Top-scoring central midfielders

The top-scoring 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

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#	Player	Team	Age	goals	Season	Rating
1	T. Allende Central midfielder	Inter Miami	27	20	54	3837.8%
2	F. Tănase Central midfielder	FCSB	31	16	62106.3%	2243.9%
3	M. Wanitzek Central midfielder	Karlsruher SC	33	15	654.5%	3123.7%
4	Álex Calatrava Central midfielder	Castellón	26	15	6670.9%	695.5%
5	M. Gibbs-White Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	26	15	6431.2%	868.5%
6	Dor Peretz Central midfielder	Maccabi Tel Aviv	31	14	42259.3%	2260.7%
7	A. Matko Central midfielder	Ujpest	26	13	39337.1%	335.5%
8	E. Havel Central midfielder	TSV Hartberg	23	13	46	50
9	D. Durand Central midfielder	RED Star FC 93	30	13	5248.4%	419.6%
10	C. Baumgartner Central midfielder	RB Leipzig	26	13	78155.7%	8414.2%
11	O. Bailey Central midfielder	Doncaster	27	13	5232.6%	4412.9%
12	D. Castro Central midfielder	Deportes Limache	32	12	38	12
13	V. Kostov Central midfielder	FK Crvena Zvezda	18	12	49	50
14	Marco Pasalic Central midfielder	Orlando City SC	25	12	50	4827.5%
15	N. Amiri Central midfielder	FSV Mainz 05	29	12	6753%	5622.1%
16	David González Central midfielder	Burgos	24	12	59286.9%	7317.9%
17	Trézéguet Central midfielder	Al Ahly	31	11	4414600%	217.2%
18	Wellington Silva Central midfielder	Qingdao Jonoon	33	11	48329.7%	1459.7%
19	R. Graydon Central midfielder	Salford City	27	11	3819.7%	322.7%
20	C. McCowatt Central midfielder	Silkeborg	27	11	57124.1%	412.4%
21	V. Vada Central midfielder	Damac	30	11	56200.5%	3754.7%
22	Wei Shihao Central midfielder	Chengdu Better City	31	10	44	18
23	G. Calò Central midfielder	Frosinone	29	10	63164.4%	531%
24	K. Coman Central midfielder	Al-Nassr	30	10	59101.7%	3931.3%
25	Alberto Moleiro Central midfielder	Villarreal	22	10	5334.5%	9410%
26	V. Lind Central midfielder	IF Brommapojkarna	23	10	532204.3%	405.2%
27	S. Mané Central midfielder	Al-Nassr	34	10	4726.9%	2133.1%
28	Carles Gil Central midfielder	New England Revolution	33	10	4948.8%	217.8%
29	N. Naujoks Central midfielder	Excelsior	24	10	5662.6%	7014.9%
30	B. Hendriksson Central midfielder	NSI Runavik	30	9	1785.1%	196.6%
31	O. Atzili Central midfielder	Beitar Jerusalem	32	9	36	19
32	K. Kangwa Central midfielder	Hapoel Beer Sheva	27	9	45	3916.3%
33	J. Henríquez Central midfielder	Cobresal	32	9	42	13
34	A. Estupiñán Central midfielder	Deportivo Cali	32	9	30	12
35	J. Randall Central midfielder	Auckland	23	9	44	23
36	A. Todoroski Central midfielder	TSC Backa Topola	27	9	39	35
37	M. Bílek Central midfielder	Teplice	28	9	29	1
38	Thuram Central midfielder	Pendikspor	35	9	35253%	153.3%
39	J. Ochieng Central midfielder	Real Sociedad II	23	9	35	65
40	J. Kamiński Central midfielder	1. FC Köln	24	9	55205%	8213.6%
41	S. Bendebka Central midfielder	Al-Fateh	33	9	441.8%	2134.3%
42	Pablo Fornals Central midfielder	Real Betis	30	9	62160.5%	561.2%
43	A. Palavecino Central midfielder	Cruz Azul	29	8	491852%	3917.3%
44	N. Woltemade Central midfielder	Newcastle	24	8	4012.4%	865.3%
45	L. Berrío Central midfielder	Junior	28	8	43	62
46	F. Chaverra Central midfielder	Independiente Medellin	26	8	28	27
47	Rômulo Central midfielder	Chengdu Better City	30	8	4411.6%	2259.6%
48	C. Rodríguez Central midfielder	Cruz Azul	29	8	43	40
49	S. Karamoko Central midfielder	IMT Novi Beograd	22	8	27	40
50	M. Zajc Central midfielder	Dinamo Zagreb	32	8	351238.5%	1744.1%