Most Valuable central midfielders by Market Value in League One 26/27

The most valuable central midfielders in League One in 26/27, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Patrick Kelly of Barnsley is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in League One, with a Field Insider Rating of 49.4, and F. Onyedinma has been the form player this season, grading 40.9, and M. Garbett leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: S. Seddon has improved his Season rating most, up +30.9 on last season, while Patrick Kelly's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +15.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Joe Knight of Stevenage is the most valuable name in this group at 14.1.

Patrick Kelly+15.3RTG

Barnsley · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

S. Seddon+30.9SsN

AFC Wimbledon · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Joe Knight Central midfielder	Stevenage	21	14.1	0	71
2	M. Garbett Central midfielder	Peterborough	24	13.3	23167.8%	4424.3%
3	R. Walters Central midfielder	Luton	21	11.4	1732.8%	4917.3%
4	M. Sanders Central midfielder	Notts County	27	11.2	3274.6%	288.1%
5	M. Craig Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	23	10.8	1539%	4312.7%
6	E. Brierley Central midfielder	Huddersfield	22	10.3	2683.9%	4846.3%
7	L. Bennett Central midfielder	Cambridge United	24	9.6	39±0%	35±0%
8	Jamie Carson McDonnell Central midfielder	Oxford United	22	9.4	674.8%	5518.2%
9	S. Braybrooke Central midfielder	Leicester	22	9.3	4325.1%	360.8%
10	C. Humphreys Central midfielder	Huddersfield	22	9.2	098.5%	5723.4%
11	Declan Frith Central midfielder	Peterborough	24	9.2	10	40
12	Jacob Borgnis Central midfielder	Reading	23	9.2	4	41
13	O. Tanner Central midfielder	Cardiff	24	9	28±0%	49±0%
14	J. Weir Central midfielder	Wigan	24	9	25±0%	46±0%
15	B. Mitchell Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	25	9	20±0%	663.6%
16	Charlie Gerard Richard Wellens Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	23	9	16±0%	44±0%
17	Patrick Kelly Central midfielder	Barnsley	21	8.8	33±0%	49±0%
18	A. Emakhu Central midfielder	Oxford United	22	8.7	11±0%	65±0%
19	J. Moorhouse Central midfielder	Leyton Orient	20	8.7	8±0%	41±0%
20	L. Thompson Central midfielder	Mansfield Town	24	8.7	11±0%	602.6%
21	Silko Amari Otieno Thomas Central midfielder	Wycombe	22	8.7	312.1%	56±0%
22	Donay O'Brien-Brady Central midfielder	Peterborough	22	8.6	370.2%	403.7%
23	M. Boateng Central midfielder	Plymouth	24	8.6	49±0%	55±0%
24	Z. Nelson Central midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	21	8.5	15±0%	45±0%
25	J. Stokes Central midfielder	Reading	22	8.5	16±0%	494.9%
26	R. Darcy Central midfielder	Wigan	25	8.4	488.9%	3821.3%
27	Finn Flanagan Central midfielder	Mansfield Town	21	8.4	7	43
28	M. Ferdinan Central midfielder	Oxford United	22	8.3	0100%	5335.3%
29	J. Colwill Central midfielder	Cardiff	21	8.3	28±0%	50±0%
30	C. Johnston Central midfielder	Peterborough	24	8.3	17±0%	42±0%
31	Henry Cartwright Central midfielder	Bradford	21	8.2	0100%	398.2%
32	S. Sandal Central midfielder	Luton	23	8.2	096.4%	385.7%
33	M. Mothersille Central midfielder	Wycombe	22	8.2	13±0%	46±0%
34	R. Shipston Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	21	8.2	0100%	5325.9%
35	Matthew Christopher Rowley Central midfielder	Reading	22	8.2	0	38
36	J. Pattenden Central midfielder	Stevenage	24	8.2	22±0%	44±0%
37	T. O'Reilly Central midfielder	Doncaster	22	8.1	5037.7%	38±0%
38	T. Taylor Central midfielder	Stevenage	25	8.1	27±0%	452.3%
39	Delano McCoy-Splatt\t Central midfielder	AFC Wimbledon	21	8.1	1	38
40	R. Gotts Central midfielder	Doncaster	26	8.1	24±0%	41±0%
41	L. Connell Central midfielder	Barnsley	25	8.1	41±0%	46±0%
42	C. Boyd-Munce Central midfielder	Wycombe	26	8.1	27±0%	41±0%
43	G. Broadbent Central midfielder	Doncaster	25	8.1	24±0%	44±0%
44	G. McConnell Central midfielder	Cambridge United	21	8.1	2±0%	30±0%
45	O. Edwards Central midfielder	Peterborough	25	8	1910.5%	30±0%
46	C. Barrett Central midfielder	Wigan	24	8	3210.3%	32±0%
47	Daniel Gore Central midfielder	Luton	21	8	26±0%	46±0%
48	Roman Dixon Central midfielder	Stockport County	21	8	1	41
49	Emilio Lawrence Central midfielder	Luton	21	8	1624%	46±0%
50	Harrison Jones Central midfielder	Peterborough	21	8	5666.7%	4034.3%