Most Valuable central midfielders by Market Value in Ligue 1

The most valuable central midfielders in Ligue 1, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

João Neves of Paris Saint Germain is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Ligue 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 84.3, and D. Durand has been the form player this season, grading 64.5.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: I. Ganago has improved his Season rating most, up +35.5 on last season, while D. Sylla's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +28.9 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Diop of Nice is the most valuable name in this group at 51.1.

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	Player	Team
1	M. Sangaré Central midfielder	Lens	24	55.8	57720%	8566%
2	R. Ndiaye Central midfielder	Le Havre	24	52.9	54189.4%	8122.5%
3	T. Morton Central midfielder	Lyon	23	47.4	422.7%	818.5%
4	L. Camara Central midfielder	Monaco	22	45.4	4952.5%	822.3%
5	V. Barco Central midfielder	Strasbourg	22	44.7	42101.4%	815.8%
6	K. Kouassi Central midfielder	Lorient	21	44.5	4695.3%	8535.7%
7	T. Tessmann Central midfielder	Lyon	24	44.2	2319.4%	764.6%
8	T. Le Bris Central midfielder	Lorient	23	43.1	3453.6%	7422.1%
9	Vitinha Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	26	42.9	430.9%	749.1%
10	D. Karim Central midfielder	Lorient	22	41.2	2320.2%	7466.6%
11	A. Karabec Central midfielder	Lyon	23	40.6	972%	700.7%
12	N. Mukau Central midfielder	Lille	21	40.6	2012%	772.8%
13	Y. Kechta Central midfielder	Le Havre	24	40.4	2722.1%	696%
14	P. Diop Central midfielder	Toulouse	22	40.4	2925.1%	7329.7%
15	J. Mwanga Central midfielder	Nantes	23	40.2	2748.3%	693.6%
16	L. Rao-Lisoa Central midfielder	Angers	26	40.1	41112.9%	675.1%
17	A. Gomes Central midfielder	Marseille	25	39.8	1824.9%	6813.1%
18	J. Casimir Central midfielder	Auxerre	24	39.3	1938.8%	6712.1%
19	S. Ebonog Central midfielder	Le Havre	21	38.5	25490.5%	7390.9%
20	M. Sauer Central midfielder	Toulouse	22	38.2	12	69
21	N. Ahamada Central midfielder	Auxerre	24	37.4	91720%	646.1%
22	A. Diouf Central midfielder	Lens	23	36.8	098.7%	6321%
23	M. Oyedele Central midfielder	Strasbourg	21	36.7	919%	7092.3%
24	A. Bamba Central midfielder	Monaco	20	36.3	17	73
25	U. Raghouber Central midfielder	Lille	23	36.2	0100%	623.7%
26	D. Assoumani Central midfielder	Nantes	21	36.1	201052.9%	699.2%
27	N. Cadiou Central midfielder	Lorient	27	36	3540.1%	621.7%
28	I. Osman Central midfielder	Auxerre	21	35.5	1138.8%	682.3%
29	H. Boudaoui Central midfielder	Nice	26	35.4	2645.7%	6126.4%
30	H. Ojediran Central midfielder	Lens	22	35.3	0	64
31	É. Youté Central midfielder	Le Havre	24	35.2	477.3%	6019.9%
32	L. Coulibaly Central midfielder	Auxerre	23	35.2	318.5%	6013.8%
33	A. Touré Central midfielder	Metz	20	35.1	20185.7%	7121%
34	K. Merah Central midfielder	Lyon	19	35.1	15	75
35	Louis Leroux Central midfielder	Nantes	20	34.8	2310.8%	706.8%
36	A. Bermont Central midfielder	Lens	21	34.6	195.4%	663.9%
37	Bahereba Guirassy Central midfielder	Nantes	19	34.1	20146.8%	733.5%
38	E. Biumla Central midfielder	Angers	21	33.7	379.9%	6410.2%
39	Pedro Fernández Central midfielder	Paris Saint Germain	18	33.5	12	77
40	R. Matondo Central midfielder	Paris FC	18	33.5	237433.3%	7719.7%
41	B. Fadiga Central midfielder	Lorient	25	33.4	0100%	5746.9%
42	K. Páez Central midfielder	Strasbourg	19	33.2	8	71
43	A. Diallo Central midfielder	Lens	20	32.6	0	66
44	S. Abdul Samed Central midfielder	Nice	26	32.5	6600%	56±0%
45	N. Lahmadi Central midfielder	Toulouse	21	32.5	0	62
46	L. Baret Central midfielder	Lille	20	32.4	0	65
47	J. Canvot Central midfielder	Toulouse	20	32.3	193.2%	6510.8%
48	L. Michal Central midfielder	Metz	21	32.2	0	618.2%
49	H. Makalou Central midfielder	Stade Brestois 29	20	32.2	3	650.6%
50	Sacha Ziani Central midfielder	Nantes	22	32.2	0	58