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 FM24/25 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
Vinícius Júnior 24 AM RL, ST £342k £181m £300m 30-06-2026
Jude Bellingham 21 DM, AM C £342k £175m £254m 30-06-2028
Kevin De Bruyne 33 AM RLC £340k £135m £300m 30-06-2024
Mohamed Salah 32 AM RL, ST £350k £205m £255m 30-06-2024
Rodri 28 D C, DM £165k £300m 30-06-2026
Declan Rice 25 D C, DM £250k £246m £300m 30-06-2027
Martin Ødegaard 25 AM C £225k £217m £300m 30-06-2027
Bukayo Saka 22 AM RL £250k £256m £300m 30-06-2026
Bernardo Silva 29 AM RC £250k £259m £300m 30-06-2025
Eduardo Camavinga 21 D L, DM £136k £155m £300m 30-06-2028
Lionel Messi 37 AM RC, F C £315k £300m 31-12-2024
Federico Valverde 25 AM RC £180k £112m £185m 30-06-2028
Antoine Griezmann 33 AM RLC, F C £230k £300m 30-06-2025
Bruno Fernandes 29 AM RC £250k £222m £300m 30-06-2026
Cole Palmer 22 AM RLC £75k £121m £260m 30-06-2032
Joshua Kimmich 29 D/WB R, DM £288k £91m £206m 30-06-2024
Phil Foden 24 AM RLC £130k £226m £300m 30-06-2026
Rodrygo 23 AM RL, ST £198k £93m £160m 30-06-2027
Bruno Guimarães 26 DM £180k £160m £276m 30-06-2027
Ousmane Dembélé 27 AM RL £149k £92m £229m 30-06-2027
Aurélien Tchouameni 24 DM £206k £64m £163m 30-06-2027
Neymar 32 AM LC, F C £2m £103m £129m 30-06-2024
İlkay Gündoğan 33 DM, AM C £126k £15m £31m 30-06-2024
Dani Olmo 26 AM RLC £64k £94m £233m 30-06-2029
Luka Modrić 38 AM C £358k £4m £10m 30-06-2024
Leroy Sané 28 AM RLC £280k £79m £168m 30-06-2024
Christopher Nkunku 26 AM RLC, F C £300k £107m £269m 30-06-2028
Pedri 21 AM RLC £148k £79m £187m 30-06-2025
Nico Williams 22 AM RL £67k £43m £106m 30-06-2026
Nicolò Barella 27 M C £153k £117m £294m 30-06-2028
Vitinha 24 DM £128k £80m £201m 30-06-2026
Frenkie de Jong 27 DM £231k £93m £221m 30-06-2025
Hakan Çalhanoğlu 30 DM, AM C £171k £81m £137m 30-06-2026
Gabriel Martinelli 23 AM RL, ST £200k £159m £276m 30-06-2026
Granit Xhaka 31 DM £107k £300m 30-06-2027
Florian Wirtz 21 AM RLC £74k £100m £244m 30-06-2026
Luis Díaz 27 AM RL £90k £124m £212m 30-06-2026
Enzo Fernández 23 DM, AM C £180k £115m £199m 30-06-2031
Moisés Caicedo 22 DM £140k £127m £235m 30-06-2030
Marco Asensio 28 AM RLC £117k £70m £166m 30-06-2025
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia 23 AM L £25k £142m £239m 30-06-2026
Jamal Musiala 21 AM RLC £90k £119m £275m 30-06-2025
Kai Havertz 25 AM/F C £220k £108m £267m 30-06-2027
Rafael Leão 25 AM L, ST £147k £127m £300m 30-06-2027
Teun Koopmeiners 26 DM, AM C £113k £67m £161m 30-06-2028
Raphinha 27 AM RL £198k £58m £105m 30-06-2026
Alexis Mac Allister 25 DM, AM C £150k £122m £218m 30-06-2027
Lamine Yamal 16 AM RL £15k £74m £169m 30-06-2025
Kingsley Coman 28 AM RL £247k £92m £222m 30-06-2026
Henrikh Mkhitaryan 35 DM, AM C £80k £300m 30-06-2025
Federico Chiesa 26 AM RL, ST £87k £73m £173m 30-06-2027
Jack Grealish 28 AM RLC £270k £52m £92m 30-06-2026
Samuel Lino 24 D/WB L, AM RL £51k £87m £157m 30-06-2026
Leandro Trossard 29 AM RLC, F C £110k £49m £113m 30-06-2025
Exequiel Palacios 25 DM £82k £60m £110m 30-06-2027
Gavi 19 AM LC £124k £83m £196m 30-06-2025
Adrien Rabiot 29 DM, M LC £90k £64m £145m 30-06-2025
Sergej Milinković-Savić 29 AM C £258k £63m £154m 30-06-2025
James Maddison 27 AM RLC £170k £63m £115m 30-06-2027
Rodrigo De Paul 30 AM RC £96k £61m £105m 30-06-2025
Christian Pulisic 25 AM RLC £85k £95m £164m 30-06-2026
Julian Brandt 28 AM RLC £115k £96m £230m 30-06-2025
N'Golo Kanté 33 DM £423k £3m £7m 30-06-2025
Fabián 28 DM, AM C £46k £49m £119m 30-06-2026
Marcos Llorente 29 WB R, DM, AM RC £132k £57m £145m 30-06-2026
João Palhinha 29 DM £53k £47m £116m 30-06-2027
Ricardo Horta 29 AM RLC, F C £13k £26m £63m 30-06-2027
Sandro Tonali 24 DM £133k £115m £278m 30-06-2027
Dejan Kulusevski 24 AM RC £140k £64m £158m 30-06-2027
Jarrod Bowen 27 AM RL, ST £125k £58m £113m 30-06-2029
Jérémy Doku 22 AM RL, ST £40k £98m £239m 30-06-2027
Lucas Ocampos 30 AM RL, ST £31k £13m £23m 30-06-2026
Ángel Di María 36 AM RLC, F C £41k £3m £5m 30-06-2024
Thomas Partey 31 D R, DM £160k £34m £51m 30-06-2024
Anthony Gordon 23 AM RLC, F C £90k £111m £209m 30-06-2028
Brahim Díaz 24 AM RC £120k £27m £51m 30-06-2026
Marcus Rashford 26 AM L, ST £300k £143m £269m 30-06-2027
Serge Gnabry 28 AM RL, ST £247k £44m £104m 30-06-2025
Raheem Sterling 29 AM RL £350k £60m £106m 30-06-2026
Rodrigo Bentancur 27 DM £100k £53m £96m 30-06-2025
Guido Rodríguez 30 DM £99k £50m £86m 30-06-2026
Leon Goretzka 29 DM, AM C £230k £24m £59m 30-06-2025
João Félix 24 AM RLC, F C £72k £70m £165m 30-06-2030
Xavi Simons 21 AM C £99k £52m £126m 30-06-2026
Mikel Merino 28 DM £72k £39m £92m 30-06-2027
Lucas Vázquez 33 D/WB/AM R £153k £9m £20m 30-06-2024
John McGinn 29 AM RLC £100k £48m £92m 30-06-2026
Ademola Lookman 26 AM RLC, F C £38k £27m £48m 30-06-2025
Joelinton 27 AM LC £80k £62m £115m 30-06-2027
Dominik Szoboszlai 23 AM RLC £120k £67m £162m 30-06-2027
Nicolás González 26 AM RL, ST £63k £21m £40m 30-06-2027
Mohammed Kudus 23 AM RC, F C £80k £71m £136m 30-06-2027
Oihan Sancet 24 AM C £36k £69m £176m 30-06-2031
Mikel Oyarzábal 27 AM RLC, F C £37k £58m £146m 30-06-2027
Isco 32 AM RLC £35k £300m 30-06-2026
Sergio Canales 33 AM C £82k £300m 30-06-2025
Koke 32 DM, M RLC £263k £25m £55m 30-06-2024
Danilo Pereira 32 D C, DM £455k £300m 30-06-2025
Fredrik Aursnes 28 DM £29k £25m £50m 30-06-2026
Mason Mount 25 AM RLC £200k £63m £119m 30-06-2027
Mateo Kovačić 30 DM £165k £40m £94m 30-06-2026
Paulo Dybala 30 AM RC, F C £137k £10m £16m 30-06-2024
Yves Bissouma 27 DM £100k £48m £86m 30-06-2025
Matheus Nunes 25 AM RC £130k £33m £83m 30-06-2027
Luis Alberto 31 AM C £78k £300m 30-06-2026
Pablo Sarabia 32 AM RLC £110k £27m £57m 30-06-2024
Rafa 31 AM RLC £45k £300m 30-06-2026
Moussa Diaby 25 AM RLC, F C £469k £85m £191m 30-06-2028
Cody Gakpo 25 AM RLC, F C £110k £36m £89m 30-06-2027
Orkun Kökçü 23 AM C £28k £37m £70m 30-06-2027
Michael Olise 22 AM RC £47k £83m £191m 30-06-2028
Solly March 29 WB/AM RL £55k £47m £87m 30-06-2025
Talisca 30 AM RC, F C £164k £48m £84m 30-06-2025
Riyad Mahrez 33 AM RL £285k £300m 30-06-2025
Manuel Ugarte 23 DM £61k £104m £193m 30-06-2028
Mateus Uribe 33 DM £51k £300m 31-05-2025
Martín Zubimendi 25 DM £35k £42m £104m 30-06-2026
Alexandr Golovin 28 AM LC £76k £40m £81m 30-06-2028
Rúben Neves 27 DM £410k £51m £121m 30-06-2025
Davide Frattesi 24 M C £83k £25m £58m 30-06-2027
Lucas Torreira 28 DM £57k £25m £44m 30-06-2025
Lorenzo Pellegrini 28 DM, AM C £107k £46m £111m 30-06-2025
Pedro Gonçalves 26 AM RLC £30k £31m £73m 30-06-2026
Ruben Loftus-Cheek 28 DM, AM C £85k £27m £51m 30-06-2026
Marcelo Brozović 31 DM £591k £5m £10m 30-06-2025
Pepê 27 D/WB R, AM RL £27k £22m £41m 30-06-2026
Ederson 25 DM, AM C £42k £24m £42m 30-06-2025
Fred 31 DM £82k £300m 30-06-2026
Leon Bailey 26 AM RL £90k £35m £52m 30-06-2024
Konrad Laimer 27 D/WB R, DM £140k £24m £58m 30-06-2026
Warren Zaïre-Emery 18 DM £65k £70m £174m 30-06-2028
Pascal Groß 33 DM, AM C £49k £300m 30-06-2025
Robert Andrich 29 D C, DM £45k £40m £95m 30-06-2027
Ferran Torres 24 AM RL, ST £60k £45m £108m 30-06-2026
Stanislav Lobotka 29 DM £92k £56m £134m 30-06-2026
Edson Álvarez 26 D C, DM £100k £45m £87m 30-06-2027
Boubacar Kamara 24 DM £100k £39m £94m 30-06-2026
Ismaël Bennacer 26 DM £116k £43m £80m 30-06-2026
André-Franck Zambo Anguissa 28 DM £57k £23m £36m 30-06-2024
Takefusa Kubo 23 AM RC, F C £36k £34m £71m 30-06-2028
Manuel Locatelli 26 DM £92k £34m £80m 30-06-2027
Piotr Zieliński 30 AM C £79k £12m £27m 30-06-2027
Jorginho 32 DM £110k £14m £28m 30-06-2024
Tijjani Reijnders 25 DM, AM C £36k £33m £78m 30-06-2027
Jerdy Schouten 27 DM £17k £28m £69m 30-06-2027
Thomas Müller 34 AM RC, F C £288k £3m £5m 30-06-2024
Ebere Eze 26 AM LC £100k £34m £64m 30-06-2026
Conor Gallagher 24 DM, AM C £37k £49m £91m 30-06-2028
Lucas Paquetá 26 DM, AM LC £130k £45m £84m 30-06-2026
Felipe Anderson 31 AM RL, ST £25k £300m 31-12-2026
Marcel Sabitzer 30 DM, AM C £123k £34m £79m 30-06-2026
Franck Kessié 27 DM £362k £63m £108m 30-06-2025
Marco Reus 35 AM RLC £1k £300m 31-12-2025
Fábio Vieira 24 AM RLC £80k £37m £89m 30-06-2026
Brais Méndez 27 AM RC £31k £26m £64m 30-06-2027
Bryan Mbeumo 24 AM RL, ST £40k £53m £96m 30-06-2025
Mattia Zaccagni 29 AM LC £61k £22m £55m 30-06-2028
Matteo Politano 30 AM RL £67k £20m £47m 30-06-2026
Bryan Cristante 29 DM £86k £46m £111m 30-06-2026
Ryan Gravenberch 22 DM, AM C £160k £87m £206m 30-06-2027
Harvey Elliott 21 AM RC £45k £107m £203m 30-06-2026
James Ward-Prowse 29 DM, AM C £100k £46m £88m 30-06-2026
Mason Greenwood 22 AM R, ST £53k £89m £166m 30-06-2028
Curtis Jones 23 AM LC £65k £80m £131m 30-06-2026
Emile Smith Rowe 23 AM RLC £74k £63m £119m 30-06-2028
Douglas Luiz 26 DM £72k £88m £166m 30-06-2028
Charles De Ketelaere 23 AM/F C £70k £37m £86m 30-06-2027
Xaver Schlager 26 DM £74k £35m £82m 30-06-2025
Dušan Tadić 35 AM RLC, F C £87k £2m £4m 30-06-2024
Kobbie Mainoo 19 DM, AM C £10k £104m £186m 30-06-2026
Jonas Hofmann 31 AM RC £82k £300m 30-06-2026
Emre Can 30 D C, DM £132k £55m £125m 30-06-2025
Galeno 26 AM RL £23k £20m £48m 30-06-2027
Kang-In Lee 23 AM RLC £58k £31m £62m 30-06-2027
Carlos Soler 27 AM RC £58k £10m £25m 30-06-2026
Lewis Ferguson 24 DM, AM C £13k £19m £35m 30-06-2026
Bradley Barcola 21 AM RL, ST £108k £75m £166m 30-06-2027
Youssouf Fofana 25 DM £64k £34m £79m 30-06-2027
Matteo Guendouzi 25 M C £70k £20m £45m 30-06-2026
Kaoru Mitoma 27 AM L £80k £47m £88m 30-06-2026
Hidemasa Morita 29 DM £18k £23m £42m 30-06-2025
Nicolò Fagioli 23 DM, AM C £31k £30m £70m 30-06-2027
Marten de Roon 33 DM £31k £300m 30-06-2025
Morten Hjulmand 25 DM £24k £24m £57m 30-06-2027
David Neres 27 AM RL £79k £44m £79m 30-06-2027
Otávio 29 AM RLC £247k £7m £14m 30-06-2025
Casemiro 32 DM £300k £25m £45m 30-06-2025
Youri Tielemans 27 DM, AM C £150k £36m £84m 30-06-2026
Pape Matar Sarr 21 DM £80k £86m £171m 30-06-2029
Sergio Busquets 35 DM £27k £300m 31-12-2024
Alejandro Garnacho 20 AM RL £50k £70m £138m 30-06-2027
Francisco Conceição 21 AM R £46k £34m £77m 30-06-2028
Weston McKennie 25 WB R, M RC £53k £10m £19m 30-06-2025
Kerem Aktürkoğlu 25 AM RLC £49k £26m £48m 30-06-2028
Khephren Thuram 23 DM £79k £33m £76m 30-06-2028
Wataru Endo 31 DM £75k £23m £44m 30-06-2026
Quinten Timber 23 D C, DM, AM C £9k £43m £97m 30-06-2025
Brennan Johnson 23 AM RLC, F C £60k £69m £132m 30-06-2027
Reiss Nelson 24 AM RL £90k £33m £62m 30-06-2026
Harvey Barnes 26 AM RLC £120k £44m £89m 30-06-2027

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