Top 50 Best Center Midfielders

Top 50 Best Center Midfielders Players

This is FC's list of the Top 50 Best Center Midfielders in the world at the moment according to our algorithm. We update this list every Monday. If you want more information on how our algorithm is calculated, please click here.

Rank	Name	Team	Nationality	Position	Age
1	Thiago Alcântara	Bayern	ESP	DM, M (C)	28	99
2	Toni Kroos	Real Madrid	DEU	M, AM (C)	30	98
3	Kevin De Bruyne	Man City	BEL	M, AM (C)	28	95
4	Sergio Busquets	Barcelona	ESP	M, DM (C)	31	94
5	Rodri	Man City	ESP	M, DM (C)	23	93
6	Casemiro	Real Madrid	BRA	M, DM (C)	28	92
7	Jordan Henderson	Liverpool	GBR	M (C)	29	91
8	Marco Verratti	PSG	ITA	M, DM (C)	27	91
9	Joshua Kimmich	Bayern	DEU	DM (C), D (R)	25	91
10	David Silva	Man City	ESP	M, AM (C)	34	90
11	Santi Cazorla	Villarreal	ESP	M, AM (C)	35	90
12	Magomed Ozdoev	Zenit	RUS	M, DM (C)	27	89
13	Wilfred Ndidi	Leicester City	NGA	DM (C)	23	89
14	Fabián Ruiz	Napoli	ESP	M, DM (C)	23	88
15	Jorginho	Chelsea	ITA	M, DM (C)	28	88
16	Ilkay Gündogan	Man City	DEU	M, DM (C)	29	88
17	Dani Parejo	Valencia	ESP	M (C)	30	88
18	Rodrigo Bentancur	Juventus	URY	M (C), DM (R)	22	87
19	Luis Alberto	Lazio	ESP	M, AM (C)	27	87
20	John McGinn	Aston Villa	SCO	M, AM (C)	25	87
21	Julian Brandt	Dortmund	DEU	M, AM (C)	23	87
22	Jonas Hector	1. FC Köln	DEU	DM (C), D (L)	29	87
23	José Sosa	Trabzonspor	ARG	DM, AM (C)	34	86
24	Federico Valverde	Real Madrid	URY	M, AM (C)	21	86
25	Luka Modrić	Real Madrid	HRV	M, DM (C)	34	86
26	Idrissa Gana Guèye	PSG	SEN	M, DM (C)	30	86
27	Fred	Man Utd	BRA	DM, M (C)	27	86
28	Axel Witsel	Dortmund	BEL	DM, M (C)	31	86
29	Mateo Kovačić	Chelsea	HRV	M, DM (C)	25	86
30	Teye Partey	Atletico Madrid	GHA	M, DM (C)	26	86
31	Corentin Tolisso	Bayern	FRA	M, DM (C)	25	86
32	Dale Stephens	Brighton	GBR	M, DM (C)	30	85
33	Marcelo Brozović	Inter	HRV	M, DM (C)	27	85
34	Valentin Rongier	Marseille	FRA	M, AM (C)	25	85
35	Ross Barkley	Chelsea	GBR	M, AM (C)	26	85
36	Naby Keïta	Liverpool	GIN	M, AM (C)	25	85
37	Mario Pašalić	Atalanta	HRV	DM, AM (C)	25	85
38	Fernando	Sevilla FC	BRA	M, DM (C)	32	85
39	Arthur	Barcelona	BRA	M, DM (C)	23	85
40	Thomas Delaney	Dortmund	DNK	DM, M (C)	28	84
41	Rafinha	Celta	BRA	M, AM (C)	27	84
42	Éver Banega	Sevilla FC	ARG	M, DM (C)	31	84
43	Javi Martínez	Bayern	ESP	DM, M (C)	31	84
44	Ignacio Fernández	River Plate	ARG	M (C), AM (R)	30	84
45	Declan Rice	West Ham	GBR	DM, M (C)	21	84
46	Denis Zakaria	M'gladbach	CHE	DM, M (C)	23	84
47	Geoffrey Kondogbia	Valencia	CAF	M, DM (C)	27	84
48	Konrad Laimer	RB Leipzig	AUT	M, DM (C)	22	84
49	Ellyes Skhiri	1. FC Köln	TUN	DM, M (C)	24	84
50	Christopher Nkunku	RB Leipzig	FRA	M, AM (C)	22	84