Most Valuable central midfielders by Market Value

The most valuable central midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

E. Anderson of Nottingham Forest is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 94.8, and C. Baumgartner has been the form player this season, grading 86.1, and T. Allende leads the scoring with 20 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Q. Laçi has improved his Season rating most, up +59.7 on last season, while T. Almada's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +36.8 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.

C. Baumgartner86.1SsN

RB Leipzig

Rising potential

T. Almada+36.8RTG

Atletico Madrid · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Q. Laçi+59.7SsN

Rizespor · 22/23→25/26

M. Gibbs-White144.2val

Nottingham Forest

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	Player	Team
1	M. Gibbs-White Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	26	144.2	7244.8%	868.5%
2	A. Stach Central midfielder	Leeds	27	127.4	6439.7%	775.2%
3	E. Anderson Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	23	125.4	638.7%	95±0%
4	D. Rice Central midfielder	Arsenal	27	123	623.4%	8410.7%
5	J. Bellingham Central midfielder	Real Madrid	23	119.2	6523.9%	941.1%
6	B. Kamara Central midfielder	Aston Villa	26	115	58135.7%	844.1%
7	Martín Zubimendi Central midfielder	Arsenal	27	109	5518.5%	801.8%
8	Y. Ayari Central midfielder	Brighton	22	104	4428.2%	915.9%
9	Alberto Moleiro Central midfielder	Villarreal	22	103.3	5938.7%	9410%
10	N. Woltemade Central midfielder	Newcastle	24	102.8	454.7%	865.3%
11	E. Ampadu Central midfielder	Leeds	25	101.9	4510%	8523.2%
12	C. Hudson-Odoi Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	25	99.1	3830.1%	835.8%
13	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	98.9	4418.3%	825.2%
14	Pablo Barrios Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	23	95.4	401%	864.3%
15	P. Gueye Central midfielder	Villarreal	27	94	5125.2%	7112.9%
16	O. Hutchinson Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	22	92.3	2924.9%	813.2%
17	J. Bogle Central midfielder	Leeds	26	92.3	4253.5%	775.8%
18	Álex Baena Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	25	91.9	3529.2%	839.1%
19	C. Alcaraz Central midfielder	Everton	23	90.1	1243.4%	756.7%
20	E. Camavinga Central midfielder	Real Madrid	23	89	3125.4%	811.2%
21	T. Kubo Central midfielder	Real Sociedad	25	89	4272.5%	813.5%
22	A. Tchouaméni Central midfielder	Real Madrid	26	87.3	4048.2%	797.7%
23	A. Gray Central midfielder	Tottenham	20	86.9	26105.6%	855.3%
24	A. Hickey Central midfielder	Brentford	24	86.4	844.6%	720.8%
25	T. Almada Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	25	86	3158.4%	7889.5%
26	M. Ødegaard Central midfielder	Arsenal	27	84.5	352.2%	7021.5%
27	D. Ndoye Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	25	84.5	2049.9%	7014.4%
28	C. Gallagher Central midfielder	Tottenham	26	84.2	363.5%	7016.3%
29	J. McAtee Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	23	83.8	638.1%	7014.3%
30	H. Elliott Central midfielder	Aston Villa	23	83.5	095.2%	7016.5%
31	I. Gruev Central midfielder	Leeds	26	83.3	2541.6%	698.6%
32	Estêvão Central midfielder	Chelsea	19	83.1	2359.3%	875.5%
33	Beñat Turrientes Central midfielder	Real Sociedad	24	82.5	24281%	753.3%
34	L. Sučić Central midfielder	Real Sociedad	23	82.2	223.3%	755.7%
35	M. Drammeh Central midfielder	Free Agents	27	81.7	3781.4%	6864.9%
36	Zé Vitor Central midfielder	Free Agents	23	81.1	0	68
37	Joshua King Central midfielder	Fulham	19	80.2	211066.7%	8415.8%
38	J. Canvot Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	20	79.6	1523%	786.8%
39	T. Buchanan Central midfielder	Villarreal	27	78.9	43398.8%	684.9%
40	Conor McManus Central midfielder	Brentford	22	77.9	0	68
41	C. Baumgartner Central midfielder	RB Leipzig	27	77.3	86179.5%	785%
42	Tommy Pilling Central midfielder	Liverpool	21	76.9	0	71
43	Ben Winterburn Central midfielder	Bournemouth	21	76.7	0100%	71±0%
44	Hitalo Central midfielder	Free Agents	25	75.8	0	63
45	Charlie Gray Central midfielder	Manchester City	20	74.7	0	73
46	F. Buonanotte Central midfielder	Leeds	21	74.5	294.9%	6917.9%
47	A. Tanaka Central midfielder	Leeds	27	73.9	2254.7%	6215.7%
48	F. Valverde Central midfielder	Real Madrid	28	73.3	665.1%	7315.9%
49	J. T. Bi Central midfielder	Sunderland	20	73	0	72
50	K. Rodney Central midfielder	Crystal Palace	21	72.8	0	67