Want to know who the best Midfielders in Football Manager 2024/25 are? We've got a shortlist of all the best Midfielders with the highest ratings in FM24 Update.

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These are the best Midfielders in Football Manager 2024/25 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
Mohamed Salah 33 AM RL, ST £350k £300m 30-06-2025
Ousmane Dembélé 28 AM RL £196k £300m 30-06-2026
Bukayo Saka 23 AM RL £250k £266m £300m 30-06-2029
Declan Rice 26 D C, DM £250k £237m £300m 30-06-2026
Vinícius Júnior 25 AM RL, ST £342k £104m £256m 30-06-2025
Vitinha 25 DM £209k £300m 30-06-2027
Martin Ødegaard 26 AM C £225k £203m £300m 30-06-2026
Jude Bellingham 22 DM, AM C £342k £214m £300m 30-06-2027
Joshua Kimmich 30 D/WB R, DM £288k £174m £300m 30-06-2027
Rodri 29 D C, DM £165k £300m 30-06-2025
Lamine Yamal 17 AM RL £15k £134m £300m 30-06-2029
Pedri 22 AM RLC £148k £106m £251m 30-06-2028
Raphinha 28 AM RL £198k £132m £300m 30-06-2026
Kevin De Bruyne 34 AM RLC £175k £300m 30-06-2025
Eduardo Camavinga 22 D L, DM £136k £113m £262m 30-06-2027
Sandro Tonali 25 DM £133k £160m £300m 30-06-2027
Lionel Messi 38 AM RC, F C £315k £300m 31-12-2026
Federico Valverde 26 AM RC £180k £127m £293m 30-06-2027
Michael Olise 23 AM RC £82k £151m £300m 30-06-2027
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia 24 AM L £144k £180m £300m 30-06-2027
Bruno Guimarães 27 DM £180k £172m £300m 30-06-2026
Enzo Fernández 24 DM, AM C £180k £213m £300m 30-06-2030
Florian Wirtz 22 AM RLC £151k £190m £300m 30-06-2028
Moisés Caicedo 23 DM £140k £135m £300m 30-06-2029
Frenkie de Jong 28 DM £231k £96m £218m 30-06-2027
Phil Foden 25 AM RLC £130k £226m £300m 30-06-2025
Youri Tielemans 28 DM, AM C £150k £50m £68m 30-06-2026
Luka Modrić 39 AM C £154k £56m £126m 30-06-2024
İlkay Gündoğan 34 DM, AM C £48k £300m 30-06-2025
Dejan Kulusevski 25 AM RC £140k £90m £218m 30-06-2026
Bernardo Silva 30 AM RC £250k £155m £300m 30-06-2024
Aurélien Tchouameni 25 DM £206k £42m £43m 30-06-2026
Bruno Fernandes 30 AM RC £250k £125m £278m 30-06-2025
Alexis Mac Allister 26 DM, AM C £150k £126m £278m 30-06-2026
Luis Díaz 28 AM RL £75k £109m £239m 30-06-2027
Nico Williams 22 AM RL £67k £43m £57m 30-06-2033
Bryan Mbeumo 25 AM RL, ST £76k £111m £244m 30-06-2028
Dani Olmo 27 AM RLC £97k £61m £135m 30-06-2028
Hakan Çalhanoğlu 31 DM, AM C £171k £300m 30-06-2025
Martín Zubimendi 26 DM £115k £123m £269m 30-06-2028
Fabián 29 DM, AM C £46k £66m £144m 30-06-2025
Ryan Gravenberch 23 DM, AM C £160k £68m £201m 30-06-2030
Jamal Musiala 22 AM RLC £90k £107m £235m 30-06-2028
Mason Greenwood 23 AM R, ST £113k £98m £233m 30-06-2027
Jérémy Doku 23 AM RL, ST £40k £107m £108m 30-06-2026
João Neves 20 DM, AM C £128k £162m £300m 30-06-2027
Ferran Torres 25 AM RL, ST £60k £36m £37m 30-06-2025
Rafael Leão 26 AM L, ST £147k £98m £214m 30-06-2026
Federico Chiesa 27 AM RL, ST £107k £126m £273m 30-06-2026
Nicolò Barella 28 M C £153k £117m £255m 30-06-2027
Morten Hjulmand 26 DM £24k £33m £43m 30-06-2026
Rodrygo 24 AM RL, ST £198k £66m £143m 30-06-2026
Dominik Szoboszlai 24 AM RLC £120k £68m £173m 30-06-2026
Granit Xhaka 32 DM £64k £32m 30-06-2026
Christian Pulisic 26 AM RLC £85k £91m £196m 30-06-2025
André-Franck Zambo Anguissa 29 DM £57k £97m £209m 30-06-2025
Ademola Lookman 27 AM RLC, F C £56k £67m £146m 30-06-2028
Pablo Barrios 22 DM £33k £71m £153m 30-06-2028
Álex Baena 23 AM RLC £54k £68m £147m 30-06-2028
Isco 33 AM RLC £44k £300m 30-06-2026
Valentín Barco 20 D/WB L, AM LC £19k £40m £52m 30-06-2027
Kai Havertz 26 AM/F C £220k £38m £80m 30-06-2026
Adrien Rabiot 30 DM, M LC £109k £76m £163m 30-06-2026
Mauro Arambarri 29 DM, M RC £20k £14m £18m 30-06-2026
Oihan Sancet 25 AM C £55k £69m £88m 30-06-2030
Mikel Oyarzábal 28 AM RLC, F C £37k £64m £150m 30-06-2026
Bradley Barcola 22 AM RL, ST £108k £101m £215m 30-06-2026
Manu Koné 24 DM £96k £66m £167m 30-06-2027
Kaoru Mitoma 28 AM L £80k £68m £87m 30-06-2025
Scott McTominay 28 DM, AM C £164k £106m £246m 30-06-2026
N'Golo Kanté 34 DM £48k £300m 30-06-2026
Matheus Nunes 26 AM RC £130k £60m £59m 30-06-2026
Marco Asensio 29 AM RLC £48k £24m £31m 30-06-2026
Henrikh Mkhitaryan 36 DM, AM C £80k £3m £7m 30-06-2024
Tijjani Reijnders 26 DM, AM C £103k £50m £49m 30-06-2028
Anthony Gordon 24 AM RLC, F C £90k £113m £263m 30-06-2027
Serge Gnabry 29 AM RL, ST £247k £33m £33m 30-06-2026
Gabriel Martinelli 24 AM RL, ST £200k £105m £264m 30-06-2025
Exequiel Palacios 26 DM £82k £53m £123m 30-06-2028
Gavi 20 AM LC £124k £83m £239m 30-06-2028
Malik Tillman 23 AM RLC, F C £38k £46m £133m 30-06-2028
Iliman N'Diaye 25 AM RLC, F C £87k £53m £68m 30-06-2027
Christopher Nkunku 27 AM RLC, F C £113k £54m £114m 30-06-2028
Francisco Trincão 25 AM RLC £29k £24m £31m 30-06-2028
Takefusa Kubo 24 AM RC, F C £36k £29m £52m 30-06-2027
Leandro Trossard 30 AM RLC, F C £110k £34m £72m 30-06-2025
Amadou Onana 23 DM £62k £58m £74m 30-06-2027
Mikel Merino 29 DM £72k £39m £83m 30-06-2026
Boubacar Kamara 25 DM £100k £59m £74m 30-06-2028
Cody Gakpo 26 AM RLC, F C £110k £52m £110m 30-06-2028
Ebere Eze 27 AM LC £72k £41m £87m 30-06-2027
Jarrod Bowen 28 AM RL, ST £125k £45m £57m 30-06-2028
Morgan Rogers 22 AM RLC, F C £35k £64m £141m 30-06-2029
Alexis Saelemaekers 26 WB R, AM RL £21k £35m £74m 30-06-2029
Giovani Lo Celso 29 DM, AM LC £39k £37m £47m 30-06-2025
Rodrigo De Paul 31 AM RC £1k £300m 31-12-2027
Nico Paz 20 AM RL £11k £37m £4m 30-06-2026
Leroy Sané 29 AM RLC £48k £87m £197m 30-06-2026
Kang-In Lee 24 AM RLC £69k £27m £36m 30-06-2026
Sergio Canales 34 AM C £82k £1m £2m 30-06-2024
Stanislav Lobotka 30 DM £92k £26m £54m 30-06-2025
Cole Palmer 23 AM RLC £75k £180m £300m 30-06-2031
Curtis Jones 24 AM LC £65k £46m £90m 30-06-2025
Marcus Rashford 27 AM L, ST £300k £49m £101m 30-06-2026
Joelinton 28 AM LC £80k £79m £179m 30-06-2026
Mohammed Kudus 24 AM RC, F C £69k £64m £156m 30-06-2029
Warren Zaïre-Emery 19 DM £65k £77m £246m 30-06-2027
Leon Goretzka 30 DM, AM C £230k £19m £9m 30-06-2024
Kingsley Coman 29 AM RL £455k £67m £84m 30-06-2026
João Félix 25 AM RLC, F C £402k £56m £70m 30-06-2025
Antoine Griezmann 34 AM RLC, F C £230k £6m £10m 30-06-2025
Danilo Pereira 33 D C, DM £355k £300m 30-06-2025
Manuel Locatelli 27 DM £92k £30m £29m 30-06-2026
Matteo Politano 31 AM RL £67k £300m 30-06-2026
Teun Koopmeiners 27 DM, AM C £68k £31m £30m 30-06-2027
Justin Kluivert 26 AM RLC £70k £43m £54m 30-06-2026
Raheem Sterling 30 AM RL £25k £94m £118m 30-06-2024
Mateo Kovačić 31 DM £165k £32m £31m 30-06-2025
Marcelo Brozović 32 DM £591k £4m £3m 30-06-2024
Ederson 26 DM, AM C £42k £48m £61m 30-06-2025
Johnny 23 DM, AM C £47k £68m £189m 30-06-2028
Francisco Conceição 22 AM R £39k £52m £107m 30-06-2028
Tyler Adams 26 D/WB R, DM £50k £39m £48m 30-06-2026
Nico González 23 DM £52k £46m £78m 30-06-2027
Rayan Cherki 21 AM RLC, F C £56k £76m £185m 30-06-2028
Nicolò Rovella 23 DM £70k £30m £85m 30-06-2026
Riccardo Orsolini 28 AM R £61k £23m £28m 30-06-2025
Edon Zhegrova 26 AM RLC £72k £27m £26m 30-06-2028
Xaver Schlager 27 DM £74k £24m £49m 30-06-2024
Konrad Laimer 28 D/WB R, DM £140k £28m £27m 30-06-2025
Nicolás González 27 AM RL, ST £83k £24m £23m 30-06-2027
Paulo Dybala 31 AM RC, F C £137k £10m £21m 30-06-2024
Xavi Simons 22 AM C £73k £80m £253m 30-06-2028
Bryan Gil 24 AM RLC £22k £41m £50m 30-06-2028
Marcos Llorente 30 WB R, DM, AM RC £132k £41m £39m 30-06-2025
Thomas Partey 32 D R, DM £36k £67m £137m 30-06-2024
Ayoze Pérez 31 AM RLC, F C £47k £300m 30-06-2026
Rafa 32 AM RLC £28k £300m 30-06-2026
Mattia Zaccagni 30 AM LC £61k £23m £48m 30-06-2027
Domenico Berardi 30 AM R £92k £6m £7m 30-06-2027
Jacob Ramsey 24 AM LC £50k £45m £109m 30-06-2028
Jadon Sancho 25 AM RLC £275k £35m £34m 30-06-2024
Denis Zakaria 28 DM £58k £40m £42m 30-06-2026
Nadiem Amiri 28 DM, AM C £25k £24m £29m 30-06-2026
Sergi Darder 31 DM £24k £9m £11m 30-06-2024
Davide Frattesi 25 M C £76k £25m £23m 30-06-2026
Lucas Torreira 29 DM £57k £22m £45m 30-06-2026
Piotr Zieliński 31 AM C £87k £16m £32m 30-06-2026
Bryan Cristante 30 DM £86k £31m £64m 30-06-2025
Pedro Gonçalves 27 AM RLC £30k £23m £28m 30-06-2028
Morgan Gibbs-White 25 AM RC £50k £26m £32m 30-06-2026
Matheus Cunha 26 AM RLC, F C £68k £89m £181m 30-06-2028
Lucas Ocampos 31 AM RL, ST £28k £26m £32m 30-06-2025
Adam Wharton 21 DM £45k £62m £75m 30-06-2027
Ander Barrenetxea 23 AM RL £21k £43m £118m 30-06-2028
Jorge De Frutos 28 AM RL £30k £22m £26m 30-06-2026
Sergej Milinković-Savić 30 AM C £258k £47m £58m 30-06-2026
Youssouf Fofana 26 DM £72k £35m £71m 30-06-2026
Matteo Guendouzi 26 M C £48k £19m £23m 30-06-2028
Ritsu Doan 27 AM RLC £37k £33m £25m 30-06-2028
Wataru Endo 32 DM £75k £18m £17m 30-06-2025
Amad Diallo 23 AM RLC, F C £25k £77m £128m 30-06-2028
Noa Lang 26 AM RL £57k £11m £10m 30-06-2028
Marten de Roon 34 DM £31k £2m £2m 30-06-2024
Kalvin Phillips 29 DM £165k £14m £13m 30-06-2026
Jens Stage 28 DM, M RC £16k £8m £8m 30-06-2026
Rodrigo Bentancur 28 DM £100k £19m £38m 30-06-2027
Franck Kessié 28 DM £362k £9m £7m 30-06-2024
Pape Matar Sarr 22 DM £80k £74m £230m 30-06-2028
Sergio Busquets 36 DM £27k £300m 31-12-2024
Aleksandar Pavlović 21 DM £12k £63m £150m 30-06-2027
Fermín 22 AM RLC £8k £52m £105m 30-06-2029
Antonio Nusa 20 AM RL £39k £85m £300m 30-06-2027
Robert Andrich 30 D C, DM £45k £11m £23m 30-06-2026
Jhon Arias 27 AM RLC £25k £15m £31m 31-12-2027
Brais Méndez 28 AM RC £41k £29m £49m 30-06-2026
Thomas Müller 35 AM RC, F C £1k £30m 31-12-2024
Solly March 30 WB/AM RL £55k £29m £35m 30-06-2024
Brahim Díaz 25 AM RC £120k £22m £10m 30-06-2025
James Maddison 28 AM RLC £170k £65m £144m 30-06-2026
Johan Bakayoko 22 AM RL £32k £67m £208m 30-06-2028
Charles De Ketelaere 24 AM/F C £77k £25m £30m 30-06-2026
Matías Soulé 22 AM RC £83k £69m £214m 30-06-2027
Thiago Almada 24 AM RLC £123k £13m £17m 30-06-2028
Axel Witsel 36 D C, DM £10k £371k £450k 30-06-2024
Héctor Herrera 35 DM £81k £30m 31-12-2024
Kobbie Mainoo 20 DM, AM C £10k £77m £209m 30-06-2025
Sávio 21 AM RL £87k £50m £118m 30-06-2029
Rubén Vargas 26 AM RL £24k £33m £66m 30-06-2027
Yoane Wissa 28 AM L, ST £54k £59m £119m 30-06-2027
Riyad Mahrez 34 AM RL £285k £2m £1m 30-06-2024
Dan Ndoye 24 AM RL, ST £76k £30m £36m 30-06-2028
Weston McKennie 26 WB R, M RC £53k £32m £30m 30-06-2028
Viktor Tsygankov 27 AM RL £33k £16m £19m 30-06-2025
Dani Parejo 36 DM, AM C £29k £2m £4m 30-06-2024
Billy Gilmour 24 DM £57k £12m £15m 30-06-2027
João Palhinha 30 DM £44k £44m £40m 30-06-2026
Fredrik Aursnes 29 DM £29k £22m £44m 30-06-2027
Memphis Depay 31 AM LC, F C £24k £8m £9m 31-07-2024
Emile Smith Rowe 24 AM RLC £68k £44m £53m 30-06-2027

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