Top-Scoring central midfielders

The top-scoring central midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Y. Minteh of Brighton is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 93.5, and E. Havel has been the form player this season, grading 65.6, and Dor Peretz leads the scoring with 14 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Gustavo Sauer has improved his Season rating most, up +50.1 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

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Gustavo Sauer+50.1SsN

Wuhan Three Towns · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Dor Peretz Central midfielder	Maccabi Tel Aviv	31	14	48322.8%	2260.7%
2	E. Havel Central midfielder	Genoa	23	13	66	50
3	A. Matko Central midfielder	Ujpest	26	13	44382.6%	335.5%
4	B. Çoban Central midfielder	Sakaryaspor	31	12	50	211.9%
5	D. Castro Central midfielder	Deportes Limache	32	12	43	12
6	V. Kostov Central midfielder	FK Crvena Zvezda	18	12	55	53
7	Wellington Silva Central midfielder	Chengdu Better City	33	11	53362.3%	1459.7%
8	Wei Shihao Central midfielder	Chengdu Better City	31	10	50	18
9	O. Atzili Central midfielder	Beitar Jerusalem	33	9	40	16
10	A. Abdullahi Central midfielder	KAA Gent II	20	9	39	48
11	A. Estupiñán Central midfielder	Millonarios	32	9	33	12
12	A. Todoroski Central midfielder	TSC Backa Topola	27	9	44	35
13	M. Bílek Central midfielder	Teplice	28	9	31	1
14	Rômulo Central midfielder	Chengdu Better City	30	8	505.3%	2259.6%
15	M. Zajc Central midfielder	Dinamo Zagreb	32	8	391587%	1744.1%
16	L. Berrío Central midfielder	Junior	28	8	33	20
17	F. Chaverra Central midfielder	Millonarios	26	8	30	27
18	S. Karamoko Central midfielder	Wolfsberger AC	22	8	31	41
19	Adin Molnar Central midfielder	MTK Budapest	19	8	39	38
20	B. Perlaza Central midfielder	Independiente Medellin	34	7	25108.2%	959.5%
21	C. Cîrjan Central midfielder	Dinamo Bucuresti	23	7	44	39
22	Bruno Xadas Central midfielder	Tianjin Teda	28	7	51148.3%	2747.2%
23	M. Dean Central midfielder	Gent	22	7	2743.1%	555.9%
24	Noah Makanza Central midfielder	KV Mechelen	21	7	49	58
25	S. Simons Central midfielder	FC Eindhoven	22	7	5372.2%	607%
26	B. Zaarura Central midfielder	Maccabi Netanya	23	7	26	40
27	I. Shahar Central midfielder	Maccabi Tel Aviv	25	7	33	41
28	S. Tomović Central midfielder	FK Spartak Zdrepceva KRV	24	7	42	43
29	D. Camaj Central midfielder	Novi Pazar	29	7	32±0%	25±0%
30	L. Stojković Central midfielder	Dinamo Zagreb	22	7	47	43
31	X. Bertoncello Central midfielder	Newcastle Jets	20	7	28	20
32	G. Cerato Central midfielder	Instituto Cordoba	28	6	5362.4%	4415%
33	M. Lanzini Central midfielder	Velez Sarsfield	33	6	43189.2%	2360.4%
34	J. Florentín Central midfielder	Independ. Rivadavia	30	6	5931.5%	342.4%
35	I. Chaira Central midfielder	Oviedo	25	6	4668.2%	7713.1%
36	R. Bosić Central midfielder	Radnicki NIS	25	6	24	3711.4%
37	Lin Liangming Central midfielder	Beijing Guoan	29	6	38	22
38	E. Torres Central midfielder	Once Caldas	28	6	316160%	2145.6%
39	Pedro Maranhão Central midfielder	Henan Jianye	27	6	38410.7%	2738.4%
40	Gustavo Sauer Central midfielder	Wuhan Three Towns	33	6	50	1439.1%
41	P. Gerkens Central midfielder	Gent	31	6	46305.3%	328.9%
42	I. Koné Central midfielder	Sassuolo	24	6	41487%	8225.6%
43	O. Bouda Central midfielder	San Jose Earthquakes	26	6	45206.1%	4218.2%
44	U. Miladinović Central midfielder	Cukaricki	22	6	34	39
45	E. Peretz Central midfielder	Hapoel Beer Sheva	29	6	37	30
46	M. Levi Central midfielder	Maccabi Netanya	26	6	35	38
47	F. Boné Central midfielder	Internacional de Bogota	30	6	33	16
48	Seluleko Mahlambi Central midfielder	TS Galaxy	0	6	33	1
49	Chow Tim Central midfielder	Sichuan Jiuniu	32	5	47	19
50	J. Karlsson Central midfielder	Servette FC	28	5	24157.6%	3639.7%