Most In-Form midfielders in A-League 25/26

The most in-form midfielders in A-League in 25/26, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

A. Mabil of Melbourne City is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in A-League, with a Field Insider Rating of 35.7, and D. Genreau has been the form player this season, grading 47.6, and X. Bertoncello leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Genreau has improved his Season rating most, up +45 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. Milanovic of Western Sydney Wanderers is the most valuable name in this group at 1.4.

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	Player	Team
1	D. Genreau Defensive midfielder	Melbourne Victory	27	481730.8%	1870.3%
2	E. Alagich Defensive midfielder	Adelaide United	22	46	23
3	Mata Attacking midfielder	Melbourne Victory	38	4522350%	617.1%
4	K. Nagasawa Central midfielder	Wellington Phoenix	34	411414.8%	854.7%
5	L. Brattan Defensive midfielder	Macarthur	36	38	7
6	N. Pennington Central midfielder	Perth Glory	27	38	16
7	A. Badolato Attacking midfielder	Newcastle Jets	21	38	23
8	A. Rufer Central midfielder	Wellington Phoenix	30	36	12
9	M. Burgess Defensive midfielder	Newcastle Jets	31	30	12
10	C. Goodwin Attacking midfielder	Adelaide United	34	2921.8%	769.4%
11	J. Yull Attacking midfielder	Adelaide United	21	29	23
12	Y. Dukuly Attacking midfielder	Adelaide United	23	28	22
13	J. Valadon Defensive midfielder	Melbourne Victory	23	28	21
14	X. Bertoncello Central midfielder	Newcastle Jets	20	28	20
15	R. Najjarine Central midfielder	Wellington Phoenix	26	28	18
16	J. O'Shea Defensive midfielder	Brisbane Roar	38	28	5
17	Dylan Scicluna Defensive midfielder	Western Sydney Wanderers	22	27	19
18	B. Kraev Attacking midfielder	Western Sydney Wanderers	29	27274.6%	1375.3%
19	J. Lolley Attacking midfielder	Newcastle Jets	34	27660%	782.5%
20	L. Bayliss Attacking midfielder	Auckland	24	26	22
21	S. Ngor Attacking midfielder	Brisbane Roar	25	26	19
22	A. McCalmont Attacking midfielder	Central Coast Mariners	26	2558.2%	1856%
23	W. Dobson Attacking midfielder	Newcastle Jets	19	24	25
24	L. D'Arrigo Defensive midfielder	Melbourne Victory	25	23628.1%	1941.4%
25	T. Ostler Central midfielder	Perth Glory	24	23	18
26	X. Bertoncello Attacking midfielder	Newcastle Jets	20	23	21
27	K. Jelacic Attacking midfielder	Melbourne Victory	24	231638.5%	2040.7%
28	A. Mabil Attacking midfielder	Melbourne City	31	2361.9%	3610.7%
29	A. Toure Attacking midfielder	Sydney	26	22	1762.5%
30	Giovanni De Abreu Central midfielder	Perth Glory	18	22	20
31	L. Rose Centre-back	Macarthur	29	22	13
32	B. Brandtman Attacking midfielder	Central Coast Mariners	21	22	20
33	Clarismario Rodrigues Attacking midfielder	Melbourne Victory	25	22	19
34	F. Gallegos Central midfielder	Auckland	34	21	643.9%
35	A. Kuen Attacking midfielder	Melbourne City	31	21106.9%	1157.6%
36	Z. Schreiber Defensive midfielder	Newcastle Jets	21	20	20
37	L. Đuzel Central midfielder	Adelaide United	24	20	20
38	H. Eames Defensive midfielder	Central Coast Mariners	18	19	19
39	A. Thurgate Attacking midfielder	Western Sydney Wanderers	26	19	18
40	D. Bosnjak Attacking midfielder	Macarthur	19	17	20
41	J. Brillante Centre-back	Western Sydney Wanderers	33	17	6
42	J. Barnett Full-back	Adelaide United	25	17	20
43	C. Donnell Defensive midfielder	Sydney	22	17	18
44	K. Grozos Centre-back	Macarthur	26	17	18
45	Juan Muñiz Attacking midfielder	Adelaide United	34	17514.8%	665.5%
46	N. Maieroni Defensive midfielder	Brisbane Roar	20	16	18
47	S. Ugarković Defensive midfielder	Western Sydney Wanderers	32	15	9
48	C. Howieson Central midfielder	Auckland	31	14	9
49	W. Kamijo Defensive midfielder	Sydney	19	13	19
50	R. Youlley Defensive midfielder	Sydney	21	112525%	1959.8%