Most In-Form central midfielders This Season

The most in-form central midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Y. Minteh of Brighton is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 93.5, and E. Havel has been the form player this season, grading 65.6, and Dor Peretz leads the scoring with 14 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Gustavo Sauer has improved his Season rating most, up +50.1 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 110.8.

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	Player	Team
1	E. Havel Central midfielder	Genoa	23	66	50
2	R. Yamamoto Central midfielder	SC Freiburg	24	63387.6%	8975.1%
3	S. Ascacíbar Central midfielder	Boca Juniors	29	5731.6%	385.6%
4	E. Leopold Central midfielder	Borussia Mönchengladbach	26	569.1%	644.8%
5	E. Diop Central midfielder	Monaco	22	562216.7%	6013.3%
6	A. Bernabéi Central midfielder	Internacional	25	5577%	693.9%
7	Gabriel Baralhas Central midfielder	Vitoria	27	5557%	6113.7%
8	V. Kostov Central midfielder	FK Crvena Zvezda	18	55	53
9	F. Sakala Central midfielder	Al-Fayha	29	55±0%	40±0%
10	K. Askildsen Central midfielder	Viking	25	55129%	466.2%
11	S. Simons Central midfielder	FC Eindhoven	22	5372.2%	607%
12	J. Arias Central midfielder	Palmeiras	29	53192.8%	5512.2%
13	A. Dønnum Central midfielder	Toulouse	28	5312.1%	6211.9%
14	O. Øhlenschlæger Central midfielder	Samsunspor	22	5359.7%	471.5%
15	Wellington Silva Central midfielder	Chengdu Better City	33	53362.3%	1459.7%
16	S. López Central midfielder	Banfield	28	52115.8%	4322%
17	J. Magnússon Central midfielder	IF Elfsborg	28	52163.8%	3132.9%
18	A. Yusuf Central midfielder	New England Revolution	26	5240.9%	421.7%
19	M. Lindberg Central midfielder	Sirius	26	5120.4%	3812.6%
20	J. Florentín Central midfielder	Independ. Rivadavia	30	5113.8%	341.5%
21	Bruno Xadas Central midfielder	Tianjin Teda	28	51148.3%	2747.2%
22	A. Doumbia Central midfielder	BK Hacken	18	51	46
23	D. Jean-Jacques Central midfielder	Philadelphia Union	26	5137.4%	438.4%
24	A. Gómez Central midfielder	Vasco DA Gama	24	51208.5%	6916.2%
25	Gustavo Sauer Central midfielder	Wuhan Three Towns	33	50	1439.1%
26	Wei Shihao Central midfielder	Chengdu Better City	31	50	18
27	Rômulo Central midfielder	Chengdu Better City	30	505.3%	2259.6%
28	B. Çoban Central midfielder	Sakaryaspor	31	50	211.9%
29	D. Edelman Central midfielder	St. Louis City	23	50122.4%	5018.2%
30	Noah Makanza Central midfielder	KV Mechelen	21	49	58
31	E. Segberg Central midfielder	Start	29	491120%	312.9%
32	P. Rothrock Central midfielder	Seattle Sounders	27	4873.7%	372.1%
33	Dor Peretz Central midfielder	Maccabi Tel Aviv	31	48322.8%	2260.7%
34	Matheus Bidu Central midfielder	Corinthians	27	4893.5%	6013.3%
35	S. Salles-Lamonge Central midfielder	Atletico San Luis	30	48±0%	2334.4%
36	Z. Youssouf Central midfielder	Al-Fateh	27	481.9%	460.9%
37	É. Soumah-Abbad Central midfielder	Metz	23	48343.9%	457.9%
38	J. Hendrix Central midfielder	Preußen Münster	31	474.7%	3323.4%
39	Chow Tim Central midfielder	Sichuan Jiuniu	32	47	19
40	Jorginho Central midfielder	Flamengo	34	4789.8%	2325.1%
41	L. Stojković Central midfielder	Dinamo Zagreb	22	47	43
42	Artur Central midfielder	Sao Paulo	28	4659.1%	496.9%
43	Thiago Mendes Central midfielder	Vasco DA Gama	34	462215%	24135.9%
44	Cauan Barros Central midfielder	Vasco DA Gama	22	46145.7%	688.3%
45	I. Chaira Central midfielder	Oviedo	25	4668.2%	7713.1%
46	G. Cerato Central midfielder	Instituto Cordoba	28	4640.7%	4314%
47	Vitinho Central midfielder	Internacional	27	4643.9%	5811.8%
48	F. Muslija Central midfielder	SC Freiburg	28	462762.5%	4714.6%
49	P. Gerkens Central midfielder	Gent	31	46305.3%	328.9%
50	T. Porra Central midfielder	Barracas Central	22	46228.8%	5717.7%