Most Valuable central midfielders by Market Value in Major League Soccer

The most valuable central midfielders in Major League Soccer, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Beau Leroux of San Jose Earthquakes is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in Major League Soccer, with a Field Insider Rating of 46.5, and J. Tverskov has been the form player this season, grading 50.3, and D. Fagundez leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: David Pereira da Costa has improved his Season rating most, up +31.3 on last season, while Peglow's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +8.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Arfsten of Columbus Crew is the most valuable name in this group at 14.4.

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	Player	Team
1	M. Arfsten Central midfielder	Columbus Crew	25	14.4	4983.2%	461.5%
2	Beau Leroux Central midfielder	San Jose Earthquakes	22	13.1	44	47
3	I. Vassilev Central midfielder	Philadelphia Union	25	10.4	3325.6%	435.3%
4	David Pereira da Costa Central midfielder	Portland Timbers	25	10.2	332086.7%	4628.2%
5	Peglow Central midfielder	DC United	24	9.9	32292.6%	4324.9%
6	O. Bukari Central midfielder	Austin	27	9.5	31255.8%	395.4%
7	V. Loturi Central midfielder	CF Montreal	25	9.4	301410%	4212.6%
8	C. Wallem Central midfielder	St. Louis City	26	9.3	3056.8%	384.3%
9	D. Pereira Central midfielder	Austin	26	9.3	303.5%	407.4%
10	I. Angulo Central midfielder	Orlando City SC	27	9.3	3034.2%	3724.2%
11	C. Bassett Central midfielder	Colorado Rapids	25	9.2	2922.8%	448.6%
12	A. Perea Central midfielder	New York City FC	25	9	2932.6%	411.7%
13	L. Abada Central midfielder	Charlotte	24	8.1	264.4%	416.5%
14	L. Langoni Central midfielder	New England Revolution	24	8.1	22128.1%	4313.5%
15	B. Ojeda Central midfielder	Real Salt Lake	26	8	2630.8%	3818.1%
16	P. Yazbek Central midfielder	Nashville SC	24	7.9	23231.9%	426.3%
17	D. Edelman Central midfielder	New York Red Bulls	23	7.9	2213.8%	428.6%
18	C. Clark Central midfielder	CF Montreal	23	7.9	24218.7%	427.4%
19	O. Lingr Central midfielder	Houston Dynamo	27	7.8	25122.3%	3546.1%
20	R. Priso Central midfielder	Vancouver Whitecaps	24	7.8	21328.6%	428%
21	Célio Pompeu Central midfielder	St. Louis City	26	7.8	2538.3%	3711.8%
22	W. Carmona Central midfielder	New York Red Bulls	23	7.8	1832.6%	427.3%
23	T. Tillman Central midfielder	Los Angeles FC	27	7.7	2543.3%	3715%
24	E. Cerrillo Central midfielder	Los Angeles Galaxy	25	7.6	1713.5%	415.1%
25	B. Kamungo Central midfielder	FC Dallas	24	7.5	21183.8%	401.7%
26	O. Valencia Central midfielder	New York Red Bulls	22	7.5	24	4217.5%
27	A. Ojeda Central midfielder	New York City FC	22	7.5	21105.9%	420.7%
28	S. Oregel Central midfielder	Chicago Fire	21	7.3	12	4323.6%
29	T. Ku-DiPietro Central midfielder	Colorado Rapids	24	7.2	1934.9%	3910.2%
30	M. Duah Central midfielder	San Diego	21	7.2	11	43
31	J. Ricketts Central midfielder	San Jose Earthquakes	24	7.1	174100%	389.8%
32	J. Hopkins Central midfielder	DC United	22	7.1	15160.7%	402.6%
33	B. Hidalgo Central midfielder	Real Salt Lake	24	7.1	1040.5%	387.6%
34	J. Murrell Central midfielder	DC United	22	7.1	1265.3%	403.6%
35	E. Wynder Central midfielder	Los Angeles Galaxy	23	7	14	37
36	H. Picard Central midfielder	Columbus Crew	23	6.9	488.7%	3746.9%
37	N. Scardina Central midfielder	Charlotte	25	6.9	8	376.1%
38	B. Raines Central midfielder	Houston Dynamo	21	6.9	12376%	418.2%
39	Joran Gerbet Central midfielder	Orlando City SC	25	6.9	13	37
40	M. Longstaff Central midfielder	Toronto FC	26	6.9	1838.2%	3711.1%
41	S. Bassett Central midfielder	Colorado Rapids	23	6.8	5	36
42	J. Badwal Central midfielder	Vancouver Whitecaps	20	6.8	14	43
43	E. Eneli Central midfielder	Real Salt Lake	26	6.8	1947.9%	3618.4%
44	N. Dubersarsky Central midfielder	Austin	21	6.8	965.6%	4126.3%
45	M. Farsi Central midfielder	Columbus Crew	26	6.8	1819.4%	3619.4%
46	B. Duke Central midfielder	CF Montreal	25	6.8	777.4%	3621.4%
47	T. Habroune Central midfielder	Columbus Crew	20	6.7	131355.6%	429.1%
48	P. Aaronson Central midfielder	Colorado Rapids	22	6.7	784.2%	3854.1%
49	Jeong Sang-Bin Central midfielder	St. Louis City	24	6.7	1155%	3620.4%
50	Jackson Castro Central midfielder	Vancouver Whitecaps	23	6.6	0	35