Most Improved midfielders This Season

The most improved midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

Most improved goalkeepers Most improved defenders Most improved attackers Best midfielders Most in-form midfielders Top-scoring midfielders

At a glance

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and V. Qazaishvili leads the scoring with 27 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: João Félix has improved his Season rating most, up +71 on last season, while E. Diouf's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +48.8 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.

West Ham · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

João Félix+71SsN

Al-Nassr · 24/25→25/26

Top scorer

V. Qazaishvili27goals

Shandong Luneng

Most valuable

M. Gibbs-White144.2val

Nottingham Forest

50 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	João Félix Centre-forward	Al-Nassr	26	+71 24/25→25/26	80788.9%	6013.3%
2	G. Zechiël Defensive midfielder	Utrecht	22	+65.8 24/25→25/26	711241.5%	8229.7%
3	V. Qazaishvili Attacking midfielder	Shandong Luneng	33	+63.3 23/24→25/26	79408.4%	1634.7%
4	D. Karlsbakk Centre-forward	Sarpsborg 08 FF	23	+62.9 24/25→25/26	63	4816.6%
5	A. Benedyczak Centre-forward	Kasımpaşa	25	+61.4 24/25→25/26	61	5017.8%
6	Q. Laçi Central midfielder	Rizespor	30	+59.7 22/23→25/26	623142.1%	3432.5%
7	Dani Villahermosa Central midfielder	FC Andorra	25	+57.5 24/25→25/26	631150%	7026.7%
8	M. Sangaré Defensive midfielder	Lens	24	+55.9 22/23→25/26	63798.6%	8870.6%
9	C. Baumgartner Central midfielder	RB Leipzig	27	+55.3 24/25→25/26	86179.5%	785%
10	G. de Arrascaeta Attacking midfielder	Flamengo	32	+54.2 24/25→25/26	80213.4%	370.5%
11	Y. Carrasco Attacking midfielder	Al Shabab	32	+53.5 24/25→25/26	70326.2%	282.4%
12	João Palhinha Defensive midfielder	Tottenham	31	+52.6 24/25→25/26	59785.1%	431.7%
13	J. Veerman Defensive midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	27	+52.4 24/25→25/26	81185.2%	662.9%
14	J. Leweling Defensive midfielder	VfB Stuttgart	25	+49.8 24/25→25/26	65319.2%	8311.5%
15	R. Niemeijer Attacking midfielder	De Graafschap	31	+49.7 24/25→25/26	60464.5%	3514.2%
16	K. Kangwa Central midfielder	Hapoel Beer Sheva	27	+49.4 23/24→25/26	49	3916.3%
17	J. Manzambi Defensive midfielder	SC Freiburg	20	+49.2 24/25→25/26	59512.5%	9017%
18	Casemiro Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	34	+49.2 24/25→25/26	77174.5%	348.7%
19	A. Boakye Defensive midfielder	Saint Etienne	25	+48.9 24/25→25/26	62376.2%	695.5%
20	David González Central midfielder	Burgos	24	+48.2 24/25→25/26	65292.1%	7317.9%
21	L. Curda Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	24	+47.8 24/25→25/26	70211.5%	7322%
22	S. Van Dessel Central midfielder	MVV	25	+47.5 24/25→25/26	53833.3%	5724.7%
23	K. Dewsbury-Hall Attacking midfielder	Everton	27	+47.3 24/25→25/26	511478.1%	7711%
24	Adri Embarba Attacking midfielder	Almeria	34	+47.2 24/25→25/26	57462.7%	2519.3%
25	Marco Asensio Attacking midfielder	Fenerbahçe	30	+46.8 24/25→25/26	61329.6%	3240.8%
26	P. Zinckernagel Winger	Chicago Fire	31	+46.6 24/25→25/26	64270.9%	26±0%
27	I. Doumbia Central midfielder	Venezia	22	+46.5 24/25→25/26	54645.8%	7813.7%
28	D. Undav Centre-forward	VfB Stuttgart	30	+46.3 24/25→25/26	89109.7%	538%
29	G. Calò Central midfielder	Frosinone	29	+46.3 24/25→25/26	71188.2%	531%
30	M. Baur Defensive midfielder	SC Paderborn 07	22	+46.1 24/25→25/26	54562.2%	7470.2%
31	B. Doucouré Central midfielder	Javor	27	+45.7 21/22→25/26	46	364.7%
32	S. Homenchenko Central midfielder	Club Queretaro	22	+45.5 24/25→25/26	491229.7%	557.8%
33	Senny Mayulu Full-back	Paris Saint Germain	20	+45.5 24/25→25/26	60311.6%	9112.4%
34	D. Genreau Defensive midfielder	Melbourne Victory	27	+45 24/25→25/26	481730.8%	1870.3%
35	M. Skóraś Defensive midfielder	Gent	26	+44.9 24/25→25/26	45	516.7%
36	F. Ghedjemis Winger	Frosinone	23	+44.9 24/25→25/26	56415.7%	7225.7%
37	N. O'Reilly Full-back	Manchester City	21	+44.9 24/25→25/26	56390.4%	9717.9%
38	E. Guðmundsson Central midfielder	Brann	22	+44.8 24/25→25/26	481244.4%	4949.7%
39	S. Meïté Defensive midfielder	PAOK	32	+44.7 24/25→25/26	481277.1%	2021%
40	E. Sørensen Attacking midfielder	Valerenga	26	+44.4 24/25→25/26	481345.5%	4224.8%
41	F. Ezeh Attacking midfielder	Keçiörengücü	28	+44.1 21/22→25/26	471837.5%	3318.5%
42	N. Aséko Nkili Defensive midfielder	Hannover 96	20	+44.1 24/25→25/26	461917.4%	7395.2%
43	Mateus Vital Defensive midfielder	SHANGHAI SIPG	28	+43.9 24/25→25/26	53493.3%	2848.3%
44	Álex Grimaldo Defensive midfielder	Bayer Leverkusen	30	+43.8 24/25→25/26	73149%	5319.4%
45	K. Hlynsson Attacking midfielder	Twente	22	+43.6 24/25→25/26	51566.2%	8030.1%
46	H. Amass Defensive midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	19	+43.4 24/25→25/26	481058.5%	704.8%
47	J. Brunetta Attacking midfielder	Tigres UANL	29	+43.3 21/22→25/26	62226.7%	3932%
48	Pablo Fornals Central midfielder	Real Betis	30	+43.3 24/25→25/26	67179.7%	561.2%
49	F. Ambina Defensive midfielder	Valerenga	24	+43.2 24/25→25/26	54385.7%	4826.7%
50	Y. Taha Attacking midfielder	Groningen	23	+43.1 24/25→25/26	471026.2%	7724.4%