Most In-Form central midfielders This Season

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

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At a glance

E. Anderson of Nottingham Forest is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 94.8, and C. Baumgartner has been the form player this season, grading 86.1, and T. Allende leads the scoring with 20 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Q. Laçi has improved his Season rating most, up +59.7 on last season, while T. Almada's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +36.8 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.

C. Baumgartner86.1SsN

RB Leipzig

Rising potential

T. Almada+36.8RTG

Atletico Madrid · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Q. Laçi+59.7SsN

Rizespor · 22/23→25/26

M. Gibbs-White144.2val

Nottingham Forest

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	Player	Team
1	C. Baumgartner Central midfielder	RB Leipzig	27	86179.5%	785%
2	F. Dimarco Central midfielder	Inter	28	80114.1%	709%
3	N. Amiri Central midfielder	FSV Mainz 05	29	7464%	5622.1%
4	M. Wanitzek Central midfielder	Karlsruher SC	33	7313.9%	3123.7%
5	Álex Calatrava Central midfielder	Castellón	26	7382.2%	695.5%
6	M. Gibbs-White Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	26	7244.8%	868.5%
7	G. Calò Central midfielder	Frosinone	29	71188.2%	531%
8	F. Tănase Central midfielder	FCSB	31	68116.6%	2243.9%
9	Pablo Fornals Central midfielder	Real Betis	30	67179.7%	561.2%
10	K. Coman Central midfielder	Al-Nassr	30	66119.9%	3931.3%
11	F. Valverde Central midfielder	Real Madrid	28	665.1%	7315.9%
12	P. Berg Central midfielder	Bodo/Glimt	28	6669.2%	3715.8%
13	A. Rabiot Central midfielder	AC Milan	31	6527.9%	5211.5%
14	N. Nández Central midfielder	Al-Qadisiyah FC	30	6569.1%	3910.9%
15	J. Bellingham Central midfielder	Real Madrid	23	6523.9%	941.1%
16	David González Central midfielder	Burgos	24	65292.1%	7317.9%
17	D. Durand Central midfielder	RED Star FC 93	30	6579.7%	509.6%
18	A. Stach Central midfielder	Leeds	27	6439.7%	775.2%
19	I. Louza Central midfielder	Watford	27	6363.7%	615.8%
20	E. Anderson Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	23	638.7%	95±0%
21	Dani Villahermosa Central midfielder	FC Andorra	25	631150%	7026.7%
22	C. McCowatt Central midfielder	Silkeborg	27	62139.6%	412.4%
23	V. Vada Central midfielder	Damac	30	62210.1%	3754.7%
24	Q. Laçi Central midfielder	Rizespor	30	623142.1%	3432.5%
25	D. Rice Central midfielder	Arsenal	27	623.4%	8410.7%
26	T. Allende Central midfielder	Inter Miami	27	61	3837.8%
27	G. Magnée Central midfielder	Cercle Brugge	26	61212.2%	572.7%
28	J. Cullen Central midfielder	Burnley	30	6158.2%	543.4%
29	Musab Al Juwayr Central midfielder	Al-Qadisiyah FC	23	6070.3%	63±0%
30	Victor Mow Froholdt Central midfielder	FC Porto	20	6052.3%	7959%
31	N. Naujoks Central midfielder	Excelsior	24	6069.9%	7014.9%
32	T. Jørgensen Central midfielder	Viborg	20	60	5029.5%
33	N. Pépé Central midfielder	Villarreal	31	59117.2%	477.9%
34	Alberto Moleiro Central midfielder	Villarreal	22	5938.7%	9410%
35	J. Kamiński Central midfielder	1. FC Köln	24	59224.3%	8213.6%
36	K. Thorstvedt Central midfielder	Sassuolo	27	5877%	7210%
37	V. Lind Central midfielder	IF Brommapojkarna	23	582329.2%	405.2%
38	V. Rongier Central midfielder	Rennes	31	5850.6%	47±0%
39	Luis Milla Central midfielder	Getafe	31	5838.6%	5012.3%
40	B. Kamara Central midfielder	Aston Villa	26	58135.7%	844.1%
41	H. Johansson Central midfielder	Mjallby AIF	28	5755.9%	326.2%
42	G. Busio Central midfielder	Venezia	24	5786%	76±0%
43	Marco Pasalic Central midfielder	Orlando City SC	25	57	4827.3%
44	C. Eriksen Central midfielder	VfL Wolfsburg	34	57196.9%	281.7%
45	R. Mandragora Central midfielder	Fiorentina	29	5755.3%	5715%
46	C. Bonsu Baah Central midfielder	Al-Qadisiyah FC	21	56149.6%	635.2%
47	O. Øhlenschlæger Central midfielder	Fredrikstad	22	56	48
48	M. Río Central midfielder	Banfield	25	56	54
49	J. Pereyra Central midfielder	Minnesota United FC	27	56102.9%	4119.8%
50	Carles Gil Central midfielder	New England Revolution	33	5662.3%	217.8%