Top-Scoring midfielders

The top-scoring midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Y. Minteh of Brighton is the standout for raw talent across midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 93.5, and L. Messi has been the form player this season, grading 86.1, and V. Qazaishvili leads the scoring with 27 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: V. Qazaishvili has improved his Season rating most, up +63.3 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 108.4.

Barcelona · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

V. Qazaishvili+63.3SsN

Shandong Luneng · 23/24→25/26

Top scorer

V. Qazaishvili27goals

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	Player	Team
1	V. Qazaishvili Attacking midfielder	Shandong Luneng	33	27	79408.4%	1634.7%
2	A. Katai Attacking midfielder	FK Crvena Zvezda	35	24	633388.9%	1526.1%
3	Leonardo Centre-forward	SHANGHAI SIPG	29	21	7081.4%	2650.1%
4	L. Messi Winger	Inter Miami	39	18	8613.8%	137.1%
5	L. Valencia Centre-forward	Deportes Limache	35	15	58	11
6	F. Ghedjemis Winger	Frosinone	24	15	56±0%	721.7%
7	A. Dobre Winger	Rapid	28	15	42	3039.9%
8	O. Kiteishvili Attacking midfielder	Sturm Graz	30	15	53	29
9	S. Mailat Centre-forward	FC Botosani	28	15	46	29
10	M. Stevanović Attacking midfielder	Servette FC	36	14	53	19
11	Dor Peretz Central midfielder	Maccabi Tel Aviv	31	14	48322.8%	2260.7%
12	D. Lukács Centre-forward	Puskas Academy	30	14	46	23
13	A. Matko Central midfielder	Ujpest	26	13	44382.6%	335.5%
14	E. Cardona Attacking midfielder	Atletico Nacional	33	13	36213.2%	1065.8%
15	C. Baumgartner Attacking midfielder	RB Leipzig	27	13	69124.4%	763.4%
16	Pote Attacking midfielder	Sporting CP	28	13	55±0%	51±0%
17	E. Havel Central midfielder	Genoa	23	13	66	50
18	I. Bjerkebo Winger	Sirius	23	13	76132.3%	4519.4%
19	M. Usor Centre-forward	Lask Linz	24	13	53	50
20	I. Chochev Defensive midfielder	Ludogorets	33	12	41	12
21	C. Boukhalfa Attacking midfielder	FC ST. Gallen	27	12	4381.1%	4141.2%
22	Everton Bala Attacking midfielder	Levski Sofia	27	12	32	28
23	B. Çoban Central midfielder	Sakaryaspor	31	12	50	211.9%
24	J. Philogene Winger	Ipswich	24	12	35±0%	69±0%
25	Evander Winger	FC Cincinnati	28	12	701.3%	372.9%
26	M. Ivanić Attacking midfielder	FK Crvena Zvezda	33	12	33	17
27	D. Castro Central midfielder	Deportes Limache	32	12	43	12
28	P. Greil Attacking midfielder	SCR Altach	30	12	46441.7%	316.5%
29	M. Di Giusto Attacking midfielder	FC Luzern	26	12	54	45
30	V. Kostov Central midfielder	FK Crvena Zvezda	18	12	55	53
31	E. Holten Attacking midfielder	IF Elfsborg	30	11	29286.5%	238.4%
32	O. Kellyman Attacking midfielder	Strasbourg	20	11	3712366.7%	5230.2%
33	J. Vargas Centre-forward	D. La Serena	29	11	38	19
34	Wellington Silva Central midfielder	Chengdu Better City	33	11	53362.3%	1459.7%
35	L. Bertone Defensive midfielder	FC Luzern	32	11	55243.1%	2438.8%
36	J. James Attacking midfielder	Wolves	22	11	394.9%	725.4%
37	V. Vada Attacking midfielder	Damac	30	11	51±0%	36±0%
38	X. Shaqiri Attacking midfielder	FC Basel 1893	34	11	48386.9%	1718.6%
39	T. Fruk Attacking midfielder	HNK Rijeka	25	11	35	37
40	D. Bouanga Winger	Los Angeles FC	31	11	6218.9%	28±0%
41	Abdellatif Aboukoura Attacking midfielder	Loudoun United	21	11	33	35
42	H. Kuster Attacking midfielder	Telstar	21	10	32±0%	592.6%
43	S. Thomas Attacking midfielder	Huddersfield	27	10	4411.8%	630.6%
44	O. Mihálik Centre-forward	Hradec Králové	29	10	20	1
45	S. Sáez Centre-forward	Union La Calera	41	10	41	8
46	Joseph Okopu Attacking midfielder	Swansea	21	10	507.6%	662.9%
47	V. Darida Defensive midfielder	Hradec Králové	36	10	44550%	193.9%
48	J. Stage Attacking midfielder	Werder Bremen	29	10	488.1%	5324.2%
49	F. Andrijašević Centre-forward	Hangzhou Greentown	35	10	38	9
50	Pep Biel Attacking midfielder	Charlotte	30	10	6439.1%	3535.3%