Most Valuable central midfielders by Market Value in Championship

The most valuable central midfielders in Championship, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Sydie Peck of Sheffield Utd is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Championship, with a Field Insider Rating of 76.8, and I. Price leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Silvera has improved his Season rating most, up +41.7 on last season, while M. Yalcouyé's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +31.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, H. Hackney of Middlesbrough is the most valuable name in this group at 35.6.

Swansea · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

S. Silvera+41.7SsN

Middlesbrough · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	H. Hackney Central midfielder	Middlesbrough	24	35.6	467.4%	751.6%
2	S. Silvera Central midfielder	Middlesbrough	25	35.6	46887.2%	7371.5%
3	I. Price Central midfielder	West Brom	22	35.2	48240.1%	7230.7%
4	C. Neghli Central midfielder	Millwall	24	34.4	4575.7%	7411.2%
5	S. Carey Central midfielder	Charlton	25	34.4	4561.2%	6843.3%
6	N. Madsen Central midfielder	QPR	26	34	4483.8%	615.2%
7	Sydie Peck Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	21	33.5	4981%	773.1%
8	L. O'Brien Central midfielder	Wrexham	27	33	43220.9%	592.6%
9	Ronald Central midfielder	Swansea	25	32.7	4360.4%	712.7%
10	M. Manhoef Central midfielder	Stoke City	24	32.5	3838.6%	714.7%
11	T. Fellows Central midfielder	Southampton	23	32.2	2538.1%	708.4%
12	A. Randell Central midfielder	Bristol City	25	31.6	416.2%	683.7%
13	T. Devlin Central midfielder	Portsmouth	22	31.3	43149.4%	687.1%
14	G. Thomason Central midfielder	Wrexham	25	30.7	353.6%	6732.3%
15	P. Mattsson Central midfielder	Norwich	25	30.6	3815%	6645.1%
16	S. Charles Central midfielder	Southampton	22	30.6	3332.9%	709.2%
17	A. Brooks Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	22	30.3	39168.3%	691.6%
18	E. Galbraith Central midfielder	Swansea	25	30.2	3424.8%	6621.1%
19	T. Small Central midfielder	Preston	22	29.9	2730.1%	6832.9%
20	T. Doyle Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	29.7	22148.3%	6510.9%
21	K. McAteer Central midfielder	Ipswich	24	29.6	1925.8%	648.8%
22	Eom Ji-Sung Central midfielder	Swansea	24	29.6	2863.9%	644.6%
23	B. Clark Central midfielder	Derby	21	29.4	373263.6%	715.3%
24	J. Knight Central midfielder	Bristol City	25	29.4	2251.8%	6418.2%
25	Bae Jun-Ho Central midfielder	Stoke City	22	29.3	3033.7%	677.7%
26	L. Cundle Central midfielder	Millwall	24	29.2	1775.5%	634.6%
27	R. Slater Central midfielder	Hull City	26	28.9	3663.1%	630.9%
28	S. Mills Central midfielder	Oxford United	22	28.8	34470%	6610.4%
29	R. Longman Central midfielder	Wrexham	25	28.4	24114.4%	6235.9%
30	L. Gibbs Central midfielder	Norwich	23	27.7	111144.4%	607.1%
31	O. Skipp Central midfielder	Leicester	25	27.6	2448.1%	6015.8%
32	K. Dembélé Central midfielder	QPR	23	27.6	1132.7%	608.8%
33	M. Widell Central midfielder	Swansea	24	27.6	1252.5%	6041.2%
34	T. Gardner-Hickman Central midfielder	Blackburn	24	27.4	1441.7%	6021.4%
35	D. Gyabi Central midfielder	Hull City	22	27.4	1066.9%	634.7%
36	D. Mazou-Sacko Central midfielder	Millwall	21	27.3	1958.3%	6619.4%
37	T. Rigo Central midfielder	Stoke City	24	27.2	18	59
38	J. Eccles Central midfielder	Coventry	26	27	2328.7%	5916.7%
39	T. Goodrham Central midfielder	Oxford United	23	27	964.1%	5916.9%
40	H. Kyprianou Central midfielder	Watford	25	27	1641.8%	5927.7%
41	H. Clarke Central midfielder	Charlton	25	26.9	1649%	581.7%
42	L. Thompson Central midfielder	Derby	24	26.9	1110.5%	583.2%
43	M. Johnston Central midfielder	Derby	22	26.4	81233.3%	6048%
44	R. Apter Central midfielder	Charlton	23	26.2	782.6%	577.6%
45	M. Leonard Central midfielder	Birmingham	24	25.9	763.4%	5618.3%
46	J. Cajuste Central midfielder	Ipswich	26	25.9	1742.1%	5624.8%
47	B. De Keersmaecker Central midfielder	Oxford United	26	25.8	3345.5%	5620%
48	Jacob Wright Central midfielder	Norwich	20	25.8	1672%	662.6%
49	L. Chambers Central midfielder	Charlton	22	25.7	1010%	5937.5%
50	J. Solis Central midfielder	Birmingham	21	25.6	1125.3%	6214.7%