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Most Improved central midfielders This Season

The most improved 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 111.9.

Best talent
Y. Minteh93.5RTG
Brighton
In form
E. Havel65.6SsN
Genoa
Rising potential
R. Bardghji+43.4RTG
Barcelona · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
Gustavo Sauer+50.1SsN
Wuhan Three Towns · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
Dor Peretz14goals
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Most valuable
Y. Minteh111.9val
Brighton
50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1Gustavo SauerCentral midfielderWuhan Three Towns33+50.1
24/25→25/26
501439.1%
2R. YamamotoCentral midfielderSC Freiburg24+50
24/25→25/26
63387.6%8975.1%
3K. AskildsenCentral midfielderViking25+49
24/25→25/26
55129%466.2%
4D. Jean-JacquesCentral midfielderPhiladelphia Union26+46.2
24/25→25/26
5137.4%438.4%
5B. DoucouréCentral midfielderJavor27+45.7
21/22→25/26
46364.7%
6E. SegbergCentral midfielderStart29+44.8
24/25→25/26
491120%312.9%
7A. YusufCentral midfielderNew England Revolution26+43.6
24/25→25/26
5240.9%421.7%
8Alex TellesCentral midfielderBotafogo33+42.6
24/25→25/26
55120.3%2925.8%
9Cauan BarrosCentral midfielderVasco DA Gama22+42.5
23/24→25/26
46145.7%688.3%
10C. AránguizCentral midfielderUniversidad de Chile37+42.2
24/25→25/26
442110%733.6%
11Wellington SilvaCentral midfielderChengdu Better City33+41.3
23/24→25/26
53362.3%1459.7%
12JorginhoCentral midfielderFlamengo34+41.3
24/25→25/26
4789.8%2325.1%
13A. PoturCentral midfielderHam-Kam24+40.8
24/25→25/26
414434.7%
14M. PalestraCentral midfielderChelsea21+39.8
24/25→25/26
421895.2%8721.7%
15ArturCentral midfielderSao Paulo28+39.4
24/25→25/26
4659.1%496.9%
16Cristian SalvadorCentral midfielderTianjin Teda31+39.2
24/25→25/26
431031.6%1748.2%
17M. PessinaCentral midfielderMonza29+38.6
24/25→25/26
45567.6%483.8%
18É. Soumah-AbbadCentral midfielderMetz23+36.8
23/24→25/26
48343.9%457.9%
19Dor PeretzCentral midfielderMaccabi Tel Aviv31+36.8
21/22→25/26
48322.8%2260.7%
20D. SosaCentral midfielderInstituto Cordoba29+36.7
22/23→25/26
4093.6%3933.7%
21M. ZajcCentral midfielderDinamo Zagreb32+36.5
24/25→25/26
391587%1744.1%
22M. BähreCentral midfielderSCR Altach31+35.6
21/22→25/26
362528.7%
23A. MatkoCentral midfielderUjpest26+35.2
21/22→25/26
44382.6%335.5%
24Marcos AntônioCentral midfielderSao Paulo26+35
24/25→25/26
39177.5%600.5%
25P. GerkensCentral midfielderGent31+34.5
24/25→25/26
46305.3%328.9%
26D. EdvardssonCentral midfielderTromso24+33.9
24/25→25/26
4520.2%485.5%
27A. SkogmarCentral midfielderMalmo FF20+33.7
24/25→25/26
3686.6%3912.3%
28I. KonéCentral midfielderSassuolo24+33.6
24/25→25/26
41487%8225.6%
29Justin JanssenCentral midfielderFC Nordsjaelland20+33.4
24/25→25/26
371.1%493.8%
30A. MedinaCentral midfielderEverton de Vina28+33
24/25→25/26
342357.1%1949.2%
31M. CélizCentral midfielderDeportivo Riestra34+32
24/25→25/26
40±0%1047.7%
32A. HjulsagerCentral midfielderVejle31+31.8
24/25→25/26
39474.6%2315.4%
33E. KartsevCentral midfielderSichuan Jiuniu26+31.7
23/24→25/26
36754.8%2931.3%
34Y. YamamotoCentral midfielderKawasaki Frontale28+31.7
24/25→25/26
47±0%42±0%
35Victor HugoCentral midfielderAtletico-MG22+31
24/25→25/26
457435.4%
36R. DonkorCentral midfielderNew York Red Bulls21+30.9
24/25→25/26
38137.3%4817.8%
37S. SeddonCentral midfielderAFC Wimbledon28+30.9
24/25→25/26
39±0%39±0%
38M. LanziniCentral midfielderVelez Sarsfield33+30.8
24/25→25/26
44195.3%2361.8%
39Pedro MaranhãoCentral midfielderHenan Jianye27+30.8
24/25→25/26
38410.7%2738.4%
40E. HagenCentral midfielderAalesund26+30.6
24/25→25/26
4261.1%407.9%
41DukCentral midfielderLeganes26+30.4
24/25→25/26
37±0%59±0%
42Bruno XadasCentral midfielderTianjin Teda28+30.4
23/24→25/26
51148.3%2747.2%
43A. PortilloCentral midfielderDefensa Y Justicia26+30.3
24/25→25/26
3426.2%463.2%
44V. LoturiCentral midfielderCF Montreal25+30.3
24/25→25/26
327%431%
45D. EdelmanCentral midfielderSt. Louis City23+30
24/25→25/26
50122.4%5018.2%
46M. StamenićCentral midfielderSwansea24+30
24/25→25/26
35±0%68±0%
47E. RigoniCentral midfielderBelgrano Cordoba33+29.7
24/25→25/26
38714.9%2149%
48W. Ould-ChikhCentral midfielderHeracles26+29.6
24/25→25/26
311644.4%5414.4%
49D. BatalliniCentral midfielderArgentinos JRS30+29.2
24/25→25/26
37389.3%287.6%
50B. RainesCentral midfielderNew England Revolution21+29
24/25→25/26
32164.7%4713.4%