Want to know who the best Central Midfielders in Football Manager 26 are? We've got a shortlist of all the best Central Midfielders with the highest ratings in FM26.
All FM26 Central Midfielders Guides:
- Wonderkid Central Midfielders in FM26
- Cheap Central Midfielders in FM26
- Best Central Midfielders in FM26
These are the best Central Midfielders in Football Manager 26 as rated by their current ability. Each Central Midfielder has a perfect mc rating meaning they are naturals at playing as a Central 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 Central Midfielders below.
| Name | Age | Position | Wage | Value | Cost | Expires | Rating | Potential | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Declan Rice | 26 | DM | £250k | £146m | £300m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Pedri | 22 | DM, AM C | £207k | £179m | £300m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Jude Bellingham | 22 | AM LC | £345k | £173m | £300m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Martin Ødegaard | 26 | AM C | £225k | £130m | £300m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Federico Valverde | 26 | DM, AM RC | £181k | £83m | £198m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Kevin De Bruyne | 34 | AM C | £185k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
|
Enzo Fernández | 24 | DM, AM C | £180k | £119m | £296m | 30-06-2032 | ||
|
Bruno Guimarães | 27 | DM | £180k | £88m | £218m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Sandro Tonali | 25 | DM | £165k | £89m | £221m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Luka Modrić | 39 | DM, AM C | £108k | £6m | £14m | 30-06-2026 | ||
|
Scott McTominay | 28 | DM, AM LC | £92k | £99m | £242m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Frenkie de Jong | 28 | DM | £207k | £80m | £180m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Bernardo Silva | 30 | AM RC | £250k | £81m | £181m | 30-06-2026 | ||
|
João Neves | 20 | DM | £151k | £254m | £300m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Hakan Çalhanoğlu | 31 | DM | £185k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
|
Nicolò Barella | 28 | M C | £200k | £85m | £187m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Granit Xhaka | 32 | DM | £115k | £300m | 30-06-2028 | |||
|
Fabián | 29 | DM, AM C | £151k | £55m | £121m | 30-06-2027 | ||
|
Dominik Szoboszlai | 24 | DM, AM RC | £145k | £81m | £176m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
André-Franck Zambo Anguissa | 29 | DM | £58k | £65m | £140m | 30-06-2027 | ||
|
Youri Tielemans | 28 | DM, AM C | £155k | £66m | £86m | 30-06-2027 | ||
|
Alexis Mac Allister | 26 | DM, AM C | £175k | £63m | £137m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Manu Koné | 24 | DM | £86k | £59m | £126m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Ryan Gravenberch | 23 | DM, AM C | £200k | £81m | £173m | 30-06-2032 | ||
|
Tijjani Reijnders | 26 | DM, AM C | £165k | £53m | £53m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Adrien Rabiot | 30 | DM, M LC | £154k | £48m | £103m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Matheus Nunes | 26 | D/WB R, AM RC | £130k | £57m | £57m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Joelinton | 28 | AM LC | £115k | £62m | £143m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Rodrigo De Paul | 31 | AM RC | £170k | £300m | 31-12-2029 | |||
|
Oihan Sancet | 25 | AM C | £0 | £69m | £147m | 30-06-2032 | ||
|
Exequiel Palacios | 26 | DM | £124k | £76m | £162m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Éderson | 26 | DM, AM C | £43k | £43m | £99m | 30-06-2027 | ||
|
Nico González | 23 | DM, AM C | £150k | £74m | £128m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Pablo Barrios | 22 | DM | £0 | £113m | £238m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Sergej Milinković-Savić | 30 | DM, AM C | £239k | £72m | £91m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Gavi | 20 | DM, AM C | £156k | £87m | £248m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Felix Nmecha | 24 | DM, AM C | £166k | £63m | £156m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Mikel Merino | 29 | DM | £140k | £48m | £101m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Henrikh Mkhitaryan | 36 | DM | £81k | £4m | £9m | 30-06-2026 | ||
|
Warren Zaïre-Emery | 19 | D/WB R, DM | £140k | £75m | £241m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Khéphren Thuram | 24 | DM | £61k | £55m | £135m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Curtis Jones | 24 | DM, AM LC | £110k | £68m | £92m | 30-06-2027 | ||
|
Konrad Laimer | 28 | D/WB R, DM | £141k | £30m | £29m | 30-06-2027 | ||
|
Leon Goretzka | 30 | DM, AM C | £282k | £17m | £17m | 30-06-2026 | ||
|
Mauro Arambarri | 29 | DM | £41k | £10m | £13m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Weston McKennie | 26 | WB R, DM, AM RC | £120k | £44m | £92m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Mikel Jauregizar | 21 | AM C | £0 | £140m | £300m | 30-06-2031 | ||
|
Pascal Groß | 34 | DM, AM C | £115k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
|
Johnny Cardoso | 23 | DM, AM C | £0 | £50m | £84m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Mateo Kovačić | 31 | DM | £165k | £39m | £38m | 30-06-2027 | ||
|
Tyler Adams | 26 | DM | £60k | £54m | £67m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Amadou Onana | 23 | DM | £110k | £70m | £86m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Elliot Anderson | 22 | DM, AM LC | £70k | £59m | £73m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Santi Comesaña | 28 | DM | £0 | £66m | £135m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Xaver Schlager | 27 | DM | £83k | £17m | £17m | 30-06-2026 | ||
|
Mattéo Guendouzi | 26 | DM | £83k | £41m | £31m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Morgan Gibbs-White | 25 | AM RC | £150k | £47m | £58m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Youssouf Fofana | 26 | DM | £92k | £27m | £56m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
N'Golo Kanté | 34 | DM | £348k | £300m | 30-06-2028 | |||
|
Nadiem Amiri | 28 | DM, AM C | £50k | £24m | £29m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Nico O'Reilly | 20 | D L, AM C | £60k | £58m | £161m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Marten de Roon | 34 | D C, DM | £31k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
|
Piotr Zieliński | 31 | AM C | £138k | £16m | £7m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Luis Milla | 30 | DM | £0 | £35m | £43m | 30-06-2027 | ||
|
Bryan Cristante | 30 | DM | £86k | £29m | £58m | 30-06-2027 | ||
|
Fredrik Aursnes | 29 | AM RC | £48k | £38m | £78m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Conor Gallagher | 25 | DM, AM LC | £120k | £49m | £100m | 30-06-2031 | ||
|
James Garner | 24 | DM | £145k | £48m | £58m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Mario Pašalić | 30 | AM C | £61k | £22m | £44m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
John McGinn | 30 | AM RLC | £115k | £38m | £46m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Adam Wharton | 21 | DM | £45k | £64m | £77m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Victor Froholdt | 19 | DM, AM C | £30k | £73m | £300m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Kobbie Mainoo | 20 | DM, AM C | £10k | £65m | £248m | 30-06-2027 | ||
|
Quinten Timber | 24 | D C, DM, AM C | £0 | £33m | £78m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Marcel Sabitzer | 31 | DM, AM C | £133k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
|
Leandro Paredes | 31 | DM | £44k | £300m | 31-12-2028 | |||
|
Sergi Darder | 31 | DM | £0 | £21m | £26m | 30-06-2026 | ||
|
Lewis Cook | 28 | D R, DM | £60k | £46m | £55m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Davide Frattesi | 25 | M C | £86k | £18m | £16m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Ismaël Bennacer | 27 | DM | £117k | £20m | £18m | 30-06-2027 | ||
|
Remo Freuler | 33 | DM | £31k | £7m | £8m | 30-06-2026 | ||
|
Gabri Veiga | 23 | AM C | £36k | £45m | £121m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Jacob Ramsey | 24 | AM LC | £100k | £52m | £122m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Orkun Kökçü | 24 | DM, AM C | £32k | £21m | £50m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Ilaix Moriba | 22 | DM, AM C | £0 | £26m | £31m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Franck Kessié | 28 | DM | £365k | £38m | £45m | 30-06-2026 | ||
|
Marcelo Brozović | 32 | DM | £547k | £18m | £22m | 30-06-2026 | ||
|
Teun Koopmeiners | 27 | DM, AM C | £96k | £24m | £22m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall | 26 | AM C | £100k | £44m | £53m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Alex Scott | 21 | DM, AM RC | £55k | £59m | £71m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
İlkay Gündoğan | 34 | DM, AM C | £93k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
|
Samuele Ricci | 23 | DM | £77k | £26m | £42m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Billy Gilmour | 24 | DM | £55k | £16m | £36m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Ruben Loftus-Cheek | 29 | DM, AM C | £85k | £16m | £14m | 30-06-2027 | ||
|
Alex Iwobi | 29 | AM RLC | £95k | £43m | £51m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Álvaro Fidalgo | 28 | AM LC | £0 | £33m | £66m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Ryan Christie | 30 | DM, AM RC | £60k | £39m | £46m | 30-06-2027 | ||
|
Joey Veerman | 26 | DM, AM C | £12k | £33m | £33m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Carlos Baleba | 21 | DM | £26k | £60m | £72m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Dani Parejo | 36 | DM, AM C | £0 | £4m | £7m | 30-06-2026 | ||
|
Jordan Henderson | 35 | DM | £65k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
|
Hwang In-Beom | 28 | DM, AM C | £17k | £34m | £24m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg | 29 | DM | £0 | £26m | £50m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Rodrigo Bentancur | 28 | DM | £110k | £48m | £94m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Oscar | 26 | M C | £3k | £10m | £12m | 30-06-2027 | ||
|
Eljif Elmas | 25 | AM RLC | £83k | £20m | £20m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Nicolas Seiwald | 24 | DM | £66k | £20m | £27m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Wouter Burger | 24 | DM | £25k | £16m | £19m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Corentin Tolisso | 30 | DM, AM C | £89k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
|
Jens Stage | 28 | DM | £30k | £12m | £15m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Carlos Soler | 28 | AM RC | £0 | £33m | £65m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Valentin Rongier | 30 | DM | £80k | £15m | £15m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Grischa Prömel | 30 | DM | £33k | £8m | £10m | 30-06-2026 | ||
|
Lorenzo Pellegrini | 29 | DM, AM C | £108k | £15m | £30m | 30-06-2026 | ||
|
Hidemasa Morita | 30 | DM | £25k | £15m | £30m | 30-06-2026 | ||
|
Rolando Mandragora | 28 | DM | £49k | £14m | £14m | 30-06-2026 | ||
|
Mathias Jensen | 29 | DM | £46k | £32m | £37m | 30-06-2026 | ||
|
Maximilian Arnold | 31 | DM | £75k | £300m | 30-06-2028 | |||
|
Wendel | 27 | DM, AM C | £75k | £11m | £11m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Yangel Herrera | 27 | DM | £0 | £33m | £65m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Lewis Ferguson | 25 | DM, AM C | £21k | £17m | £17m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Douglas Luiz | 27 | DM | £138k | £13m | £12m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Petar Sučić | 21 | DM | £46k | £50m | £116m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Kenneth Taylor | 23 | DM, AM LC | £46k | £300m | 30-06-2030 | |||
|
Matt O'Riley | 24 | AM C | £50k | £40m | £47m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Antonio Blanco | 24 | DM | £0 | £33m | £39m | 30-06-2027 | ||
|
Adrien Thomasson | 31 | DM, AM C | £18k | £9m | £10m | 30-06-2026 | ||
|
Íñigo Ruiz de Galarreta | 31 | DM | £0 | £50m | £98m | 30-06-2027 | ||
|
Dani Ceballos | 28 | M C | £172k | £16m | £15m | 30-06-2027 | ||
|
Sander Berge | 27 | DM, AM C | £65k | £35m | £41m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Benjamin André | 34 | DM | £45k | £299m | 30-06-2028 | |||
|
Yehor Yarmoliuk | 21 | DM, AM C | £45k | £50m | £59m | 30-06-2031 | ||
|
Lucas Bergvall | 19 | DM, AM C | £50k | £56m | £226m | 30-06-2031 | ||
|
Manuel Ugarte | 24 | DM | £150k | £41m | £51m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Pape Matar Sarr | 22 | DM, AM C | £66k | £48m | £142m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Yunus Musah | 22 | DM | £43k | £41m | £80m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Javi Guerra | 22 | DM, AM RLC | £20k | £71m | £144m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Marco Verratti | 32 | DM | £497k | £28m | 30-06-2029 | |||
|
Nahitan Nández | 29 | WB R, DM, M RC | £83k | £41m | £4m | 30-06-2027 | ||
|
Saša Lukić | 28 | DM, AM C | £67k | £37m | £43m | 30-06-2027 | ||
|
Luis Alberto | 32 | AM C | £58k | £28m | 30-06-2027 | |||
|
Benjamin Bourigeaud | 31 | DM, AM RC | £63k | £28m | 30-06-2027 | |||
|
Arthur | 28 | DM | £96k | £11m | £10m | 30-06-2027 | ||
|
Ao Tanaka | 26 | DM | £45k | £37m | £43m | 30-06-2028 | ||
|
Richard Ríos | 25 | DM | £50k | £38m | £74m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Vitaly Janelt | 27 | DM | £55k | £37m | £43m | 30-06-2030 | ||
|
Gabriel Sara | 26 | DM, AM C | £57k | £16m | £31m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Tom Bischof | 20 | DM, AM C | £99k | £37m | £97m | 30-06-2029 | ||
|
Yasin Ayari | 21 | DM | £9k | £45m | £52m | 30-06-2027 | ||
|
João Moutinho | 38 | DM | £13k | £3m | £4m | 30-06-2026 | ||
|
Kevin Kampl | 34 | DM | £83k | £245k | £123k | 30-06-2026 | ||
|
Héctor Herrera | 35 | DM | £11k | £28m | 31-12-2026 | |||
|
Santi Cazorla | 40 | AM RLC | £3k | £3m | £3m | 30-06-2026 | ||
|
Lewis Miley | 19 | D R, DM, AM C | £36k | £35m | £104m | 30-06-2029 |
England
Spain
Norway
Uruguay
Belgium
Argentina
Brazil
Italy
Croatia
Scotland
Netherlands
Portugal
Türkiye
Switzerland
Hungary
Cameroon
France
Serbia
Germany
Armenia
Austria
United States
Poland
Denmark
Algeria
Guinea
Ivory Coast
Nigeria
Mexico
South Korea
Liberia
North Macedonia
Japan
Venezuela
Ukraine
Sweden
Senegal
Colombia
Slovenia
