Top-Scoring midfielders

The top-scoring midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and V. Qazaishvili leads the scoring with 27 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: João Félix has improved his Season rating most, up +71 on last season, while E. Diouf's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +48.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Gibbs-White of Nottingham Forest is the most valuable name in this group at 144.2.

West Ham · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

João Félix+71SsN

Al-Nassr · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

V. Qazaishvili27goals

Shandong Luneng

Most valuable

M. Gibbs-White144.2val

Nottingham Forest

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	Player	Team
1	V. Qazaishvili Attacking midfielder	Shandong Luneng	33	27	79408.4%	1634.7%
2	Sergio Arribas Attacking midfielder	Almeria	24	26	7593.1%	7710.6%
3	Evander Attacking midfielder	FC Cincinnati	28	25	7312.6%	3911.4%
4	A. Katai Attacking midfielder	FK Crvena Zvezda	35	24	633388.9%	1526.1%
5	Andrés Martín Attacking midfielder	Racing Santander	27	23	769.5%	6510.1%
6	A. Drinan Centre-forward	Swindon Town	28	22	52376.1%	284.4%
7	Leonardo Centre-forward	SHANGHAI SIPG	29	21	7081.4%	2650.1%
8	João Félix Centre-forward	Al-Nassr	26	20	80788.9%	6013.3%
9	J. Brunetta Attacking midfielder	Tigres UANL	29	19	62226.7%	3932%
10	R. Niemeijer Attacking midfielder	De Graafschap	31	19	60464.5%	3514.2%
11	Talisca Attacking midfielder	Fenerbahçe	32	19	67156.7%	261.2%
12	D. Undav Centre-forward	VfB Stuttgart	30	19	89109.7%	538%
13	D. Karlsbakk Centre-forward	Sarpsborg 08 FF	23	18	63	4816.6%
14	Y. Carrasco Attacking midfielder	Al Shabab	32	18	70326.2%	282.4%
15	G. de Arrascaeta Attacking midfielder	Flamengo	32	18	80213.4%	370.5%
16	T. Baribo Centre-forward	Philadelphia Union	28	18	5990.9%	364.3%
17	A. Semenyo Attacking midfielder	Bournemouth	26	17	6824.6%	913.7%
18	N. Besara Attacking midfielder	Hammarby FF	35	17	5820.5%	166.4%
19	Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise Attacking midfielder	Motherwell	23	17	52112.1%	5311.1%
20	Jonathan Dubasin Centre-forward	Sporting Gijon	26	16	5418.6%	649.9%
21	M. Ojeda Centre-forward	Orlando City SC	27	16	6390%	419.5%
22	B. Nygren Attacking midfielder	Celtic	25	16	532.2%	5210%
23	R. Zalazar Attacking midfielder	SC Braga	26	16	59102.7%	612.9%
24	Julian Dean Rijkhoff Attacking midfielder	Almere City FC	21	16	4542.5%	618.2%
25	Adri Embarba Attacking midfielder	Almeria	34	16	57462.7%	2519.3%
26	J. Clarke Attacking midfielder	Ipswich	25	16	43223.9%	695.9%
27	Lamine Yamal Winger	Barcelona	19	16	9449.1%	100±0%
28	L. Valencia Centre-forward	A. Italiano	35	15	58	10
29	S. Mailat Centre-forward	FC Botosani	28	15	46	28
30	A. Dobre Winger	Rapid	27	15	42	3039.9%
31	O. Kiteishvili Attacking midfielder	Sturm Graz	30	15	53	29
32	Fredy Attacking midfielder	Çorum FK	36	15	557.7%	169.4%
33	P. Zinckernagel Winger	Chicago Fire	31	15	64270.9%	26±0%
34	I. Saibari Attacking midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	25	15	8037.2%	782.5%
35	M. Wanitzek Central midfielder	Karlsruher SC	33	15	7313.9%	3123.7%
36	M. Olise Attacking midfielder	Bayern München	24	15	9120.4%	901.1%
37	L. Díaz Attacking midfielder	Bayern München	29	15	8752.3%	6319%
38	F. Ghedjemis Winger	Frosinone	23	15	56415.7%	7225.7%
39	Álex Calatrava Central midfielder	Castellón	26	15	7382.2%	695.5%
40	M. Gibbs-White Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	26	15	7244.8%	868.5%
41	Dor Peretz Central midfielder	Maccabi Tel Aviv	31	14	48322.8%	2260.7%
42	D. Lukács Centre-forward	Puskas Academy	30	14	46	23
43	A. Kramarić Attacking midfielder	1899 Hoffenheim	35	14	640.6%	2913.9%
44	M. Stevanović Attacking midfielder	Servette FC	36	14	53	19
45	D. Davas Attacking midfielder	Boluspor	28	14	50509.8%	3125%
46	L. Gindorf Winger	Alemannia Aachen	24	14	44357.7%	4619%
47	G. Til Attacking midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	28	14	6816.7%	6111.9%
48	K. Green Attacking midfielder	Grimsby	29	14	4037.8%	2613.6%
49	E. Cardona Attacking midfielder	Atletico Nacional	33	13	36213.2%	1065.8%
50	K. Castañeda Attacking midfielder	Club Tijuana	26	13	54	52