%
14	T. Sakamoto Attacking midfielder	Coventry	29	7	2924.3%	4819.6%
15	R. McGree Attacking midfielder	Middlesbrough	27	6	2270.2%	546.4%
16	P. Smyth Attacking midfielder	QPR	28	6	2341.6%	4622.9%
17	A. Ben Slimane Attacking midfielder	Norwich	25	5	1848.6%	625.3%
18	G. Hamer Attacking midfielder	Sheffield Utd	29	5	3812.5%	4627.4%
19	D. Gray Attacking midfielder	Birmingham	30	5	27	405.3%
20	R. Morishita Attacking midfielder	Blackburn	29	4	36121.6%	4658.1%
21	H. Vale Attacking midfielder	QPR	22	4	2436.2%	6936.2%
22	L. Baker Attacking midfielder	Stoke City	31	4	15±0%	2729.4%
23	K. Matsuki Attacking midfielder	Southampton	23	4	1414.5%	6332.1%
24	Carlos Vicente Attacking midfielder	Birmingham	27	3	1269.5%	4842.5%
25	M. Núñez Attacking midfielder	Ipswich	26	3	271.8%	646.6%
26	H. Knibbs Attacking midfielder	Charlton	27	3	980.6%	4614%
27	A. Ramsey Attacking midfielder	Leicester	23	2	5	554.7%
28	B. Potts Attacking midfielder	Preston	32	2	1067.9%	2237.7%
29	M. Bird Attacking midfielder	Bristol City	25	2	883.1%	5822.5%
30	N. Chalobah Attacking midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	31	2	8110.5%	2426.7%
31	C. Lang Attacking midfielder	Portsmouth	27	2	1069.3%	4725.6%
32	J. Wallace Attacking midfielder	West Brom	32	2	1110%	2230.7%
33	Leo Castledine Attacking midfielder	Middlesbrough	20	1	472%	6342.6%
34	O. Fraulo Attacking midfielder	Derby	22	1	489.8%	6020.2%
35	A. Moran Attacking midfielder	Preston	22	1	684.6%	6113.8%
36	L. Walta Attacking midfielder	Swansea	23	1	393%	5842.7%
37	P. Maghoma Attacking midfielder	Norwich	25	1	10708.3%	6011.5%
38	Oliver Bostock Attacking midfielder	West Brom	19	1	3	59
39	Y. Hirakawa Attacking midfielder	Bristol City	25	1	1021%	579.6%
40	J. Allen Attacking midfielder	Coventry	31	1	72.8%	2727.1%