Top-Scoring central midfielders in League One

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

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At a glance

M. Boateng of Plymouth is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 55.2, and O. Bailey has been the form player this season, grading 55.4.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Boateng has improved his Season rating most, up +33.9 on last season, while E. Brierley's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +15.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Boateng of Plymouth is the most valuable name in this group at 18.4.

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	Player	Team
1	O. Bailey Central midfielder	Doncaster	27	13	5538.2%	4412.9%
2	C. McGeehan Central midfielder	Northampton	31	7	3214.1%	2332.6%
3	D. Kemp Central midfielder	Stevenage	27	7	340.9%	4310.9%
4	C. Watts Central midfielder	Plymouth	24	6	2414.2%	474.3%
5	I. El Mizouni Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	25	5	3062.6%	4231.1%
6	M. Boateng Central midfielder	Plymouth	24	5	49218.7%	5522.9%
7	R. Curtis Central midfielder	Plymouth	30	4	4199.5%	3122.7%
8	A. Reach Central midfielder	Lincoln	33	4	35339.2%	196.9%
9	K. Doyle Central midfielder	Reading	21	4	335.4%	513.4%
10	R. Croasdale Central midfielder	Port Vale	31	4	2346.6%	2118.2%
11	C. Campbell Central midfielder	Stevenage	23	4	148.9%	457.2%
12	H. White Central midfielder	Stevenage	24	4	4152.4%	5210.2%
13	Cian Ashford Central midfielder	Cardiff	21	4	2424.1%	5220%
14	E. Archer Central midfielder	Port Vale	23	3	2740.7%	4415.4%
15	K. Dempsey Central midfielder	Bolton	30	3	22103.8%	2615.5%
16	C. Boyd-Munce Central midfielder	Wycombe	26	3	2714%	4110.6%
17	J. Gibson Central midfielder	Doncaster	28	3	2023.7%	330.9%
18	Z. Nelson Central midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	21	2	19138.5%	4623.2%
19	T. Archibald Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	28	2	1931.9%	3131.3%
20	R. Williams Central midfielder	Reading	29	2	1150.7%	2633.2%
21	J. Bowler Central midfielder	Blackpool	27	2	21935%	3728.7%
22	G. Abbott Central midfielder	Wycombe	20	2	1562.9%	4512.2%
23	J. Benson Central midfielder	Rotherham	26	2	17265.2%	389%
24	S. McWilliams Central midfielder	Rotherham	27	2	22152.9%	3510.7%
25	B. Sarpong-Wiredu Central midfielder	Plymouth	26	2	2312.1%	4023.1%
26	C. Savage Central midfielder	Reading	23	2	345.5%	4912.4%
27	H. Clifton Central midfielder	Doncaster	28	2	2026%	324.3%
28	L. Thompson Central midfielder	Stevenage	31	2	1646.3%	2131.3%
29	J. Roberts Central midfielder	Stevenage	32	2	2226.2%	2029.3%
30	G. Honeyman Central midfielder	Blackpool	31	2	2627.5%	2349.2%
31	L. Evans Central midfielder	Blackpool	32	2	2249.3%	1840.9%
32	M. Hippolyte Central midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	31	2	30100%	2317.3%
33	G. Saville Central midfielder	Luton	33	2	3227%	1754.6%
34	B. Woods Central midfielder	Peterborough	23	1	1164.2%	4115.4%
35	D. Levitt Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	25	1	161.3%	419.4%
36	Dean Gardner Central midfielder	Rotherham	2025	1	1	2
37	Finn Flanagan Central midfielder	Mansfield Town	21	1	9	43
38	J. Ralls Central midfielder	Plymouth	32	1	832.8%	1548.3%
39	M. Jacobs Central midfielder	Northampton	34	1	9138.5%	913.3%
40	O. Dale Central midfielder	Plymouth	27	1	21229.7%	375.4%
41	B. Close Central midfielder	Doncaster	29	1	9607.7%	2410.6%
42	L. Woodhouse Central midfielder	Exeter City	22	1	22	43
43	J. Randall Central midfielder	Bolton	26	1	870.5%	3720.8%
44	Jack Perkins Central midfielder	Northampton	22	1	19	43
45	J. Headley Central midfielder	Port Vale	24	1	1689.3%	4022.2%
46	E. Brierley Central midfielder	Exeter City	22	1	2683.9%	4846.3%
47	G. Middleton Central midfielder	Doncaster	26	1	1350.4%	3919.2%
48	G. Broadbent Central midfielder	Doncaster	25	1	242.4%	4425.4%
49	L. Bolton Central midfielder	Mansfield Town	26	1	764.3%	3613.3%
50	A. Lowry Central midfielder	Wycombe	23	1	7483.3%	433.9%