Top-Scoring central midfielders

The top-scoring central midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

N. O'Reilly of Manchester City is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 97, and E. Le Fée has been the form player this season, grading 67.9, and F. Tănase leads the scoring with 16 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: João Palhinha has improved his Season rating most, up +51.1 on last season, while E. Diouf's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +44.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, E. Le Fée of Sunderland is the most valuable name in this group at 135.8.

West Ham · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

João Palhinha+51.1SsN

Tottenham · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	F. Tănase Central midfielder	FCSB	31	16	68116.6%	2243.9%
2	Dor Peretz Central midfielder	Maccabi Tel Aviv	31	14	48322.8%	2260.7%
3	A. Matko Central midfielder	Ujpest	26	13	44382.6%	335.5%
4	E. Havel Central midfielder	TSV Hartberg	23	13	53	50
5	B. Çoban Central midfielder	Sakaryaspor	31	12	50	21
6	D. Castro Central midfielder	Deportes Limache	32	12	43	12
7	V. Kostov Central midfielder	FK Crvena Zvezda	18	12	55	50
8	Wellington Silva Central midfielder	Qingdao Jonoon	33	11	53362.3%	1459.7%
9	Trézéguet Central midfielder	Al Ahly	31	11	4916366.7%	217.2%
10	F. Onyedinma Central midfielder	Wycombe	29	10	4138.2%	3512.4%
11	Wei Shihao Central midfielder	Chengdu Better City	31	10	50	18
12	Jacobo González Central midfielder	Cordoba	29	9	5023.2%	4714.4%
13	A. Todoroski Central midfielder	TSC Backa Topola	27	9	44	35
14	M. Bílek Central midfielder	Teplice	28	9	31	1
15	Thuram Central midfielder	Pendikspor	35	9	36251.5%	1223%
16	A. Abdullahi Central midfielder	KAA Gent II	20	9	39	48
17	O. Atzili Central midfielder	Beitar Jerusalem	33	9	40	16
18	K. Kangwa Central midfielder	Hapoel Beer Sheva	27	9	49	3916.3%
19	J. Henríquez Central midfielder	Cobresal	32	9	47	13
20	A. Estupiñán Central midfielder	Deportivo Cali	32	9	33	12
21	J. Randall Central midfielder	Auckland	23	9	50	23
22	P. Mukairu Central midfielder	Pogon Szczecin	26	8	37278.6%	3518.4%
23	S. Liseth Central midfielder	Gornik Zabrze	28	8	33175.6%	316.3%
24	César Gelabert Central midfielder	Sporting Gijon	25	8	5227%	694.1%
25	Luis Chacón Central midfielder	Cultural Leonesa	26	8	52	6125.1%
26	T. Naylor Central midfielder	Chesterfield	35	8	334.3%	1216.9%
27	I. Price Central midfielder	West Brom	22	8	48240.1%	7230.7%
28	S. Carey Central midfielder	Charlton	25	8	4561.2%	6843.3%
29	J. Anthony Central midfielder	Burnley	26	8	5534.2%	762.2%
30	N. Mosti Central midfielder	Juve Stabia	28	8	47143.2%	518.7%
31	A. Palavecino Central midfielder	Cruz Azul	29	8	522250%	3917.3%
32	Rômulo Central midfielder	Chengdu Better City	30	8	505.3%	2259.6%
33	C. Rodríguez Central midfielder	Cruz Azul	29	8	47	40
34	S. Karamoko Central midfielder	IMT Novi Beograd	22	8	30	40
35	M. Zajc Central midfielder	Dinamo Zagreb	32	8	391587%	1744.1%
36	L. Berrío Central midfielder	Junior	28	8	33	20
37	F. Chaverra Central midfielder	Independiente Medellin	26	8	30	27
38	Adin Molnar Central midfielder	MTK Budapest	19	8	39	38
39	Noah Makanza Central midfielder	Helmond Sport	21	7	48	58
40	S. Van Dessel Central midfielder	MVV	25	7	53833.3%	5724.7%
41	S. Simons Central midfielder	FC Eindhoven	22	7	5372.2%	607%
42	R. Balk Central midfielder	Cambuur	25	7	4718.3%	612.4%
43	R. Yamashita Central midfielder	Gamba Osaka	28	7	38147.1%	4012.2%
44	L. Lamprou Central midfielder	Volos NFC	28	7	39114.4%	325.6%
45	M. Miljevic Central midfielder	Huracan	25	7	4210.1%	526.5%
46	A. Galeano Central midfielder	Ceara	26	7	48	6610.8%
47	L. Bénes Central midfielder	Kayserispor	28	7	45289.6%	3738.5%
48	H. Vanaken Central midfielder	Club Brugge KV	33	7	4710.7%	2724.1%
49	E. Diop Central midfielder	Cercle Brugge	21	7	491954.2%	6210.5%
50	J. Benet Central midfielder	Grenoble	31	7	577.9%	3422.5%