Top-Scoring midfielders in League One

The top-scoring 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 midfielders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 55.2, and L. Wing has been the form player this season, grading 67.7, and O. Bailey leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. Lofthouse has improved his Season rating most, up +36.2 on last season, while R. Street's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +17.8 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.

Lincoln · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

K. Lofthouse+36.2SsN

Burton Albion · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	O. Bailey Central midfielder	Doncaster	27	13	5538.2%	4412.9%
2	O. Kellyman Centre-forward	Cardiff	20	11	309900%	5230.2%
3	L. Wing Defensive midfielder	Reading	31	11	6816.7%	3022.3%
4	J. Moylan Attacking midfielder	Lincoln	24	11	34197.4%	5013.8%
5	R. Hackett Attacking midfielder	Lincoln	28	11	40122%	394.8%
6	R. Street Centre-forward	Lincoln	24	10	3547.4%	5351.1%
7	F. Onyedinma Centre-forward	Wycombe	29	10	3310.5%	3413.2%
8	A. Cozier-Duberry Attacking midfielder	Bolton	21	9	37436.2%	5416.8%
9	A. Phillips Attacking midfielder	Barnsley	28	9	336%	3717.4%
10	O. Norwood Defensive midfielder	Stockport County	35	8	6464.3%	213.5%
11	L. Molyneux Attacking midfielder	Doncaster	28	8	3729.1%	3910.7%
12	C. Willock Attacking midfielder	Cardiff	28	8	3222%	3831.1%
13	R. Colwill Attacking midfielder	Cardiff	24	8	316.6%	5122.4%
14	C. Wright Attacking midfielder	Wigan	26	7	32174.1%	4617.8%
15	M. Harness Attacking midfielder	Huddersfield	30	7	328.4%	3136.1%
16	R. Ledson Defensive midfielder	Huddersfield	28	7	46202%	3922.7%
17	R. Cole Attacking midfielder	Exeter City	28	7	27134.5%	338.8%
18	D. Kemp Central midfielder	Stevenage	27	7	340.9%	4310.9%
19	J. Russell Attacking midfielder	Mansfield Town	25	6	2525.2%	459.8%
20	A. Robertson Defensive midfielder	Cardiff	23	6	347.4%	5125.1%
21	J. Diamond Attacking midfielder	Stockport County	26	6	2961%	471.3%
22	Armando Quitirna Defensive midfielder	Wycombe	26	6	2613.8%	408.5%
23	C. Webster Defensive midfielder	Burton Albion	22	6	282.2%	481.3%
24	J. Richards Attacking midfielder	Luton	18	5	16105%	509.5%
25	I. El Mizouni Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	25	5	3062.6%	4231.1%
26	F. Murray Defensive midfielder	Wigan	27	5	5251.9%	447.6%
27	M. Boateng Central midfielder	Plymouth	24	5	49218.7%	5522.9%
28	D. Kyerewaa Attacking midfielder	Reading	24	5	2119.7%	4813.3%
29	K. Lofthouse Defensive midfielder	Burton Albion	25	5	46354.9%	5224%
30	J. Colwill Defensive midfielder	Cardiff	21	5	2848.7%	5047.9%
31	R. Oné Centre-forward	Lincoln	20	5	22646.7%	5022%
32	R. Curtis Central midfielder	Plymouth	30	4	4199.5%	3122.7%
33	S. Banks Attacking midfielder	Barnsley	24	4	18	4525.6%
34	A. Reach Central midfielder	Lincoln	33	4	35339.2%	196.9%
35	K. Doyle Central midfielder	Reading	21	4	335.4%	513.4%
36	O. Bailey Defensive midfielder	Stockport County	26	4	34264.5%	476.1%
37	R. Croasdale Central midfielder	Port Vale	31	4	2346.6%	2118.2%
38	L. Connell Defensive midfielder	Barnsley	25	4	4126.2%	463.6%
39	O. O'Neill Attacking midfielder	Leyton Orient	23	4	2611.6%	472.9%
40	C. Campbell Central midfielder	Stevenage	23	4	148.9%	457.2%
41	H. White Central midfielder	Stevenage	24	4	4152.4%	5210.2%
42	L. Barry Attacking midfielder	Stockport County	23	4	1652.6%	4512.5%
43	Cian Ashford Central midfielder	Cardiff	21	4	2424.1%	5220%
44	J. Tilley Attacking midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	28	3	243.4%	348.5%
45	E. Archer Central midfielder	Port Vale	23	3	2740.7%	4415.4%
46	E. Lee Centre-forward	Doncaster	31	3	2024.9%	2235%
47	H. Gray Attacking midfielder	Rotherham	17	3	13	46
48	J. Stokes Attacking midfielder	Stockport County	22	3	1554.4%	482.3%
49	K. Dempsey Central midfielder	Bolton	30	3	22103.8%	2615.5%
50	M. Garbett Attacking midfielder	Peterborough	24	3	1566.7%	4424.8%