Top-Scoring central midfielders in Major League Soccer

The top-scoring 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	D. Fagundez Central midfielder	Los Angeles Galaxy	31	6	3767.4%	2313.9%
2	M. Almirón Central midfielder	Atlanta United FC	32	6	464955.6%	2331.2%
3	A. Miranchuk Central midfielder	Atlanta United FC	30	6	42147%	281.4%
4	R. Lod Central midfielder	Minnesota United FC	33	6	452.8%	2022.3%
5	I. Vassilev Central midfielder	Philadelphia Union	25	6	3325.6%	435.3%
6	L. de la Torre Central midfielder	San Diego	28	5	29	3439.4%
7	L. Abada Central midfielder	Charlotte	24	5	264.4%	416.5%
8	Beau Leroux Central midfielder	San Jose Earthquakes	22	5	44	47
9	M. Arfsten Central midfielder	Columbus Crew	25	5	4983.2%	461.5%
10	David Pereira da Costa Central midfielder	Portland Timbers	25	4	332086.7%	4628.2%
11	D. Gazdag Central midfielder	Columbus Crew	30	4	2947.4%	2623.4%
12	O. Bukari Central midfielder	Austin	27	3	31255.8%	395.4%
13	J. Hopkins Central midfielder	DC United	22	3	15160.7%	402.6%
14	O. Lingr Central midfielder	Houston Dynamo	27	3	25122.3%	3546.1%
15	Peglow Central midfielder	DC United	24	3	32292.6%	4324.9%
16	C. Bassett Central midfielder	Colorado Rapids	25	3	2922.8%	448.6%
17	M. Moralez Central midfielder	New York City FC	39	3	44201.4%	13109.4%
18	A. Perea Central midfielder	New York City FC	25	3	2932.6%	411.7%
19	M. Delgado Central midfielder	Los Angeles FC	31	3	4212.6%	2615.7%
20	P. Bucha Central midfielder	FC Cincinnati	28	3	3513.9%	3422.3%
21	I. Harkes Central midfielder	San Jose Earthquakes	31	3	32109.3%	229.3%
22	E. Wynder Central midfielder	Los Angeles Galaxy	23	2	14	37
23	J. Tverskov Central midfielder	San Diego	33	2	5082.9%	2110.5%
24	B. Bronico Central midfielder	Charlotte	31	2	3431.4%	2320%
25	B. Ojeda Central midfielder	Real Salt Lake	26	2	2630.8%	3818.1%
26	Célio Pompeu Central midfielder	St. Louis City	26	2	2538.3%	3711.8%
27	L. Langoni Central midfielder	New England Revolution	24	2	22128.1%	4313.5%
28	B. Kamungo Central midfielder	FC Dallas	24	2	21183.8%	401.7%
29	Manu García Central midfielder	Sporting Kansas City	28	2	3350%	3113.1%
30	D. Pereira Central midfielder	Austin	26	2	303.5%	407.4%
31	J. Murrell Central midfielder	DC United	22	2	1265.3%	403.6%
32	D. Chambost Central midfielder	Columbus Crew	28	2	38310.9%	35±0%
33	V. Loturi Central midfielder	CF Montreal	25	2	301410%	4212.6%
34	W. Trapp Central midfielder	Minnesota United FC	33	2	3732%	1916.8%
35	C. Cappis Central midfielder	FC Dallas	26	1	15125.4%	356.7%
36	M. Joyner Central midfielder	St. Louis City	19	1	73550%	384.7%
37	T. Ku-DiPietro Central midfielder	Colorado Rapids	24	1	1934.9%	3910.2%
38	J. Ricketts Central midfielder	San Jose Earthquakes	24	1	174100%	389.8%
39	T. Habroune Central midfielder	Columbus Crew	20	1	131355.6%	429.1%
40	J. Badwal Central midfielder	Vancouver Whitecaps	20	1	14	43
41	B. Šabović Central midfielder	Austin	28	1	1824.8%	306.5%
42	P. Aaronson Central midfielder	Colorado Rapids	22	1	784.2%	3854.1%
43	R. De Paul Central midfielder	Inter Miami	32	1	1852.5%	1668.2%
44	D. Holmes Central midfielder	Houston Dynamo	31	1	824.5%	1656.3%
45	J. Gressel Central midfielder	Minnesota United FC	32	1	1840.4%	1642.4%
46	P. Yazbek Central midfielder	Nashville SC	24	1	23231.9%	426.3%
47	R. Priso Central midfielder	Vancouver Whitecaps	24	1	21328.6%	428%
48	A. Westwood Central midfielder	Charlotte	36	1	341.2%	183.8%
49	C. Wallem Central midfielder	St. Louis City	26	1	3056.8%	384.3%
50	T. Ostrák Central midfielder	St. Louis City	26	1	1997.9%	3311.2%