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Most Improved midfielders This Season in K League 1

The most improved midfielders in K League 1, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Jeon Byung-Kwan of Jeonbuk Motors is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in K League 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 47.4, and Mo Jae-Hyeon has been the form player this season, grading 30.3, and Reis leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Park Jin-Seop has improved his Season rating most, up +21.6 on last season, while Lee Jin-Hyun's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +2.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Jeon Byung-Kwan of Jeonbuk Motors is the most valuable name in this group at 11.6.

Best talent
Jeon Byung-Kwan47.4RTG
Jeonbuk Motors
In form
Mo Jae-Hyeon30.3SsN
Gangwon FC
Rising potential
Lee Jin-Hyun+2.6RTG
Ulsan Hyundai FC · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
Park Jin-Seop+21.6SsN
Jeonbuk Motors · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
Reis6goals
Gwangju FC
Most valuable
Jeon Byung-Kwan11.6val
Jeonbuk Motors
45 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1Park Jin-SeopCentre-backJeonbuk Motors30+21.6
24/25→25/26
28317.6%2528.1%
2Maeng Seong-UngCentral midfielderGimcheon Sangmu FC28+14.3
24/25→25/26
19332.6%3213.8%
3Lee Seung-WonCentral midfielderGimcheon Sangmu FC23+14.1
24/25→25/26
19293.7%460.7%
4Lee Dong-JunCentral midfielderGimcheon Sangmu FC29+14.1
24/25→25/26
22183.1%2915.2%
5Mo Jae-HyeonCentral midfielderGangwon FC29+13.9
24/25→25/26
3084.8%3020.4%
6Lee Soon-MinCentral midfielderDaejeon Citizen32+13.7
24/25→25/26
22175.6%1929.2%
7Park Tae-JunCentral midfielderGimcheon Sangmu FC27+13.2
24/25→25/26
26104.8%3816.5%
8Hwang Do-YoonCentral midfielderFC Seoul23+11.5
24/25→25/26
15294.9%430.5%
9Lee Chang-MinCentral midfielderJeju United FC32+10.5
23/24→25/26
16201.9%1737.6%
10Oh Hu-SeongCentral midfielderGwangju FC26+10.2
24/25→25/26
111133.3%40±0%
11Kim Seung-SubCentral midfielderGimcheon Sangmu FC29+9.9
24/25→25/26
17145.6%2914%
12Kim Jin-GyuAttacking midfielderJeonbuk Motors29+8.5
24/25→25/26
12223.7%3014.6%
13HernandesCentral midfielderDaejeon Citizen26+8.1
24/25→25/26
15122.7%412.4%
14ReisCentre-forwardGwangju FC33+4.4
24/25→25/26
2028.2%1533.6%
15Kim Bong-SooCentral midfielderDaejeon Citizen26+3.4
24/25→25/26
1433.3%4121.6%
16Shin Kwang-HoonFull-backPohang Steelers39+2.8
24/25→25/26
1328.6%642.6%
17Kim Jung-HyunCentral midfielderFC Anyang33+2.5
20/21→25/26
845.5%1266%
18Lee Jae-WonCentral midfielderSuwon City FC29+2
24/25→25/26
2210%2922.7%
19Han Chan-HeeCentral midfielderSuwon City FC29+1.4
24/25→25/26
631.8%2621.5%
20Lee Kang-HyunCentral midfielderGwangju FC28+0.3
24/25→25/26
65.1%3020.5%
21Kim Gyeong-MinCentral midfielderSuwon City FC29-0.8
24/25→25/26
512.9%2622.4%
22Ki Sung-YuengCentral midfielderPohang Steelers37-1.7
24/25→25/26
1311.3%841.8%
23Seo Min-WooCentral midfielderGangwon FC28-2
24/25→25/26
1810.2%3128.2%
24Kim Dae-WonCentral midfielderGangwon FC29-2.3
24/25→25/26
1711.7%2828%
25Yu In-SooCentral midfielderJeju United FC31-2.8
24/25→25/26
1121.1%1938.7%
26Lee Jin-HyunCentral midfielderUlsan Hyundai FC28-2.9
24/25→25/26
1022.5%329%
27Hwang Jae-WonCentral midfielderDaegu FC23-3.9
24/25→25/26
734.8%4415.7%
28Kim Kang-GukCentral midfielderGangwon FC29-4.6
24/25→25/26
547.9%2438%
29Park Cheol-WooFull-backGimcheon Sangmu FC28-5.1
24/25→25/26
1327.9%3029.9%
30Um Won-SangAttacking midfielderUlsan Hyundai FC27-5.3
24/25→25/26
1035.6%3524.9%
31Lee Seung-MoCentral midfielderFC Seoul28-6.8
24/25→25/26
1235.4%2833.8%
32Moon Seon-MinCentral midfielderFC Seoul34-6.9
24/25→25/26
1335.4%949.7%
33OberdanCentral midfielderPohang Steelers31-7.6
24/25→25/26
1435.3%2037.3%
34Song Min-KyuAttacking midfielderJeonbuk Motors26-8.7
24/25→25/26
1437.7%4212.4%
35D. BojanićCentral midfielderUlsan Hyundai FC31-10
24/25→25/26
952.9%1943.4%
36Ko Seung-BeomAttacking midfielderUlsan Hyundai FC32-10.5
24/25→25/26
1345.5%1938%
37Jeon Byung-KwanAttacking midfielderJeonbuk Motors23-10.5
24/25→25/26
955%475.2%
38Seo Jin-SuCentral midfielderDaejeon Citizen25-10.6
24/25→25/26
475.2%4119%
39G. LudwigsonAttacking midfielderUlsan Hyundai FC32-11.4
24/25→25/26
1641.8%1837.8%
40Erick FariasCentre-forwardUlsan Hyundai FC29-14
24/25→25/26
1450%2849.4%
41Kang Sang-YoonAttacking midfielderJeonbuk Motors22-15.4
24/25→25/26
479%463.3%
42Italo MoreiraCentral midfielderJeju United FC29-15.5
24/25→25/26
770.5%3033%
43Anderson OliveiraCentral midfielderFC Seoul28-20
24/25→25/26
2050.3%3233.5%
44Jeong Seung-WonCentral midfielderFC Seoul29-25.8
24/25→25/26
1661.6%2735.2%
45Bruno LamasCentral midfielderDaegu FC32-62.5
23/24→25/26
1283.4%1758.5%