Most Valuable central midfielders by Market Value

The most valuable 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.

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	Player	Team
1	Y. Minteh Central midfielder	Brighton	22	111.9	4429.8%	942.7%
2	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	99.1	4418.3%	825.2%
3	M. Palestra Central midfielder	Chelsea	21	94.3	421895.2%	8721.7%
4	I. Gruev Central midfielder	Leeds	26	94	2226.6%	686.9%
5	F. Wirtz Central midfielder	Liverpool	23	93.5	43±0%	94±0%
6	C. Tzolis Central midfielder	Arsenal	24	93	9618.2%	671.8%
7	Y. Ayari Central midfielder	Brighton	22	91.8	40±0%	90±0%
8	M. Sangaré Central midfielder	Brentford	24	90.6	604.7%	893.8%
9	D. Szoboszlai Central midfielder	Liverpool	25	90.5	45±0%	95±0%
10	E. Fernández Central midfielder	Manchester City	25	89.3	51±0%	93±0%
11	A. Scott Central midfielder	Bournemouth	23	88	47±0%	911.7%
12	J. McAtee Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	23	87.1	6±0%	70±0%
13	A. Fatawu Central midfielder	Ipswich	22	85.8	440.7%	8212.4%
14	R. Lavia Central midfielder	Chelsea	22	85.6	3±0%	71±0%
15	D. Ouattara Central midfielder	Brentford	24	85.2	37±0%	89±0%
16	M. Gusto Central midfielder	Chelsea	23	84.4	32±0%	87±0%
17	J. Eccles Central midfielder	Coventry	26	84	2328.7%	5916.7%
18	Pablo Marín Central midfielder	Real Sociedad	23	83.8	1333.5%	745.7%
19	O. Vargas Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	21	83.4	3915.2%	7864.8%
20	Yeremy Pino Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	23	83.4	1839.5%	790.8%
21	Nico González Central midfielder	Newcastle	24	82.7	23±0%	81±0%
22	N. O'Reilly Central midfielder	Manchester City	21	82.6	55±0%	97±0%
23	K. Mainoo Central midfielder	Manchester United	21	82.5	28±0%	89±0%
24	Tyrique George Central midfielder	Everton	20	82.4	0	72±0%
25	Oscar Bobb Central midfielder	Fulham	23	82.2	13±0%	74±0%
26	J. Bogle Central midfielder	Leeds	26	82.1	36±0%	77±0%
27	Pablo Barrios Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	23	82	24±0%	79±0%
28	H. Armstrong Central midfielder	Everton	19	81.9	565.4%	7420.5%
29	R. Bardghji Central midfielder	Barcelona	20	81.5	10	83110.2%
30	N. Sadiki Central midfielder	Sunderland	21	80.1	30±0%	92±0%
31	L. Tchaouna Central midfielder	Coventry	23	79.6	128.9%	761.9%
32	Zé Vitor Central midfielder	Free Agents	24	79.4	0	68
33	I. Kamate Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	22	79.1	5	73
34	M. O'Riley Central midfielder	Brighton	25	78.7	465.8%	701.6%
35	K. McAteer Central midfielder	Ipswich	24	78.5	19±0%	64±0%
36	L. Miley Central midfielder	Newcastle	20	78.3	30±0%	83±0%
37	M. Lewis-Skelly Central midfielder	Arsenal	19	78.3	16±0%	82±0%
38	M. Caicedo Central midfielder	Chelsea	24	78.2	54±0%	86±0%
39	J. Rudoni Central midfielder	Coventry	25	77.8	32±0%	68±0%
40	Mateus Fernandes Central midfielder	Tottenham	22	77.7	3051%	900.9%
41	Sávio Central midfielder	Tottenham	22	77.5	9±0%	77±0%
42	R. Owen Central midfielder	Brentford	21	77.3	0	70
43	B. Kamara Central midfielder	Aston Villa	26	77.3	29±0%	73±0%
44	I. Ndiaye Central midfielder	Manchester City	26	76.9	57±0%	80±0%
45	M. Damsgaard Central midfielder	Brentford	26	76.6	48±0%	79±0%
46	Hitalo Central midfielder	Free Agents	25	75.8	0	63
47	Arnau Ortiz Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	24	75.5	190.4%	6896.6%
48	M. Tel Central midfielder	Tottenham	21	75.2	20±0%	80±0%
49	Thiago Pitarch Central midfielder	Real Madrid	19	75	11	79
50	A. Stach Central midfielder	Leeds	27	75	52±0%	73±0%