Top-Scoring central midfielders in League Two 26/27

The top-scoring central midfielders in League Two in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Craig of Harrogate Town is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in League Two, with a Field Insider Rating of 42.8, and J. Payne has been the form player this season, grading 37.8, and E. Taylor leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: C. Vernam has improved his Season rating most, up +28.6 on last season, while T. Fornah's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +3.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. Mawene of Fleetwood Town is the most valuable name in this group at 5.3.

Northampton · 24/25→25/26

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C. Vernam+28.6SsN

Grimsby · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	E. Taylor Central midfielder	Harrogate Town	23	4	2339.2%	3012.9%
2	B. Whitfield Central midfielder	Barrow	30	3	1941.8%	1643.6%
3	B. Morris Central midfielder	Harrogate Town	30	3	3310.5%	2021.7%
4	J. Gibson Central midfielder	Crewe	28	2	189.5%	342.4%
5	D. Duffy Central midfielder	Chesterfield	23	2	17126%	333.1%
6	J. Kabia Central midfielder	Grimsby	26	2	51075%	2634.9%
7	J. Benson Central midfielder	Rotherham	26	2	15223.9%	3710.2%
8	S. Clucas Central midfielder	Shrewsbury	36	2	31477.4%	112.9%
9	H. Anderson Central midfielder	Colchester	29	2	31±0%	23±0%
10	K. Berkoe Central midfielder	Shrewsbury	25	1	14±0%	29±0%
11	A. Chang Central midfielder	Walsall	24	1	13204.7%	3410.3%
12	F. Fawunmi Central midfielder	Oldham	20	1	0	5540.8%
13	L. Watson Central midfielder	Crawley Town	25	1	9±0%	27±0%
14	B. Hobson Central midfielder	Harrogate Town	24	1	3	27
15	E. Newby Central midfielder	Barrow	30	1	1748.7%	1734.5%
16	B. Jackson Central midfielder	Barrow	25	1	2132.7%	3116.1%
17	J. Earing Central midfielder	Barrow	27	1	1587.3%	2321.3%
18	S. Smith Central midfielder	Barrow	25	1	1435.3%	2836.8%
19	Luke Joseph Butterfield Central midfielder	Chesterfield	23	1	9	30
20	A. Rowe Central midfielder	Gillingham	26	1	1252.6%	277.8%
21	J. Plant Central midfielder	Tranmere	22	1	6	281.4%
22	R. Hunt Central midfielder	Colchester	31	1	21±0%	17±0%
23	L. Mandeville Central midfielder	Chesterfield	29	1	30±0%	23±0%
24	O. Ashley Central midfielder	Rotherham	26	1	1010%	287.2%
25	A. Dallas Central midfielder	Walsall	27	1	0100%	2029%
26	J. Davies Central midfielder	Tranmere	28	1	8±0%	227.2%
27	G. Turi Central midfielder	Grimsby	25	1	14±0%	32±0%
28	C. Mola Central midfielder	Bristol Rovers	25	1	21±0%	31±0%
29	K. Appiah-Forson Central midfielder	Oldham	24	1	15	30
30	M. Helm Central midfielder	Fleetwood Town	24	1	33±0%	35±0%
31	B. Middlemas Central midfielder	Swindon Town	21	1	2±0%	30±0%
32	O. Gallagher Central midfielder	Barnet	21	1	1	28
33	L. Briggs Central midfielder	Northampton	21	1	8	29
34	D. Morgan Central midfielder	Crawley Town	24	1	7	27
35	K. Drummond Central midfielder	Oldham	25	1	20±0%	32±0%
36	Cian Doyle Central midfielder	Grimsby	21	1	9	31
37	Isaac Moore Central midfielder	Walsall	20	1	11	32
38	Dean Gardner Central midfielder	Rotherham	2025	1	1	13