Want to know who the best Midfielders in Football Manager 2024 are? We've got a shortlist of all the best Midfielders with the highest ratings in FM24.

All FM24 Midfielders Guides:

These are the best Midfielders in Football Manager 2024 as rated by their current ability. Each Midfielder has a perfect midfield rating meaning they are naturals at playing as a Midfielder. However not all of them will improve, if you want players that have the potential to improve still check out the list of wonderkid Midfielders below.

Name Age Position Wage Value Cost Expires Rating Potential
Kevin De Bruyne 32 AM RLC £340k £300m 30-06-2025
Lionel Messi 36 AM RC, F C £315k £300m 31-12-2025
Vinícius Júnior 22 AM RL, ST £342k £169m £300m 30-06-2027
Mohamed Salah 31 AM RL, ST £350k £300m 30-06-2025
Rodri 27 D C, DM £165k £276m £300m 30-06-2027
Bernardo Silva 28 AM RC £250k £269m £300m 30-06-2026
Jude Bellingham 20 DM, AM C £342k £152m £300m 30-06-2029
Declan Rice 24 D C, DM £250k £234m £300m 30-06-2028
Neymar 31 AM LC, F C £2m £300m 30-06-2025
Joshua Kimmich 28 D/WB R, DM £288k £191m £300m 30-06-2025
Bukayo Saka 21 AM RL £250k £240m £300m 30-06-2027
Martin Ødegaard 24 AM C £225k £206m £300m 30-06-2028
Antoine Griezmann 32 AM RLC, F C £230k £300m 30-06-2026
Bruno Fernandes 28 AM RC £250k £170m £300m 30-06-2026
Luka Modrić 37 AM C £358k £8m £19m 30-06-2024
Eduardo Camavinga 20 D L, DM £136k £138m £300m 30-06-2027
Leroy Sané 27 AM RLC £280k £151m £300m 30-06-2025
Phil Foden 23 AM RLC £130k £199m £300m 30-06-2027
Federico Valverde 24 AM RC £180k £114m £260m 30-06-2027
Rodrygo 22 AM RL, ST £198k £113m £258m 30-06-2028
İlkay Gündoğan 32 DM, AM C £150k £300m 30-06-2025
Ousmane Dembélé 26 AM RL £155k £153m £300m 30-06-2028
N'Golo Kanté 32 DM, M C £0 30-06-2024
Frenkie de Jong 26 DM £231k £108m £241m 30-06-2026
Bruno Guimarães 25 DM £180k £96m £235m 30-06-2028
Jack Grealish 27 AM RLC £270k £58m £59m 30-06-2027
Rafael Leão 24 AM L, ST £147k £150m £300m 30-06-2028
Thiago 32 DM £200k £30m £66m 30-06-2024
Christopher Nkunku 25 AM RLC, F C £300k £102m £225m 30-06-2029
Kingsley Coman 27 AM RL £247k £112m £246m 30-06-2027
Luis Díaz 26 AM RL £90k £161m £300m 30-06-2027
Pedri 20 AM RLC £148k £79m £174m 30-06-2026
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia 22 AM L £25k £106m £234m 30-06-2027
Nicolò Barella 26 M C £153k £105m £230m 30-06-2026
Raheem Sterling 28 AM RL £350k £134m £293m 30-06-2027
Hakan Çalhanoğlu 29 DM, AM C £171k £102m £222m 30-06-2027
N'Golo Kanté 32 DM £423k £300m 30-06-2026
Sergej Milinković-Savić 28 AM C £258k £83m £109m 30-06-2026
Dejan Kulusevski 23 AM RC £140k £82m £193m 30-06-2028
Marco Verratti 30 DM £576k £77m £100m 31-05-2026
Marcus Rashford 25 AM L, ST £300k £132m £287m 30-06-2028
Gabriel Martinelli 22 AM RL, ST £200k £156m £300m 30-06-2027
Marco Asensio 27 AM RLC £117k £97m £210m 30-06-2026
James Maddison 26 AM RLC £170k £70m £165m 30-06-2028
Jamal Musiala 20 AM RLC £90k £107m £231m 30-06-2026
Enzo Fernández 22 DM, AM C £180k £174m £300m 30-06-2032
Alexis Mac Allister 24 DM, AM C £150k £82m £176m 30-06-2028
Ángel Di María 35 AM RLC, F C £41k £3m £7m 30-06-2024
Leon Goretzka 28 DM, AM C £230k £53m £114m 30-06-2026
Koke 31 DM, M RLC £263k £66m £142m 30-06-2024
Aurélien Tchouameni 23 DM £206k £59m £104m 30-06-2028
Sandro Tonali 23 DM £133k £96m £278m 30-06-2028
Casemiro 31 DM £300k £300m 30-06-2026
Yves Bissouma 26 DM £100k £45m £96m 30-06-2026
Moisés Caicedo 21 DM £140k £109m £300m 30-06-2031
Adrien Rabiot 28 DM, M LC £148k £36m £76m 30-06-2024
Vitinha 23 DM £98k £100m £288m 30-06-2027
Henrikh Mkhitaryan 34 DM, AM C £80k £300m 30-06-2026
Federico Chiesa 25 AM RL, ST £153k £57m £120m 30-06-2025
Mason Mount 24 AM RLC £200k £100m £251m 30-06-2028
Serge Gnabry 27 AM RL, ST £247k £37m £79m 30-06-2026
Rodrigo Bentancur 26 DM £100k £60m £138m 30-06-2026
Toni Kroos 33 DM £400k £10m £10m 30-06-2024
Riyad Mahrez 32 AM RL £285k £300m 30-06-2026
Thomas Partey 30 D R, DM £160k £64m £135m 30-06-2025
Sergio Canales 32 AM C £82k £300m 30-06-2026
João Palhinha 28 DM £100k £63m £80m 30-06-2028
Rafa 30 AM RLC £28k £25m £53m 30-06-2024
Thomas Müller 33 AM RC, F C £288k £13m £13m 30-06-2025
Jarrod Bowen 26 AM RL, ST £125k £61m £77m 30-06-2030
Dani Olmo 25 AM RLC £173k £51m £118m 30-06-2027
Marcelo Brozović 30 DM £591k £64m £81m 30-06-2026
Yannick Carrasco 29 WB L, AM RL £214k £65m £82m 30-06-2026
Paulo Dybala 29 AM RC, F C £137k £10m £22m 30-06-2025
Guido Rodríguez 29 DM £42k £44m £55m 30-06-2024
Franck Kessié 26 DM £362k £72m £91m 30-06-2026
Gavi 18 AM LC £124k £77m £278m 30-06-2026
Julian Brandt 27 AM RLC £115k £92m £194m 30-06-2026
Danilo Pereira 31 D C, DM £74k £292m 30-06-2025
Raphinha 26 AM RL £198k £69m £67m 30-06-2027
Leandro Trossard 28 AM RLC, F C £110k £43m £91m 30-06-2026
Dominik Szoboszlai 22 AM RLC £120k £130m £300m 30-06-2028
Lucas Ocampos 29 AM RL, ST £26k £41m £86m 30-06-2024
Christian Pulisic 24 AM RLC £85k £72m £178m 30-06-2027
João Félix 23 AM RLC, F C £224k £59m £167m 30-06-2029
Ansu Fati 20 AM RLC, F C £198k £60m £170m 30-06-2027
Mikel Oyarzábal 26 AM RLC, F C £37k £58m £133m 30-06-2028
Mikel Merino 27 DM £41k £39m £88m 30-06-2025
Luis Alberto 30 AM C £76k £33m £68m 30-06-2027
John McGinn 28 AM RLC £100k £48m £60m 30-06-2027
Ricardo Horta 28 AM RLC, F C £13k £26m £32m 30-06-2028
Moussa Diaby 24 AM RLC, F C £100k £66m £83m 30-06-2028
André-Franck Zambo Anguissa 27 DM £57k £57m £119m 30-06-2025
Cody Gakpo 24 AM RLC, F C £110k £54m £73m 30-06-2028
Teun Koopmeiners 25 DM, AM C £32k £31m £38m 30-06-2027
Joelinton 26 AM LC £80k £48m £100m 30-06-2025
Jérémy Doku 21 AM RL, ST £40k £98m £242m 30-06-2028
Rodrigo De Paul 29 AM RC £96k £46m £96m 30-06-2026
Granit Xhaka 30 DM £107k £40m £82m 30-06-2028
Florian Wirtz 20 AM RLC £74k £97m £220m 30-06-2027
Kai Havertz 24 AM/F C £220k £106m £260m 30-06-2028
Manuel Ugarte 22 DM £78k £132m £274m 30-06-2028
Marcos Llorente 28 WB R, DM, AM RC £132k £43m £89m 30-06-2027
Pablo Sarabia 31 AM RLC £110k £300m 30-06-2025
Ismaël Bennacer 25 DM £116k £18m £37m 30-06-2027
Piotr Zieliński 29 AM C £107k £22m £45m 30-06-2024
Mateo Kovačić 29 DM £165k £44m £43m 30-06-2027
Nicolás González 25 AM RL, ST £63k £32m £40m 30-06-2028
Sergio Busquets 34 DM £27k £300m 31-12-2025
Fabián 27 DM, AM C £46k £28m £26m 30-06-2027
Stanislav Lobotka 28 DM £92k £56m £116m 30-06-2027
Fredrik Aursnes 27 DM £29k £22m £45m 30-06-2027
Edson Álvarez 25 D C, DM £100k £48m £60m 30-06-2028
Mattia Zaccagni 28 AM LC £61k £34m £70m 30-06-2025
Domenico Berardi 28 AM R £92k £23m £28m 30-06-2027
Bryan Cristante 28 DM £86k £52m £107m 30-06-2027
Jonas Hofmann 30 AM RC £82k £34m £71m 30-06-2027
Ferran Torres 23 AM RL, ST £60k £53m £90m 30-06-2027
Allan Saint-Maximin 26 AM RL, ST £205k £60m £75m 30-06-2026
Sadio Mané 31 AM RLC, F C £676k £300m 30-06-2027
Mateus Uribe 32 DM £51k £300m 31-05-2026
Martín Zubimendi 24 DM £36k £44m £107m 30-06-2027
Dani Ceballos 26 M C £171k £11m £11m 30-06-2027
Isco 31 AM RLC £35k £300m 30-06-2027
Rúben Neves 26 DM £410k £51m £63m 30-06-2026
Lucas Torreira 27 DM £57k £21m £43m 31-05-2026
Matteo Politano 29 AM RL £67k £38m £77m 30-06-2027
Tijjani Reijnders 24 DM, AM C £36k £41m £100m 30-06-2028
Memphis Depay 29 AM LC, F C £159k £26m £24m 30-06-2025
Michael Olise 21 AM RC £80k £55m £68m 30-06-2027
Pedro Gonçalves 25 AM RLC £30k £30m £37m 30-06-2027
Ademola Lookman 25 AM RLC, F C £38k £25m £31m 30-06-2026
James Ward-Prowse 28 DM, AM C £100k £46m £57m 30-06-2027
Brahim Díaz 23 AM RC £120k £36m £60m 30-06-2027
Ruben Loftus-Cheek 27 DM, AM C £85k £41m £85m 30-06-2027
Pepê 26 D/WB R, AM RL £27k £21m £44m 30-06-2027
Lucas Paquetá 25 DM, AM LC £130k £46m £57m 30-06-2027
Talisca 29 AM RC, F C £164k £8m £6m 30-06-2026
Otávio 28 AM RLC £247k £60m £75m 30-06-2026
Fabinho 29 D C, DM £411k £57m £71m 30-06-2026
Fred 30 DM £82k £17m £21m 30-06-2027
Mohammed Kudus 22 AM RC, F C £80k £86m £106m 30-06-2028
Héctor Herrera 33 DM £81k £30m 31-12-2024
Pascal Groß 32 DM, AM C £70k £300m 30-06-2025
Matheus Nunes 24 AM RC £130k £53m £70m 30-06-2028
Nico Williams 21 AM RL £34k £43m £123m 30-06-2027
Alexandr Golovin 27 AM LC £76k £31m £33m 30-06-2026
Kaoru Mitoma 26 AM L £80k £47m £58m 30-06-2027
Takefusa Kubo 22 AM RC, F C £36k £52m £163m 30-06-2027
Davide Frattesi 23 M C £86k £26m £32m 30-06-2026
Manuel Locatelli 25 DM £92k £37m £35m 30-06-2028
Jorginho 31 DM £110k £12m £24m 30-06-2024
Kalvin Phillips 27 DM £165k £33m £32m 30-06-2028
Solly March 28 WB/AM RL £55k £47m £58m 30-06-2026
Curtis Jones 22 AM LC £65k £109m £223m 30-06-2027
Conor Gallagher 23 DM, AM C £15k £60m £166m 30-06-2025
Ederson 24 DM, AM C £42k £36m £44m 30-06-2026
Douglas Luiz 25 DM £90k £41m £50m 30-06-2026
David Neres 26 AM RL £35k £23m £47m 30-06-2027
Felipe Anderson 30 AM RL, ST £47k £21m £43m 30-06-2024
Konrad Laimer 26 D/WB R, DM £140k £23m £21m 30-06-2027
Ángel Correa 28 AM RLC, F C £82k £24m £23m 30-06-2026
Paul Pogba 31 M/AM LC £197k £9m £9m 30-06-2026
Warren Zaïre-Emery 17 DM £103k £91m £300m 30-06-2025
Marco Reus 34 AM RLC £115k £7m £14m 30-06-2024
Thomas Lemar 27 WB L, AM LC £107k £23m £22m 30-06-2027
Fábio Vieira 23 AM RLC £80k £53m £88m 30-06-2027
Galeno 25 AM RL £23k £20m £40m 30-06-2028
James Rodríguez 32 AM RLC £36k £300m 30-06-2025
Xavi Simons 20 AM C £99k £43m £119m 30-06-2027
Oihan Sancet 23 AM C £33k £69m £121m 30-06-2032
Brais Méndez 26 AM RC £33k £28m £57m 30-06-2028
Carlos Soler 26 AM RC £61k £14m £13m 30-06-2027
William Carvalho 31 M C £32k £16m £12m 30-06-2026
Matteo Guendouzi 24 M C £43k £11m £27m 30-06-2025
Steven Bergwijn 25 AM RLC, F C £77k £30m £61m 30-06-2027
Ebere Eze 25 AM LC £100k £33m £41m 30-06-2027
Nabil Fekir 29 AM RLC, F C £106k £27m £33m 30-06-2026
Anthony Gordon 22 AM RLC, F C £90k £101m £300m 30-06-2029
Emile Smith Rowe 22 AM RLC £66k £117m £238m 30-06-2026
Samuel Lino 23 D/WB L, AM RL £30k £33m £55m 30-06-2027
Marcel Sabitzer 29 DM, AM C £123k £59m £120m 30-06-2027
Exequiel Palacios 24 DM £82k £35m £84m 30-06-2028
Pape Matar Sarr 20 DM £80k £89m £300m 30-06-2030
Emre Can 29 D C, DM £132k £55m £111m 30-06-2026
Dani Parejo 34 DM, AM C £32k £4m £8m 30-06-2024
Boubacar Kamara 23 DM £100k £51m £62m 30-06-2027
Martin Terrier 26 AM RLC, F C £51k £37m £45m 30-06-2026
Lorenzo Pellegrini 27 DM, AM C £107k £20m £40m 30-06-2026
Albert Guðmundsson 26 AM RLC, F C £26k £17m £21m 30-06-2027
Harvey Elliott 20 AM RC £45k £98m £267m 30-06-2027
Reiss Nelson 23 AM RL £90k £46m £76m 30-06-2027
Morten Hjulmand 24 DM £24k £23m £28m 30-06-2028
Charles De Ketelaere 22 AM/F C £53k £78m £243m 30-06-2027
Youri Tielemans 26 DM, AM C £150k £35m £43m 30-06-2027
Xaver Schlager 25 DM £74k £31m £63m 30-06-2026
Fernandinho 38 DM £7k £300m 31-12-2024
Axel Witsel 34 D C, DM £103k £3m £3m 30-06-2024
Gabi 40 DM, M C £0 30-06-2024
Ali Al Musrati 27 DM £12k £22m £27m 30-06-2026

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