CMMidfield

Central Midfielder

The engine room of the team, connecting defense to attack through passing, pressing, and intelligent movement. Central midfielders in MLS are box-to-box operators who must contribute at both ends of the pitch. The best CMs in league history have combined vision, work rate, and technical quality to dictate the tempo of matches.

Overview

610

Total Players

Top Scorer (Diego Valeri)

3.2

Avg Goals/Season

3.8

Avg Assists/Season

Notable Central Midfielders

50 players

#	Player	Team	Goals	Apps
1	Diego Valeri	Portland Timbers	86	260
2	Dwayne De Rosario	D.C. United	82	295
3	Federico Higuain	Columbus Crew	54	281
4	Eduard Atuesta	Los Angeles Football Club	58	154
5	Mauricio Pereyra	Orlando City SC	45	210
6	Maxi Moralez	New York City FC	55	91
7	Brek Shea	FC Dallas	46	133
8	Ezequiel Barco	Atlanta United FC	45	84
9	Daniel Gazdag	Philadelphia Union	42	110
10	Joao Pedro	Austin FC	55	86
11	Hany Mukhtar	Nashville SC	52	120
12	Chris Pontius	D.C. United	51	121
13	Victor Vazquez	Toronto FC	46	210
14	Preki	Sporting Kansas City	60	228
15	Jonathan Osorio	Toronto FC	57	265
16	Juninho	LA Galaxy	57	112
17	Kellyn Acosta	Los Angeles Football Club	57	147
18	Dax McCarty	New York Red Bulls	43	225
19	Roger Espinoza	Sporting Kansas City	46	337
20	Jack Jewsbury	Portland Timbers	50	335
21	Wil Trapp	Columbus Crew	55	318
22	Ricardo Clark	Houston Dynamo FC	50	326
23	Chris Klein	LA Galaxy	42	193
24	Ashley Westwood	Charlotte FC	41	116
25	John Harkes	D.C. United	60	346
26	Ben Olsen	D.C. United	46	75
27	Sven Becker	Orlando City SC	68	279
28	Chidi Ba	New York Red Bulls	62	280
29	Daichi Hayashi	Philadelphia Union	61	256
30	Thiago Suarez	St. Louis City SC	59	240
31	Leandro Molina	New York City FC	57	248
32	Samuel Roberts	Charlotte FC	57	291
33	Magnus Davies	FC Dallas	55	238
34	Thomas Becker	Real Salt Lake	51	216
35	Kellyn Acosta	Colorado Rapids	51	260
36	Oscar Pareja	FC Dallas	45	220
37	Hector Guerrero	Portland Timbers	52	235
38	Tobias Hall	Toronto FC	48	270
39	Filip Schulz	Charlotte FC	48	224
40	Raul Vega	Nashville SC	47	274
41	Felix Camara	San Jose Earthquakes	47	227
42	Felix Brown	Los Angeles Football Club	47	200
43	Blake Asante	D.C. United	46	216
44	Tobias Clark	Los Angeles Football Club	46	200
45	Obinna Rivera	Philadelphia Union	45	267
46	Ayo Allen	Austin FC	45	180
47	Pablo Cardenas	Sporting Kansas City	45	210
48	Seo Young-gwon	New York City FC	45	202
49	Alejandro Ortiz	San Jose Earthquakes	45	180
50	Parker Kone	Charlotte FC	44	282